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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Ghana	Bhutan	Ghana
1960	224,084	6,961,215	-	-
1961	230,602	7,162,667	2.91%	2.89%
1962	237,636	7,337,375	3.05%	2.44%
1963	245,156	7,514,714	3.16%	2.42%
1964	252,987	7,695,739	3.19%	2.41%
1965	261,200	7,882,606	3.25%	2.43%
1966	269,820	8,074,521	3.3%	2.43%
1967	278,852	8,271,913	3.35%	2.44%
1968	288,311	8,475,729	3.39%	2.46%
1969	298,214	8,690,383	3.43%	2.53%
1970	308,528	8,925,813	3.46%	2.71%
1971	319,211	9,176,264	3.46%	2.81%
1972	330,264	9,438,187	3.46%	2.85%
1973	341,705	9,714,617	3.46%	2.93%
1974	353,538	10,000,523	3.46%	2.94%
1975	365,791	10,294,308	3.47%	2.94%
1976	378,490	10,594,913	3.47%	2.92%
1977	391,639	10,911,871	3.47%	2.99%
1978	405,243	11,248,450	3.47%	3.08%
1979	419,200	11,597,255	3.44%	3.1%
1980	433,404	11,941,448	3.39%	2.97%
1981	447,836	12,281,712	3.33%	2.85%
1982	462,485	12,643,819	3.27%	2.95%
1983	477,460	13,029,836	3.24%	3.05%
1984	492,784	13,370,590	3.21%	2.62%
1985	508,392	13,661,229	3.17%	2.17%
1986	524,324	13,965,217	3.13%	2.23%
1987	540,557	14,289,108	3.1%	2.32%
1988	556,986	14,636,568	3.04%	2.43%
1989	573,586	15,006,813	2.98%	2.53%
1990	589,287	15,394,648	2.74%	2.58%
1991	599,784	15,787,496	1.78%	2.55%
1992	577,774	16,184,855	-3.67%	2.52%
1993	554,673	16,589,519	-4%	2.5%
1994	554,497	16,993,190	-0.03%	2.43%
1995	547,989	17,399,017	-1.17%	2.39%
1996	548,784	17,810,181	0.15%	2.36%
1997	558,697	18,238,958	1.81%	2.41%
1998	569,435	18,688,036	1.92%	2.46%
1999	582,579	19,149,864	2.31%	2.47%
2000	596,863	19,637,087	2.45%	2.54%
2001	610,794	20,167,069	2.33%	2.7%
2002	624,409	20,729,388	2.23%	2.79%
2003	637,663	21,296,705	2.12%	2.74%
2004	650,544	21,868,298	2.02%	2.68%
2005	661,865	22,449,438	1.74%	2.66%
2006	670,799	23,040,702	1.35%	2.63%
2007	678,641	23,642,279	1.17%	2.61%
2008	686,351	24,249,946	1.14%	2.57%
2009	693,988	24,862,664	1.11%	2.53%
2010	701,632	25,474,995	1.1%	2.46%
2011	709,377	26,095,088	1.1%	2.43%
2012	717,279	26,734,268	1.11%	2.45%
2013	725,273	27,386,193	1.11%	2.44%
2014	733,139	28,041,592	1.08%	2.39%
2015	740,618	28,696,068	1.02%	2.33%
2016	747,866	29,356,742	0.98%	2.3%
2017	754,335	30,008,354	0.86%	2.22%
2018	759,759	30,637,585	0.72%	2.1%
2019	764,824	31,258,945	0.67%	2.03%
2020	770,006	31,887,809	0.68%	2.01%
2021	775,442	32,518,665	0.71%	1.98%
2022	780,914	33,149,152	0.71%	1.94%
2023	786,385	33,787,914	0.7%	1.93%
2024	791,524	34,427,414	0.65%	1.89%
2025	796,681	35,064,273	0.65%	1.85%
2026	802,211	35,697,555	0.69%	1.81%
2027	807,265	36,328,265	0.63%	1.77%
2028	811,835	36,959,310	0.57%	1.74%
2029	816,265	37,589,709	0.55%	1.71%
2030	820,693	38,222,075	0.54%	1.68%
2031	825,464	38,856,804	0.58%	1.66%
2032	830,347	39,492,788	0.59%	1.64%
2033	834,984	40,132,720	0.56%	1.62%
2034	839,045	40,774,152	0.49%	1.6%
2035	843,199	41,412,555	0.5%	1.57%
2036	847,699	42,047,450	0.53%	1.53%
2037	851,844	42,682,177	0.49%	1.51%
2038	855,558	43,314,971	0.44%	1.48%
2039	858,918	43,942,852	0.39%	1.45%
2040	862,126	44,568,346	0.37%	1.42%
2041	865,152	45,190,628	0.35%	1.4%
2042	868,152	45,808,597	0.35%	1.37%
2043	871,100	46,421,960	0.34%	1.34%
2044	873,733	47,030,351	0.3%	1.31%
2045	876,178	47,634,271	0.28%	1.28%
2046	878,161	48,231,602	0.23%	1.25%
2047	879,450	48,823,456	0.15%	1.23%
2048	880,488	49,408,506	0.12%	1.2%
2049	881,433	49,984,435	0.11%	1.17%
2050	882,337	50,553,041	0.1%	1.14%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Ghana gained 6,246,630 people (a 27.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Ghana's population increased by 6,876,906 (a 24% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Ghana was ranked 49th in 2005 and ranked 47th 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 Ghana will increase by 42.1% to 50,553,041 people and rank change from 47th to 42nd.