Bhutan vs Brunei statistics compared

Bhutan has a population of 792K (ranked 163/197), compared with 463K in Brunei (ranked 170/197). Bhutan's land area is 14,726 sq mi versus 2,035 sq mi for Brunei (ranked 132nd vs. 165th).

By GDP, Bhutan ranks 169/197 ($3.02B) and Brunei ranks 142/197 ($15.5B). By GDP per capita, Bhutan ranks 132/197 ($3,839), while Brunei ranks 35/197 ($33,418).

Bhutan and Brunei: Comparison Charts

Bhutan and Brunei economies compared

GDP

Bhutan

Brunei

Table

Year	GDP
	Bhutan	Brunei
1965	-	$114,039,501
1966	-	$132,757,528
1967	-	$139,029,537
1968	-	$160,818,236
1969	-	$161,210,236
1970	$61,812,113	$179,078,929
1971	$66,289,450	$197,525,768
1972	$70,139,867	$270,822,782
1973	$78,900,289	$433,095,527
1974	$92,901,784	$2,319,576,214
1975	$86,820,762	$2,496,420,258
1976	$88,461,263	$3,054,765,590
1977	$97,884,434	$3,681,242,528
1978	$94,086,228	$4,100,423,674
1979	$105,377,995	$6,044,367,628
1980	$128,669,201	$10,795,432,294
1981	$139,174,178	$9,367,218,664
1982	$141,439,317	$8,932,198,186
1983	$156,704,290	$7,927,590,750
1984	$160,423,494	$7,632,788,075
1985	$163,288,815	$6,967,623,884
1986	$191,218,115	$4,190,280,003
1987	$242,742,766	$4,918,010,080
1988	$272,298,067	$4,535,130,305
1989	$264,798,626	$4,983,622,881
1990	$287,765,007	$6,039,881,087
1991	$240,294,286	$6,284,497,300
1992	$240,233,531	$6,327,966,445
1993	$225,973,693	$6,203,339,925
1994	$258,954,708	$6,467,782,521
1995	$290,490,984	$7,700,144,057
1996	$303,408,346	$7,663,377,277
1997	$352,229,077	$7,793,034,390
1998	$363,458,381	$5,550,846,025
1999	$399,311,200	$6,309,070,375
2000	$460,733,418	$6,570,999,060
2001	$496,110,226	$6,096,155,748
2002	$559,345,264	$6,333,082,879
2003	$651,935,430	$7,167,725,265
2004	$735,348,490	$8,619,178,799
2005	$860,391,000	$10,547,202,612
2006	$942,879,879	$12,644,616,446
2007	$1,255,767,964	$13,432,029,496
2008	$1,317,517,835	$15,926,456,492
2009	$1,331,343,798	$11,912,904,529
2010	$1,708,880,730	$13,707,121,031
2011	$1,977,728,659	$18,524,791,071
2012	$1,973,387,228	$19,048,443,340
2013	$1,943,696,952	$18,094,148,099
2014	$2,089,079,571	$17,097,797,372
2015	$2,187,815,803	$12,930,296,852
2016	$2,357,504,761	$11,400,266,055
2017	$2,591,358,009	$12,128,168,047
2018	$2,583,335,722	$13,566,908,401
2019	$2,735,683,570	$13,469,235,348
2020	$2,457,604,334	$12,005,799,664
2021	$2,768,802,960	$14,006,496,614
2022	$2,898,227,744	$16,681,536,443
2023	$3,019,253,885	$15,095,084,686
2024	-	$15,463,134,387

Bhutan and Brunei economies compared

GDP per capita

Bhutan

Brunei

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bhutan	Brunei
1965	-	$1,029
1966	-	$1,146
1967	-	$1,149
1968	-	$1,274
1969	-	$1,226
1970	$200.3	$1,325
1971	$207.7	$1,432
1972	$212.4	$1,905
1973	$230.9	$2,939
1974	$262.8	$15,195
1975	$237.4	$15,793
1976	$233.7	$18,671
1977	$249.9	$21,747
1978	$232.2	$23,447
1979	$251.4	$33,501
1980	$296.9	$58,005
1981	$311	$48,793
1982	$306	$45,075
1983	$328	$38,720
1984	$326	$36,061
1985	$321	$31,827
1986	$365	$18,501
1987	$449	$21,030
1988	$489	$18,825
1989	$462	$20,090
1990	$488	$23,659
1991	$401	$23,932
1992	$416	$23,451
1993	$407	$22,397
1994	$467	$22,767
1995	$530	$26,443
1996	$553	$25,692
1997	$630	$25,522
1998	$638	$17,769
1999	$685	$19,752
2000	$772	$20,130
2001	$812	$18,288
2002	$896	$18,621
2003	$1,022	$20,678
2004	$1,130	$24,423
2005	$1,300	$29,386
2006	$1,406	$34,675
2007	$1,850	$36,217
2008	$1,920	$42,157
2009	$1,918	$30,946
2010	$2,436	$34,938
2011	$2,788	$46,383
2012	$2,751	$46,969
2013	$2,680	$44,003
2014	$2,849	$41,027
2015	$2,954	$30,625
2016	$3,152	$26,663
2017	$3,435	$28,024
2018	$3,400	$30,988
2019	$3,577	$30,427
2020	$3,192	$26,834
2021	$3,571	$31,007
2022	$3,711	$36,633
2023	$3,839	$32,891
2024	-	$33,418

Bhutan vs. Brunei life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bhutan

Brunei

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bhutan	Brunei
1950	35.3	50.6
1951	35.3	51.5
1952	35.4	52.4
1953	35.4	53.3
1954	35.4	54.2
1955	35.5	55
1956	35.6	55.7
1957	35.7	56.5
1958	35.9	57.3
1959	36.1	58
1960	36.4	58.7
1961	36.7	59.4
1962	37	58.8
1963	37.4	60.6
1964	37.8	61.3
1965	38.3	61.7
1966	38.8	62.4
1967	39.4	62.9
1968	40	63.5
1969	40.6	64
1970	41.2	64.5
1971	41.8	65
1972	42.5	65.4
1973	43.1	66
1974	43.8	66.4
1975	44.5	67
1976	45.2	67.4
1977	46	67.8
1978	46.7	68.3
1979	47.4	68.6
1980	48.2	69
1981	49	69.3
1982	49.8	69.7
1983	50.6	70
1984	51.3	70.2
1985	52	70.5
1986	52.8	70.8
1987	53.6	71
1988	54.4	71.2
1989	55.1	71.4
1990	55.8	71.6
1991	56.5	71.9
1992	57.2	72.1
1993	57.9	72.3
1994	58.4	72.6
1995	59.3	72.8
1996	60	73.1
1997	60.6	73.3
1998	61.3	73.6
1999	62	73.8
2000	61.8	74
2001	63.3	74.2
2002	64	74.4
2003	64.7	74.5
2004	65.3	74.6
2005	65.9	74.7
2006	66.5	74.8
2007	67.2	74.8
2008	67.7	74.8
2009	68.2	74.8
2010	68.8	74.8
2011	69.3	74.8
2012	69.8	74.8
2013	70.2	74.9
2014	70.5	74.9
2015	70.8	74.9
2016	71.1	74.9
2017	71.4	74.9
2018	71.7	75
2019	72	75
2020	72.3	75.1
2021	72.4	74.9
2022	72.8	72.9
2023	73	75.3
2024	73.3	75.5
2025	73.5	75.7

Bhutan and Brunei population clocks and comparison

Population

Bhutan

Brunei

Table

Year	Population
	Bhutan	Brunei
1960	224,084	88,347
1961	230,602	92,517
1962	237,636	96,719
1963	245,156	101,159
1964	252,987	105,922
1965	261,200	110,838
1966	269,820	115,874
1967	278,852	121,017
1968	288,311	126,222
1969	298,214	131,446
1970	308,528	135,138
1971	319,211	137,921
1972	330,264	142,189
1973	341,705	147,369
1974	353,538	152,656
1975	365,791	158,070
1976	378,490	163,607
1977	391,639	169,277
1978	405,243	174,884
1979	419,200	180,422
1980	433,404	186,111
1981	447,836	191,977
1982	462,485	198,165
1983	477,460	204,741
1984	492,784	211,661
1985	508,392	218,919
1986	524,324	226,495
1987	540,557	233,860
1988	556,986	240,913
1989	573,586	248,064
1990	589,287	255,292
1991	599,784	262,596
1992	577,774	269,839
1993	554,673	276,971
1994	554,497	284,091
1995	547,989	291,195
1996	548,784	298,276
1997	558,697	305,341
1998	569,435	312,385
1999	582,579	319,411
2000	596,863	326,424
2001	610,794	333,345
2002	624,409	340,099
2003	637,663	346,637
2004	650,544	352,911
2005	661,865	358,916
2006	670,799	364,663
2007	678,641	370,873
2008	686,351	377,793
2009	693,988	384,952
2010	701,632	392,332
2011	709,377	399,389
2012	717,279	405,557
2013	725,273	411,202
2014	733,139	416,750
2015	740,618	422,212
2016	747,866	427,564
2017	754,335	432,772
2018	759,759	437,810
2019	764,824	442,680
2020	770,006	447,404
2021	775,442	451,721
2022	780,914	455,370
2023	786,385	458,949
2024	791,524	462,721

Fertility rates in Bhutan and Brunei

Fertility rate

Bhutan

Brunei

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Brunei
1960	6.7	7.32
1961	6.7	7.19
1962	6.69	7.03
1963	6.69	6.89
1964	6.68	6.77
1965	6.68	6.65
1966	6.67	6.51
1967	6.67	6.37
1968	6.66	6.2
1969	6.66	6.01
1970	6.65	5.8
1971	6.64	5.62
1972	6.64	5.5
1973	6.63	5.36
1974	6.62	5.18
1975	6.62	4.99
1976	6.62	4.78
1977	6.61	4.58
1978	6.58	4.39
1979	6.55	4.22
1980	6.51	4.07
1981	6.46	3.94
1982	6.4	3.84
1983	6.34	3.75
1984	6.26	3.68
1985	6.18	3.61
1986	6.1	3.55
1987	6	3.49
1988	5.88	3.44
1989	5.76	3.36
1990	5.6	3.29
1991	5.45	3.21
1992	5.27	3.11
1993	5.07	3.01
1994	4.87	2.9
1995	4.62	2.79
1996	4.37	2.68
1997	4.09	2.6
1998	3.85	2.53
1999	3.61	2.46
2000	3.38	2.4
2001	3.19	2.34
2002	3.01	2.26
2003	2.87	2.19
2004	2.78	2.1
2005	2.73	2.02
2006	2.66	1.97
2007	2.59	1.93
2008	2.48	1.92
2009	2.36	1.92
2010	2.25	1.94
2011	2.15	1.96
2012	2.07	1.97
2013	2	1.98
2014	1.92	1.97
2015	1.84	1.95
2016	1.74	1.92
2017	1.62	1.88
2018	1.52	1.85
2019	1.45	1.82
2020	1.5	1.8
2021	1.49	1.78
2022	1.48	1.76
2023	1.46	1.75

Bhutan and Brunei demographics compared

Median age

Bhutan

Brunei

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bhutan	Brunei
1960	18.8	18.8
1961	18.9	18.1
1962	18.9	17.5
1963	19	17.1
1964	19.1	17
1965	19.1	17
1966	19.2	17.2
1967	19.3	17.3
1968	19.3	17.5
1969	19.3	17.7
1970	19.3	17.8
1971	19.3	17.9
1972	19.3	18
1973	19.2	18.2
1974	19.2	18.3
1975	19.1	18.6
1976	19.1	18.8
1977	19	19.1
1978	19	19.4
1979	18.9	19.6
1980	18.9	20
1981	18.8	20.3
1982	18.7	20.6
1983	18.7	21
1984	18.6	21.3
1985	18.6	21.7
1986	18.5	22
1987	18.5	22.3
1988	18.5	22.6
1989	18.5	22.8
1990	18.6	23.1
1991	18.6	23.4
1992	18.6	23.6
1993	18.7	23.8
1994	18.8	24.1
1995	18.9	24.4
1996	19.1	24.7
1997	19.3	24.9
1998	19.5	25.2
1999	19.8	25.5
2000	20	25.8
2001	20.4	26.1
2002	20.8	26.4
2003	21.3	26.8
2004	21.8	27.1
2005	22.2	27.5
2006	22.6	27.9
2007	22.9	28.1
2008	23.3	28
2009	23.7	28
2010	24	28
2011	24.4	28.1
2012	24.7	28.4
2013	25.1	28.8
2014	25.6	29.1
2015	26	29.5
2016	26.4	29.8
2017	26.9	30.2
2018	27.5	30.6
2019	28	31
2020	28.6	31.4
2021	29.2	31.8
2022	29.8	32.3
2023	30.4	32.8
2024	30.9	33.2

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