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🇧🇹 Bhutan

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BTN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BT
UN M49 numeric064
IOC codeBHU
Official nameKingdom of Bhutan
Native name(s)dzo: official: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་ཁབ་; common: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་
Alt spellingsBT, Kingdom of Bhutan
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionSouthern Asia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalThimphu
Area (km²)38,394
Lat / Lng27.5000, 90.5000
LandlockedYes
Borders (ISO3)CHN, IND
Top-level domain.bt
Calling coderoot: +9; suffixes: 75

Demographics

Population (World Bank)796,682 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)73.262 (2024)
Languagesdzo: Dzongkha
Demonymseng: f: Bhutanese; m: Bhutanese; fra: f: Bhoutanaise; m: Bhoutanais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)3,579,320,145.131 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)4,492.784 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.227 (2025)
CurrenciesBTN: name: Bhutanese ngultrum; symbol: Nu.; INR: name: Indian rupee; symbol: ₹

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950169,982
1951174,600
1952179,380
1953184,333
1954189,453
1955194,748
1956200,236
1957205,901
1958211,757
1959217,815
1960224,084
1961230,602
1962237,636
1963245,156
1964252,987
1965261,200
1966269,820
1967278,852
1968288,311
1969298,214
1970308,528
1971319,211
1972330,264
1973341,705
1974353,538
1975365,791
1976378,490
1977391,639
1978405,243
1979419,200
1980433,404
1981447,836
1982462,485
1983477,460
1984492,784
1985508,392
1986524,324
1987540,557
1988556,986
1989573,586
1990589,287
1991599,784
1992577,774
1993554,673
1994554,497
1995547,989
1996548,784
1997558,697
1998569,435
1999582,579
2000596,863
2001610,794
2002624,409
2003637,663
2004650,544
2005661,865
2006670,799
2007678,641
2008686,351
2009693,988
2010701,632
2011709,377
2012717,279
2013725,273
2014733,139
2015740,618
2016747,866
2017754,335
2018759,759
2019764,824
2020770,006
2021775,442
2022780,914
2023786,385

Full raw record (JSON)

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