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title: "Bhutan — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Bhutan: capital Thimphu, area 38,394 km², population 796,682 (2025), currency Bhutanese ngultrum. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/bhutan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Bhutan

**Bhutan: Capital Thimphu**

38,394 km² · 796,682 people (2025) · Bhutanese ngultrum

Elevation runs from about 100 m on the Indian plain to 7,570 m at Gangkhar Puensum, which is the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Forest cover is above seventy percent and the constitution requires it never to fall below sixty. Bhutan absorbs more carbon dioxide than it emits.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Thimphu
- **Area:** 38,394 km² — 14,824 sq mi
- **Population:** 796,682 (2025)
- **Density:** 20.8 people per km²
- **Currency:** Bhutanese ngultrum (BTN, Nu.)
- **Official language:** Dzongkha
- **Time zone:** UTC+06:00
- **Calling code:** +975
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** BT · BTN
- **Continent:** Asia

## How it compares

- **By area:** 134 of 200
- **By population:** 166 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Netherlands | 41,543 | 18,087,633 |
| Switzerland | 41,277 | 9,092,436 |
| Bhutan ← | 38,394 | 796,682 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 | 2,249,515 |
| Taiwan | 35,980 | 23,600,776 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Bhutan?

Thimphu

### What currency does Bhutan use?

The Bhutanese ngultrum (BTN).

### How big is Bhutan?

38,394 km², or 14,824 square miles — 134 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Bhutan drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Netherlands](https://atoneplace.net/country/netherlands/)
- [Switzerland](https://atoneplace.net/country/switzerland/)
- [Guinea-Bissau](https://atoneplace.net/country/guinea-bissau/)
- [Taiwan](https://atoneplace.net/country/taiwan/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]