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How many babies are born in Bhutan?

9.79 thousand babies born in Bhutan in 2026. That is 0.01% of all births worldwide, and the 168th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Bhutan: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Bhutan’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~17 ~390 44.3 Modelled estimate
1000 ~400 ~10K 40.0 Modelled estimate
1500 ~640 ~15K 42.6 Modelled estimate
1800 ~18.1K ~392K 46.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~12.4K ~269K 46.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 8.35K 170K 49.2 UN estimate
2000 15K 597K 25.2 UN estimate
2023 9.96K 786K 12.7 UN estimate
2026 9.79K 802K 12.2 UN projection
2050 7.71K 882K 8.7 UN projection
2075 6.52K 826K 7.9 UN projection
2100 5.45K 690K 7.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Bhutan among estimates through 2023 were in 1991, at about 22.6K. That is roughly 1,306 times the estimated ~17 births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.43 children per woman, fertility in Bhutan is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Bhutan each year?

An estimated 9.79 thousand babies are born in Bhutan in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 27 a day and 0.01% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Bhutan?

Bhutan has an estimated 12.2 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.43 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.