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Bhutan vs India
How Bhutan and India compare on 33 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Bhutan was higher: 73 years against 72 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Bhutan was higher: $3,989 against $2,523
- Population · In 2023, India was higher: 1.44 billion people against 786,400 people
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, India was higher: 2.17 tonnes against 2.01 tonnes
- Electoral democracy · In 2025, Bhutan was higher: 0.57 of 1 against 0.38 of 1
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyBhutan: 73 years in 2023India: 72 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBhutan: 1.7 per 100 live births in 2024India: 2.7 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBhutan: 19.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023India: 22.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBhutan: 3.44% in 2017India: 3.53% in 2017
- Suicide rateBhutan: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017India: 15.6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBhutan: 786,400 people in 2023India: 1.44 billion people in 2023
- Population growthBhutan: 0.69% a year in 2023India: 0.89% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBhutan: 1.46 births per woman in 2023India: 1.98 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBhutan: 43.4% in 2025India: 35.7% in 2025
- Median ageBhutan: 29.4 years in 2023India: 28.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBhutan: 6.4% in 2023India: 6.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateBhutan: 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023India: -0.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Armed forces personnelBhutan: 6,000 people in 2000India: 3.07 million people in 2020
- National powerBhutan: 0.01% of world capability in 2022India: 9.94% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBhutan: 2.34% of the labour force in 2000India: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBhutan: 5 million TIV in 2021India: 2.86 billion TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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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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