Population in Australia compared to Bhutan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and Bhutan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Bhutan	Australia	Bhutan
1960	10,276,477	224,084	-	-
1961	10,483,000	230,602	2.01%	2.91%
1962	10,742,000	237,636	2.47%	3.05%
1963	10,950,000	245,156	1.94%	3.16%
1964	11,167,000	252,987	1.98%	3.19%
1965	11,388,000	261,200	1.98%	3.25%
1966	11,651,000	269,820	2.31%	3.3%
1967	11,799,000	278,852	1.27%	3.35%
1968	12,009,000	288,311	1.78%	3.39%
1969	12,263,000	298,214	2.12%	3.43%
1970	12,507,000	308,528	1.99%	3.46%
1971	12,937,000	319,211	3.44%	3.46%
1972	13,177,000	330,264	1.86%	3.46%
1973	13,380,000	341,705	1.54%	3.46%
1974	13,723,000	353,538	2.56%	3.46%
1975	13,893,000	365,791	1.24%	3.47%
1976	14,033,000	378,490	1.01%	3.47%
1977	14,192,000	391,639	1.13%	3.47%
1978	14,358,000	405,243	1.17%	3.47%
1979	14,514,000	419,200	1.09%	3.44%
1980	14,692,000	433,404	1.23%	3.39%
1981	14,923,260	447,836	1.57%	3.33%
1982	15,184,247	462,485	1.75%	3.27%
1983	15,393,472	477,460	1.38%	3.24%
1984	15,579,391	492,784	1.21%	3.21%
1985	15,788,312	508,392	1.34%	3.17%
1986	16,018,350	524,324	1.46%	3.13%
1987	16,263,874	540,557	1.53%	3.1%
1988	16,532,164	556,986	1.65%	3.04%
1989	16,814,416	573,586	1.71%	2.98%
1990	17,065,128	589,287	1.49%	2.74%
1991	17,284,036	599,784	1.28%	1.78%
1992	17,478,635	577,774	1.13%	-3.67%
1993	17,634,808	554,673	0.89%	-4%
1994	17,805,468	554,497	0.97%	-0.03%
1995	18,004,882	547,989	1.12%	-1.17%
1996	18,224,767	548,784	1.22%	0.15%
1997	18,423,037	558,697	1.09%	1.81%
1998	18,607,584	569,435	1%	1.92%
1999	18,812,264	582,579	1.1%	2.31%
2000	19,028,802	596,863	1.15%	2.45%
2001	19,274,701	610,794	1.29%	2.33%
2002	19,495,210	624,409	1.14%	2.23%
2003	19,720,737	637,663	1.16%	2.12%
2004	19,932,722	650,544	1.07%	2.02%
2005	20,176,844	661,865	1.22%	1.74%
2006	20,450,966	670,799	1.36%	1.35%
2007	20,827,622	678,641	1.84%	1.17%
2008	21,249,199	686,351	2.02%	1.14%
2009	21,691,653	693,988	2.08%	1.11%
2010	22,031,750	701,632	1.57%	1.1%
2011	22,340,024	709,377	1.4%	1.1%
2012	22,733,465	717,279	1.76%	1.11%
2013	23,128,129	725,273	1.74%	1.11%
2014	23,475,686	733,139	1.5%	1.08%
2015	23,815,995	740,618	1.45%	1.02%
2016	24,190,907	747,866	1.57%	0.98%
2017	24,592,588	754,335	1.66%	0.86%
2018	24,963,258	759,759	1.51%	0.72%
2019	25,334,826	764,824	1.49%	0.67%
2020	25,649,248	770,006	1.24%	0.68%
2021	25,685,412	775,442	0.14%	0.71%
2022	26,014,399	780,914	1.28%	0.71%
2023	26,652,777	786,385	2.45%	0.7%
2024	27,204,809	791,524	2.07%	0.65%
2025	27,470,426	796,681	0.98%	0.65%
2026	27,728,157	802,211	0.94%	0.69%
2027	27,979,877	807,265	0.91%	0.63%
2028	28,228,958	811,835	0.89%	0.57%
2029	28,471,054	816,265	0.86%	0.55%
2030	28,707,292	820,693	0.83%	0.54%
2031	28,940,769	825,464	0.81%	0.58%
2032	29,169,013	830,347	0.79%	0.59%
2033	29,392,748	834,984	0.77%	0.56%
2034	29,614,137	839,045	0.75%	0.49%
2035	29,835,307	843,199	0.75%	0.5%
2036	30,056,752	847,699	0.74%	0.53%
2037	30,273,692	851,844	0.72%	0.49%
2038	30,488,994	855,558	0.71%	0.44%
2039	30,703,245	858,918	0.7%	0.39%
2040	30,916,122	862,126	0.69%	0.37%
2041	31,132,858	865,152	0.7%	0.35%
2042	31,352,893	868,152	0.71%	0.35%
2043	31,572,750	871,100	0.7%	0.34%
2044	31,790,565	873,733	0.69%	0.3%
2045	32,009,555	876,178	0.69%	0.28%
2046	32,232,946	878,161	0.7%	0.23%
2047	32,452,651	879,450	0.68%	0.15%
2048	32,672,016	880,488	0.68%	0.12%
2049	32,891,546	881,433	0.67%	0.11%
2050	33,105,190	882,337	0.65%	0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Bhutan gained 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Bhutan's population increased by 60,505 (a 8.17% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Bhutan was ranked 161st in 2005 and ranked 163rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Bhutan will increase by 10.1% to 882,337 people and will still be ranked 163rd.