Population in Bhutan compared to the Cayman Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bhutan and the Cayman Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Cayman Islands	Bhutan	Cayman Islands
1960	224,084	8,428	-	-
1961	230,602	8,601	2.91%	2.05%
1962	237,636	8,781	3.05%	2.09%
1963	245,156	8,970	3.16%	2.15%
1964	252,987	9,166	3.19%	2.19%
1965	261,200	9,361	3.25%	2.13%
1966	269,820	9,560	3.3%	2.13%
1967	278,852	9,769	3.35%	2.19%
1968	288,311	9,971	3.39%	2.07%
1969	298,214	10,165	3.43%	1.95%
1970	308,528	10,517	3.46%	3.46%
1971	319,211	11,098	3.46%	5.52%
1972	330,264	11,764	3.46%	6%
1973	341,705	12,438	3.46%	5.73%
1974	353,538	13,114	3.46%	5.43%
1975	365,791	13,788	3.47%	5.14%
1976	378,490	14,454	3.47%	4.83%
1977	391,639	15,105	3.47%	4.5%
1978	405,243	15,727	3.47%	4.12%
1979	419,200	16,351	3.44%	3.97%
1980	433,404	17,079	3.39%	4.45%
1981	447,836	17,905	3.33%	4.84%
1982	462,485	18,750	3.27%	4.72%
1983	477,460	19,598	3.24%	4.52%
1984	492,784	20,454	3.21%	4.37%
1985	508,392	21,324	3.17%	4.25%
1986	524,324	22,197	3.13%	4.09%
1987	540,557	23,073	3.1%	3.95%
1988	556,986	23,951	3.04%	3.81%
1989	573,586	24,874	2.98%	3.85%
1990	589,287	25,999	2.74%	4.52%
1991	599,784	27,294	1.78%	4.98%
1992	577,774	28,621	-3.67%	4.86%
1993	554,673	29,976	-4%	4.73%
1994	554,497	31,352	-0.03%	4.59%
1995	547,989	32,743	-1.17%	4.44%
1996	548,784	34,143	0.15%	4.28%
1997	558,697	35,543	1.81%	4.1%
1998	569,435	36,922	1.92%	3.88%
1999	582,579	38,284	2.31%	3.69%
2000	596,863	39,674	2.45%	3.63%
2001	610,794	41,089	2.33%	3.57%
2002	624,409	42,514	2.23%	3.47%
2003	637,663	43,934	2.12%	3.34%
2004	650,544	45,352	2.02%	3.23%
2005	661,865	46,788	1.74%	3.17%
2006	670,799	48,232	1.35%	3.09%
2007	678,641	49,687	1.17%	3.02%
2008	686,351	51,151	1.14%	2.95%
2009	693,988	52,618	1.11%	2.87%
2010	701,632	54,099	1.1%	2.81%
2011	709,377	55,606	1.1%	2.79%
2012	717,279	57,136	1.11%	2.75%
2013	725,273	58,655	1.11%	2.66%
2014	733,139	60,160	1.08%	2.57%
2015	740,618	61,642	1.02%	2.46%
2016	747,866	63,100	0.98%	2.37%
2017	754,335	64,535	0.86%	2.27%
2018	759,759	65,941	0.72%	2.18%
2019	764,824	67,327	0.67%	2.1%
2020	770,006	68,684	0.68%	2.02%
2021	775,442	70,108	0.71%	2.07%
2022	780,914	71,591	0.71%	2.12%
2023	786,385	73,038	0.7%	2.02%
2024	791,524	74,457	0.65%	1.94%
2025	796,681	75,842	0.65%	1.86%
2026	802,211	77,197	0.69%	1.79%
2027	807,265	78,532	0.63%	1.73%
2028	811,835	79,852	0.57%	1.68%
2029	816,265	81,146	0.55%	1.62%
2030	820,693	82,412	0.54%	1.56%
2031	825,464	83,676	0.58%	1.53%
2032	830,347	84,915	0.59%	1.48%
2033	834,984	86,125	0.56%	1.42%
2034	839,045	87,319	0.49%	1.39%
2035	843,199	88,457	0.5%	1.3%
2036	847,699	89,597	0.53%	1.29%
2037	851,844	90,741	0.49%	1.28%
2038	855,558	91,867	0.44%	1.24%
2039	858,918	92,983	0.39%	1.21%
2040	862,126	94,101	0.37%	1.2%
2041	865,152	95,206	0.35%	1.17%
2042	868,152	96,287	0.35%	1.14%
2043	871,100	97,352	0.34%	1.11%
2044	873,733	98,386	0.3%	1.06%
2045	876,178	99,371	0.28%	1%
2046	878,161	100,330	0.23%	0.96%
2047	879,450	101,257	0.15%	0.92%
2048	880,488	102,188	0.12%	0.92%
2049	881,433	103,075	0.11%	0.87%
2050	882,337	103,943	0.1%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 15,288 (a 24.8% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th in 2005 and ranked 187th 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 the Cayman Islands will increase by 35.1% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.