Bhutan
Population 2026
802,219
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.69%
- Density
- 21 per km²
- Land area
- 38,140 km²
- Capital
- Thimphu
- Currency
- Ngultrum (BTN)
- Official languages
- DZ
- Urban population
- 43.4%
- Continent
- AS
Demographics
- Births
- 9,7832026
- Deaths
- 4,8202026
- Birth rate
- 12.5per 1,000
- Death rate
- 6.1per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.45
- Life expectancy
- 73.3At birth, years
- Median age
- 31.0
- Net migration
- 455
Age distribution
- 0–1420.4%
- 15–6473.0%
- 65+6.6%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $3.6B
- GDP per capita
- $4.5K
- GDP growth
- +8.0%
- Inflation
- 3.6%
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
- Exports
- $1.1B
- Imports
- $1.6B
- Tourism receipts
- 10.7%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture13.7%
- Industry33.2%
- Manufacturing6.6%
- Services53.2%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture42.4%
- Industry15.9%
- Services41.8%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ThimphuThimphu District | 98,6762019 |
| 2 | PhuntsholingChukha | 27,6582023 |
| 3 | TsirangTsirang District | 22,3762026 |
| 4 | PunākhaPunakha | 21,5002026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 802,219 | 9.8K | 4.8K |
| 2020 | 770,013 | 10.0K | 4.8K |
| 2010 | 701,638 | 13.3K | 4.7K |
| 2000 | 596,871 | 15.0K | 4.9K |
| 1990 | 589,295 | 22.5K | 6.8K |
| 1980 | 433,412 | 19.3K | 7.3K |
| 1970 | 308,536 | 14.7K | 6.9K |
| 1960 | 224,098 | 10.9K | 6.0K |
| 1950 | 169,991 | 8.4K | 4.8K |