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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Iceland	Bhutan	Iceland
1960	224,084	175,574	-	-
1961	230,602	179,029	2.91%	1.97%
1962	237,636	182,378	3.05%	1.87%
1963	245,156	185,653	3.16%	1.8%
1964	252,987	188,983	3.19%	1.79%
1965	261,200	192,286	3.25%	1.75%
1966	269,820	195,570	3.3%	1.71%
1967	278,852	198,751	3.35%	1.63%
1968	288,311	201,488	3.39%	1.38%
1969	298,214	203,369	3.43%	0.93%
1970	308,528	204,438	3.46%	0.53%
1971	319,211	206,098	3.46%	0.81%
1972	330,264	209,137	3.46%	1.47%
1973	341,705	212,317	3.46%	1.52%
1974	353,538	215,209	3.46%	1.36%
1975	365,791	217,979	3.47%	1.29%
1976	378,490	220,154	3.47%	1%
1977	391,639	221,799	3.47%	0.75%
1978	405,243	223,537	3.47%	0.78%
1979	419,200	225,735	3.44%	0.98%
1980	433,404	228,138	3.39%	1.06%
1981	447,836	230,755	3.33%	1.15%
1982	462,485	233,860	3.27%	1.35%
1983	477,460	236,977	3.24%	1.33%
1984	492,784	239,511	3.21%	1.07%
1985	508,392	241,405	3.17%	0.79%
1986	524,324	243,180	3.13%	0.74%
1987	540,557	245,859	3.1%	1.1%
1988	556,986	249,740	3.04%	1.58%
1989	573,586	252,852	2.98%	1.25%
1990	589,287	254,826	2.74%	0.78%
1991	599,784	257,797	1.78%	1.17%
1992	577,774	261,057	-3.67%	1.26%
1993	554,673	263,725	-4%	1.02%
1994	554,497	266,021	-0.03%	0.87%
1995	547,989	267,468	-1.17%	0.54%
1996	548,784	268,916	0.15%	0.54%
1997	558,697	271,128	1.81%	0.82%
1998	569,435	274,047	1.92%	1.08%
1999	582,579	277,381	2.31%	1.22%
2000	596,863	281,205	2.45%	1.38%
2001	610,794	284,968	2.33%	1.34%
2002	624,409	287,523	2.23%	0.9%
2003	637,663	289,521	2.12%	0.69%
2004	650,544	292,074	2.02%	0.88%
2005	661,865	296,734	1.74%	1.6%
2006	670,799	303,782	1.35%	2.38%
2007	678,641	311,566	1.17%	2.56%
2008	686,351	317,414	1.14%	1.88%
2009	693,988	318,499	1.11%	0.34%
2010	701,632	318,041	1.1%	-0.14%
2011	709,377	319,014	1.1%	0.31%
2012	717,279	320,716	1.11%	0.53%
2013	725,273	323,764	1.11%	0.95%
2014	733,139	327,386	1.08%	1.12%
2015	740,618	330,815	1.02%	1.05%
2016	747,866	335,439	0.98%	1.4%
2017	754,335	343,400	0.86%	2.37%
2018	759,759	352,721	0.72%	2.71%
2019	764,824	360,563	0.67%	2.22%
2020	770,006	366,463	0.68%	1.64%
2021	775,442	372,520	0.71%	1.65%
2022	780,914	382,003	0.71%	2.55%
2023	786,385	393,349	0.7%	2.97%
2024	791,524	404,610	0.65%	2.86%
2025	796,681	409,614	0.65%	1.24%
2026	802,211	413,792	0.69%	1.02%
2027	807,265	417,406	0.63%	0.87%
2028	811,835	420,691	0.57%	0.79%
2029	816,265	423,592	0.55%	0.69%
2030	820,693	426,158	0.54%	0.61%
2031	825,464	428,479	0.58%	0.54%
2032	830,347	430,544	0.59%	0.48%
2033	834,984	432,406	0.56%	0.43%
2034	839,045	434,083	0.49%	0.39%
2035	843,199	435,646	0.5%	0.36%
2036	847,699	437,132	0.53%	0.34%
2037	851,844	438,466	0.49%	0.31%
2038	855,558	439,670	0.44%	0.27%
2039	858,918	440,754	0.39%	0.25%
2040	862,126	441,687	0.37%	0.21%
2041	865,152	442,487	0.35%	0.18%
2042	868,152	443,200	0.35%	0.16%
2043	871,100	443,884	0.34%	0.15%
2044	873,733	444,457	0.3%	0.13%
2045	876,178	444,812	0.28%	0.08%
2046	878,161	445,028	0.23%	0.05%
2047	879,450	445,183	0.15%	0.03%
2048	880,488	445,283	0.12%	0.02%
2049	881,433	445,335	0.11%	0.01%
2050	882,337	445,330	0.1%	-0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.