Bhutan's Total Size & Land Area: rank & territory types

Bhutan's land area is 14,726 sq mi, and the total size is 14,824 sq mi, with inland water included. Bhutan rankes 132/197 by total surface area.

Occupies 0.03% of the land mass of all countries.
13.8% of its territory is agricultural land.
Bhutan has 0.01% of the world's agricultural land area.
71.6% of its area is covered by forests.
Has 0.07% of the world's forests.

Bhutan total size and land area

	Bhutan	Rank
Total surface area	14,824 sq mi	132/197
Share all of all countries' surface area	0.008%	N/A
Land area	14,726 sq mi	132/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.03%	N/A
Population	791,524	163/197
Population density	54.5 ppl/mi²	168/197

Bhutan's True Size on the Map

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Bhutan's area by type

	Bhutan	Rank
Forest area	10,545 sq mi	93/196
Forest area as share of land	71.6%	13/196
World's forests share	0.07%	N/A
Agricultural land	2,035 sq mi	149/194
Agricultural land share	13.8%	164/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.01%	N/A
Arable land	386 sq mi	148/191
Arable land share	2.62%	154/191
Permanent cropland	54.1 sq mi	150/192
Permanent cropland share	0.37%	146/192
Water area	98.1 sq mi	125/197
Water as share of total area	0.66%	132/197
Roads length	7,584 mi	116/176
Land borders length	706 mi	117/197
Coastline length	0 mi	159/197

Bhutan's size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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