Bhutan vs India
Bhutan vs India: National power
National power in 2022: 0.01% of world capability in Bhutan and 9.94% of world capability in India, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in India, by 9.93 percentage points, or 1,700 times that in Bhutan.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- India has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1971.
- In 2022, Bhutan ranked 163 and India ranked 3 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Bhutan | India |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.01 | 9.94 |
| 2021 | 0.01 | 9.79 |
| 2020 | 0.01 | 9.61 |
| 2019 | 0.01 | 9.75 |
| 2018 | 0.01 | 9.77 |
| 2017 | 0.01 | 9.75 |
| 2016 | 0.01 | 8.73 |
| 2015 | 0.01 | 8.57 |
| 2014 | 0.01 | 8.4 |
| 2013 | 0 | 8.18 |
| 2012 | 0 | 8.1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 8.04 |
| 2010 | 0 | 7.96 |
| 2009 | 0 | 8.09 |
| 2008 | 0 | 7.81 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7.73 |
| 2006 | 0 | 7.64 |
| 2005 | 0 | 7.61 |
| 2004 | 0 | 7.39 |
| 2003 | 0 | 7.35 |
| 2002 | 0 | 7.31 |
| 2001 | 0 | 7.01 |
| 2000 | 0.01 | 6.93 |
| 1999 | 0.01 | 6.86 |
| 1998 | 0.01 | 6.81 |
| 1997 | 0.02 | 6.68 |
| 1996 | 0.02 | 6.66 |
| 1995 | 0.01 | 6.55 |
| 1994 | 0.01 | 6.43 |
| 1993 | 0.01 | 6.39 |
| 1992 | 0.01 | 6.38 |
| 1991 | 0.01 | 6.28 |
| 1990 | 0.01 | 6.03 |
| 1989 | 0.01 | 5.95 |
| 1988 | 0.01 | 5.85 |
| 1987 | 0.01 | 5.76 |
| 1986 | 0.01 | 5.67 |
| 1985 | 0.01 | 5.6 |
| 1984 | 0.01 | 5.45 |
| 1983 | 0.01 | 5.44 |
| 1982 | 0.01 | 5.42 |
| 1981 | 0.01 | 5.2 |
| 1980 | 0.01 | 5.17 |
| 1979 | 0.01 | 5.28 |
| 1978 | 0.01 | 5.32 |
| 1977 | 0.01 | 5.31 |
| 1976 | 0.01 | 5.36 |
| 1975 | 0.01 | 5.46 |
| 1974 | 0.01 | 5.36 |
| 1973 | 0.01 | 5.42 |
| 1972 | 0.01 | 5.42 |
| 1971 | 0.01 | 5.26 |
| 1970 | – | 5.23 |
| 1969 | – | 5.03 |
| 1968 | – | 5.08 |
| 1967 | – | 5.07 |
| 1966 | – | 5.21 |
| 1965 | – | 5.2 |
| 1964 | – | 5.17 |
| 1963 | – | 5.15 |
| 1962 | – | 4.91 |
| 1961 | – | 4.87 |
| 1960 | – | 4.61 |
| 1959 | – | 4.69 |
| 1958 | – | 4.63 |
| 1957 | – | 4.58 |
| 1956 | – | 4.52 |
| 1955 | – | 4.52 |
| 1954 | – | 4.65 |
| 1953 | – | 4.67 |
| 1952 | – | 4.69 |
| 1951 | – | 4.9 |
| 1950 | – | 4.96 |
| 1949 | – | 5.14 |
| 1948 | – | 5.25 |
| 1947 | – | 5.28 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: 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 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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