Bhutan

Net migration rate in Bhutan

Net migration rate in Bhutan: 5.7 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
0.4 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
−5.4 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
90 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
-0.2 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)

per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in BhutanNet migration rate in Bhutan: 5.7 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -41.7 per 1,000 people and 32.4 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -41.7 per 1,000 people and 32.4 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 9.1 per 1,000 people in 1969, the lowest -114.1 per 1,000 people in 1992.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearBhutan
20230.4
20220.4
20210.4
20200.4
20190.4
20180.4
20170.4
20161.5
20150.6
20140.6
20130.4
20120
2011-0.7
2010-1.3
2009-1.9
2008-2.2
2007-2.3
2006-1.9
20051.3
20045.6
20036.1
20026.4
20016.3
20006.6
19996.1
19980.9
1997-3.6
1996-3.6
1995-39.2
1994-32.5
1993-17.7
1992-114.1
1991-15.9
1990-1.7
19892.1
19882.3
19872.7
19863
19853.3
19843.6
19834
19824.1
19814.7
19805.3
19795.9
19786.7
19776.9
19767.1
19757.4
19747.6
19737.9
19728.2
19718.5
19708.8
19699.1
19689
19678.9
19668.9
19658.8
19648.7
19638.6
19628.8
19616.9
19606.6
19596.8
19586.5
19576.7
19566.4
19556.6
19546.2
19536.4
19526
19516.2
19505.7
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearBhutan
2024-0.4-31.4–26.5
20250.6-32–30.4
20260.8-35.8–32
2027-0.5-34.1–29.5
2028-0.2-35.1–31.3
2029-0.6-35–31.1
2030-0-35.5–32.3
20310.5-33.6–32.7
20320.5-35–34.3
20330.2-32.8–31.1
2034-0.7-35.4–30.5
20350.7-33.9–33.7
20360.5-34.4–30.2
20370.2-36.5–32.9
2038-0.1-35.9–32.9
2039-0.1-34.1–32.7
20400.1-37.6–31
2041-0-35.9–32.5
20420.6-34.4–31.8
20430.4-35.2–33
20440.5-35.5–32.8
20450.6-32.8–32.4
20460.1-32.7–33.3
2047-0.3-35.9–31.4
20480.1-37.6–30.9
20490.1-35.9–32.3
20500.6-36.5–32.3
20511-35–32.7
2052-0.1-34.5–30.5
2053-0.4-35.5–33.1
20541.2-35.1–32.6
20550.2-34.3–31.6
2056-0.3-33.2–32.3
20571.2-35.2–33.4
20580-35.8–31.9
20590.3-34–31.2
2060-0.1-34.1–29.2
2061-0.1-34.4–31.9
2062-0.1-37.5–30.8
20630.6-34.3–33.2
20640.5-34.4–32.3
2065-0.4-34.1–32.7
2066-0.5-35.3–31.4
2067-0.1-35.8–32.2
20680.1-36–33.2
2069-0.1-36.7–33.2
20700.4-34.7–32.8
2071-0.2-38.3–31.1
2072-0.2-37–32.8
2073-0.6-37.7–30.9
2074-0.4-35.3–31.9
20750.3-32.8–32.6
20760.6-40–30.9
20770.8-36.4–32.5
20780.1-38–34.2
2079-0.2-38.8–33.4
2080-0-37.4–32.6
2081-0.2-35.1–32.7
20820.3-36.2–33.2
2083-0.2-38.2–30.8
20840.6-37.4–34.1
20850.4-37–37.2
20860.3-35.3–32.2
2087-0.6-37.9–32.7
2088-0.2-38.8–31.6
2089-0.5-39.5–31.5
2090-0.3-37.2–30.5
2091-0.5-36.8–33.3
2092-0-35.5–32.9
20930.5-36.4–32.1
20940.2-35.9–34
20950.2-37.8–32.4
20960.8-35.8–33.8
20970.6-36.1–32.1
20980.9-38.1–31.4
20990.2-35.1–32.4
2100-0.2-41.7–32.4

Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.

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