Birth rate, crude in Bhutan
Bhutan: Birth rate, crude was 12.53 per 1,000 people in 2024. ▼ Falling
Birth rate, crude in Bhutan, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in per 1,000 people.
Analysis
The most recent figure for birth rate, crude in Bhutan is 12.53 per 1,000 people, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 23.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, birth rate, crude in Bhutan peaked at 48.76 per 1,000 people in 1960 and was at its lowest, 12.42 per 1,000 people, in 2019.
Bhutan ranks 114th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48.47 per 1,000 people | 47.98 per 1,000 people | 48.76 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1970s | 46.46 per 1,000 people | 44.98 per 1,000 people | 47.74 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1980s | 41.91 per 1,000 people | 39.03 per 1,000 people | 44.5 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.35 per 1,000 people | 26.83 per 1,000 people | 38.3 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.75 per 1,000 people | 19.64 per 1,000 people | 25.18 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 15.78 per 1,000 people | 12.42 per 1,000 people | 18.9 per 1,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.77 per 1,000 people | 12.53 per 1,000 people | 12.95 per 1,000 people | 5 |
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More health data for Bhutan
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 6,862 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 6,494 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 26,102 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 7.2% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 26,697 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 6,787 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 6,797 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 6,162 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 7,055 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 6,272 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is birth rate, crude in Bhutan?
- Birth rate, crude in Bhutan was 12.53 per 1,000 people in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest birth rate, crude recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 48.76 per 1,000 people in 1960.
- What is the lowest birth rate, crude recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.42 per 1,000 people in 2019.
- How does Bhutan rank for birth rate, crude?
- Bhutan ranks 114th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is birth rate, crude rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.