Bhutan
Urban population in Bhutan
Urban population in Bhutan: 2.1% in 1950 and 43.4% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 43.4%
- Since 1950
- +41.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 173 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 51%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 51% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Bhutan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 43.4 |
| 2024 | 42.6 |
| 2023 | 41.7 |
| 2022 | 40.9 |
| 2021 | 40.3 |
| 2020 | 39.7 |
| 2019 | 39.1 |
| 2018 | 38.5 |
| 2017 | 37.9 |
| 2016 | 37.3 |
| 2015 | 36.7 |
| 2014 | 36.1 |
| 2013 | 35.6 |
| 2012 | 35 |
| 2011 | 34.5 |
| 2010 | 33.9 |
| 2009 | 33.3 |
| 2008 | 32.8 |
| 2007 | 32.2 |
| 2006 | 31.6 |
| 2005 | 30.9 |
| 2004 | 30.3 |
| 2003 | 29.6 |
| 2002 | 29 |
| 2001 | 28.3 |
| 2000 | 27.6 |
| 1999 | 26.9 |
| 1998 | 26.2 |
| 1997 | 25.5 |
| 1996 | 24.7 |
| 1995 | 24 |
| 1994 | 23.3 |
| 1993 | 22.5 |
| 1992 | 21.7 |
| 1991 | 21 |
| 1990 | 20.2 |
| 1989 | 19.4 |
| 1988 | 18.6 |
| 1987 | 17.9 |
| 1986 | 17.1 |
| 1985 | 16.3 |
| 1984 | 15.5 |
| 1983 | 14.7 |
| 1982 | 13.9 |
| 1981 | 13.1 |
| 1980 | 12.2 |
| 1979 | 11.2 |
| 1978 | 10.1 |
| 1977 | 9 |
| 1976 | 7.9 |
| 1975 | 6.8 |
| 1974 | 5.8 |
| 1973 | 4.9 |
| 1972 | 4.1 |
| 1971 | 3.5 |
| 1970 | 3.2 |
| 1969 | 3 |
| 1968 | 2.9 |
| 1967 | 2.8 |
| 1966 | 2.8 |
| 1965 | 2.7 |
| 1964 | 2.7 |
| 1963 | 2.6 |
| 1962 | 2.6 |
| 1961 | 2.5 |
| 1960 | 2.5 |
| 1959 | 2.4 |
| 1958 | 2.4 |
| 1957 | 2.3 |
| 1956 | 2.3 |
| 1955 | 2.3 |
| 1954 | 2.2 |
| 1953 | 2.2 |
| 1952 | 2.1 |
| 1951 | 2.1 |
| 1950 | 2.1 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Bhutan |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 44.3 |
| 2027 | 45.3 |
| 2028 | 46.2 |
| 2029 | 46.6 |
| 2030 | 47 |
| 2031 | 47.4 |
| 2032 | 47.8 |
| 2033 | 48.1 |
| 2034 | 48.5 |
| 2035 | 48.8 |
| 2036 | 49.1 |
| 2037 | 49.3 |
| 2038 | 49.6 |
| 2039 | 49.8 |
| 2040 | 50 |
| 2041 | 50.2 |
| 2042 | 50.4 |
| 2043 | 50.5 |
| 2044 | 50.7 |
| 2045 | 50.8 |
| 2046 | 50.9 |
| 2047 | 50.9 |
| 2048 | 51 |
| 2049 | 51 |
| 2050 | 51 |
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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