Bhutan vs Nepal
Nepal has 37.2× the population of Bhutan: 29,618,118 vs 796,682, a gap of 28.8 million. Bhutan is growing faster (+0.65% vs −0.11% a year), adding about 5,175 people a year against −32,918. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is narrowing, but too slowly to close within two centuries. Nepal is 10.0× as densely populated (207.1 vs 20.6 people per km²). People in Bhutan live 2.6 years longer on average (73.3 vs 70.6). GDP per capita is 2.9× higher in Bhutan ($4,493 vs $1,536).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Bhutan) and 2025 (Nepal); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Bhutan vs Nepal — side by side
 Bhutan |  Nepal | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 796,6822025 | 29,618,1182025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.65%2025 | −0.11%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 12.52024 | 19.02024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.12024 | 7.02024 |
| Children per woman | 1.452024 | 1.962024 |
| Life expectancy | 73.3 yrs2024 | 70.6 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 20.4%2025 | 28.1%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 6.6%2025 | 6.6%2025 |
| Density | 20.6 /km²2023 | 207.1 /km²2023 |
| Area | 38,390 km²2023 | 147,180 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 43.4%2025 | 67.0%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +4552025 | -364,6992025 |
| GDP per capita | $4,4932025 | $1,5362025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #165 | #52 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.01% | 0.36% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Bhutan: 3.6× from 1960 to 2025; Nepal: 2.9× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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