Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Thimphu
- Region
- Asia, Southern Asia
- Population
- 796,682 (2025)
- Area
- 38,390 km²
- Currency
- Bhutanese ngultrum (BTN), Indian rupee (INR)
- Languages
- Dzongkha
- Calling code
- +975
- Internet domain
- .bt
- ISO codes
- BT, BTN, 064
- Time zone
- UTC+6:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Bhutan covers about 38,390 square kilometres. By area it ranks 138th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Switzerland and a little larger than Guinea-Bissau. It shares a land border with 2 neighbours: China, India. It is landlocked, which means it has no sea coast. Its centre lies at about 28° north, 90° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 796,682 people live in Bhutan (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 166th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 21 people to each square kilometre. About 43 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 73 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Dzongkha. A person from Bhutan is called Bhutanese.
Money and economy
The currency is the Bhutanese ngultrum (code BTN, symbol Nu.). Also listed as used here: Indian rupee (INR). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 3.58 billion (2025), which is about US$ 4,493 for each person (2025).
Time
Bhutan uses one time zone, UTC+6:00 (Asia/Thimphu). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Thimphu | 98,676 |
| Phuntsholing | 27,658 |
| Tsirang | 22,376 |
| Punākha | 21,500 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southern Asia
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.