What is population, age 16, male in Bhutan?

Population, age 16, male in Bhutan was 6,797 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

What is the highest population, age 16, male recorded in Bhutan?

The highest recorded value was 7,798 in 2009.

What is the lowest population, age 16, male recorded in Bhutan?

The lowest recorded value was 5,518 in 1994.

How does Bhutan rank for population, age 16, male?

Bhutan ranks 155th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.

Is population, age 16, male rising or falling in Bhutan?

Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Bhutan data come from?

The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 16, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Population, age 16, male in Bhutan

Name: Population, age 16, male in Bhutan
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Bhutan: Population, age 16, male was 6,797 in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)

6,797

Change on year

down 3.1%

World rank

155th

of 191 countries

All-time high

7,798

in 2009

All-time low

5,518

in 1994

Years of data

1990–2015

Population, age 16, male in Bhutan, 1990–2015

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

Analysis

The most recent figure for population, age 16, male in Bhutan is 6,797, measured in 2015.

That represents a change of down 3.1% on the previous year and down 8.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, population, age 16, male in Bhutan peaked at 7,798 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 5,518, in 1994.

Bhutan ranks 155th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1990s	5,782	5,518	6,388	10
2000s	7,296	6,623	7,798	10
2010s	7,326	6,797	7,768	6

Countries ranked near Bhutan

152 Fiji 9,127 compare
153 Trinidad and Tobago 9,072 compare
154 Guyana 7,978 compare
156 Solomon Islands 6,726 compare
157 Equatorial Guinea 6,722 compare
158 Cape Verde 6,369 compare

See the full ranking of 191 places →

More education data for Bhutan

Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Population ages 15-64 73.0% (2025)
Population ages 0-14 20.4% (2025)
Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
School enrollment, primary 114.9% (2024)
Primary education, teachers 3,372 (2024)
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.45 live births per woman (2024)
School enrollment, primary, female 119.3% (2024)

All data for Bhutan →

Frequently asked questions

What is population, age 16, male in Bhutan?: Population, age 16, male in Bhutan was 6,797 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest population, age 16, male recorded in Bhutan?: The highest recorded value was 7,798 in 2009.
What is the lowest population, age 16, male recorded in Bhutan?: The lowest recorded value was 5,518 in 1994.
How does Bhutan rank for population, age 16, male?: Bhutan ranks 155th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
Is population, age 16, male rising or falling in Bhutan?: Over the last ten years it is down 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bhutan data come from?: The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 16, male. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Population, age 16, male
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 4,786 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population, age 16, male refers to the male population at the specified age.