Population
777.5K
Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy
GDP per capita, PPP
$33,823
in 2031
Passport power
#165
17 visa-free destinations
Cities rated
6
Top: Thimphu
Country overview
- Official name
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Capital
- Thimphu
- Continent
- Asia / Southern Asia
- Area
- 38,394 km²
- Population
- 777.5K
- Density
- 20.5/km²
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .bt
- Calling code
- +975
- Timezone
- UTC+06:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #165 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 17
- Total accessible
- 49
Culture and society
- Languages
- Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ)
- Religions
- Buddhism 74.7%, Hinduism 22.6%, Bon 1.9%, Others 0.8%
- Currencies
- Nu. BTN — Bhutanese ngultrum, ₹ INR — Indian rupee
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.698
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $33,823
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 73.3 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 91.3%
- Gini index (2022)
- 28.5
- Inflation (2031)
- 4.0%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 3.2%
- Urban population (2025)
- 43.4%
- Life satisfaction (2018)
- 5.1/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 24.7 µg/m³
- Political stability (2023)
- 83th pct
- Homicide rate (2020)
- 2.5/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.48