Bhutan vs India

Bhutan vs India: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 43.4% in Bhutan and 35.7% in India, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bhutan, by 7.7 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in India.

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% of people · UN

Bhutan vs India: Urban populationUrban population in 2025: 43.4% in Bhutan and 35.7% in India, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Bhutan, by 7.7 percentage points, or 1.22 times that in India.
BhutanIndiaUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

  • Bhutan has been higher since 2001, when it overtook India.
  • In 2025, Bhutan ranked 173 and India ranked 191 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Bhutan at 51% and India at 43.1% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

YearBhutanIndia
202543.435.7
202442.635.4
202341.735.1
202240.934.8
202140.334.4
202039.734.1
201939.133.8
201838.533.5
201737.933.2
201637.332.9
201536.732.6
201436.132.2
201335.631.9
20123531.6
201134.531.3
201033.930.9
200933.330.5
200832.830.1
200732.229.8
200631.629.4
200530.929.1
200430.328.8
200329.628.5
20022928.2
200128.327.9
200027.627.7
199926.927.4
199826.227.2
199725.527
199624.726.8
19952426.6
199423.326.4
199322.526.2
199221.726
19912125.8
199020.225.6
198919.425.4
198818.625.2
198717.925
198617.124.8
198516.324.7
198415.524.5
198314.724.3
198213.924
198113.123.8
198012.223.5
197911.223.2
197810.122.8
1977922.4
19767.921.9
19756.821.5
19745.821
19734.920.6
19724.120.3
19713.520
19703.219.7
1969319.5
19682.919.2
19672.819
19662.818.8
19652.718.6
19642.718.4
19632.618.3
19622.618.1
19612.518
19602.517.9
19592.417.9
19582.417.8
19572.317.7
19562.317.7
19552.317.6
19542.217.6
19532.217.5
19522.117.4
19512.117.3
19502.117.2
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
YearBhutanIndia
202644.336
202745.336.3
202846.236.6
202946.636.9
20304737.2
203147.437.5
203247.837.8
203348.138.1
203448.538.4
203548.838.7
203649.139
203749.339.3
203849.639.6
203949.839.9
20405040.2
204150.240.5
204250.440.8
204350.541.1
204450.741.4
204550.841.7
204650.941.9
204750.942.2
20485142.5
20495142.8
20505143.1

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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