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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Canada	Bhutan	Canada
1960	224,084	17,909,356	-	-
1961	230,602	18,271,000	2.91%	2.02%
1962	237,636	18,614,000	3.05%	1.88%
1963	245,156	18,964,000	3.16%	1.88%
1964	252,987	19,325,000	3.19%	1.9%
1965	261,200	19,678,000	3.25%	1.83%
1966	269,820	20,048,000	3.3%	1.88%
1967	278,852	20,412,000	3.35%	1.82%
1968	288,311	20,744,000	3.39%	1.63%
1969	298,214	21,028,000	3.43%	1.37%
1970	308,528	21,324,000	3.46%	1.41%
1971	319,211	21,962,032	3.46%	2.99%
1972	330,264	22,218,463	3.46%	1.17%
1973	341,705	22,491,777	3.46%	1.23%
1974	353,538	22,807,969	3.46%	1.41%
1975	365,791	23,143,275	3.47%	1.47%
1976	378,490	23,449,808	3.47%	1.32%
1977	391,639	23,725,843	3.47%	1.18%
1978	405,243	23,963,203	3.47%	1%
1979	419,200	24,201,544	3.44%	0.99%
1980	433,404	24,515,667	3.39%	1.3%
1981	447,836	24,819,915	3.33%	1.24%
1982	462,485	25,116,942	3.27%	1.2%
1983	477,460	25,366,451	3.24%	0.99%
1984	492,784	25,607,053	3.21%	0.95%
1985	508,392	25,842,116	3.17%	0.92%
1986	524,324	26,100,278	3.13%	1%
1987	540,557	26,446,601	3.1%	1.33%
1988	556,986	26,791,747	3.04%	1.31%
1989	573,586	27,276,781	2.98%	1.81%
1990	589,287	27,691,138	2.74%	1.52%
1991	599,784	28,037,420	1.78%	1.25%
1992	577,774	28,371,264	-3.67%	1.19%
1993	554,673	28,684,764	-4%	1.1%
1994	554,497	29,000,663	-0.03%	1.1%
1995	547,989	29,302,311	-1.17%	1.04%
1996	548,784	29,610,218	0.15%	1.05%
1997	558,697	29,905,948	1.81%	1%
1998	569,435	30,155,173	1.92%	0.83%
1999	582,579	30,401,286	2.31%	0.82%
2000	596,863	30,685,730	2.45%	0.94%
2001	610,794	31,020,855	2.33%	1.09%
2002	624,409	31,359,199	2.23%	1.09%
2003	637,663	31,642,461	2.12%	0.9%
2004	650,544	31,938,807	2.02%	0.94%
2005	661,865	32,242,732	1.74%	0.95%
2006	670,799	32,571,193	1.35%	1.02%
2007	678,641	32,888,886	1.17%	0.98%
2008	686,351	33,247,298	1.14%	1.09%
2009	693,988	33,630,069	1.11%	1.15%
2010	701,632	34,005,902	1.1%	1.12%
2011	709,377	34,339,221	1.1%	0.98%
2012	717,279	34,713,395	1.11%	1.09%
2013	725,273	35,080,992	1.11%	1.06%
2014	733,139	35,434,066	1.08%	1.01%
2015	740,618	35,704,498	1.02%	0.76%
2016	747,866	36,110,803	0.98%	1.14%
2017	754,335	36,545,075	0.86%	1.2%
2018	759,759	37,072,620	0.72%	1.44%
2019	764,824	37,618,495	0.67%	1.47%
2020	770,006	38,028,638	0.68%	1.09%
2021	775,442	38,239,864	0.71%	0.56%
2022	780,914	38,935,934	0.71%	1.82%
2023	786,385	40,083,484	0.7%	2.95%
2024	791,524	41,288,599	0.65%	3.01%
2025	796,681	41,687,850	0.65%	0.97%
2026	802,211	42,042,113	0.69%	0.85%
2027	807,265	42,368,857	0.63%	0.78%
2028	811,835	42,683,927	0.57%	0.74%
2029	816,265	42,986,030	0.55%	0.71%
2030	820,693	43,276,190	0.54%	0.68%
2031	825,464	43,559,839	0.58%	0.66%
2032	830,347	43,833,228	0.59%	0.63%
2033	834,984	44,089,067	0.56%	0.58%
2034	839,045	44,336,794	0.49%	0.56%
2035	843,199	44,574,481	0.5%	0.54%
2036	847,699	44,802,196	0.53%	0.51%
2037	851,844	45,029,252	0.49%	0.51%
2038	855,558	45,250,482	0.44%	0.49%
2039	858,918	45,461,809	0.39%	0.47%
2040	862,126	45,661,339	0.37%	0.44%
2041	865,152	45,855,081	0.35%	0.42%
2042	868,152	46,046,286	0.35%	0.42%
2043	871,100	46,232,447	0.34%	0.4%
2044	873,733	46,413,908	0.3%	0.39%
2045	876,178	46,594,973	0.28%	0.39%
2046	878,161	46,768,120	0.23%	0.37%
2047	879,450	46,930,946	0.15%	0.35%
2048	880,488	47,092,745	0.12%	0.34%
2049	881,433	47,246,217	0.11%	0.33%
2050	882,337	47,396,788	0.1%	0.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Canada gained 3,461,766 people (a 10.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Canada's population increased by 6,267,923 (a 17.6% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Canada was ranked 35th in 2005 and ranked 38th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Bhutan's population will grow by 10.1% to 882,337 people and will still be ranked 163rd. The population of Canada will increase by 12.9% to 47,396,788 people and rank change from 38th to 45th.