The latest officially reported population of Bhutan was 791,524 in 2024 vs 6,441,421 people in Bulgaria in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bhutan's population is 802,266 people compared to 6,355,610 in Bulgaria.
Population statistics:
- Bulgaria's population is 7.92 times bigger than Bhutan's.
- Bhutan is ranked the 163rd most populous country in the world, while Bulgaria is the 112th.
- The countries together account for 0.09% of the world: 0.01% for Bhutan vs 0.08% for Bulgaria.
- For the last 10 years, Bhutan has had an average growth rate of +0.8% per year vs -0.96% in Bulgaria.
- Since 2006, the population of Bhutan has increased from 671K people to 802K (19.6% growth), while Bulgaria has declined from 7.6M to 6.36M (16.4% decline).
- Bhutan is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 884K people, while Bulgaria's population already peaked in 1988 at 8.98M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Bhutan vs Bulgaria: live population counter
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| Current population |
802266
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6355610
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| Population rank | 163/197 | 112/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.08% |
| One net population change |
1.7 hours
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1.69 hours
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| One birth every |
52.8 minutes
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9.16 minutes
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| One death every |
1.82 hours
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5.19 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.32 days
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16.7 hours
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| Annual migration change | -277 | +524 |
| Daily growth/decline | +14 | -14 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,139 | -5,175 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.65% | -0.08% |
| Population growth rate rank | 121/197 | 172/197 |
Bhutan and Bulgaria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 224,084 | 7,867,374 | - | - |
| 1961 | 230,602 | 7,943,118 | 2.91% | 0.96% |
| 1962 | 237,636 | 8,012,946 | 3.05% | 0.88% |
| 1963 | 245,156 | 8,078,145 | 3.16% | 0.81% |
| 1964 | 252,987 | 8,144,340 | 3.19% | 0.82% |
| 1965 | 261,200 | 8,204,168 | 3.25% | 0.73% |
| 1966 | 269,820 | 8,258,057 | 3.3% | 0.66% |
| 1967 | 278,852 | 8,310,226 | 3.35% | 0.63% |
| 1968 | 288,311 | 8,369,603 | 3.39% | 0.71% |
| 1969 | 298,214 | 8,434,172 | 3.43% | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 308,528 | 8,489,574 | 3.46% | 0.66% |
| 1971 | 319,211 | 8,536,395 | 3.46% | 0.55% |
| 1972 | 330,264 | 8,576,200 | 3.46% | 0.47% |
| 1973 | 341,705 | 8,620,967 | 3.46% | 0.52% |
| 1974 | 353,538 | 8,678,745 | 3.46% | 0.67% |
| 1975 | 365,791 | 8,720,742 | 3.47% | 0.48% |
| 1976 | 378,490 | 8,758,599 | 3.47% | 0.43% |
| 1977 | 391,639 | 8,804,183 | 3.47% | 0.52% |
| 1978 | 405,243 | 8,814,032 | 3.47% | 0.11% |
| 1979 | 419,200 | 8,825,940 | 3.44% | 0.14% |
| 1980 | 433,404 | 8,861,535 | 3.39% | 0.4% |
| 1981 | 447,836 | 8,891,117 | 3.33% | 0.33% |
| 1982 | 462,485 | 8,917,457 | 3.27% | 0.3% |
| 1983 | 477,460 | 8,939,738 | 3.24% | 0.25% |
| 1984 | 492,784 | 8,960,679 | 3.21% | 0.23% |
| 1985 | 508,392 | 8,960,547 | 3.17% | -0.001% |
| 1986 | 524,324 | 8,958,171 | 3.13% | -0.03% |
| 1987 | 540,557 | 8,971,359 | 3.1% | 0.15% |
| 1988 | 556,986 | 8,981,446 | 3.04% | 0.11% |
| 1989 | 573,586 | 8,876,972 | 2.98% | -1.16% |
| 1990 | 589,287 | 8,718,289 | 2.74% | -1.79% |
| 1991 | 599,784 | 8,632,367 | 1.78% | -0.99% |
| 1992 | 577,774 | 8,540,164 | -3.67% | -1.07% |
| 1993 | 554,673 | 8,472,313 | -4% | -0.79% |
| 1994 | 554,497 | 8,443,591 | -0.03% | -0.34% |
| 1995 | 547,989 | 8,406,067 | -1.17% | -0.44% |
| 1996 | 548,784 | 8,362,826 | 0.15% | -0.51% |
| 1997 | 558,697 | 8,312,068 | 1.81% | -0.61% |
| 1998 | 569,435 | 8,256,786 | 1.92% | -0.67% |
| 1999 | 582,579 | 8,210,624 | 2.31% | -0.56% |
| 2000 | 596,863 | 8,170,172 | 2.45% | -0.49% |
| 2001 | 610,794 | 8,009,142 | 2.33% | -1.97% |
| 2002 | 624,409 | 7,837,161 | 2.23% | -2.15% |
| 2003 | 637,663 | 7,775,327 | 2.12% | -0.79% |
| 2004 | 650,544 | 7,716,860 | 2.02% | -0.75% |
| 2005 | 661,865 | 7,658,972 | 1.74% | -0.75% |
| 2006 | 670,799 | 7,601,022 | 1.35% | -0.76% |
| 2007 | 678,641 | 7,545,338 | 1.17% | -0.73% |
| 2008 | 686,351 | 7,492,561 | 1.14% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 693,988 | 7,444,443 | 1.11% | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 701,632 | 7,395,599 | 1.1% | -0.66% |
| 2011 | 709,377 | 7,348,328 | 1.1% | -0.64% |
| 2012 | 717,279 | 7,305,888 | 1.11% | -0.58% |
| 2013 | 725,273 | 7,160,005 | 1.11% | -2% |
| 2014 | 733,139 | 7,073,572 | 1.08% | -1.21% |
| 2015 | 740,618 | 6,984,225 | 1.02% | -1.26% |
| 2016 | 747,866 | 6,894,139 | 0.98% | -1.29% |
| 2017 | 754,335 | 6,803,468 | 0.86% | -1.32% |
| 2018 | 759,759 | 6,710,798 | 0.72% | -1.36% |
| 2019 | 764,824 | 6,616,726 | 0.67% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 770,006 | 6,550,696 | 0.68% | -1% |
| 2021 | 775,442 | 6,507,301 | 0.71% | -0.66% |
| 2022 | 780,914 | 6,465,097 | 0.71% | -0.65% |
| 2023 | 786,385 | 6,446,596 | 0.7% | -0.29% |
| 2024 | 791,524 | 6,441,421 | 0.65% | -0.08% |
| 2025 | 796,681 | 6,400,309 | 0.65% | -0.64% |
| 2026 | 802,211 | 6,355,610 | 0.69% | -0.7% |
| 2027 | 807,265 | 6,308,107 | 0.63% | -0.75% |
| 2028 | 811,835 | 6,258,719 | 0.57% | -0.78% |
| 2029 | 816,265 | 6,207,977 | 0.55% | -0.81% |
| 2030 | 820,693 | 6,155,992 | 0.54% | -0.84% |
| 2031 | 825,464 | 6,103,481 | 0.58% | -0.85% |
| 2032 | 830,347 | 6,051,290 | 0.59% | -0.86% |
| 2033 | 834,984 | 5,998,932 | 0.56% | -0.87% |
| 2034 | 839,045 | 5,946,256 | 0.49% | -0.88% |
| 2035 | 843,199 | 5,893,732 | 0.5% | -0.88% |
| 2036 | 847,699 | 5,840,887 | 0.53% | -0.9% |
| 2037 | 851,844 | 5,787,725 | 0.49% | -0.91% |
| 2038 | 855,558 | 5,735,248 | 0.44% | -0.91% |
| 2039 | 858,918 | 5,683,154 | 0.39% | -0.91% |
| 2040 | 862,126 | 5,631,243 | 0.37% | -0.91% |
| 2041 | 865,152 | 5,580,085 | 0.35% | -0.91% |
| 2042 | 868,152 | 5,529,877 | 0.35% | -0.9% |
| 2043 | 871,100 | 5,480,581 | 0.34% | -0.89% |
| 2044 | 873,733 | 5,431,913 | 0.3% | -0.89% |
| 2045 | 876,178 | 5,383,915 | 0.28% | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 878,161 | 5,336,412 | 0.23% | -0.88% |
| 2047 | 879,450 | 5,289,023 | 0.15% | -0.89% |
| 2048 | 880,488 | 5,242,022 | 0.12% | -0.89% |
| 2049 | 881,433 | 5,195,580 | 0.11% | -0.89% |
| 2050 | 882,337 | 5,149,391 | 0.1% | -0.89% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bhutan increased by 77,067 people (a 11.5% growth), while Bulgaria lost 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bhutan gained 54,400 (a 7.27% growth), while Bulgaria's population decreased by -538,529 (a 7.81% decline).
Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2006 and is 163rd in 2026. Bulgaria was ranked 95th in 2006 and ranked 112th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Bhutan's population will grow by 9.98% to 882,337 people and will still be ranked 163rd. The population of Bulgaria will decrease by 19% to 5,149,391 people and rank change from 112th to 128th.
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Population differences between Bhutan and Bulgaria
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| Life expectancy | 73.8 years | 76.1 years |
| Average age | 32.4 years | 44.1 years |
| Median age | 30.9 years | 45.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 53.4:46.6 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 1.81 births per woman |
| Population density | 53.8 ppl/mi² | 153.7 ppl/mi² |
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