Net migration — all countries

Net migration — Bhutan

Net migration in Bhutan in 2025 — 455 people. Ranked 73 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 69.3%.

2025 455 people +264.26% vs 2024
World rank 73of 217
Period maximum 3,996 people2002
Period minimum -65,900 people1992

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Net migration — Bhutan, 1960–2025-80,000-60,000-40,000-20,000020,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,481 people1962: 2,096 people1964: 2,196 people1966: 2,407 people1968: 2,593 people1970: 2,700 people1972: 2,700 people1974: 2,700 people1976: 2,700 people1978: 2,700 people1980: 2,307 people1982: 1,897 people1984: 1,779 people1986: 1,586 people1988: 1,286 people1990: -1,000 people1992: -65,900 people1994: -17,997 people1996: -1,998 people1998: 486 people2000: 3,940 people2002: 3,996 people2004: 3,642 people2006: -1,283 people2008: -1,538 people2010: -922 people2012: 20 people2014: 452 people2016: 1,116 people2018: 287 people2020: 287 people2022: 291 people2024: -277 people2025: 455 people
Change over the period: −1,026 (−69.28%) Average annual rate: -1.8 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bhutan

Bhutan 455 people
World 0 people
South Asia -1.3M people
Southern Asia computed -2.49M people
Lower-middle-income countries computed -1.71M people
Net migration — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 455 +732 +264.26%
2024 -277 −568 −195.19%
2023 291 +0 +0%
2022 291 +4 +1.39%
2021 287 +0 +0%
2020 287 +0 +0%
2019 287 +0 +0%
2018 287 +0 +0%
2017 287 −829 −74.28%
2016 1,116 +666 +148%
2015 450 −2 −0.44%
2014 452 +143 +46.28%
2013 309 +289 +1,445%
2012 20 +484 +104.31%
2011 -464 +458 +49.67%
2010 -922 +383 +29.35%
2009 -1,305 +233 +15.15%
2008 -1,538 +15 +0.97%
2007 -1,553 −270 −21.04%
2006 -1,283 −2,131 −251.3%
2005 848 −2,794 −76.72%
2004 3,642 −279 −7.12%
2003 3,921 −75 −1.88%
2002 3,996 +122 +3.15%
2001 3,874 −66 −1.68%
2000 3,940 +398 +11.24%
1999 3,542 +3,056 +628.81%
1998 486 +2,480 +124.37%
1997 -1,994 +4 +0.2%
1996 -1,998 +19,503 +90.71%
1995 -21,501 −3,504 −19.47%
1994 -17,997 −8,197 −83.64%
1993 -9,800 +56,100 +85.13%
1992 -65,900 −56,378 −592.08%
1991 -9,522 −8,522 −852.2%
1990 -1,000 −2,180 −184.75%
1989 1,180 −106 −8.24%
1988 1,286 −195 −13.17%
1987 1,481 −105 −6.62%
1986 1,586 −108 −6.38%
1985 1,694 −85 −4.78%
1984 1,779 −118 −6.22%
1983 1,897 +0 +0%
1982 1,897 −199 −9.49%
1981 2,096 −211 −9.15%
1980 2,307 −186 −7.46%
1979 2,493 −207 −7.67%
1978 2,700 +0 +0%
1977 2,700 +0 +0%
1976 2,700 +0 +0%
1975 2,700 +0 +0%
1974 2,700 +0 +0%
1973 2,700 +0 +0%
1972 2,700 +0 +0%
1971 2,700 +0 +0%
1970 2,700 +0 +0%
1969 2,700 +107 +4.13%
1968 2,593 +100 +4.01%
1967 2,493 +86 +3.57%
1966 2,407 +100 +4.33%
1965 2,307 +111 +5.05%
1964 2,196 +100 +4.77%
1963 2,096 +0 +0%
1962 2,096 +510 +32.16%
1961 1,586 +105 +7.09%
1960 1,481

About the indicator

Net migration is the number of people arriving in a country minus the number leaving it, counting both citizens and foreigners. A positive value means net inflow, a negative one net outflow. The UN Population Division publishes the indicator at five-year intervals and derives it residually, as the difference between the actual change in population and natural increase, so errors of registration end up inside it as well.

Important: The value refers to a five-year period rather than to a single year; in the years between reference points the figure repeats.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.