Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Asia · Southern Asia
Bhutan is recorded at 791.5k people in 2024, with total annual change of +4,837 under the WPP medium variant.
Bhutan observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 9,914 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -4,800 |
| Natural change | +5,114 |
| Net migration | -277 |
| Total change | +4,837 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +4,837 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -92,348 since 2052 |
| Projected 2100 | 690.4k |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Bhutan 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 168.8k, ages 15-64 567.5k, ages 65+ 50.1k.
Bhutan 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 129.2k, ages 15-64 612.5k, ages 65+ 140.6k.
Bhutan 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 84.8k, ages 15-64 382.3k, ages 65+ 223.3k.
Stage since 2012.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2041.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 791.5k | 4,837 | 9.9k | 4.8k | 1.45 |
| 2030 | 820.7k | 4,626 | 9.6k | 5.0k | 1.42 |
| 2050 | 882.3k | 1,013 | 7.7k | 7.3k | 1.46 |
| 2080 | 800.0k | -5,727 | 6.2k | 11.9k | 1.51 |
| 2100 | 690.4k | -5,102 | 5.5k | 10.4k | 1.53 |