Bhutan's population rose from 548,784 in 1996 to 796,682 in 2025.
Bhutan · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Bhutan's population growth rose from 0.1 % in 1996 to 0.6 % in 2025.
Bhutan's population density rose from 13.9 in 1994 to 20.6 in 2023.
Bhutan's population, female (% of total) fell from 48.3 % in 1996 to 46.6 % in 2025.
Bhutan's urbanisation rose from 24.7 % in 1996 to 43.4 % in 2025.
Bhutan's urban population rose from 135,726 in 1996 to 346,000 in 2025.
Bhutan's rural population rose from 413,058 in 1996 to 450,682 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.9 %164th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.1 %114th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.7 %157th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −7.0 %60th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.6 yrs116th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.5 pts122nd of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts11th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.1 pts132nd of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.8 pts207th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.1 pts138th of 217
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- Net migrationup +264.3 %73rd of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts98th of 216
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- Refugees hosted28th of 33*
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- Life expectancyup +0.3 yrs123rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.3 yrs134th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.3 yrs109th of 217