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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 Kingdom of Bhutan
1991 Kingdom of Bhutan
1992 Kingdom of Bhutan
1993 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
1994 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
1995 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
1996 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
1997 conventional long form : Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
1998 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
1999 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
2000 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
2001 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
2002 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
2003 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
2004 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
2005 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan
2006 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul
2007 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul
2008 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul
2009 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul
2010 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul
2011 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul
2012 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul
2013 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul
2014 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul
2015 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan | conventional short form: Bhutan | local long form: Druk Gyalkhap | local short form: Druk Yul
2016 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan | conventional short form: Bhutan | local long form: Druk Gyalkhap | local short form: Druk Yul | etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; Bod is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
2017 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan | conventional short form: Bhutan | local long form: Druk Gyalkhap | local short form: Druk Yul | etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; "Bod" is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
2018 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan | conventional short form: Bhutan | local long form: Druk Gyalkhap | local short form: Druk Yul | etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; "Bod" is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
2019 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan | conventional short form: Bhutan | local long form: Druk Gyalkhap | local short form: Druk Yul | etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; "Bod" is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
2020 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan | conventional short form: Bhutan | local long form: Druk Gyalkhap | local short form: Druk Yul | etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; "Bod" is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
2021 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; "Bod" is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
2022 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; "Bod" is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
2023 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; "Bod" is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
2024 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul etymology: named after the Bhotia, the ethnic Tibetans who migrated from Tibet to Bhutan; "Bod" is the Tibetan name for their land; the Bhutanese name "Druk Yul" means "Land of the Thunder Dragon"
2025 conventional long form: Kingdom of Bhutan conventional short form: Bhutan local long form: Druk Gyalkhap local short form: Druk Yul etymology: name may derive from the Sanskrit words bhoṭa , the name for Tibet, and anta , meaning "end" -- a reference to Bhutan's location at the southernmost end of Tibet; the local Dzongkha name Druk Yul means "Land of the Dragon"