Crude birth rate in Bhutan

The crude birth rate in Bhutan was 12.5 per 1,000 people in 2024.

Measure: Crude birth rate (UN estimates) Unit: Births per 1,000 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Bhutan, 2024 12.5 Births per 1,000 people
Change from 2023 −0.1per 1,000 people 2023: 12.7 per 1,000 people
World, 2024 16.3 per 1,000 people Official aggregate
Position in 2024 114th of 217 See the full ranking

Crude birth rate in Bhutan over time

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Births per 1,000 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Crude birth rate (UN estimates) (births per 1,000 people), 2000 to 2024
Period BhutanWorld
2024 12.5 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2023 12.7 per 1,000 people 16.3 per 1,000 people
2022 12.8 per 1,000 people 16.6 per 1,000 people
2021 12.9 per 1,000 people 16.8 per 1,000 people
2020 13.0 per 1,000 people 17.1 per 1,000 people
2019 12.4 per 1,000 people 17.8 per 1,000 people
2018 12.9 per 1,000 people 18.2 per 1,000 people
2017 13.8 per 1,000 people 18.8 per 1,000 people
2016 14.8 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2015 15.7 per 1,000 people 19.3 per 1,000 people
2014 16.4 per 1,000 people 19.8 per 1,000 people
2013 17.1 per 1,000 people 19.9 per 1,000 people
2012 17.6 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2011 18.2 per 1,000 people 20.3 per 1,000 people
2010 18.9 per 1,000 people 20.2 per 1,000 people
2009 19.6 per 1,000 people 20.4 per 1,000 people
2008 20.3 per 1,000 people 20.5 per 1,000 people
2007 20.8 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2006 21.0 per 1,000 people 20.6 per 1,000 people
2005 21.1 per 1,000 people 20.8 per 1,000 people
2004 21.3 per 1,000 people 21.0 per 1,000 people
2003 21.7 per 1,000 people 21.1 per 1,000 people
2002 22.7 per 1,000 people 21.4 per 1,000 people
2001 23.9 per 1,000 people 21.7 per 1,000 people
2000 25.2 per 1,000 people 22.1 per 1,000 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 from 12.7 per 1,000 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 16.4 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −3.9.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Bhutan has the 114th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 16.3 per 1,000 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.DYN.CBRT.IN · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Bhutan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects