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Bhutan vs China
How Bhutan and China compare on 33 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, China was higher: 78 years against 73 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, China was higher: $13,790 against $3,989
- Population · In 2023, China was higher: 1.42 billion people against 786,400 people
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, China was higher: 9.32 tonnes against 2.01 tonnes
- Electoral democracy · In 2025, Bhutan was higher: 0.57 of 1 against 0.07 of 1
Life expectancy →BhutanChinaUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval
Change since 1990, years · UN
Every measure
BhutanChina
| Measure | Bhutan | China | Over the years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | |||
| Life expectancyyears · 2023 | 73 | 78 | |
| Child mortalitydeaths before age 5 per 100 live births · 2024 | 1.7 | 0.6 | |
| Infant mortalitydeaths per 1,000 live births · 2023 | 19.3 | 5.1 | |
| Depression% of people · 2017 | 3.44 | 3.31 | |
| Suicide ratedeaths per 100,000 people · 2017 | 5.7 | 7.2 | |
| People | |||
| Populationpeople · 2023 | 786,400 | 1.42 billion | |
| Population growth% a year · 2023 | 0.69 | -0.24 | |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2023 | 1.46 | 1 | |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 43.4 | 66.3 | |
| Median ageyears · 2023 | 29.4 | 39.1 | |
| People aged 65 and over% of people · 2023 | 6.4 | 14.3 | |
| Net migration rateper 1,000 people · 2023 | 0.4 | -0.4 | |
| Economy | |||
| GDP per personUS dollars at 2015 prices · 2025 | $3,989 | $13,790 | |
| GDP growth% a year · 2025 | 6.12024 | 5 | |
| Inflation% a year · 2025 | 2.6 | 0.1 | |
| Government debt% of GDP · 2025 | 108.72024 | 98.6 | |
| Education | |||
| Learning-adjusted schoolingyears · 2020 | 6.3 | 9.3 | |
| Adult literacy% of adults · 2022 | 64.9 | 96.72020 | |
| Girls in primary school% of girls of primary-school age · 2018 | 88.5 | 88.41997 | |
| Politics | |||
| Electoral democracyindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.57 | 0.07 | |
| Human rightsindex, 0 to 1 · 2025 | 0.7 | 0.18 | |
| Conflict | |||
| Deaths in conflictsdeaths a year · 2022 | 0 | 0 | |
| Military | |||
| Armed forces personnelpeople · 2020 | 6,0002000 | 2.54 million | |
| National power% of world capability · 2022 | 0.01 | 23.41 | |
| Armed forces, share of workers% of the labour force · 2020 | 2.342000 | 0.33 | |
| Arms importsSIPRI trend-indicator values · 2025 | 5 million2021 | 207 million | |
| Climate | |||
| Temperature°C · 2025 | 11 | 8.3 | |
| Days above 35 °Cdays a year · 2014 | 0 | 5.1 | |
| Tropical nightsnights a year · 2014 | 18.5 | 41.5 | |
| Technology and environment | |||
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 2.01 | 9.32 | |
| Internet users% of people · 2025 | 91.32024 | 91.6 | |
| Access to electricity% of people · 2024 | 100 | 100 | |
| Forest area% of land · 2024 | 70.4 | 24 | |
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, IISS, Correlates of War, SIPRI, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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