Population in Bhutan compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bhutan and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	DR Congo	Bhutan	DR Congo
1960	224,084	15,264,846	-	-
1961	230,602	15,662,374	2.91%	2.6%
1962	237,636	16,075,724	3.05%	2.64%
1963	245,156	16,507,599	3.16%	2.69%
1964	252,987	16,955,327	3.19%	2.71%
1965	261,200	17,427,802	3.25%	2.79%
1966	269,820	17,931,929	3.3%	2.89%
1967	278,852	18,462,782	3.35%	2.96%
1968	288,311	19,012,189	3.39%	2.98%
1969	298,214	19,570,445	3.43%	2.94%
1970	308,528	20,137,436	3.46%	2.9%
1971	319,211	20,695,569	3.46%	2.77%
1972	330,264	21,251,160	3.46%	2.68%
1973	341,705	21,827,665	3.46%	2.71%
1974	353,538	22,418,878	3.46%	2.71%
1975	365,791	23,021,101	3.47%	2.69%
1976	378,490	23,624,031	3.47%	2.62%
1977	391,639	24,229,061	3.47%	2.56%
1978	405,243	24,992,689	3.47%	3.15%
1979	419,200	25,886,782	3.44%	3.58%
1980	433,404	26,711,099	3.39%	3.18%
1981	447,836	27,500,515	3.33%	2.96%
1982	462,485	28,338,190	3.27%	3.05%
1983	477,460	29,250,963	3.24%	3.22%
1984	492,784	30,245,081	3.21%	3.4%
1985	508,392	31,264,816	3.17%	3.37%
1986	524,324	32,265,196	3.13%	3.2%
1987	540,557	33,298,904	3.1%	3.2%
1988	556,986	34,382,752	3.04%	3.25%
1989	573,586	35,486,866	2.98%	3.21%
1990	589,287	36,684,063	2.74%	3.37%
1991	599,784	37,925,817	1.78%	3.38%
1992	577,774	39,228,910	-3.67%	3.44%
1993	554,673	40,656,336	-4%	3.64%
1994	554,497	42,626,876	-0.03%	4.85%
1995	547,989	44,433,704	-1.17%	4.24%
1996	548,784	45,296,124	0.15%	1.94%
1997	558,697	46,029,902	1.81%	1.62%
1998	569,435	47,297,600	1.92%	2.75%
1999	582,579	48,912,971	2.31%	3.42%
2000	596,863	50,507,442	2.45%	3.26%
2001	610,794	52,132,646	2.33%	3.22%
2002	624,409	53,750,524	2.23%	3.1%
2003	637,663	55,343,867	2.12%	2.96%
2004	650,544	56,997,741	2.02%	2.99%
2005	661,865	58,775,724	1.74%	3.12%
2006	670,799	60,615,908	1.35%	3.13%
2007	678,641	62,477,752	1.17%	3.07%
2008	686,351	64,390,664	1.14%	3.06%
2009	693,988	66,412,044	1.11%	3.14%
2010	701,632	68,563,038	1.1%	3.24%
2011	709,377	70,849,311	1.1%	3.33%
2012	717,279	73,254,618	1.11%	3.39%
2013	725,273	75,789,395	1.11%	3.46%
2014	733,139	78,403,242	1.08%	3.45%
2015	740,618	81,035,531	1.02%	3.36%
2016	747,866	83,956,415	0.98%	3.6%
2017	754,335	87,083,398	0.86%	3.72%
2018	759,759	90,047,644	0.72%	3.4%
2019	764,824	92,947,442	0.67%	3.22%
2020	770,006	95,989,998	0.68%	3.27%
2021	775,442	99,148,932	0.71%	3.29%
2022	780,914	102,396,968	0.71%	3.28%
2023	786,385	105,789,731	0.7%	3.31%
2024	791,524	109,276,265	0.65%	3.3%
2025	796,681	112,832,475	0.65%	3.25%
2026	802,211	116,452,162	0.69%	3.21%
2027	807,265	120,129,744	0.63%	3.16%
2028	811,835	123,871,555	0.57%	3.11%
2029	816,265	127,674,141	0.55%	3.07%
2030	820,693	131,532,201	0.54%	3.02%
2031	825,464	135,447,495	0.58%	2.98%
2032	830,347	139,408,613	0.59%	2.92%
2033	834,984	143,414,031	0.56%	2.87%
2034	839,045	147,468,142	0.49%	2.83%
2035	843,199	151,560,102	0.5%	2.77%
2036	847,699	155,689,453	0.53%	2.72%
2037	851,844	159,848,574	0.49%	2.67%
2038	855,558	164,045,610	0.44%	2.63%
2039	858,918	168,296,695	0.39%	2.59%
2040	862,126	172,595,578	0.37%	2.55%
2041	865,152	176,946,261	0.35%	2.52%
2042	868,152	181,350,407	0.35%	2.49%
2043	871,100	185,805,168	0.34%	2.46%
2044	873,733	190,312,004	0.3%	2.43%
2045	876,178	194,865,386	0.28%	2.39%
2046	878,161	199,464,487	0.23%	2.36%
2047	879,450	204,105,925	0.15%	2.33%
2048	880,488	208,783,692	0.12%	2.29%
2049	881,433	213,497,692	0.11%	2.26%
2050	882,337	218,246,073	0.1%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th 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 DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.