Demographics of Bhutan

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Bhutan is projected at 0.78 million, up by 1.07% compared with 0.77 million in 2020. Bhutan is ranked 165th in terms of population and 101th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.01 million births in Bhutan in 2021. That is 35 per day, which is ranked 164th. The crude birth rate is 16.36 per 1000 people. There are 0 million deaths in Bhutan in 2021. That is 13 per day, which is ranked 164th. The crude death rate is 6.28 per 1000 people.

0.36 million people are living in urban areas, which is 43.01% of Bhutan population. Bhutan is ranked 175th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Bhutan in 2021 is 113.70 males per 100 females. There are 0.41 million males and 0.36 million females in Bhutan. The percentage of female population is 46.79% compare to 53.21% male population. Bhutan has 50 thousand more females than males. Bhutan is at 193th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Bhutan population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950176,796-
1955197,4582.31
1960223,2842.51
1965253,9932.85
1970297,3073.27
1975348,3953.23
1980406,8832.96
1985464,2642.83
1990530,8011.65
1995534,6290.51
2000591,0142.27
2005648,7441.56
2010685,5021.06
2015727,8851.23
2016736,7061.21
2017745,5631.2
2018754,3961.18
2019763,0941.15
2020771,6121.12
2021779,9001.07
  • Total
  • Crude

Bhutan death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19505,7158,39831.9447.05
19556,0299,69330.4348.94
19606,44511,06028.8149.52
19656,81512,67426.6449.54
19707,10414,54523.8348.83
19757,42916,37821.2246.86
19807,50017,99818.4644.30
19857,30919,62915.6041.88
19906,80519,75913.1338.16
19955,98517,88810.9332.69
20005,20815,9568.8427.07
20054,60614,5447.1322.53
20104,41313,3376.4119.40
20154,55712,9666.2617.78
20204,82712,8866.2616.71
20214,89012,7526.2816.36
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Bhutan

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19503,713173,084-2.100
19555,431192,0267.952.751
19608,029215,2598.163.596
196511,927242,5378.464.687
197018,165280,1368.826.089
197527,566322,4168.667.876
198041,458367,7148.2310.132
198560,459406,7198.0612.941
199088,052449,2286.1416.388
1995105,741409,1364.1920.537
2000145,753427,6637.2225.418
2005203,329453,3106.4430.965
2010253,171474,4704.1934.793
2015304,542482,8443.4438.678
2020353,445481,8002.8042.316
2021363,051481,1012.7243.008
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Bhutan population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 32,880 31,793 64,673 8.29 103.419
05-09 31,316 30,305 61,621 7.90 103.336
10-14 33,118 32,086 65,204 8.36 103.216
15-19 35,214 33,583 68,797 8.82 104.857
20-24 39,027 34,266 73,293 9.40 113.894
25-29 43,363 35,167 78,530 10.07 123.306
30-34 41,999 34,987 76,986 9.87 120.042
35-39 35,618 29,805 65,423 8.39 119.503
40-44 29,075 23,354 52,429 6.72 124.497
45-49 22,320 18,472 40,792 5.23 120.832
50-54 18,450 15,858 34,308 4.40 116.345
55-59 14,118 12,499 26,617 3.41 112.953
60-64 11,449 10,392 21,841 2.80 110.171
65-69 8,726 7,451 16,177 2.07 117.112
70-74 7,178 5,656 12,834 1.65 126.909
75-79 5,418 4,287 9,705 1.24 126.382
80-84 3,284 2,687 5,971 0.77 122.218
85-89 1,613 1,428 3,041 0.39 112.955
90-94 609 623 1,232 0.16 97.753
95-99 153 200 353 0.05 76.500
100+ 23 50 73 0.01 46.000
Total 414,951 364,949 779,900 113.701