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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	France	Bhutan	France
1960	224,084	47,412,964	-	-
1961	230,602	47,905,982	2.91%	1.04%
1962	237,636	48,389,516	3.05%	1.01%
1963	245,156	48,877,567	3.16%	1.01%
1964	252,987	49,401,492	3.19%	1.07%
1965	261,200	49,877,725	3.25%	0.96%
1966	269,820	50,311,637	3.3%	0.87%
1967	278,852	50,722,791	3.35%	0.82%
1968	288,311	51,112,980	3.39%	0.77%
1969	298,214	51,536,014	3.43%	0.83%
1970	308,528	52,007,169	3.46%	0.91%
1971	319,211	52,499,553	3.46%	0.95%
1972	330,264	52,962,356	3.46%	0.88%
1973	341,705	53,392,161	3.46%	0.81%
1974	353,538	53,746,571	3.46%	0.66%
1975	365,791	54,002,853	3.47%	0.48%
1976	378,490	54,232,383	3.47%	0.43%
1977	391,639	54,486,467	3.47%	0.47%
1978	405,243	54,734,030	3.47%	0.45%
1979	419,200	54,979,851	3.44%	0.45%
1980	433,404	55,274,184	3.39%	0.54%
1981	447,836	55,603,353	3.33%	0.6%
1982	462,485	55,806,789	3.27%	0.37%
1983	477,460	56,108,330	3.24%	0.54%
1984	492,784	56,383,085	3.21%	0.49%
1985	508,392	56,665,619	3.17%	0.5%
1986	524,324	56,956,002	3.13%	0.51%
1987	540,557	57,266,167	3.1%	0.54%
1988	556,986	57,598,186	3.04%	0.58%
1989	573,586	57,943,062	2.98%	0.6%
1990	589,287	58,261,012	2.74%	0.55%
1991	599,784	58,554,242	1.78%	0.5%
1992	577,774	58,846,584	-3.67%	0.5%
1993	554,673	59,103,094	-4%	0.44%
1994	554,497	59,324,863	-0.03%	0.38%
1995	547,989	59,541,294	-1.17%	0.36%
1996	548,784	59,754,504	0.15%	0.36%
1997	558,697	59,968,066	1.81%	0.36%
1998	569,435	60,190,684	1.92%	0.37%
1999	582,579	60,501,986	2.31%	0.52%
2000	596,863	60,918,661	2.45%	0.69%
2001	610,794	61,364,377	2.33%	0.73%
2002	624,409	61,812,142	2.23%	0.73%
2003	637,663	62,249,855	2.12%	0.71%
2004	650,544	62,707,588	2.02%	0.74%
2005	661,865	63,180,854	1.74%	0.75%
2006	670,799	63,622,342	1.35%	0.7%
2007	678,641	64,016,890	1.17%	0.62%
2008	686,351	64,375,116	1.14%	0.56%
2009	693,988	64,706,436	1.11%	0.51%
2010	701,632	65,026,211	1.1%	0.49%
2011	709,377	65,340,830	1.1%	0.48%
2012	717,279	65,657,659	1.11%	0.48%
2013	725,273	65,997,932	1.11%	0.52%
2014	733,139	66,312,067	1.08%	0.48%
2015	740,618	66,548,272	1.02%	0.36%
2016	747,866	66,724,104	0.98%	0.26%
2017	754,335	66,918,020	0.86%	0.29%
2018	759,759	67,158,348	0.72%	0.36%
2019	764,824	67,382,061	0.67%	0.33%
2020	770,006	67,601,110	0.68%	0.33%
2021	775,442	67,842,811	0.71%	0.36%
2022	780,914	68,065,015	0.71%	0.33%
2023	786,385	68,287,487	0.7%	0.33%
2024	791,524	68,516,699	0.65%	0.34%
2025	796,681	68,621,995	0.65%	0.15%
2026	802,211	68,720,416	0.69%	0.14%
2027	807,265	68,814,997	0.63%	0.14%
2028	811,835	68,908,044	0.57%	0.14%
2029	816,265	69,000,393	0.55%	0.13%
2030	820,693	69,092,395	0.54%	0.13%
2031	825,464	69,182,139	0.58%	0.13%
2032	830,347	69,271,844	0.59%	0.13%
2033	834,984	69,361,763	0.56%	0.13%
2034	839,045	69,453,221	0.49%	0.13%
2035	843,199	69,545,666	0.5%	0.13%
2036	847,699	69,635,631	0.53%	0.13%
2037	851,844	69,723,960	0.49%	0.13%
2038	855,558	69,807,163	0.44%	0.12%
2039	858,918	69,880,758	0.39%	0.11%
2040	862,126	69,948,192	0.37%	0.1%
2041	865,152	70,013,748	0.35%	0.09%
2042	868,152	70,076,842	0.35%	0.09%
2043	871,100	70,130,305	0.34%	0.08%
2044	873,733	70,172,822	0.3%	0.06%
2045	876,178	70,207,698	0.28%	0.05%
2046	878,161	70,232,113	0.23%	0.03%
2047	879,450	70,246,945	0.15%	0.02%
2048	880,488	70,253,351	0.12%	0.009%
2049	881,433	70,249,312	0.11%	-0.006%
2050	882,337	70,237,272	0.1%	-0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while France gained 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while France's population increased by 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. France was ranked 20th in 2005 and ranked 23rd 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 France will increase by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.