Bhutan - Population

Population, total

The value for Population, total in Bhutan was 726,000 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 50 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 726,000 in 2010 and a minimum value of 225,993 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Reprot (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

See also:

Year Value
1960 225,993
1961 232,000
1962 238,201
1963 244,653
1964 251,419
1965 258,559
1966 266,072
1967 274,000
1968 282,495
1969 291,747
1970 301,879
1971 312,929
1972 324,815
1973 337,370
1974 350,365
1975 363,603
1976 377,068
1977 390,732
1978 404,375
1979 417,734
1980 430,633
1981 442,648
1982 453,793
1983 464,831
1984 476,846
1985 490,438
1986 506,423
1987 524,133
1988 540,918
1989 553,157
1990 558,500
1991 555,747
1992 546,356
1993 533,895
1994 523,417
1995 518,584
1996 520,529
1997 528,222
1998 540,507
1999 555,377
2000 571,262
2001 588,050
2002 606,024
2003 624,431
2004 642,400
2005 659,293
2006 674,681
2007 688,581
2008 701,363
2009 713,665
2010 726,000

Population, female (% of total)

Population, female (% of total) in Bhutan was 47.07 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 49.48 in 1998, while its lowest value was 47.07 in 2010.

Definition: Female population is the percentage of the population that is female. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.

Source: The United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects.

See also:

Year Value
1960 48.95
1961 48.97
1962 48.98
1963 49.00
1964 49.02
1965 49.06
1966 49.11
1967 49.17
1968 49.22
1969 49.23
1970 49.18
1971 49.08
1972 48.94
1973 48.78
1974 48.62
1975 48.49
1976 48.39
1977 48.31
1978 48.25
1979 48.22
1980 48.22
1981 48.24
1982 48.29
1983 48.36
1984 48.43
1985 48.50
1986 48.55
1987 48.59
1988 48.63
1989 48.68
1990 48.73
1991 48.79
1992 48.86
1993 48.94
1994 49.04
1995 49.14
1996 49.27
1997 49.40
1998 49.48
1999 49.45
2000 49.30
2001 48.99
2002 48.58
2003 48.14
2004 47.74
2005 47.44
2006 47.25
2007 47.15
2008 47.10
2009 47.09
2010 47.07

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population