The latest officially reported population of Bhutan was 791,524 in 2024 vs 5,330,690 people in the Central African Republic in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bhutan's population is 801,123 people compared to 5,662,456 in the Central African Republic.
Population statistics:
- The Central African Republic's population is 7.07 times bigger than Bhutan's.
- Bhutan is ranked the 163rd most populous country in the world, while the Central African Republic is the 117th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.01% for Bhutan vs 0.07% for the Central African Republic.
- For the last 10 years, Bhutan has had an average growth rate of +0.8% per year vs +1.27% in the Central African Republic.
- Since 2005, the population of Bhutan has increased from 662K people to 801K (21% growth), while the Central African Republic has grown from 4.29M to 5.66M (32% growth).
- Bhutan is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 884K people compared to the peak of 18.8M people in 2100 for the Central African Republic.
Bhutan vs Central African Republic: live population counter
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| Current population |
801123
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5662456
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| Population rank | 163/197 | 117/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
1.7 hours
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2.95 minutes
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| One birth every |
52.8 minutes
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2.2 minutes
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| One death every |
1.82 hours
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10.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.32 days
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34.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -277 | -15,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | +14 | +488 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,139 | +178,269 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.65% | +3.46% |
| Population growth rate rank | 123/197 | 10/197 |
Bhutan and the Central African Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 224,084 | 1,702,346 | - | - |
| 1961 | 230,602 | 1,734,580 | 2.91% | 1.89% |
| 1962 | 237,636 | 1,768,115 | 3.05% | 1.93% |
| 1963 | 245,156 | 1,803,063 | 3.16% | 1.98% |
| 1964 | 252,987 | 1,839,583 | 3.19% | 2.03% |
| 1965 | 261,200 | 1,877,854 | 3.25% | 2.08% |
| 1966 | 269,820 | 1,918,082 | 3.3% | 2.14% |
| 1967 | 278,852 | 1,960,444 | 3.35% | 2.21% |
| 1968 | 288,311 | 2,005,100 | 3.39% | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 298,214 | 2,051,515 | 3.43% | 2.31% |
| 1970 | 308,528 | 2,097,505 | 3.46% | 2.24% |
| 1971 | 319,211 | 2,141,450 | 3.46% | 2.1% |
| 1972 | 330,264 | 2,183,769 | 3.46% | 1.98% |
| 1973 | 341,705 | 2,226,008 | 3.46% | 1.93% |
| 1974 | 353,538 | 2,269,338 | 3.46% | 1.95% |
| 1975 | 365,791 | 2,313,916 | 3.47% | 1.96% |
| 1976 | 378,490 | 2,348,566 | 3.47% | 1.5% |
| 1977 | 391,639 | 2,372,930 | 3.47% | 1.04% |
| 1978 | 405,243 | 2,397,961 | 3.47% | 1.05% |
| 1979 | 419,200 | 2,423,794 | 3.44% | 1.08% |
| 1980 | 433,404 | 2,450,535 | 3.39% | 1.1% |
| 1981 | 447,836 | 2,478,402 | 3.33% | 1.14% |
| 1982 | 462,485 | 2,507,375 | 3.27% | 1.17% |
| 1983 | 477,460 | 2,537,399 | 3.24% | 1.2% |
| 1984 | 492,784 | 2,568,610 | 3.21% | 1.23% |
| 1985 | 508,392 | 2,600,932 | 3.17% | 1.26% |
| 1986 | 524,324 | 2,634,258 | 3.13% | 1.28% |
| 1987 | 540,557 | 2,669,155 | 3.1% | 1.32% |
| 1988 | 556,986 | 2,713,965 | 3.04% | 1.68% |
| 1989 | 573,586 | 2,783,970 | 2.98% | 2.58% |
| 1990 | 589,287 | 2,871,910 | 2.74% | 3.16% |
| 1991 | 599,784 | 2,963,191 | 1.78% | 3.18% |
| 1992 | 577,774 | 3,058,831 | -3.67% | 3.23% |
| 1993 | 554,673 | 3,157,839 | -4% | 3.24% |
| 1994 | 554,497 | 3,257,954 | -0.03% | 3.17% |
| 1995 | 547,989 | 3,348,052 | -1.17% | 2.77% |
| 1996 | 548,784 | 3,435,965 | 0.15% | 2.63% |
| 1997 | 558,697 | 3,531,700 | 1.81% | 2.79% |
| 1998 | 569,435 | 3,628,827 | 1.92% | 2.75% |
| 1999 | 582,579 | 3,729,450 | 2.31% | 2.77% |
| 2000 | 596,863 | 3,833,416 | 2.45% | 2.79% |
| 2001 | 610,794 | 3,919,487 | 2.33% | 2.25% |
| 2002 | 624,409 | 4,006,077 | 2.23% | 2.21% |
| 2003 | 637,663 | 4,103,086 | 2.12% | 2.42% |
| 2004 | 650,544 | 4,192,826 | 2.02% | 2.19% |
| 2005 | 661,865 | 4,288,810 | 1.74% | 2.29% |
| 2006 | 670,799 | 4,377,579 | 1.35% | 2.07% |
| 2007 | 678,641 | 4,462,770 | 1.17% | 1.95% |
| 2008 | 686,351 | 4,558,984 | 1.14% | 2.16% |
| 2009 | 693,988 | 4,529,047 | 1.11% | -0.66% |
| 2010 | 701,632 | 4,492,995 | 1.1% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 709,377 | 4,565,021 | 1.1% | 1.6% |
| 2012 | 717,279 | 4,610,848 | 1.11% | 1% |
| 2013 | 725,273 | 4,642,419 | 1.11% | 0.68% |
| 2014 | 733,139 | 4,623,182 | 1.08% | -0.41% |
| 2015 | 740,618 | 4,629,320 | 1.02% | 0.13% |
| 2016 | 747,866 | 4,713,663 | 0.98% | 1.82% |
| 2017 | 754,335 | 4,793,511 | 0.86% | 1.69% |
| 2018 | 759,759 | 4,878,657 | 0.72% | 1.78% |
| 2019 | 764,824 | 4,944,703 | 0.67% | 1.35% |
| 2020 | 770,006 | 5,026,628 | 0.68% | 1.66% |
| 2021 | 775,442 | 5,112,100 | 0.71% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 780,914 | 5,098,039 | 0.71% | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 786,385 | 5,152,421 | 0.7% | 1.07% |
| 2024 | 791,524 | 5,330,690 | 0.65% | 3.46% |
| 2025 | 796,681 | 5,513,285 | 0.65% | 3.43% |
| 2026 | 802,211 | 5,698,988 | 0.69% | 3.37% |
| 2027 | 807,265 | 5,888,126 | 0.63% | 3.32% |
| 2028 | 811,835 | 6,082,465 | 0.57% | 3.3% |
| 2029 | 816,265 | 6,279,729 | 0.55% | 3.24% |
| 2030 | 820,693 | 6,478,251 | 0.54% | 3.16% |
| 2031 | 825,464 | 6,680,052 | 0.58% | 3.12% |
| 2032 | 830,347 | 6,884,143 | 0.59% | 3.06% |
| 2033 | 834,984 | 7,089,444 | 0.56% | 2.98% |
| 2034 | 839,045 | 7,296,249 | 0.49% | 2.92% |
| 2035 | 843,199 | 7,502,585 | 0.5% | 2.83% |
| 2036 | 847,699 | 7,707,565 | 0.53% | 2.73% |
| 2037 | 851,844 | 7,911,635 | 0.49% | 2.65% |
| 2038 | 855,558 | 8,115,865 | 0.44% | 2.58% |
| 2039 | 858,918 | 8,321,550 | 0.39% | 2.53% |
| 2040 | 862,126 | 8,526,454 | 0.37% | 2.46% |
| 2041 | 865,152 | 8,729,074 | 0.35% | 2.38% |
| 2042 | 868,152 | 8,931,165 | 0.35% | 2.32% |
| 2043 | 871,100 | 9,134,993 | 0.34% | 2.28% |
| 2044 | 873,733 | 9,341,761 | 0.3% | 2.26% |
| 2045 | 876,178 | 9,550,893 | 0.28% | 2.24% |
| 2046 | 878,161 | 9,761,447 | 0.23% | 2.2% |
| 2047 | 879,450 | 9,972,759 | 0.15% | 2.16% |
| 2048 | 880,488 | 10,186,021 | 0.12% | 2.14% |
| 2049 | 881,433 | 10,400,624 | 0.11% | 2.11% |
| 2050 | 882,337 | 10,616,749 | 0.1% | 2.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while the Central African Republic gained 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while the Central African Republic's population increased by 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth).
Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. The Central African Republic was ranked 118th in 2005 and ranked 117th 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 Central African Republic will increase by 87.5% to 10,616,749 people and rank change from 117th to 96th.
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Population differences between Bhutan and the Central African Republic
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| Life expectancy | 73.5 years | 57.9 years |
| Average age | 32.4 years | 19.8 years |
| Median age | 30.9 years | 15.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 53.4:46.6 | 48:52 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 6.01 births per woman |
| Population density | 53.8 ppl/mi² | 22.2 ppl/mi² |
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