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Bhutan vs France statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Bhutan has a population of 792K (ranked 163/197), compared with 68.5M in France (ranked 23/197). Bhutan's land area is 14,726 sq mi versus 208,090 sq mi for France (ranked 132nd vs. 48th).

By GDP, Bhutan ranks 169/197 ($3.02B) and France ranks 7/197 ($3.16T). By GDP per capita, Bhutan ranks 132/197 ($3,839), while France ranks 27/197 ($46,150).

Main facts and rankings

Bhutan France
Population
801123
68701054
Population rank 163/197 23/197
GDP
$3.02B
2023
$3.16T
2024
GDP rank 169/197 7/197
GDP per capita
$3,839
2023
$46,150
2024
GDP per capita rank 132/197 27/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$16,254
2023
$61,322
2024
Government debt
$3.49B
2023
$3.58T
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
102.9%
2025
116.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,432
2023
$52,199
2024
Government debt per person rank 87/185 8/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,460
2025
$33,898
2025
Land area
14,726 sq mi
2025
208,090 sq mi
2025
Population density
53.8 ppl/mi²
2024
329 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.66
2023
Median age
30.9 years
2024
43 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.5 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Bhutan and France: Comparison Charts

Bhutan and France economies compared

GDP
Bhutan

France
Year GDP
Bhutan France
1960 - $61,756,878,990
1961 - $66,806,595,975
1962 - $74,888,595,286
1963 - $83,957,182,115
1964 - $93,079,224,076
1965 - $100,522,559,916
1966 - $108,928,356,519
1967 - $117,751,396,249
1968 - $128,427,504,709
1969 - $140,361,802,782
1970 $61,812,113 $146,926,998,937
1971 $66,289,450 $164,238,872,973
1972 $70,139,867 $201,621,751,625
1973 $78,900,289 $262,343,828,816
1974 $92,901,784 $283,102,178,123
1975 $86,820,762 $356,780,728,163
1976 $88,461,263 $368,488,292,816
1977 $97,884,434 $406,736,454,934
1978 $94,086,228 $501,724,418,605
1979 $105,377,995 $608,218,624,730
1980 $128,669,201 $694,529,183,483
1981 $139,174,178 $609,184,791,792
1982 $141,439,317 $578,152,310,610
1983 $156,704,290 $553,356,312,936
1984 $160,423,494 $525,033,325,828
1985 $163,288,815 $547,220,981,165
1986 $191,218,115 $764,946,585,851
1987 $242,742,766 $926,320,855,615
1988 $272,298,067 $1,010,827,662,152
1989 $264,798,626 $1,016,742,237,302
1990 $287,765,007 $1,257,649,439,827
1991 $240,294,286 $1,258,961,748,634
1992 $240,233,531 $1,389,663,073,110
1993 $225,973,693 $1,314,383,368,080
1994 $258,954,708 $1,385,822,778,828
1995 $290,490,984 $1,595,219,345,512
1996 $303,408,346 $1,598,889,216,566
1997 $352,229,077 $1,449,392,222,971
1998 $363,458,381 $1,496,906,382,032
1999 $399,311,200 $1,486,915,879,702
2000 $460,733,418 $1,360,959,069,477
2001 $496,110,226 $1,370,376,677,299
2002 $559,345,264 $1,492,427,756,382
2003 $651,935,430 $1,835,095,983,049
2004 $735,348,490 $2,109,792,297,237
2005 $860,391,000 $2,192,146,403,028
2006 $942,879,879 $2,317,861,544,691
2007 $1,255,767,964 $2,655,816,911,867
2008 $1,317,517,835 $2,926,802,941,586
2009 $1,331,343,798 $2,700,075,882,519
2010 $1,708,880,730 $2,646,230,027,988
2011 $1,977,728,659 $2,870,408,553,990
2012 $1,973,387,228 $2,683,007,095,787
2013 $1,943,696,952 $2,816,077,607,875
2014 $2,089,079,571 $2,861,236,112,552
2015 $2,187,815,803 $2,442,483,452,643
2016 $2,357,504,761 $2,470,407,619,777
2017 $2,591,358,009 $2,588,868,323,335
2018 $2,583,335,722 $2,781,576,320,884
2019 $2,735,683,570 $2,722,793,515,172
2020 $2,457,604,334 $2,647,926,055,110
2021 $2,768,802,960 $2,966,433,692,008
2022 $2,898,227,744 $2,796,302,210,399
2023 $3,019,253,885 $3,051,831,611,385
2024 - $3,162,079,073,496

Bhutan and France economies compared

GDP per capita
Bhutan

France
Year GDP per capita
Bhutan France
1960 - $1,303
1961 - $1,395
1962 - $1,548
1963 - $1,718
1964 - $1,884
1965 - $2,015
1966 - $2,165
1967 - $2,321
1968 - $2,513
1969 - $2,724
1970 $200.3 $2,825
1971 $207.7 $3,128
1972 $212.4 $3,807
1973 $230.9 $4,914
1974 $262.8 $5,267
1975 $237.4 $6,607
1976 $233.7 $6,795
1977 $249.9 $7,465
1978 $232.2 $9,167
1979 $251.4 $11,063
1980 $296.9 $12,565
1981 $311 $10,956
1982 $306 $10,360
1983 $328 $9,862
1984 $326 $9,312
1985 $321 $9,657
1986 $365 $13,430
1987 $449 $16,176
1988 $489 $17,550
1989 $462 $17,547
1990 $488 $21,586
1991 $401 $21,501
1992 $416 $23,615
1993 $407 $22,239
1994 $467 $23,360
1995 $530 $26,792
1996 $553 $26,758
1997 $630 $24,169
1998 $638 $24,869
1999 $685 $24,576
2000 $772 $22,341
2001 $812 $22,332
2002 $896 $24,145
2003 $1,022 $29,480
2004 $1,130 $33,645
2005 $1,300 $34,696
2006 $1,406 $36,432
2007 $1,850 $41,486
2008 $1,920 $45,465
2009 $1,918 $41,728
2010 $2,436 $40,695
2011 $2,788 $43,930
2012 $2,751 $40,864
2013 $2,680 $42,669
2014 $2,849 $43,148
2015 $2,954 $36,702
2016 $3,152 $37,024
2017 $3,435 $38,687
2018 $3,400 $41,418
2019 $3,577 $40,408
2020 $3,192 $39,170
2021 $3,571 $43,725
2022 $3,711 $41,083
2023 $3,839 $44,691
2024 - $46,150

Bhutan vs. France life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bhutan

France
Year Life expectancy, years
Bhutan France
1950 35.3 66.4
1951 35.3 66.1
1952 35.4 67.4
1953 35.4 67.3
1954 35.4 68.2
1955 35.5 68.4
1956 35.6 68.5
1957 35.7 68.9
1958 35.9 70.1
1959 36.1 70.2
1960 36.4 70.4
1961 36.7 71
1962 37 70.5
1963 37.4 70.3
1964 37.8 71.3
1965 38.3 71.1
1966 38.8 71.5
1967 39.4 71.5
1968 40 71.5
1969 40.6 71.2
1970 41.2 72.1
1971 41.8 72.1
1972 42.5 72.3
1973 43.1 72.5
1974 43.8 72.8
1975 44.5 72.9
1976 45.2 73.1
1977 46 73.7
1978 46.7 73.8
1979 47.4 74.1
1980 48.2 74.2
1981 49 74.4
1982 49.8 74.8
1983 50.6 74.7
1984 51.3 75.2
1985 52 75.3
1986 52.8 75.6
1987 53.6 76.1
1988 54.4 76.4
1989 55.1 76.5
1990 55.8 76.8
1991 56.5 77
1992 57.2 77.3
1993 57.9 77.3
1994 58.4 77.8
1995 59.3 77.9
1996 60 78.1
1997 60.6 78.4
1998 61.3 78.6
1999 62 78.7
2000 61.8 79
2001 63.3 79.2
2002 64 79.4
2003 64.7 79.4
2004 65.3 80.3
2005 65.9 80.3
2006 66.5 80.7
2007 67.2 81
2008 67.7 81
2009 68.2 81.2
2010 68.8 81.4
2011 69.3 81.8
2012 69.8 81.7
2013 70.2 82
2014 70.5 82.4
2015 70.8 82.1
2016 71.1 82.4
2017 71.4 82.4
2018 71.7 82.6
2019 72 82.7
2020 72.3 82.2
2021 72.4 82.3
2022 72.8 82.5
2023 73 83.3
2024 73.3 83.5
2025 73.5 83.6

Bhutan and France population clocks and comparison

Population
Bhutan

France
Year Population
Bhutan France
1960 224,084 47,412,964
1961 230,602 47,905,982
1962 237,636 48,389,516
1963 245,156 48,877,567
1964 252,987 49,401,492
1965 261,200 49,877,725
1966 269,820 50,311,637
1967 278,852 50,722,791
1968 288,311 51,112,980
1969 298,214 51,536,014
1970 308,528 52,007,169
1971 319,211 52,499,553
1972 330,264 52,962,356
1973 341,705 53,392,161
1974 353,538 53,746,571
1975 365,791 54,002,853
1976 378,490 54,232,383
1977 391,639 54,486,467
1978 405,243 54,734,030
1979 419,200 54,979,851
1980 433,404 55,274,184
1981 447,836 55,603,353
1982 462,485 55,806,789
1983 477,460 56,108,330
1984 492,784 56,383,085
1985 508,392 56,665,619
1986 524,324 56,956,002
1987 540,557 57,266,167
1988 556,986 57,598,186
1989 573,586 57,943,062
1990 589,287 58,261,012
1991 599,784 58,554,242
1992 577,774 58,846,584
1993 554,673 59,103,094
1994 554,497 59,324,863
1995 547,989 59,541,294
1996 548,784 59,754,504
1997 558,697 59,968,066
1998 569,435 60,190,684
1999 582,579 60,501,986
2000 596,863 60,918,661
2001 610,794 61,364,377
2002 624,409 61,812,142
2003 637,663 62,249,855
2004 650,544 62,707,588
2005 661,865 63,180,854
2006 670,799 63,622,342
2007 678,641 64,016,890
2008 686,351 64,375,116
2009 693,988 64,706,436
2010 701,632 65,026,211
2011 709,377 65,340,830
2012 717,279 65,657,659
2013 725,273 65,997,932
2014 733,139 66,312,067
2015 740,618 66,548,272
2016 747,866 66,724,104
2017 754,335 66,918,020
2018 759,759 67,158,348
2019 764,824 67,382,061
2020 770,006 67,601,110
2021 775,442 67,842,811
2022 780,914 68,065,015
2023 786,385 68,287,487
2024 791,524 68,516,699

Fertility rates in Bhutan and France

Fertility rate
Bhutan

France
Year Fertility rate
Bhutan France
1960 6.7 2.85
1961 6.7 2.87
1962 6.69 2.89
1963 6.69 2.89
1964 6.68 2.87
1965 6.68 2.84
1966 6.67 2.8
1967 6.67 2.75
1968 6.66 2.69
1969 6.66 2.62
1970 6.65 2.55
1971 6.64 2.47
1972 6.64 2.38
1973 6.63 2.28
1974 6.62 2.18
1975 6.62 2.09
1976 6.62 2.01
1977 6.61 1.94
1978 6.58 1.89
1979 6.55 1.87
1980 6.51 1.85
1981 6.46 1.85
1982 6.4 1.86
1983 6.34 1.86
1984 6.26 1.86
1985 6.18 1.86
1986 6.1 1.85
1987 6 1.83
1988 5.88 1.81
1989 5.76 1.79
1990 5.6 1.77
1991 5.45 1.75
1992 5.27 1.74
1993 5.07 1.73
1994 4.87 1.73
1995 4.62 1.74
1996 4.37 1.75
1997 4.09 1.77
1998 3.85 1.78
1999 3.61 1.81
2000 3.38 1.89
2001 3.19 1.9
2002 3.01 1.88
2003 2.87 1.89
2004 2.78 1.92
2005 2.73 1.94
2006 2.66 2
2007 2.59 1.98
2008 2.48 2.01
2009 2.36 2
2010 2.25 2.03
2011 2.15 2.01
2012 2.07 2.01
2013 2 1.99
2014 1.92 2
2015 1.84 1.96
2016 1.74 1.92
2017 1.62 1.89
2018 1.52 1.87
2019 1.45 1.86
2020 1.5 1.83
2021 1.49 1.84
2022 1.48 1.79
2023 1.46 1.66

Bhutan and France demographics compared

Median age
Bhutan

France
Year Median age, years
Bhutan France
1960 18.8 32.8
1961 18.9 32.8
1962 18.9 32.9
1963 19 32.8
1964 19.1 32.8
1965 19.1 32.7
1966 19.2 32.7
1967 19.3 32.7
1968 19.3 32.6
1969 19.3 32.5
1970 19.3 32.4
1971 19.3 32.2
1972 19.3 32
1973 19.2 31.8
1974 19.2 31.7
1975 19.1 31.6
1976 19.1 31.7
1977 19 31.9
1978 19 32.1
1979 18.9 32.3
1980 18.9 32.4
1981 18.8 32.6
1982 18.7 32.8
1983 18.7 33
1984 18.6 33.3
1985 18.6 33.5
1986 18.5 33.7
1987 18.5 34
1988 18.5 34.2
1989 18.5 34.5
1990 18.6 34.7
1991 18.6 35
1992 18.6 35.3
1993 18.7 35.6
1994 18.8 35.9
1995 18.9 36.2
1996 19.1 36.5
1997 19.3 36.8
1998 19.5 37.1
1999 19.8 37.4
2000 20 37.7
2001 20.4 37.9
2002 20.8 38.2
2003 21.3 38.4
2004 21.8 38.6
2005 22.2 38.9
2006 22.6 39.1
2007 22.9 39.4
2008 23.3 39.6
2009 23.7 39.8
2010 24 40
2011 24.4 40.3
2012 24.7 40.5
2013 25.1 40.8
2014 25.6 41
2015 26 41.2
2016 26.4 41.4
2017 26.9 41.6
2018 27.5 41.9
2019 28 42.1
2020 28.6 42.3
2021 29.2 42.4
2022 29.8 42.6
2023 30.4 42.8
2024 30.9 43

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Bhutan France
GNI, Atlas method
$2.94B
2023
$3.1T
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.5%
2025
57.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.85%
2023
5.32%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
2.06%
2023
Armed forces personnel
6,000
2000
304,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.51%
2025
-5.46%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.28%
2024
7.39%
2024
Services, % of GDP
52.7%
2023
70.4%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
29.6%
2023
17.5%
2024
Economic freedom index
57.5
2025
64.4
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.7%
2022
25%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
3.6%
2022
3%
2023
Number of millionaires n/a
2,868,031
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
5.42%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
52
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0001%
2025
Listed domestic companies n/a
457
2018
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$2.37T
2018
Total reserves including gold
$941M
2024
$283B
2024
Personal remittances received
$110M
2024
$38.8B
2024
International tourist arrivals
29,799
2020
117,109,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
10.7%
2020
4.8%
2020
Banked people share
33.7%
2014
99.2%
2024

Energy

Bhutan France
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
360 kg
2007
3,140 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.9
2007
$18.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.99 megatons
2023
282.4 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.53 tons
2023
4.14 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
46.5%
2023
Renewable energy use share
82.5%
2022
16.2%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
46.7%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
47.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
6,423 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2021
22.8%
2021
Hydroelectric share
100%
2021
11.6%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
64.3%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Bhutan France
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.84%
2024
Annual migration change
-277
2024
+90,527
2024
Urban population
45%
2024
82%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.48 ft
2025
5.86 ft
2025
Average female height
5.09 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
52.2
2025
85.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2024
67
2024
Higher education index n/a
85
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.46
2020
1.34
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
16.2
2019
5.1
2019
Visa free countries
67
2025
175
2025
Adult literacy rate
64.9%
2022
99%
2003
English speaking
75%
2025
57.3%
2023
People using the Internet
88.4%
2023
88.7%
2024

Health

Bhutan France
Government health expenditure per capita
$154.5
2022
$4,865
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$53.4
2022
$434
2022
Life expectancy
73.5 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.55
2022
3.34
2021
Age at first childbirth n/a
29.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
47
2023
7
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
23.1
2023
4.3
2023
Obesity rate
12.7%
2022
10%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12%
2024
6.5%
2024
Air quality index
6
2025
80
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
18.7%
2022
34.6%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.18 liters
2020
10.3 liters
2020

Territory

Bhutan France
% of world land
0.03%
2025
0.36%
2025
Land area per capita
18,605 sq mi
2024
3,037 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,035 sq mi
2025
109,256 sq mi
2025
Forest area
10,545 sq mi
2025
67,580 sq mi
2025
Roads length
7,584 mi
2017
654,437 mi
2011

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