Bhutan: flag, capital & map
Get to know Bhutan, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Thimphu
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 796,682
- Area
- 38,394 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Dzongkha
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN), Indian Rupee (INR)
Bhutan is a landlocked Himalayan country. Its flag features a white dragon across yellow and orange fields.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Bhutan
The flag of Bhutan is divided diagonally, from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner, into an upper yellow and a lower orange triangle. A fly-side facing white dragon holding four jewels in its claws is situated along the boundary of the two triangles.
Where it is
Bhutan is grouped in Southern Asia, within Roam’s Asia region. Its land-border list includes 2 countries in this atlas: China, India. It is landlocked.
Bhutan has a recorded area of 38,394 square kilometres. Among the 9 countries assigned to Southern Asia in this dataset, it ranks 8 by area, from largest to smallest. Sri Lanka is immediately above it in that ordering, at 65,610 km². Maldives is immediately below it, at 300 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 796,682 people for Bhutan in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 21 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Dzongkha. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currencies listed for this date are Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN) and Indian Rupee (INR). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Bhutan?
Reveal answer
Thimphu. Bhutan is a landlocked Himalayan country. Its flag features a white dragon across yellow and orange fields.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Bhutan?
Reveal answer
The flag of Bhutan is divided diagonally, from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner, into an upper yellow and a lower orange triangle. A fly-side facing white dragon holding four jewels in its claws is situated along the boundary of the two triangles.
Which land neighbours of Bhutan are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
China and India. Bhutan is landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Bhutan?
Reveal answer
Dzongkha. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Bhutan.
Which currency codes are listed for Bhutan?
Reveal answer
Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN) and Indian Rupee (INR). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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