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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Cambodia	Bhutan	Cambodia
1960	224,084	5,449,966	-	-
1961	230,602	5,571,168	2.91%	2.22%
1962	237,636	5,697,558	3.05%	2.27%
1963	245,156	5,823,010	3.16%	2.2%
1964	252,987	5,946,178	3.19%	2.12%
1965	261,200	6,072,289	3.25%	2.12%
1966	269,820	6,201,232	3.3%	2.12%
1967	278,852	6,332,944	3.35%	2.12%
1968	288,311	6,467,324	3.39%	2.12%
1969	298,214	6,604,725	3.43%	2.12%
1970	308,528	6,639,182	3.46%	0.52%
1971	319,211	6,620,880	3.46%	-0.28%
1972	330,264	6,673,886	3.46%	0.8%
1973	341,705	6,739,726	3.46%	0.99%
1974	353,538	6,783,240	3.46%	0.65%
1975	365,791	6,581,371	3.47%	-2.98%
1976	378,490	6,134,991	3.47%	-6.78%
1977	391,639	5,668,551	3.47%	-7.6%
1978	405,243	5,211,653	3.47%	-8.06%
1979	419,200	5,088,808	3.44%	-2.36%
1980	433,404	5,199,872	3.39%	2.18%
1981	447,836	5,284,495	3.33%	1.63%
1982	462,485	5,436,432	3.27%	2.88%
1983	477,460	5,636,203	3.24%	3.67%
1984	492,784	5,845,117	3.21%	3.71%
1985	508,392	6,043,783	3.17%	3.4%
1986	524,324	6,285,693	3.13%	4%
1987	540,557	6,557,970	3.1%	4.33%
1988	556,986	6,812,014	3.04%	3.87%
1989	573,586	7,073,473	2.98%	3.84%
1990	589,287	7,374,752	2.74%	4.26%
1991	599,784	7,686,850	1.78%	4.23%
1992	577,774	8,113,083	-3.67%	5.54%
1993	554,673	8,616,381	-4%	6.2%
1994	554,497	9,239,162	-0.03%	7.23%
1995	547,989	10,018,497	-1.17%	8.44%
1996	548,784	10,801,270	0.15%	7.81%
1997	558,697	11,570,982	1.81%	7.13%
1998	569,435	12,058,173	1.92%	4.21%
1999	582,579	12,265,731	2.31%	1.72%
2000	596,863	12,462,336	2.45%	1.6%
2001	610,794	12,658,484	2.33%	1.57%
2002	624,409	12,855,241	2.23%	1.55%
2003	637,663	13,050,968	2.12%	1.52%
2004	650,544	13,244,731	2.02%	1.48%
2005	661,865	13,439,202	1.74%	1.47%
2006	670,799	13,639,028	1.35%	1.49%
2007	678,641	13,841,770	1.17%	1.49%
2008	686,351	14,053,479	1.14%	1.53%
2009	693,988	14,276,810	1.11%	1.59%
2010	701,632	14,500,726	1.1%	1.57%
2011	709,377	14,722,584	1.1%	1.53%
2012	717,279	14,945,085	1.11%	1.51%
2013	725,273	15,170,208	1.11%	1.51%
2014	733,139	15,396,772	1.08%	1.49%
2015	740,618	15,623,251	1.02%	1.47%
2016	747,866	15,852,803	0.98%	1.47%
2017	754,335	16,073,372	0.86%	1.39%
2018	759,759	16,274,522	0.72%	1.25%
2019	764,824	16,481,304	0.67%	1.27%
2020	770,006	16,725,474	0.68%	1.48%
2021	775,442	16,974,305	0.71%	1.49%
2022	780,914	17,201,724	0.71%	1.34%
2023	786,385	17,423,880	0.7%	1.29%
2024	791,524	17,638,801	0.65%	1.23%
2025	796,681	17,847,976	0.65%	1.19%
2026	802,211	18,051,214	0.69%	1.14%
2027	807,265	18,250,137	0.63%	1.1%
2028	811,835	18,446,768	0.57%	1.08%
2029	816,265	18,639,395	0.55%	1.04%
2030	820,693	18,827,380	0.54%	1.01%
2031	825,464	19,012,049	0.58%	0.98%
2032	830,347	19,193,347	0.59%	0.95%
2033	834,984	19,371,575	0.56%	0.93%
2034	839,045	19,546,868	0.49%	0.9%
2035	843,199	19,720,135	0.5%	0.89%
2036	847,699	19,889,525	0.53%	0.86%
2037	851,844	20,055,496	0.49%	0.83%
2038	855,558	20,220,797	0.44%	0.82%
2039	858,918	20,382,857	0.39%	0.8%
2040	862,126	20,540,677	0.37%	0.77%
2041	865,152	20,695,378	0.35%	0.75%
2042	868,152	20,848,368	0.35%	0.74%
2043	871,100	20,998,535	0.34%	0.72%
2044	873,733	21,144,573	0.3%	0.7%
2045	876,178	21,286,229	0.28%	0.67%
2046	878,161	21,424,338	0.23%	0.65%
2047	879,450	21,558,214	0.15%	0.62%
2048	880,488	21,687,184	0.12%	0.6%
2049	881,433	21,812,182	0.11%	0.58%
2050	882,337	21,931,449	0.1%	0.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bhutan increased by 77,067 people (a 11.5% growth), while Cambodia gained 2,213,775 people (a 16.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bhutan gained 54,400 (a 7.27% growth), while Cambodia's population increased by 2,200,585 (a 13.9% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2006 and is 163rd in 2026. Cambodia was ranked 67th in 2006 and ranked 73rd 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 Cambodia will increase by 21.5% to 21,931,449 people and will still be ranked 73rd.