Population in Bhutan compared to the Gambia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bhutan and the Gambia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Gambia	Bhutan	Gambia
1960	224,084	398,060	-	-
1961	230,602	408,930	2.91%	2.73%
1962	237,636	420,163	3.05%	2.75%
1963	245,156	431,757	3.16%	2.76%
1964	252,987	443,687	3.19%	2.76%
1965	261,200	455,952	3.25%	2.76%
1966	269,820	468,516	3.3%	2.76%
1967	278,852	481,588	3.35%	2.79%
1968	288,311	495,269	3.39%	2.84%
1969	298,214	509,440	3.43%	2.86%
1970	308,528	524,105	3.46%	2.88%
1971	319,211	539,388	3.46%	2.92%
1972	330,264	555,370	3.46%	2.96%
1973	341,705	571,991	3.46%	2.99%
1974	353,538	589,085	3.46%	2.99%
1975	365,791	606,821	3.47%	3.01%
1976	378,490	625,667	3.47%	3.11%
1977	391,639	645,770	3.47%	3.21%
1978	405,243	667,103	3.47%	3.3%
1979	419,200	689,781	3.44%	3.4%
1980	433,404	713,913	3.39%	3.5%
1981	447,836	739,125	3.33%	3.53%
1982	462,485	765,753	3.27%	3.6%
1983	477,460	794,525	3.24%	3.76%
1984	492,784	825,631	3.21%	3.92%
1985	508,392	858,874	3.17%	4.03%
1986	524,324	894,019	3.13%	4.09%
1987	540,557	931,091	3.1%	4.15%
1988	556,986	970,160	3.04%	4.2%
1989	573,586	1,011,357	2.98%	4.25%
1990	589,287	1,054,696	2.74%	4.29%
1991	599,784	1,099,959	1.78%	4.29%
1992	577,774	1,145,582	-3.67%	4.15%
1993	554,673	1,188,365	-4%	3.73%
1994	554,497	1,227,226	-0.03%	3.27%
1995	547,989	1,264,313	-1.17%	3.02%
1996	548,784	1,301,410	0.15%	2.93%
1997	558,697	1,338,889	1.81%	2.88%
1998	569,435	1,376,987	1.92%	2.85%
1999	582,579	1,415,779	2.31%	2.82%
2000	596,863	1,455,084	2.45%	2.78%
2001	610,794	1,495,011	2.33%	2.74%
2002	624,409	1,535,691	2.23%	2.72%
2003	637,663	1,577,611	2.12%	2.73%
2004	650,544	1,621,312	2.02%	2.77%
2005	661,865	1,667,037	1.74%	2.82%
2006	670,799	1,715,275	1.35%	2.89%
2007	678,641	1,765,774	1.17%	2.94%
2008	686,351	1,817,852	1.14%	2.95%
2009	693,988	1,871,422	1.11%	2.95%
2010	701,632	1,926,630	1.1%	2.95%
2011	709,377	1,983,784	1.1%	2.97%
2012	717,279	2,043,094	1.11%	2.99%
2013	725,273	2,103,820	1.11%	2.97%
2014	733,139	2,164,528	1.08%	2.89%
2015	740,618	2,224,529	1.02%	2.77%
2016	747,866	2,283,769	0.98%	2.66%
2017	754,335	2,342,189	0.86%	2.56%
2018	759,759	2,399,632	0.72%	2.45%
2019	764,824	2,456,844	0.67%	2.38%
2020	770,006	2,515,733	0.68%	2.4%
2021	775,442	2,576,010	0.71%	2.4%
2022	780,914	2,636,470	0.71%	2.35%
2023	786,385	2,697,845	0.7%	2.33%
2024	791,524	2,759,988	0.65%	2.3%
2025	796,681	2,822,083	0.65%	2.25%
2026	802,211	2,884,075	0.69%	2.2%
2027	807,265	2,945,874	0.63%	2.14%
2028	811,835	3,007,541	0.57%	2.09%
2029	816,265	3,069,012	0.55%	2.04%
2030	820,693	3,130,117	0.54%	1.99%
2031	825,464	3,190,986	0.58%	1.94%
2032	830,347	3,251,816	0.59%	1.91%
2033	834,984	3,312,585	0.56%	1.87%
2034	839,045	3,373,117	0.49%	1.83%
2035	843,199	3,433,418	0.5%	1.79%
2036	847,699	3,493,569	0.53%	1.75%
2037	851,844	3,553,521	0.49%	1.72%
2038	855,558	3,613,489	0.44%	1.69%
2039	858,918	3,673,332	0.39%	1.66%
2040	862,126	3,732,793	0.37%	1.62%
2041	865,152	3,791,791	0.35%	1.58%
2042	868,152	3,850,526	0.35%	1.55%
2043	871,100	3,909,016	0.34%	1.52%
2044	873,733	3,966,899	0.3%	1.48%
2045	876,178	4,024,221	0.28%	1.45%
2046	878,161	4,080,955	0.23%	1.41%
2047	879,450	4,137,188	0.15%	1.38%
2048	880,488	4,192,836	0.12%	1.35%
2049	881,433	4,247,701	0.11%	1.31%
2050	882,337	4,301,881	0.1%	1.28%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while the Gambia gained 557,492 people (a 33.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while the Gambia's population increased by 647,350 (a 29.1% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. The Gambia was ranked 146th in 2005 and ranked 138th 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 Gambia will increase by 49.8% to 4,301,881 people and rank change from 138th to 132nd.