Population of Bhutan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	26 Aug 2025

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The current population of Bhutan is 798,458 as of October 28, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Bhutan is projected at 796,682, or 797k, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Bhutan is projected at 791,524, or 792k people, for the year 2024.

Bhutan ranks 167th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Bhutan is ranked 48th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Bhutan population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	167,725	169,982	4,514	2.656	0.00682
1951	172,239	174,600	4,722	2.705	0.00688
1952	176,961	179,380	4,838	2.697	0.00694
1953	181,799	184,333	5,067	2.749	0.00700
1954	186,866	189,453	5,174	2.731	0.00705
1955	192,040	194,748	5,416	2.781	0.00711
1956	197,456	200,236	5,559	2.776	0.00716
1957	203,015	205,901	5,772	2.803	0.00722
1958	208,787	211,757	5,941	2.806	0.00727
1959	214,728	217,815	6,174	2.835	0.00734
1960	220,902	224,084	6,364	2.840	0.00743
1961	227,266	230,602	6,673	2.894	0.00752
1962	233,939	237,636	7,393	3.111	0.00761
1963	241,332	245,156	7,648	3.120	0.00768
1964	248,980	252,987	8,014	3.168	0.00775
1965	256,994	261,200	8,413	3.221	0.00783
1966	265,407	269,820	8,826	3.271	0.00793
1967	274,233	278,852	9,238	3.313	0.00803
1968	283,471	288,311	9,680	3.358	0.00813
1969	293,151	298,214	10,126	3.396	0.00824
1970	303,277	308,528	10,502	3.404	0.00835
1971	313,779	319,211	10,863	3.403	0.00847
1972	324,642	330,264	11,244	3.405	0.00859
1973	335,886	341,705	11,638	3.406	0.00872
1974	347,524	353,538	12,027	3.402	0.00885
1975	359,551	365,791	12,479	3.412	0.00899
1976	372,030	378,490	12,921	3.414	0.00913
1977	384,951	391,639	13,377	3.416	0.00929
1978	398,328	405,243	13,830	3.413	0.00944
1979	412,158	419,200	14,083	3.360	0.00960
1980	426,241	433,404	14,326	3.306	0.00974
1981	440,567	447,836	14,537	3.246	0.00989
1982	455,104	462,485	14,762	3.192	0.01003
1983	469,866	477,460	15,188	3.181	0.01016
1984	485,054	492,784	15,461	3.138	0.01030
1985	500,515	508,392	15,755	3.099	0.01044
1986	516,270	524,324	16,109	3.073	0.01058
1987	532,379	540,557	16,355	3.026	0.01070
1988	548,734	556,986	16,503	2.963	0.01083
1989	565,237	573,586	16,698	2.911	0.01096
1990	581,935	589,287	14,704	2.495	0.01106
1991	596,639	599,784	6,289	1.049	0.01107
1992	602,928	577,774	-50,308	-8.713	0.01049
1993	552,620	554,673	4,105	0.740	0.00992
1994	556,725	554,497	-4,455	-0.803	0.00977
1995	552,270	547,989	-8,562	-1.562	0.00952
1996	543,708	548,784	10,151	1.850	0.00939
1997	553,859	558,697	9,675	1.732	0.00943
1998	563,534	569,435	11,802	2.073	0.00948
1999	575,336	582,579	14,486	2.487	0.00957
2000	589,822	596,863	14,082	2.359	0.00967
2001	603,904	610,794	13,781	2.256	0.00976
2002	617,685	624,409	13,447	2.154	0.00985
2003	631,132	637,663	13,063	2.049	0.00993
2004	644,195	650,544	12,699	1.952	0.01000
2005	656,894	661,865	9,943	1.502	0.01005
2006	666,837	670,799	7,925	1.181	0.01005
2007	674,762	678,641	7,758	1.143	0.01004
2008	682,520	686,351	7,663	1.116	0.01003
2009	690,183	693,988	7,610	1.097	0.01001
2010	697,793	701,632	7,678	1.094	0.00999
2011	705,471	709,377	7,812	1.101	0.00998
2012	713,283	717,279	7,993	1.114	0.00996
2013	721,276	725,273	7,994	1.102	0.00995
2014	729,270	733,139	7,739	1.056	0.00993
2015	737,009	740,618	7,218	0.975	0.00991
2016	744,227	747,866	7,278	0.973	0.00989
2017	751,505	754,335	5,659	0.750	0.00987
2018	757,164	759,759	5,190	0.683	0.00983
2019	762,354	764,824	4,940	0.646	0.00979
2020	767,294	770,006	5,424	0.704	0.00976
2021	772,718	775,442	5,447	0.702	0.00975
2022	778,165	780,914	5,499	0.704	0.00974
2023	783,664	786,385	5,442	0.692	0.00972

Bhutan population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	789,106	791,524	4,837	0.611	0.00970
2025	793,943	796,682	5,477	0.687	0.00968
2026	799,420	802,214	5,588	0.697	0.00966
2027	805,008	807,265	4,514	0.559	0.00965
2028	809,522	811,841	4,639	0.571	0.00962
2029	814,161	816,271	4,220	0.517	0.00960
2030	818,381	820,694	4,626	0.564	0.00958
2031	823,007	825,471	4,929	0.597	0.00956
2032	827,936	830,346	4,821	0.581	0.00955
2033	832,757	834,986	4,458	0.534	0.00953
2034	837,215	839,043	3,656	0.436	0.00951
2035	840,871	843,202	4,661	0.553	0.00949
2036	845,532	847,702	4,339	0.512	0.00948
2037	849,871	851,842	3,942	0.463	0.00946
2038	853,813	855,557	3,487	0.408	0.00944
2039	857,300	858,918	3,237	0.377	0.00942
2040	860,537	862,129	3,183	0.369	0.00939
2041	863,720	865,157	2,873	0.332	0.00937
2042	866,593	868,155	3,125	0.360	0.00935
2043	869,718	871,100	2,764	0.317	0.00933
2044	872,482	873,739	2,514	0.288	0.00931
2045	874,996	876,173	2,353	0.269	0.00928
2046	877,349	878,158	1,618	0.184	0.00926
2047	878,967	879,456	977	0.111	0.00922
2048	879,944	880,490	1,093	0.124	0.00919
2049	881,037	881,435	796	0.090	0.00916
2050	881,833	882,340	1,013	0.115	0.00913
2051	882,846	883,389	1,086	0.123	0.00910
2052	883,932	883,872	-120	-0.014	0.00907
2053	883,812	883,505	-615	-0.070	0.00904
2054	883,197	883,447	499	0.056	0.00900
2055	883,696	883,406	-580	-0.066	0.00897
2056	883,116	882,513	-1,206	-0.137	0.00893
2057	881,910	881,861	-97	-0.011	0.00890
2058	881,813	881,153	-1,320	-0.150	0.00887
2059	880,493	879,856	-1,274	-0.145	0.00883
2060	879,219	878,277	-1,884	-0.215	0.00879
2061	877,335	876,296	-2,078	-0.237	0.00875
2062	875,257	874,128	-2,258	-0.258	0.00871
2063	872,999	872,033	-1,933	-0.222	0.00867
2064	871,066	869,961	-2,211	-0.254	0.00863
2065	868,855	867,231	-3,247	-0.374	0.00858
2066	865,608	863,860	-3,496	-0.405	0.00854
2067	862,112	860,404	-3,416	-0.397	0.00849
2068	858,696	856,942	-3,508	-0.409	0.00844
2069	855,188	853,255	-3,866	-0.453	0.00839
2070	851,322	849,494	-3,657	-0.430	0.00834
2071	847,665	845,471	-4,387	-0.519	0.00829
2072	843,278	840,958	-4,639	-0.552	0.00823
2073	838,639	836,052	-5,175	-0.619	0.00817
2074	833,464	830,867	-5,194	-0.625	0.00811
2075	828,270	825,862	-4,815	-0.583	0.00806
2076	823,455	821,097	-4,716	-0.574	0.00800
2077	818,739	816,388	-4,703	-0.576	0.00795
2078	814,036	811,309	-5,453	-0.672	0.00790
2079	808,583	805,699	-5,768	-0.716	0.00784
2080	802,815	799,952	-5,727	-0.716	0.00778
2081	797,088	794,104	-5,969	-0.752	0.00772
2082	791,119	788,321	-5,597	-0.710	0.00766
2083	785,522	782,513	-6,018	-0.769	0.00761
2084	779,504	776,784	-5,440	-0.700	0.00755
2085	774,064	771,297	-5,535	-0.718	0.00750
2086	768,529	765,713	-5,631	-0.735	0.00744
2087	762,898	759,759	-6,279	-0.826	0.00739
2088	756,619	753,664	-5,909	-0.784	0.00733
2089	750,710	747,683	-6,054	-0.810	0.00728
2090	744,656	741,734	-5,845	-0.788	0.00722
2091	738,811	735,821	-5,981	-0.813	0.00717
2092	732,830	730,051	-5,558	-0.761	0.00712
2093	727,272	724,731	-5,083	-0.701	0.00707
2094	722,189	719,572	-5,233	-0.727	0.00702
2095	716,956	714,353	-5,206	-0.729	0.00698
2096	711,750	709,407	-4,686	-0.661	0.00694
2097	707,064	704,683	-4,761	-0.676	0.00690
2098	702,303	700,074	-4,458	-0.637	0.00686
2099	697,845	695,414	-4,862	-0.699	0.00682
2100	692,983	690,432	-5,102	-0.739	0.00678