Data / Live births / Bhutan

Live births in Bhutan

Live births in Bhutan was 9,958 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 0.4% from 2022. That is the 168th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count9,958 Estimated
Change on 2022-0.4%
Rank168th of 236Countries ranked
Series high22,5471991
Series low8,3551950
Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.

Live births in Bhutan, 1950 to 2023

5,00010K15K20K25K19501961197219831994200520231950: 8,355 count1951: 8,571 count1952: 8,803 count1953: 9,045 count1954: 9,299 count1955: 9,554 count1956: 9,821 count1957: 10,084 count1958: 10,351 count1959: 10,627 count1960: 10,927 count1961: 11,230 count1962: 11,549 count1963: 11,914 count1964: 12,285 count1965: 12,675 count1966: 13,071 count1967: 13,475 count1968: 13,888 count1969: 14,308 count1970: 14,730 count1971: 15,160 count1972: 15,602 count1973: 16,046 count1974: 16,476 count1975: 16,961 count1976: 17,445 count1977: 17,926 count1978: 18,396 count1979: 18,854 count1980: 19,285 count1981: 19,695 count1982: 20,086 count1983: 20,461 count1984: 20,829 count1985: 21,171 count1986: 21,572 count1987: 21,881 count1988: 22,145 count1989: 22,390 count1990: 22,522 count1991: 22,547 count1992: 22,131 count1993: 19,674 count1994: 19,170 count1995: 18,249 count1996: 17,165 count1997: 16,568 count1998: 16,109 count1999: 15,632 count2000: 15,029 count2001: 14,577 count2002: 14,147 count2003: 13,841 count2004: 13,831 count2005: 13,975 count2006: 14,067 count2007: 14,112 count2008: 13,928 count2009: 13,631 count2010: 13,262 count2011: 12,928 count2012: 12,616 count2013: 12,376 count2014: 12,040 count2015: 11,595 count2016: 11,076 count2017: 10,379 count2018: 9,832 count2019: 9,500 count2020: 9,973 count2021: 9,997 count2022: 10,001 count2023: 9,958 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
20239,958 Estimated
202210,001 Estimated
20219,997 Estimated
20209,973 Estimated
20199,500 Estimated
20189,832 Estimated
201710,379 Estimated
201611,076 Estimated
201511,595 Estimated
201412,040 Estimated
201312,376 Estimated
201212,616 Estimated
201112,928 Estimated
201013,262 Estimated
200913,631 Estimated
200813,928 Estimated
200714,112 Estimated
200614,067 Estimated
200513,975 Estimated
200413,831 Estimated
200313,841 Estimated
200214,147 Estimated
200114,577 Estimated
200015,029 Estimated
199915,632 Estimated
199816,109 Estimated
199716,568 Estimated
199617,165 Estimated
199518,249 Estimated
199419,170 Estimated
199319,674 Estimated
199222,131 Estimated
199122,547 Estimated
199022,522 Estimated
198922,390 Estimated
198822,145 Estimated
198721,881 Estimated
198621,572 Estimated
198521,171 Estimated
198420,829 Estimated
198320,461 Estimated
198220,086 Estimated
198119,695 Estimated
198019,285 Estimated
197918,854 Estimated
197818,396 Estimated
197717,926 Estimated
197617,445 Estimated
197516,961 Estimated
197416,476 Estimated
197316,046 Estimated
197215,602 Estimated
197115,160 Estimated
197014,730 Estimated
196914,308 Estimated
196813,888 Estimated
196713,475 Estimated
196613,071 Estimated
196512,675 Estimated
196412,285 Estimated
196311,914 Estimated
196211,549 Estimated
196111,230 Estimated
196010,927 Estimated
195910,627 Estimated
195810,351 Estimated
195710,084 Estimated
19569,821 Estimated
19559,554 Estimated
19549,299 Estimated
19539,045 Estimated
19528,803 Estimated
19518,571 Estimated
19508,355 Estimated

Rankings

Definition

Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.

How to cite

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Bhutan, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

MLA 9

World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Bhutan, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/bhutan. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Live births, Bhutan, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/bhutan.

Harvard

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Bhutan, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/births/bhutan (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{united_live_births_bhutan_2023,
  author = {{United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division}},
  title = {{World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births): Live births, Bhutan, 1950 to 2023}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/bhutan. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
TI  - World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births): Live births, Bhutan, 1950 to 2023
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/13
PB  - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/births/bhutan
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/bhutan.
N1  - Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest live births in Bhutan? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"births","place":"bt"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=births&place=bt

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the live births in Bhutan?

Live births in Bhutan was 9,958 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 0.4% from 2022. That is the 168th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest live births in Bhutan?

22,547 in 1991, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

Live births in other countries

Related statistics for Bhutan

All statistics for Bhutan | Bhutan in figures