Population of Bhutan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	08 Sep 2024

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The current population of Bhutan is 795,844 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Bhutan is projected at 791,524, or 792k, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Bhutan is projected at 786,385, or 786k people for the year 2023.

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	0.007
1951	172,239	174,600	4,722	2.705	0.007
1952	176,961	179,380	4,838	2.697	0.007
1953	181,799	184,333	5,067	2.749	0.007
1954	186,866	189,453	5,174	2.731	0.007
1955	192,040	194,748	5,416	2.781	0.007
1956	197,456	200,236	5,559	2.776	0.007
1957	203,015	205,901	5,772	2.803	0.007
1958	208,787	211,757	5,941	2.806	0.007
1959	214,728	217,815	6,174	2.835	0.007
1960	220,902	224,084	6,364	2.840	0.007
1961	227,266	230,602	6,673	2.894	0.008
1962	233,939	237,636	7,393	3.111	0.008
1963	241,332	245,156	7,648	3.120	0.008
1964	248,980	252,987	8,014	3.168	0.008
1965	256,994	261,200	8,413	3.221	0.008
1966	265,407	269,820	8,826	3.271	0.008
1967	274,233	278,852	9,238	3.313	0.008
1968	283,471	288,311	9,680	3.358	0.008
1969	293,151	298,214	10,126	3.396	0.008
1970	303,277	308,528	10,502	3.404	0.008
1971	313,779	319,211	10,863	3.403	0.008
1972	324,642	330,264	11,244	3.405	0.009
1973	335,886	341,705	11,638	3.406	0.009
1974	347,524	353,538	12,027	3.402	0.009
1975	359,551	365,791	12,479	3.412	0.009
1976	372,030	378,490	12,921	3.414	0.009
1977	384,951	391,639	13,377	3.416	0.009
1978	398,328	405,243	13,830	3.413	0.009
1979	412,158	419,200	14,083	3.360	0.010
1980	426,241	433,404	14,326	3.306	0.010
1981	440,567	447,836	14,537	3.246	0.010
1982	455,104	462,485	14,762	3.192	0.010
1983	469,866	477,460	15,188	3.181	0.010
1984	485,054	492,784	15,461	3.138	0.010
1985	500,515	508,392	15,755	3.099	0.010
1986	516,270	524,324	16,109	3.073	0.011
1987	532,379	540,557	16,355	3.026	0.011
1988	548,734	556,986	16,503	2.963	0.011
1989	565,237	573,586	16,698	2.911	0.011
1990	581,935	589,287	14,704	2.495	0.011
1991	596,639	599,784	6,289	1.049	0.011
1992	602,928	577,774	-50,308	-8.713	0.010
1993	552,620	554,673	4,105	0.740	0.010
1994	556,725	554,497	-4,455	-0.803	0.010
1995	552,270	547,989	-8,562	-1.562	0.010
1996	543,708	548,784	10,151	1.850	0.009
1997	553,859	558,697	9,675	1.732	0.009
1998	563,534	569,435	11,802	2.073	0.009
1999	575,336	582,579	14,486	2.487	0.010
2000	589,822	596,863	14,082	2.359	0.010
2001	603,904	610,794	13,781	2.256	0.010
2002	617,685	624,409	13,447	2.154	0.010
2003	631,132	637,663	13,063	2.049	0.010
2004	644,195	650,544	12,699	1.952	0.010
2005	656,894	661,865	9,943	1.502	0.010
2006	666,837	670,799	7,925	1.181	0.010
2007	674,762	678,641	7,758	1.143	0.010
2008	682,520	686,351	7,663	1.116	0.010
2009	690,183	693,988	7,610	1.097	0.010
2010	697,793	701,632	7,678	1.094	0.010
2011	705,471	709,377	7,812	1.101	0.010
2012	713,283	717,279	7,993	1.114	0.010
2013	721,276	725,273	7,994	1.102	0.010
2014	729,270	733,139	7,739	1.056	0.010
2015	737,009	740,618	7,218	0.975	0.010
2016	744,227	747,866	7,278	0.973	0.010
2017	751,505	754,335	5,659	0.750	0.010
2018	757,164	759,759	5,190	0.683	0.010
2019	762,354	764,824	4,940	0.646	0.010
2020	767,294	770,006	5,424	0.704	0.010
2021	772,718	775,442	5,447	0.702	0.010
2022	778,165	780,914	5,499	0.704	0.010
2023	783,664	786,385	5,442	0.692	0.010

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	0.010
2025	793,943	796,682	5,477	0.687	0.010
2026	799,420	802,214	5,588	0.697	0.010
2027	805,008	807,265	4,514	0.559	0.010
2028	809,522	811,841	4,639	0.571	0.010
2029	814,161	816,271	4,220	0.517	0.010
2030	818,381	820,694	4,626	0.564	0.010
2031	823,007	825,471	4,929	0.597	0.010
2032	827,936	830,346	4,821	0.581	0.010
2033	832,757	834,986	4,458	0.534	0.010
2034	837,215	839,043	3,656	0.436	0.010
2035	840,871	843,202	4,661	0.553	0.009
2036	845,532	847,702	4,339	0.512	0.009
2037	849,871	851,842	3,942	0.463	0.009
2038	853,813	855,557	3,487	0.408	0.009
2039	857,300	858,918	3,237	0.377	0.009
2040	860,537	862,129	3,183	0.369	0.009
2041	863,720	865,157	2,873	0.332	0.009
2042	866,593	868,155	3,125	0.360	0.009
2043	869,718	871,100	2,764	0.317	0.009
2044	872,482	873,739	2,514	0.288	0.009
2045	874,996	876,173	2,353	0.269	0.009
2046	877,349	878,158	1,618	0.184	0.009
2047	878,967	879,456	977	0.111	0.009
2048	879,944	880,490	1,093	0.124	0.009
2049	881,037	881,435	796	0.090	0.009
2050	881,833	882,340	1,013	0.115	0.009
2051	882,846	883,389	1,086	0.123	0.009
2052	883,932	883,872	-120	-0.014	0.009
2053	883,812	883,505	-615	-0.070	0.009
2054	883,197	883,447	499	0.056	0.009
2055	883,696	883,406	-580	-0.066	0.009
2056	883,116	882,513	-1,206	-0.137	0.009
2057	881,910	881,861	-97	-0.011	0.009
2058	881,813	881,153	-1,320	-0.150	0.009
2059	880,493	879,856	-1,274	-0.145	0.009
2060	879,219	878,277	-1,884	-0.215	0.009
2061	877,335	876,296	-2,078	-0.237	0.009
2062	875,257	874,128	-2,258	-0.258	0.009
2063	872,999	872,033	-1,933	-0.222	0.009
2064	871,066	869,961	-2,211	-0.254	0.009
2065	868,855	867,231	-3,247	-0.374	0.009
2066	865,608	863,860	-3,496	-0.405	0.009
2067	862,112	860,404	-3,416	-0.397	0.008
2068	858,696	856,942	-3,508	-0.409	0.008
2069	855,188	853,255	-3,866	-0.453	0.008
2070	851,322	849,494	-3,657	-0.430	0.008
2071	847,665	845,471	-4,387	-0.519	0.008
2072	843,278	840,958	-4,639	-0.552	0.008
2073	838,639	836,052	-5,175	-0.619	0.008
2074	833,464	830,867	-5,194	-0.625	0.008
2075	828,270	825,862	-4,815	-0.583	0.008
2076	823,455	821,097	-4,716	-0.574	0.008
2077	818,739	816,388	-4,703	-0.576	0.008
2078	814,036	811,309	-5,453	-0.672	0.008
2079	808,583	805,699	-5,768	-0.716	0.008
2080	802,815	799,952	-5,727	-0.716	0.008
2081	797,088	794,104	-5,969	-0.752	0.008
2082	791,119	788,321	-5,597	-0.710	0.008
2083	785,522	782,513	-6,018	-0.769	0.008
2084	779,504	776,784	-5,440	-0.700	0.008
2085	774,064	771,297	-5,535	-0.718	0.007
2086	768,529	765,713	-5,631	-0.735	0.007
2087	762,898	759,759	-6,279	-0.826	0.007
2088	756,619	753,664	-5,909	-0.784	0.007
2089	750,710	747,683	-6,054	-0.810	0.007
2090	744,656	741,734	-5,845	-0.788	0.007
2091	738,811	735,821	-5,981	-0.813	0.007
2092	732,830	730,051	-5,558	-0.761	0.007
2093	727,272	724,731	-5,083	-0.701	0.007
2094	722,189	719,572	-5,233	-0.727	0.007
2095	716,956	714,353	-5,206	-0.729	0.007
2096	711,750	709,407	-4,686	-0.661	0.007
2097	707,064	704,683	-4,761	-0.676	0.007
2098	702,303	700,074	-4,458	-0.637	0.007
2099	697,845	695,414	-4,862	-0.699	0.007
2100	692,983	690,432	-5,102	-0.739	0.007