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Population in Bhutan

Bhutan: Population was 786,386 people in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
786,386 people
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
166th
of 238 countries
All-time high
786,386 people
in 2023
All-time low
10,000 people
in 1000
Years of data
241
1000–2023

Population in Bhutan, 1000–2023

0200.0k400.0k600.0k800.0k100015112023

Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in people.

Analysis

Bhutan recorded 786,386 people for population in 2023. That is the highest value across all 241 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population in Bhutan peaked at 786,386 people in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10,000 people, in 1000.

That places Bhutan 166th out of 238 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 241 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1000s 10,000 people 10,000 people 10,000 people 1
1100s 10,000 people 10,000 people 10,000 people 1
1200s 10,000 people 10,000 people 10,000 people 1
1300s 11,000 people 11,000 people 11,000 people 1
1400s 12,000 people 12,000 people 12,000 people 1
1500s 15,000 people 15,000 people 15,000 people 1
1600s 20,000 people 20,000 people 20,000 people 1
1700s 25,000 people 25,000 people 25,000 people 1
1710s 27,619 people 27,619 people 27,619 people 1
1720s 28,130 people 28,130 people 28,130 people 1
1730s 28,651 people 28,651 people 28,651 people 1
1740s 29,182 people 29,182 people 29,182 people 1
1750s 29,722 people 29,722 people 29,722 people 1
1760s 30,273 people 30,273 people 30,273 people 1
1770s 30,833 people 30,833 people 30,833 people 1
1780s 31,404 people 31,404 people 31,404 people 1
1790s 31,986 people 31,986 people 31,986 people 1
1800s 392,287 people 392,287 people 392,287 people 10
1810s 392,248 people 391,895 people 392,287 people 10
1820s 383,440 people 375,015 people 391,114 people 10
1830s 364,868 people 356,704 people 373,142 people 10
1840s 347,053 people 339,287 people 354,923 people 10
1850s 330,813 people 324,113 people 337,593 people 10
1860s 316,166 people 309,759 people 322,649 people 10
1870s 302,160 people 296,034 people 308,359 people 10
1880s 288,768 people 282,911 people 294,695 people 10
1890s 275,963 people 270,364 people 281,631 people 10
1900s 263,747 people 258,624 people 269,139 people 10
1910s 257,797 people 257,430 people 258,029 people 10
1920s 258,029 people 258,029 people 258,029 people 10
1930s 257,816 people 255,899 people 258,029 people 10
1940s 214,720 people 179,148 people 251,726 people 10
1950s 192,832 people 169,991 people 217,827 people 10
1960s 258,696 people 224,098 people 298,220 people 10
1970s 361,369 people 308,536 people 419,208 people 10
1980s 501,792 people 433,412 people 573,593 people 10
1990s 568,357 people 547,995 people 599,789 people 10
2000s 651,199 people 596,871 people 693,994 people 10
2010s 735,419 people 701,638 people 764,830 people 10
2020s 778,192 people 770,013 people 786,386 people 4

Countries ranked near Bhutan

  1. 163 Comoros 850,390 people compare
  2. 164 Guyana 826,357 people compare
  3. 165 Solomon Islands 800,014 people compare
  4. 167 Macao 713,916 people compare
  5. 169 Montenegro 633,553 people compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is population in Bhutan?
Population in Bhutan was 786,386 people in 2023, according to HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest population recorded in Bhutan?
The highest recorded value was 786,386 people in 2023.
What is the lowest population recorded in Bhutan?
The lowest recorded value was 10,000 people in 1000.
How does Bhutan rank for population?
Bhutan ranks 166th out of 238 countries with data for 2023.
Is population rising or falling in Bhutan?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bhutan data come from?
The figures come from HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
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Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.