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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Fiji	Bhutan	Fiji
1960	224,084	404,887	-	-
1961	230,602	417,406	2.91%	3.09%
1962	237,636	430,536	3.05%	3.15%
1963	245,156	444,276	3.16%	3.19%
1964	252,987	458,324	3.19%	3.16%
1965	261,200	472,575	3.25%	3.11%
1966	269,820	486,487	3.3%	2.94%
1967	278,852	498,873	3.35%	2.55%
1968	288,311	510,002	3.39%	2.23%
1969	298,214	520,797	3.43%	2.12%
1970	308,528	531,188	3.46%	2%
1971	319,211	541,121	3.46%	1.87%
1972	330,264	550,499	3.46%	1.73%
1973	341,705	559,222	3.46%	1.58%
1974	353,538	567,489	3.46%	1.48%
1975	365,791	575,906	3.47%	1.48%
1976	378,490	585,534	3.47%	1.67%
1977	391,639	597,805	3.47%	2.1%
1978	405,243	612,091	3.47%	2.39%
1979	419,200	626,862	3.44%	2.41%
1980	433,404	641,975	3.39%	2.41%
1981	447,836	657,471	3.33%	2.41%
1982	462,485	673,414	3.27%	2.42%
1983	477,460	689,835	3.24%	2.44%
1984	492,784	706,716	3.21%	2.45%
1985	508,392	723,761	3.17%	2.41%
1986	524,324	739,306	3.13%	2.15%
1987	540,557	750,540	3.1%	1.52%
1988	556,986	758,697	3.04%	1.09%
1989	573,586	766,321	2.98%	1%
1990	589,287	773,316	2.74%	0.91%
1991	599,784	779,656	1.78%	0.82%
1992	577,774	785,346	-3.67%	0.73%
1993	554,673	790,369	-4%	0.64%
1994	554,497	794,771	-0.03%	0.56%
1995	547,989	798,746	-1.17%	0.5%
1996	548,784	803,789	0.15%	0.63%
1997	558,697	812,139	1.81%	1.04%
1998	569,435	822,258	1.92%	1.25%
1999	582,579	831,828	2.31%	1.16%
2000	596,863	840,909	2.45%	1.09%
2001	610,794	849,596	2.33%	1.03%
2002	624,409	858,049	2.23%	0.99%
2003	637,663	866,286	2.12%	0.96%
2004	650,544	874,366	2.02%	0.93%
2005	661,865	882,379	1.74%	0.92%
2006	670,799	890,365	1.35%	0.91%
2007	678,641	897,832	1.17%	0.84%
2008	686,351	903,399	1.14%	0.62%
2009	693,988	907,239	1.11%	0.43%
2010	701,632	910,419	1.1%	0.35%
2011	709,377	912,989	1.1%	0.28%
2012	717,279	914,918	1.11%	0.21%
2013	725,273	916,352	1.11%	0.16%
2014	733,139	917,585	1.08%	0.13%
2015	740,618	918,578	1.02%	0.11%
2016	747,866	919,166	0.98%	0.06%
2017	754,335	918,759	0.86%	-0.04%
2018	759,759	917,180	0.72%	-0.17%
2019	764,824	914,899	0.67%	-0.25%
2020	770,006	914,963	0.68%	0.007%
2021	775,442	916,711	0.71%	0.19%
2022	780,914	919,422	0.71%	0.3%
2023	786,385	924,145	0.7%	0.51%
2024	791,524	928,784	0.65%	0.5%
2025	796,681	933,141	0.65%	0.47%
2026	802,211	937,268	0.69%	0.44%
2027	807,265	941,304	0.63%	0.43%
2028	811,835	945,347	0.57%	0.43%
2029	816,265	949,269	0.55%	0.41%
2030	820,693	953,095	0.54%	0.4%
2031	825,464	956,685	0.58%	0.38%
2032	830,347	960,056	0.59%	0.35%
2033	834,984	963,339	0.56%	0.34%
2034	839,045	966,516	0.49%	0.33%
2035	843,199	969,613	0.5%	0.32%
2036	847,699	972,641	0.53%	0.31%
2037	851,844	975,643	0.49%	0.31%
2038	855,558	978,533	0.44%	0.3%
2039	858,918	981,270	0.39%	0.28%
2040	862,126	983,842	0.37%	0.26%
2041	865,152	986,409	0.35%	0.26%
2042	868,152	988,810	0.35%	0.24%
2043	871,100	990,851	0.34%	0.21%
2044	873,733	992,731	0.3%	0.19%
2045	876,178	994,437	0.28%	0.17%
2046	878,161	995,957	0.23%	0.15%
2047	879,450	997,319	0.15%	0.14%
2048	880,488	998,544	0.12%	0.12%
2049	881,433	999,530	0.11%	0.1%
2050	882,337	1,000,244	0.1%	0.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bhutan increased by 77,067 people (a 11.5% growth), while Fiji gained 28,801 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bhutan gained 54,400 (a 7.27% growth), while Fiji's population increased by 18,146 (a 1.97% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2006 and is 163rd in 2026. Fiji was ranked 158th in 2006 and ranked 159th 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 Fiji will increase by 6.71% to 1,000,244 people and rank change from 159th to 161st.