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Bhutan vs North Macedonia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Bhutan has a population of 792K (ranked 163/197), compared with 1.79M in North Macedonia (ranked 150/197). Bhutan's land area is 14,726 sq mi versus 9,737 sq mi for North Macedonia (ranked 132nd vs. 145th).

By GDP, Bhutan ranks 169/197 ($3.02B) and North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B). By GDP per capita, Bhutan ranks 132/197 ($3,839), while North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310).

Main facts and rankings

Bhutan North Macedonia
Population
801123
1783115
Population rank 163/197 150/197
GDP
$3.02B
2023
$16.7B
2024
GDP rank 169/197 138/197
GDP per capita
$3,839
2023
$9,310
2024
GDP per capita rank 132/197 88/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$16,254
2023
$26,587
2024
Government debt
$3.49B
2023
$9.15B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
102.9%
2025
52.9%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,432
2023
$5,105
2024
Government debt per person rank 87/185 78/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$6,460
2025
$8,472
2025
Land area
14,726 sq mi
2025
9,737 sq mi
2025
Population density
53.8 ppl/mi²
2024
184 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.46
2023
1.5
2023
Median age
30.9 years
2024
41.6 years
2024
Life expectancy
73.5 years
2025
77.7 years
2025

Bhutan and North Macedonia: Comparison Charts

Bhutan and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP
Bhutan

North Macedonia
Year GDP
Bhutan North Macedonia
1970 $61,812,113 -
1971 $66,289,450 -
1972 $70,139,867 -
1973 $78,900,289 -
1974 $92,901,784 -
1975 $86,820,762 -
1976 $88,461,263 -
1977 $97,884,434 -
1978 $94,086,228 -
1979 $105,377,995 -
1980 $128,669,201 -
1981 $139,174,178 -
1982 $141,439,317 -
1983 $156,704,290 -
1984 $160,423,494 -
1985 $163,288,815 -
1986 $191,218,115 -
1987 $242,742,766 -
1988 $272,298,067 -
1989 $264,798,626 -
1990 $287,765,007 $4,699,646,643
1991 $240,294,286 $4,938,775,510
1992 $240,233,531 $2,436,849,342
1993 $225,973,693 $2,682,456,897
1994 $258,954,708 $3,559,608,640
1995 $290,490,984 $4,707,041,315
1996 $303,408,346 $4,642,021,256
1997 $352,229,077 $3,912,986,091
1998 $363,458,381 $3,765,745,023
1999 $399,311,200 $3,863,619,285
2000 $460,733,418 $3,772,859,034
2001 $496,110,226 $3,709,636,031
2002 $559,345,264 $4,018,365,747
2003 $651,935,430 $4,946,296,599
2004 $735,348,490 $5,682,784,472
2005 $860,391,000 $6,258,602,873
2006 $942,879,879 $6,861,226,972
2007 $1,255,767,964 $8,336,474,974
2008 $1,317,517,835 $9,909,552,435
2009 $1,331,343,798 $9,401,736,825
2010 $1,708,880,730 $9,407,170,321
2011 $1,977,728,659 $10,494,626,768
2012 $1,973,387,228 $9,745,261,301
2013 $1,943,696,952 $10,817,702,346
2014 $2,089,079,571 $11,362,265,253
2015 $2,187,815,803 $10,064,519,963
2016 $2,357,504,761 $10,672,467,073
2017 $2,591,358,009 $11,307,067,070
2018 $2,583,335,722 $12,683,068,114
2019 $2,735,683,570 $12,606,338,449
2020 $2,457,604,334 $12,361,036,914
2021 $2,768,802,960 $14,000,283,827
2022 $2,898,227,744 $13,932,436,550
2023 $3,019,253,885 $15,763,604,288
2024 - $16,685,236,492

Bhutan and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP per capita
Bhutan

North Macedonia
Year GDP per capita
Bhutan North Macedonia
1970 $200.3 -
1971 $207.7 -
1972 $212.4 -
1973 $230.9 -
1974 $262.8 -
1975 $237.4 -
1976 $233.7 -
1977 $249.9 -
1978 $232.2 -
1979 $251.4 -
1980 $296.9 -
1981 $311 -
1982 $306 -
1983 $328 -
1984 $326 -
1985 $321 -
1986 $365 -
1987 $449 -
1988 $489 -
1989 $462 -
1990 $488 $2,277
1991 $401 $2,402
1992 $416 $1,199
1993 $407 $1,337
1994 $467 $1,786
1995 $530 $2,355
1996 $553 $2,307
1997 $630 $1,960
1998 $638 $1,876
1999 $685 $1,915
2000 $772 $1,862
2001 $812 $1,823
2002 $896 $1,989
2003 $1,022 $2,445
2004 $1,130 $2,819
2005 $1,300 $3,121
2006 $1,406 $3,440
2007 $1,850 $4,204
2008 $1,920 $5,026
2009 $1,918 $4,800
2010 $2,436 $4,833
2011 $2,788 $5,417
2012 $2,751 $5,050
2013 $2,680 $5,626
2014 $2,849 $5,925
2015 $2,954 $5,263
2016 $3,152 $5,598
2017 $3,435 $5,955
2018 $3,400 $6,714
2019 $3,577 $6,719
2020 $3,192 $6,660
2021 $3,571 $7,621
2022 $3,711 $7,606
2023 $3,839 $8,624
2024 - $9,310

Bhutan vs. North Macedonia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bhutan

North Macedonia
Year Life expectancy, years
Bhutan North Macedonia
1950 35.3 50.6
1951 35.3 48.5
1952 35.4 52.5
1953 35.4 53.2
1954 35.4 55.7
1955 35.5 55.4
1956 35.6 58.5
1957 35.7 55.7
1958 35.9 60.3
1959 36.1 59.5
1960 36.4 60.5
1961 36.7 61.8
1962 37 59.3
1963 37.4 61.4
1964 37.8 61.5
1965 38.3 62.6
1966 38.8 63.5
1967 39.4 63.8
1968 40 64.6
1969 40.6 64
1970 41.2 65
1971 41.8 65.2
1972 42.5 65.6
1973 43.1 67.1
1974 43.8 67.1
1975 44.5 67.3
1976 45.2 67.9
1977 46 68.2
1978 46.7 69.1
1979 47.4 69.2
1980 48.2 69.1
1981 49 69.4
1982 49.8 69.8
1983 50.6 69.7
1984 51.3 70.2
1985 52 70.2
1986 52.8 70.3
1987 53.6 70.4
1988 54.4 70.5
1989 55.1 71.1
1990 55.8 71.3
1991 56.5 71.8
1992 57.2 71.3
1993 57.9 71.7
1994 58.4 71.5
1995 59.3 72
1996 60 71.9
1997 60.6 71.9
1998 61.3 71.8
1999 62 72.3
2000 61.8 72.6
2001 63.3 73
2002 64 72.7
2003 64.7 73
2004 65.3 73.4
2005 65.9 73.6
2006 66.5 73.8
2007 67.2 73.7
2008 67.7 74.4
2009 68.2 74.5
2010 68.8 75
2011 69.3 75.1
2012 69.8 75
2013 70.2 75.6
2014 70.5 75.6
2015 70.8 75.6
2016 71.1 75.6
2017 71.4 76.2
2018 71.7 76.9
2019 72 76.8
2020 72.3 74.5
2021 72.4 73.3
2022 72.8 76.6
2023 73 77.4
2024 73.3 77.5
2025 73.5 77.7

Bhutan and North Macedonia population clocks and comparison

Population
Bhutan

North Macedonia
Year Population
Bhutan North Macedonia
1960 224,084 1,435,059
1961 230,602 1,455,171
1962 237,636 1,471,745
1963 245,156 1,488,737
1964 252,987 1,510,900
1965 261,200 1,533,466
1966 269,820 1,557,349
1967 278,852 1,582,492
1968 288,311 1,608,930
1969 298,214 1,636,345
1970 308,528 1,664,208
1971 319,211 1,691,216
1972 330,264 1,717,395
1973 341,705 1,743,816
1974 353,538 1,770,545
1975 365,791 1,797,972
1976 378,490 1,825,830
1977 391,639 1,853,138
1978 405,243 1,879,847
1979 419,200 1,906,523
1980 433,404 1,933,038
1981 447,836 1,959,065
1982 462,485 1,978,956
1983 477,460 1,991,901
1984 492,784 2,003,399
1985 508,392 2,014,331
1986 524,324 2,024,732
1987 540,557 2,035,157
1988 556,986 2,045,737
1989 573,586 2,055,649
1990 589,287 2,063,689
1991 599,784 2,055,994
1992 577,774 2,032,523
1993 554,673 2,006,854
1994 554,497 1,992,666
1995 547,989 1,998,534
1996 548,784 2,012,553
1997 558,697 1,996,869
1998 569,435 2,007,523
1999 582,579 2,017,142
2000 596,863 2,026,350
2001 610,794 2,034,882
2002 624,409 2,020,157
2003 637,663 2,022,725
2004 650,544 2,016,186
2005 661,865 2,005,330
2006 670,799 1,994,287
2007 678,641 1,982,933
2008 686,351 1,971,493
2009 693,988 1,958,782
2010 701,632 1,946,298
2011 709,377 1,937,398
2012 717,279 1,929,821
2013 725,273 1,922,716
2014 733,139 1,917,557
2015 740,618 1,912,430
2016 747,866 1,906,313
2017 754,335 1,898,657
2018 759,759 1,889,051
2019 764,824 1,876,262
2020 770,006 1,856,124
2021 775,442 1,837,114
2022 780,914 1,831,712
2023 786,385 1,827,816
2024 791,524 1,792,179

Fertility rates in Bhutan and North Macedonia

Fertility rate
Bhutan

North Macedonia
Year Fertility rate
Bhutan North Macedonia
1960 6.7 3.83
1961 6.7 3.62
1962 6.69 3.5
1963 6.69 3.62
1964 6.68 3.56
1965 6.68 3.52
1966 6.67 3.43
1967 6.67 3.33
1968 6.66 3.22
1969 6.66 3.1
1970 6.65 3.01
1971 6.64 2.93
1972 6.64 2.87
1973 6.63 2.72
1974 6.62 2.7
1975 6.62 2.69
1976 6.62 2.62
1977 6.61 2.49
1978 6.58 2.42
1979 6.55 2.4
1980 6.51 2.36
1981 6.46 2.29
1982 6.4 2.29
1983 6.34 2.25
1984 6.26 2.24
1985 6.18 2.25
1986 6.1 2.25
1987 6 2.32
1988 5.88 2.32
1989 5.76 2.25
1990 5.6 2.27
1991 5.45 2.31
1992 5.27 2.28
1993 5.07 2.26
1994 4.87 2.23
1995 4.62 2.13
1996 4.37 2.06
1997 4.09 1.92
1998 3.85 1.89
1999 3.61 1.77
2000 3.38 1.86
2001 3.19 1.73
2002 3.01 1.79
2003 2.87 1.75
2004 2.78 1.52
2005 2.73 1.5
2006 2.66 1.46
2007 2.59 1.46
2008 2.48 1.47
2009 2.36 1.5
2010 2.25 1.6
2011 2.15 1.46
2012 2.07 1.5
2013 2 1.5
2014 1.92 1.5
2015 1.84 1.49
2016 1.74 1.5
2017 1.62 1.43
2018 1.52 1.42
2019 1.45 1.34
2020 1.5 1.31
2021 1.49 1.6
2022 1.48 1.6
2023 1.46 1.5

Bhutan and North Macedonia demographics compared

Median age
Bhutan

North Macedonia
Year Median age, years
Bhutan North Macedonia
1960 18.8 21.8
1961 18.9 21.8
1962 18.9 21.9
1963 19 21.9
1964 19.1 21.9
1965 19.1 21.9
1966 19.2 22
1967 19.3 22.2
1968 19.3 22.4
1969 19.3 22.6
1970 19.3 22.8
1971 19.3 23.1
1972 19.3 23.3
1973 19.2 23.6
1974 19.2 23.9
1975 19.1 24.2
1976 19.1 24.5
1977 19 24.8
1978 19 25.2
1979 18.9 25.5
1980 18.9 25.9
1981 18.8 26.2
1982 18.7 26.5
1983 18.7 26.8
1984 18.6 27.2
1985 18.6 27.5
1986 18.5 27.8
1987 18.5 28
1988 18.5 28.3
1989 18.5 28.6
1990 18.6 28.9
1991 18.6 29.2
1992 18.6 29.6
1993 18.7 29.9
1994 18.8 30.3
1995 18.9 30.5
1996 19.1 30.8
1997 19.3 31
1998 19.5 31.2
1999 19.8 31.5
2000 20 31.9
2001 20.4 32.2
2002 20.8 32.6
2003 21.3 32.8
2004 21.8 33.2
2005 22.2 33.5
2006 22.6 33.9
2007 22.9 34.3
2008 23.3 34.7
2009 23.7 35.1
2010 24 35.5
2011 24.4 36
2012 24.7 36.4
2013 25.1 36.9
2014 25.6 37.3
2015 26 37.8
2016 26.4 38.3
2017 26.9 38.8
2018 27.5 39.4
2019 28 39.9
2020 28.6 40.3
2021 29.2 40.7
2022 29.8 40.9
2023 30.4 41.3
2024 30.9 41.6

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Bhutan North Macedonia
GNI, Atlas method
$2.94B
2023
$15B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
30.5%
2025
39.1%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.85%
2023
3.3%
2002
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
1.7%
2023
Armed forces personnel
6,000
2000
16,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.51%
2025
-5.04%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.28%
2024
12.3%
2024
Services, % of GDP
52.7%
2023
59.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
29.6%
2023
22.7%
2024
Economic freedom index
57.5
2025
63.2
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.7%
2022
22.9%
2019
Income share by poorest 10%
3.6%
2022
1.9%
2019
Total reserves including gold
$941M
2024
$5.25B
2024
Personal remittances received
$110M
2024
$458M
2024
International tourist arrivals
29,799
2020
118,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
10.7%
2020
3.52%
2020
Banked people share
33.7%
2014
84.3%
2024

Energy

Bhutan North Macedonia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
360 kg
2007
1,450 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$15.9
2007
$16.8
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.99 megatons
2023
8.76 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
2.53 tons
2023
4.79 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
82.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
82.5%
2022
19.5%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
7.2%
2023
Net energy imports use share n/a
63.8%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
3,320 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
100%
2021
31%
2021
Hydroelectric share
100%
2021
23.6%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Bhutan North Macedonia
% of world population
0.01%
2024
0.02%
2024
Annual migration change
-277
2024
-5,728
2024
Urban population
45%
2024
59.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.48 ft
2025
5.79 ft
2025
Average female height
5.09 ft
2025
5.28 ft
2025
Quality of life index
52.2
2025
57.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
72
2024
40
2024
Higher education index n/a
63
2025
Homicides per 100K people
2.46
2020
1.53
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
16.2
2019
5.1
2019
Visa free countries
67
2025
132
2025
Adult literacy rate
64.9%
2022
97.6%
2012
English speaking
75%
2025
5%
2025
People using the Internet
88.4%
2023
87.2%
2023

Health

Bhutan North Macedonia
Government health expenditure per capita
$154.5
2022
$562
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$53.4
2022
$225.9
2022
Life expectancy
73.5 years
2025
77.7 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15%
2022
0.002%
2018
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.55
2022
2.96
2020
Age at first childbirth n/a
27.4 years
2022
Maternal mortality per 100K births
47
2023
3
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
23.1
2023
3.3
2023
Obesity rate
12.7%
2022
28.4%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
12%
2024
7.4%
2024
Air quality index
6
2025
32
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
18.7%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.18 liters
2020
4.36 liters
2020

Territory

Bhutan North Macedonia
% of world land
0.03%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
18,605 sq mi
2024
5,433 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,035 sq mi
2025
4,830 sq mi
2025
Forest area
10,545 sq mi
2025
3,867 sq mi
2025
Roads length
7,584 mi
2017
8,812 mi
2017

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