Bhutan Population 2024

Bhutan is a landlocked country in the Eastern Himalayas, located between India and China. Bhutan population in 2024 is estimated to be 770,675, covers country area of 38,394 sq km (14,824 sq mi), ranks one-hundred-thirty-third country by area and the one-hundred-sixty-forth most populous country in the world. Its capital is Thimphu, its largest city and other popular cities are Phuntsholing, Paro, Gelephu, Samdrup Jongkhar and Wangdue Phodrang. Country code is BTN.

Year	Population
1960	223,284
1965	253,993
1970	297,307
1975	348,395
1980	406,883
1985	464,264
1990	530,801
1995	534,629
2000	591,014
2005	648,744
2010	685,502
2015	727,885
2020	771,612

Bhutan Population Growth

Bhutan population in 1960 is 223,284, by 1970 the population is increased by 74,023 totaling to 297,307, by 1980 the population is increased to 406,883, and by 1990 the total increase of 530,801 in 30 years from 1960 to 1990 resulting to 530,801. From 1990 to 2000, population increased to 591,014, and from 2000 to 2010 the population of Bhutan increase by 94,488 with a change of 15.99 percent and increase of population from 2010 to 2020 by 86,110 with a change of 12.56 percent and make up to 771,612. Bhutan population in 2023 is estimated to be 800,152, population in 2022 is estimated to be 763,249, Population of Bhutan in 2021 is estimated as 756,129.

Population Projection

According to nsb projections of Bhutan population from 2018 to 2047. The projections show that the population of Bhutan will continue to rise through 2017-2047, reaching nearly 884 thousand by 2047, with increase by 21.6 percent over the period of 30 years. The Crude Birth Rate is expected to fall, from 17 per thousand now to 11 in 2047. as a result of the projected decline in fertility. The Crude Death Rate (CDR) will rise marginally in spite of the projected decline in mortality because the population would be aging.

Year	Male	Female	Total Population
2018	383,909	350,465	734,374
2019	387,402	354,270	741,672
2020	390,877	358,054	748,931
2021	394,323	361,806	756,129
2022	397,731	365,518	763,249
2023	401,092	369,184	770,276
2024	404,411	372,813	777,224
2025	407,663	376,380	784,043
2026	410,840	379,878	790,718
2027	413,950	383,314	797,264
2028	416,964	386,662	803,626
2029	419,871	389,914	809,785
2030	422,679	393,076	815,755
2031	425,362	396,123	821,485
2032	427,911	399,046	826,957
2033	430,349	401,869	832,218
2034	432,686	404,602	837,288
2035	434,912	407,237	842,149
2036	437,019	409,765	846,784
2037	438,999	412,177	851,176
2038	440,857	414,479	855,336
2039	442,603	416,683	859,286
2040	444,238	418,790	863,028
2041	445,764	420,802	866,566
2042	447,180	422,720	869,900
2043	448,492	424,551	873,043
2044	449,706	426,301	876,007
2045	450,825	427,972	878,797
2046	451,849	429,567	881,416
2047	452,779	431,087	883,866

Bhutan population by Age Group

The projected age and sex distribution in broad age group reveals that the share of the young population, below 15 years of age, will fall from 26 percent to 17 percent and that of elderly population, age 65 and higher, rise from 6 percent to 13 percent between 2017 and 2047 of the young population will also decline from about 189 thousand to 151 thousand over this time. For some time, the share of the working age population, 15-64 years, will rise to over 70 percent and the dependency ratio fall to about 40 percent between 2027 and 2042.

Age

Group	Male	Female	Total
0-4	29,176	28,298	57,474
5-9	32,035	30,956	62,991
10-14	34,656	34,296	68,952
15-19	34,679	33,607	68,286
20-24	41,075	34,340	75,415
25-29	42,802	36,478	79,280
30-34	35,059	30,121	65,180
35-39	29,689	25,860	55,549
40-44	22,274	19,221	41,495
45-49	18,865	16,668	35,533
50-54	15,456	13,861	29,317
55-59	12,379	11,519	23,898
60-64	10,498	10,213	20,711
65-69	7,585	7,069	14,654
70-74	5,876	5,592	11,468
75-79	3,965	3,906	7,871
80-84	2,651	2,746	5,397
85+	1,733	1,941	3,674
Total	380,453	346,692	727,145