Bhutan vs India
Bhutan vs India: Armed forces personnel
Armed forces personnel: 6,000 people in Bhutan in 2000 and 3.07 million people in India in 2020, by IISS estimates. In 2000 the value was higher in India, by 2.37 million people, or 400 times that in Bhutan.
people · IISS
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1985.
- The world as a whole: 29.4 million people in 2000.
Every year
people · IISS
| Year | Bhutan | India | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | 3.07 million | 27.4 million |
| 2019 | – | 3.05 million | 27.7 million |
| 2018 | – | 3.03 million | 27.7 million |
| 2017 | – | 3.03 million | 27.4 million |
| 2016 | – | 2.98 million | 27.5 million |
| 2015 | – | 2.8 million | 27.4 million |
| 2014 | – | 2.75 million | 27.3 million |
| 2013 | – | 2.75 million | 27.2 million |
| 2012 | – | 2.73 million | 28.2 million |
| 2011 | – | 2.65 million | 28 million |
| 2010 | – | 2.63 million | 28.1 million |
| 2009 | – | 2.63 million | 27.9 million |
| 2008 | – | 2.58 million | 27.5 million |
| 2007 | – | 2.58 million | 27.3 million |
| 2006 | – | 2.59 million | 27 million |
| 2005 | – | 3.05 million | 28.5 million |
| 2004 | – | 2.62 million | 27.1 million |
| 2003 | – | 2.42 million | 28.2 million |
| 2002 | – | 2.39 million | 28.3 million |
| 2001 | – | 2.35 million | 28.2 million |
| 2000 | 6,000 | 2.37 million | 29.4 million |
| 1999 | 7,000 | 2.26 million | 29.6 million |
| 1998 | 7,000 | 2.27 million | 29.9 million |
| 1997 | 6,000 | 2.23 million | 29.9 million |
| 1996 | 5,000 | 2.22 million | 30.2 million |
| 1995 | 4,000 | 2.15 million | 30.2 million |
| 1994 | 5,000 | 1.27 million | 23.2 million |
| 1993 | 5,000 | 1.27 million | 23.7 million |
| 1992 | 5,000 | 1.27 million | 24.5 million |
| 1991 | – | 1.27 million | 22.7 million |
| 1990 | – | 1.26 million | 23.9 million |
| 1989 | – | 1.26 million | 24.3 million |
| 1985 | 3,000 | 1.26 million | 22.2 million |
| 1984 | 4,000 | 1.12 million | – |
| 1983 | 4,000 | 1.1 million | – |
| 1982 | 4,000 | 1.12 million | – |
| 1981 | 4,000 | 1.1 million | – |
| 1980 | 4,000 | 1.1 million | – |
| 1979 | 4,000 | 1.29 million | – |
| 1978 | 4,000 | 1.3 million | – |
| 1977 | 4,000 | 1.27 million | – |
| 1976 | 5,000 | 1.44 million | – |
| 1975 | 5,000 | 1.67 million | – |
| 1974 | 5,000 | 1.62 million | – |
| 1973 | 5,000 | 1.62 million | – |
| 1972 | 5,000 | 1.59 million | – |
| 1971 | 5,000 | 1.56 million | – |
| 1970 | – | 1.55 million | – |
| 1969 | – | 1.51 million | – |
| 1968 | – | 1.48 million | – |
| 1967 | – | 1.42 million | – |
| 1966 | – | 1.4 million | – |
| 1965 | – | 1.22 million | – |
| 1964 | – | 1.22 million | – |
| 1963 | – | 1.08 million | – |
| 1962 | – | 800,000 | – |
| 1961 | – | 775,000 | – |
| 1960 | – | 535,000 | – |
| 1959 | – | 535,000 | – |
| 1958 | – | 490,000 | – |
| 1957 | – | 445,000 | – |
| 1956 | – | 400,000 | – |
| 1955 | – | 391,000 | – |
| 1954 | – | 381,000 | – |
| 1953 | – | 371,000 | – |
| 1952 | – | 361,000 | – |
| 1951 | – | 351,000 | – |
| 1950 | – | 341,000 | – |
| 1949 | – | 331,000 | – |
| 1948 | – | 321,000 | – |
| 1947 | – | 311,000 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, Correlates of War
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Active-duty military personnel, with paramilitary forces where they are trained and equipped like soldiers, by the IISS Military Balance.
- Source: IISS, The Military Balance, via the World Bank.
- Before 1985: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 170 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bhutan vs India
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