Fertility rate: births per woman in Bhutan
Bhutan: Fertility rate: births per woman was 1.46 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Bhutan, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 1.46 live births per woman for fertility rate: births per woman in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Bhutan peaked at 6.85 live births per woman in 1950 and was at its lowest, 1.45 live births per woman, in 2019.
That places Bhutan 180th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.77 live births per woman | 6.71 live births per woman | 6.85 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.68 live births per woman | 6.66 live births per woman | 6.7 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.62 live births per woman | 6.55 live births per woman | 6.65 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.19 live births per woman | 5.76 live births per woman | 6.51 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.68 live births per woman | 3.61 live births per woman | 5.6 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.8 live births per woman | 2.36 live births per woman | 3.38 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.86 live births per woman | 1.45 live births per woman | 2.25 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.48 live births per woman | 1.46 live births per woman | 1.5 live births per woman | 4 |
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More reference data data for Bhutan
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0314 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 1.46 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 1.46 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.698 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 70.57 0-100 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate 0.7903 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate 0.4011 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 63.87 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 89.02 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate 1.35 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Bhutan?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Bhutan was 1.46 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 6.85 live births per woman in 1950.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.45 live births per woman in 2019.
- How does Bhutan rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Bhutan ranks 180th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.