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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Cameroon	Bhutan	Cameroon
1960	224,084	5,159,057	-	-
1961	230,602	5,239,273	2.91%	1.55%
1962	237,636	5,338,620	3.05%	1.9%
1963	245,156	5,456,623	3.16%	2.21%
1964	252,987	5,578,257	3.19%	2.23%
1965	261,200	5,704,686	3.25%	2.27%
1966	269,820	5,837,295	3.3%	2.32%
1967	278,852	5,977,318	3.35%	2.4%
1968	288,311	6,125,863	3.39%	2.49%
1969	298,214	6,283,462	3.43%	2.57%
1970	308,528	6,449,793	3.46%	2.65%
1971	319,211	6,624,408	3.46%	2.71%
1972	330,264	6,806,872	3.46%	2.75%
1973	341,705	6,996,660	3.46%	2.79%
1974	353,538	7,193,583	3.46%	2.81%
1975	365,791	7,397,120	3.47%	2.83%
1976	378,490	7,597,962	3.47%	2.72%
1977	391,639	7,796,501	3.47%	2.61%
1978	405,243	8,011,921	3.47%	2.76%
1979	419,200	8,239,641	3.44%	2.84%
1980	433,404	8,512,219	3.39%	3.31%
1981	447,836	8,816,377	3.33%	3.57%
1982	462,485	9,028,678	3.27%	2.41%
1983	477,460	9,215,397	3.24%	2.07%
1984	492,784	9,475,078	3.21%	2.82%
1985	508,392	9,761,730	3.17%	3.03%
1986	524,324	10,060,342	3.13%	3.06%
1987	540,557	10,370,749	3.1%	3.09%
1988	556,986	10,684,968	3.04%	3.03%
1989	573,586	11,002,745	2.98%	2.97%
1990	589,287	11,331,821	2.74%	2.99%
1991	599,784	11,667,180	1.78%	2.96%
1992	577,774	12,006,353	-3.67%	2.91%
1993	554,673	12,353,131	-4%	2.89%
1994	554,497	12,704,903	-0.03%	2.85%
1995	547,989	13,058,516	-1.17%	2.78%
1996	548,784	13,414,757	0.15%	2.73%
1997	558,697	13,775,214	1.81%	2.69%
1998	569,435	14,144,860	1.92%	2.68%
1999	582,579	14,525,140	2.31%	2.69%
2000	596,863	14,912,631	2.45%	2.67%
2001	610,794	15,309,490	2.33%	2.66%
2002	624,409	15,725,528	2.23%	2.72%
2003	637,663	16,160,340	2.12%	2.77%
2004	650,544	16,610,487	2.02%	2.79%
2005	661,865	17,074,594	1.74%	2.79%
2006	670,799	17,550,407	1.35%	2.79%
2007	678,641	18,049,896	1.17%	2.85%
2008	686,351	18,574,056	1.14%	2.9%
2009	693,988	19,113,974	1.11%	2.91%
2010	701,632	19,668,066	1.1%	2.9%
2011	709,377	20,232,304	1.1%	2.87%
2012	717,279	20,809,529	1.11%	2.85%
2013	725,273	21,402,376	1.11%	2.85%
2014	733,139	22,059,893	1.08%	3.07%
2015	740,618	22,763,414	1.02%	3.19%
2016	747,866	23,454,161	0.98%	3.03%
2017	754,335	24,128,601	0.86%	2.88%
2018	759,759	24,806,383	0.72%	2.81%
2019	764,824	25,506,095	0.67%	2.82%
2020	770,006	26,210,558	0.68%	2.76%
2021	775,442	26,915,758	0.71%	2.69%
2022	780,914	27,632,771	0.71%	2.66%
2023	786,385	28,372,687	0.7%	2.68%
2024	791,524	29,123,744	0.65%	2.65%
2025	796,681	29,879,335	0.65%	2.59%
2026	802,211	30,640,810	0.69%	2.55%
2027	807,265	31,410,378	0.63%	2.51%
2028	811,835	32,190,667	0.57%	2.48%
2029	816,265	32,979,275	0.55%	2.45%
2030	820,693	33,777,182	0.54%	2.42%
2031	825,464	34,584,118	0.58%	2.39%
2032	830,347	35,399,666	0.59%	2.36%
2033	834,984	36,223,480	0.56%	2.33%
2034	839,045	37,054,803	0.49%	2.29%
2035	843,199	37,893,817	0.5%	2.26%
2036	847,699	38,742,461	0.53%	2.24%
2037	851,844	39,600,369	0.49%	2.21%
2038	855,558	40,463,007	0.44%	2.18%
2039	858,918	41,332,840	0.39%	2.15%
2040	862,126	42,207,999	0.37%	2.12%
2041	865,152	43,089,974	0.35%	2.09%
2042	868,152	43,976,014	0.35%	2.06%
2043	871,100	44,857,795	0.34%	2.01%
2044	873,733	45,741,469	0.3%	1.97%
2045	876,178	46,629,033	0.28%	1.94%
2046	878,161	47,519,028	0.23%	1.91%
2047	879,450	48,413,775	0.15%	1.88%
2048	880,488	49,308,762	0.12%	1.85%
2049	881,433	50,203,267	0.11%	1.81%
2050	882,337	51,096,315	0.1%	1.78%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bhutan increased by 77,067 people (a 11.5% growth), while Cameroon gained 5,903,754 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bhutan gained 54,400 (a 7.27% growth), while Cameroon's population increased by 7,195,059 (a 30.7% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2006 and is 163rd in 2026. Cameroon was ranked 59th in 2006 and ranked 51st 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 Cameroon will increase by 66.7% to 51,096,315 people and rank change from 51st to 41st.