How many Bhutanese live in Australia?

About 40,000 Bhutanese live in Australia in 2026, by a synthesis of MoFAET diplomatic-mission reporting and Australian visa-application data. The true figure is in the 38,000–43,000 range depending on definitional cut-off. The cohort roughly doubled every three years from 2018, but that growth has now reversed sharply: Australian student-visa grants fell 60% between FY2022-23 and FY2024-25, and Bhutan was moved to Australia's strictest visa-scrutiny tier in January 2026, so the ~40,000 figure should be read as a peak-cohort estimate rather than a still-rising one. the largest Bhutan-born communities are in Perth and Canberra (2021 Census), with further clusters in Brisbane, Sydney, and Adelaide.