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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	India	Bhutan	India
1960	224,084	435,990,338	-	-
1961	230,602	446,564,729	2.91%	2.43%
1962	237,636	457,283,090	3.05%	2.4%
1963	245,156	468,138,575	3.16%	2.37%
1964	252,987	479,229,598	3.19%	2.37%
1965	261,200	490,140,146	3.25%	2.28%
1966	269,820	500,740,247	3.3%	2.16%
1967	278,852	511,606,372	3.35%	2.17%
1968	288,311	522,716,889	3.39%	2.17%
1969	298,214	533,880,544	3.43%	2.14%
1970	308,528	545,864,268	3.46%	2.24%
1971	319,211	558,096,387	3.46%	2.24%
1972	330,264	570,482,142	3.46%	2.22%
1973	341,705	583,465,598	3.46%	2.28%
1974	353,538	597,041,391	3.46%	2.33%
1975	365,791	611,309,535	3.47%	2.39%
1976	378,490	625,861,883	3.47%	2.38%
1977	391,639	640,801,103	3.47%	2.39%
1978	405,243	655,728,229	3.47%	2.33%
1979	419,200	671,155,747	3.44%	2.35%
1980	433,404	687,354,025	3.39%	2.41%
1981	447,836	703,696,250	3.33%	2.38%
1982	462,485	720,313,473	3.27%	2.36%
1983	477,460	737,372,681	3.24%	2.37%
1984	492,784	754,875,449	3.21%	2.37%
1985	508,392	772,647,793	3.17%	2.35%
1986	524,324	790,689,978	3.13%	2.34%
1987	540,557	808,931,270	3.1%	2.31%
1988	556,986	827,342,990	3.04%	2.28%
1989	573,586	846,039,529	2.98%	2.26%
1990	589,287	864,972,221	2.74%	2.24%
1991	599,784	883,927,600	1.78%	2.19%
1992	577,774	902,957,070	-3.67%	2.15%
1993	554,673	922,118,387	-4%	2.12%
1994	554,497	941,163,767	-0.03%	2.07%
1995	547,989	960,301,044	-1.17%	2.03%
1996	548,784	979,678,458	0.15%	2.02%
1997	558,697	999,133,762	1.81%	1.99%
1998	569,435	1,018,665,080	1.92%	1.95%
1999	582,579	1,038,225,823	2.31%	1.92%
2000	596,863	1,057,922,733	2.45%	1.9%
2001	610,794	1,077,898,575	2.33%	1.89%
2002	624,409	1,097,600,380	2.23%	1.83%
2003	637,663	1,116,803,006	2.12%	1.75%
2004	650,544	1,135,991,513	2.02%	1.72%
2005	661,865	1,154,676,322	1.74%	1.64%
2006	670,799	1,172,878,890	1.35%	1.58%
2007	678,641	1,190,676,021	1.17%	1.52%
2008	686,351	1,207,930,964	1.14%	1.45%
2009	693,988	1,225,524,753	1.11%	1.46%
2010	701,632	1,243,481,564	1.1%	1.47%
2011	709,377	1,261,224,954	1.1%	1.43%
2012	717,279	1,278,674,502	1.11%	1.38%
2013	725,273	1,295,829,511	1.11%	1.34%
2014	733,139	1,312,277,191	1.08%	1.27%
2015	740,618	1,328,024,498	1.02%	1.2%
2016	747,866	1,343,944,296	0.98%	1.2%
2017	754,335	1,359,657,400	0.86%	1.17%
2018	759,759	1,374,659,064	0.72%	1.1%
2019	764,824	1,389,030,312	0.67%	1.05%
2020	770,006	1,402,617,695	0.68%	0.98%
2021	775,442	1,414,203,896	0.71%	0.83%
2022	780,914	1,425,423,212	0.71%	0.79%
2023	786,385	1,438,069,596	0.7%	0.89%
2024	791,524	1,450,935,791	0.65%	0.89%
2025	796,681	1,463,865,531	0.65%	0.89%
2026	802,211	1,476,625,576	0.69%	0.87%
2027	807,265	1,489,164,679	0.63%	0.85%
2028	811,835	1,501,432,748	0.57%	0.82%
2029	816,265	1,513,423,737	0.55%	0.8%
2030	820,693	1,525,138,852	0.54%	0.77%
2031	825,464	1,536,540,604	0.58%	0.75%
2032	830,347	1,547,607,126	0.59%	0.72%
2033	834,984	1,558,324,087	0.56%	0.69%
2034	839,045	1,568,688,356	0.49%	0.67%
2035	843,199	1,578,694,799	0.5%	0.64%
2036	847,699	1,588,325,366	0.53%	0.61%
2037	851,844	1,597,537,009	0.49%	0.58%
2038	855,558	1,606,300,646	0.44%	0.55%
2039	858,918	1,614,639,243	0.39%	0.52%
2040	862,126	1,622,580,052	0.37%	0.49%
2041	865,152	1,630,119,374	0.35%	0.46%
2042	868,152	1,637,235,363	0.35%	0.44%
2043	871,100	1,643,915,269	0.34%	0.41%
2044	873,733	1,650,186,610	0.3%	0.38%
2045	876,178	1,656,067,585	0.28%	0.36%
2046	878,161	1,661,548,400	0.23%	0.33%
2047	879,450	1,666,628,151	0.15%	0.31%
2048	880,488	1,671,309,727	0.12%	0.28%
2049	881,433	1,675,619,893	0.11%	0.26%
2050	882,337	1,679,589,268	0.1%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bhutan increased by 77,067 people (a 11.5% growth), while India gained 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bhutan gained 54,400 (a 7.27% growth), while India's population increased by 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2006 and is 163rd in 2026. India was ranked 2nd in 2006 and ranked 1st 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 India will increase by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.