Bhutan vs Zambia statistics compared

Bhutan has a population of 792K (ranked 163/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Bhutan's land area is 14,726 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 132nd vs. 37th).

By GDP, Bhutan ranks 169/197 ($3.02B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Bhutan ranks 132/197 ($3,839), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Bhutan and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Bhutan and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Bhutan

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Bhutan	Zambia
1960	-	$698,739,721
1961	-	$682,359,727
1962	-	$679,279,729
1963	-	$704,339,719
1964	-	$822,639,671
1965	-	$1,061,199,576
1966	-	$1,238,999,505
1967	-	$1,340,639,464
1968	-	$1,573,739,371
1969	-	$1,926,399,230
1970	$61,812,113	$1,788,779,285
1971	$66,289,450	$1,653,259,341
1972	$70,139,867	$1,872,416,680
1973	$78,900,289	$2,434,255,237
1974	$92,901,784	$2,910,981,262
1975	$86,820,762	$2,442,672,141
1976	$88,461,263	$2,742,859,263
1977	$97,884,434	$2,515,296,940
1978	$94,086,228	$2,811,032,473
1979	$105,377,995	$3,353,445,378
1980	$128,669,201	$3,884,530,854
1981	$139,174,178	$4,008,126,497
1982	$141,439,317	$3,871,117,093
1983	$156,704,290	$3,321,048,451
1984	$160,423,494	$2,719,518,933
1985	$163,288,815	$2,252,454,500
1986	$191,218,115	$1,664,413,508
1987	$242,742,766	$2,265,250,972
1988	$272,298,067	$3,728,878,149
1989	$264,798,626	$3,994,673,161
1990	$287,765,007	$3,288,381,797
1991	$240,294,286	$3,376,806,697
1992	$240,233,531	$3,182,810,841
1993	$225,973,693	$3,273,505,344
1994	$258,954,708	$3,656,806,166
1995	$290,490,984	$3,806,983,413
1996	$303,408,346	$3,597,220,962
1997	$352,229,077	$4,303,288,480
1998	$363,458,381	$3,537,741,942
1999	$399,311,200	$3,404,284,891
2000	$460,733,418	$3,600,632,111
2001	$496,110,226	$4,094,441,301
2002	$559,345,264	$4,193,850,445
2003	$651,935,430	$4,901,869,764
2004	$735,348,490	$6,221,110,219
2005	$860,391,000	$8,331,870,169
2006	$942,879,879	$12,756,858,899
2007	$1,255,767,964	$14,056,957,976
2008	$1,317,517,835	$17,910,858,638
2009	$1,331,343,798	$15,328,342,304
2010	$1,708,880,730	$20,265,559,484
2011	$1,977,728,659	$23,459,515,276
2012	$1,973,387,228	$25,503,060,420
2013	$1,943,696,952	$28,037,239,463
2014	$2,089,079,571	$27,141,023,558
2015	$2,187,815,803	$21,251,216,799
2016	$2,357,504,761	$20,958,412,538
2017	$2,591,358,009	$25,873,601,261
2018	$2,583,335,722	$26,311,507,274
2019	$2,735,683,570	$23,308,667,781
2020	$2,457,604,334	$18,137,764,931
2021	$2,768,802,960	$22,096,416,932
2022	$2,898,227,744	$29,163,782,140
2023	$3,019,253,885	$27,577,956,471
2024	-	$26,325,775,287

Bhutan and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Bhutan

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bhutan	Zambia
1960	-	$221.6
1961	-	$209.7
1962	-	$202.3
1963	-	$203.2
1964	-	$230
1965	-	$287.4
1966	-	$325
1967	-	$341
1968	-	$387
1969	-	$459
1970	$200.3	$414
1971	$207.7	$372
1972	$212.4	$410
1973	$230.9	$518
1974	$262.8	$601
1975	$237.4	$490
1976	$233.7	$533
1977	$249.9	$474
1978	$232.2	$514
1979	$251.4	$595
1980	$296.9	$669
1981	$311	$670
1982	$306	$627
1983	$328	$520
1984	$326	$413
1985	$321	$332
1986	$365	$238.2
1987	$449	$315
1988	$489	$504
1989	$462	$526
1990	$488	$422
1991	$401	$423
1992	$416	$389
1993	$407	$391
1994	$467	$426
1995	$530	$433
1996	$553	$400
1997	$630	$466
1998	$638	$373
1999	$685	$350
2000	$772	$359
2001	$812	$397
2002	$896	$394
2003	$1,022	$446
2004	$1,130	$549
2005	$1,300	$711
2006	$1,406	$1,052
2007	$1,850	$1,119
2008	$1,920	$1,376
2009	$1,918	$1,136
2010	$2,436	$1,451
2011	$2,788	$1,625
2012	$2,751	$1,710
2013	$2,680	$1,821
2014	$2,849	$1,707
2015	$2,954	$1,296
2016	$3,152	$1,239
2017	$3,435	$1,483
2018	$3,400	$1,464
2019	$3,577	$1,259
2020	$3,192	$952
2021	$3,571	$1,127
2022	$3,711	$1,447
2023	$3,839	$1,331
2024	-	$1,235

Bhutan vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bhutan

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bhutan	Zambia
1950	35.3	46.8
1951	35.3	47.2
1952	35.4	47.6
1953	35.4	48
1954	35.4	48.4
1955	35.5	48.8
1956	35.6	49.1
1957	35.7	49.5
1958	35.9	49.9
1959	36.1	50.3
1960	36.4	50.6
1961	36.7	51
1962	37	51.3
1963	37.4	51.6
1964	37.8	51.2
1965	38.3	52.1
1966	38.8	52.3
1967	39.4	52.5
1968	40	52.7
1969	40.6	53
1970	41.2	53.4
1971	41.8	53.9
1972	42.5	54.4
1973	43.1	54.9
1974	43.8	55.4
1975	44.5	55.7
1976	45.2	56.1
1977	46	56.3
1978	46.7	56.3
1979	47.4	56
1980	48.2	55.5
1981	49	55
1982	49.8	54.4
1983	50.6	53.7
1984	51.3	52.9
1985	52	52
1986	52.8	51.1
1987	53.6	50.4
1988	54.4	49.7
1989	55.1	48.9
1990	55.8	48.2
1991	56.5	47.4
1992	57.2	47
1993	57.9	46.7
1994	58.4	46.3
1995	59.3	46.1
1996	60	45.8
1997	60.6	45.7
1998	61.3	45.7
1999	62	45.9
2000	61.8	46.6
2001	63.3	47.4
2002	64	48.5
2003	64.7	49.6
2004	65.3	50.5
2005	65.9	51.6
2006	66.5	52.7
2007	67.2	53.7
2008	67.7	54.8
2009	68.2	55.9
2010	68.8	56.9
2011	69.3	57.8
2012	69.8	58.7
2013	70.2	59.4
2014	70.5	60.1
2015	70.8	60.7
2016	71.1	61.1
2017	71.4	61.6
2018	71.7	62.1
2019	72	62.9
2020	72.3	63.4
2021	72.4	62.4
2022	72.8	65.3
2023	73	66.3
2024	73.3	66.5
2025	73.5	66.7

Bhutan and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Bhutan

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Bhutan	Zambia
1960	224,084	3,153,729
1961	230,602	3,254,086
1962	237,636	3,358,099
1963	245,156	3,465,907
1964	252,987	3,577,017
1965	261,200	3,692,086
1966	269,820	3,812,003
1967	278,852	3,936,343
1968	288,311	4,065,593
1969	298,214	4,197,116
1970	308,528	4,321,718
1971	319,211	4,442,525
1972	330,264	4,569,309
1973	341,705	4,702,693
1974	353,538	4,842,746
1975	365,791	4,990,086
1976	378,490	5,143,842
1977	391,639	5,302,480
1978	405,243	5,465,374
1979	419,200	5,631,728
1980	433,404	5,802,833
1981	447,836	5,983,289
1982	462,485	6,178,637
1983	477,460	6,381,038
1984	492,784	6,580,490
1985	508,392	6,780,953
1986	524,324	6,986,471
1987	540,557	7,191,282
1988	556,986	7,391,440
1989	573,586	7,589,216
1990	589,287	7,786,169
1991	599,784	7,981,650
1992	577,774	8,176,680
1993	554,673	8,373,921
1994	554,497	8,576,269
1995	547,989	8,785,763
1996	548,784	9,004,053
1997	558,697	9,237,063
1998	569,435	9,482,408
1999	582,579	9,740,005
2000	596,863	10,017,631
2001	610,794	10,325,185
2002	624,409	10,647,949
2003	637,663	10,983,595
2004	650,544	11,338,198
2005	661,865	11,718,819
2006	670,799	12,129,553
2007	678,641	12,565,085
2008	686,351	13,021,324
2009	693,988	13,490,389
2010	701,632	13,965,594
2011	709,377	14,437,796
2012	717,279	14,913,629
2013	725,273	15,398,997
2014	733,139	15,895,315
2015	740,618	16,399,089
2016	747,866	16,914,423
2017	754,335	17,441,320
2018	759,759	17,973,569
2019	764,824	18,513,839
2020	770,006	19,059,395
2021	775,442	19,603,607
2022	780,914	20,152,938
2023	786,385	20,723,965
2024	791,524	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Bhutan and Zambia

Fertility rate

Bhutan

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bhutan	Zambia
1960	6.7	6.95
1961	6.7	6.98
1962	6.69	7.01
1963	6.69	7.06
1964	6.68	7.09
1965	6.68	7.12
1966	6.67	7.14
1967	6.67	7.15
1968	6.66	7.18
1969	6.66	7.18
1970	6.65	7.22
1971	6.64	7.26
1972	6.64	7.3
1973	6.63	7.34
1974	6.62	7.36
1975	6.62	7.42
1976	6.62	7.39
1977	6.61	7.35
1978	6.58	7.29
1979	6.55	7.22
1980	6.51	7.14
1981	6.46	7.07
1982	6.4	7.04
1983	6.34	7.01
1984	6.26	6.97
1985	6.18	6.93
1986	6.1	6.87
1987	6	6.8
1988	5.88	6.7
1989	5.76	6.64
1990	5.6	6.57
1991	5.45	6.46
1992	5.27	6.35
1993	5.07	6.3
1994	4.87	6.26
1995	4.62	6.23
1996	4.37	6.18
1997	4.09	6.12
1998	3.85	6.07
1999	3.61	6
2000	3.38	5.92
2001	3.19	5.85
2002	3.01	5.77
2003	2.87	5.71
2004	2.78	5.7
2005	2.73	5.7
2006	2.66	5.68
2007	2.59	5.61
2008	2.48	5.53
2009	2.36	5.45
2010	2.25	5.36
2011	2.15	5.26
2012	2.07	5.14
2013	2	5.01
2014	1.92	4.89
2015	1.84	4.78
2016	1.74	4.67
2017	1.62	4.57
2018	1.52	4.49
2019	1.45	4.42
2020	1.5	4.32
2021	1.49	4.25
2022	1.48	4.18
2023	1.46	4.1

Bhutan and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Bhutan

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bhutan	Zambia
1960	18.8	17
1961	18.9	16.9
1962	18.9	16.8
1963	19	16.7
1964	19.1	16.6
1965	19.1	16.6
1966	19.2	16.5
1967	19.3	16.5
1968	19.3	16.4
1969	19.3	16.4
1970	19.3	16.2
1971	19.3	16.1
1972	19.3	15.9
1973	19.2	15.8
1974	19.2	15.7
1975	19.1	15.5
1976	19.1	15.4
1977	19	15.4
1978	19	15.3
1979	18.9	15.3
1980	18.9	15.2
1981	18.8	15.3
1982	18.7	15.3
1983	18.7	15.4
1984	18.6	15.4
1985	18.6	15.5
1986	18.5	15.5
1987	18.5	15.6
1988	18.5	15.6
1989	18.5	15.7
1990	18.6	15.7
1991	18.6	15.7
1992	18.6	15.8
1993	18.7	15.8
1994	18.8	15.8
1995	18.9	15.8
1996	19.1	15.8
1997	19.3	15.8
1998	19.5	15.8
1999	19.8	15.8
2000	20	15.9
2001	20.4	15.9
2002	20.8	16
2003	21.3	16.1
2004	21.8	16.2
2005	22.2	16.3
2006	22.6	16.3
2007	22.9	16.4
2008	23.3	16.5
2009	23.7	16.6
2010	24	16.7
2011	24.4	16.8
2012	24.7	16.9
2013	25.1	17
2014	25.6	17.1
2015	26	17.2
2016	26.4	17.4
2017	26.9	17.5
2018	27.5	17.7
2019	28	17.9
2020	28.6	18
2021	29.2	18.2
2022	29.8	18.4
2023	30.4	18.6
2024	30.9	18.8

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