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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Iran	Bhutan	Iran
1960	224,084	21,470,434	-	-
1961	230,602	22,125,726	2.91%	3.05%
1962	237,636	22,807,907	3.05%	3.08%
1963	245,156	23,519,005	3.16%	3.12%
1964	252,987	24,262,859	3.19%	3.16%
1965	261,200	25,036,978	3.25%	3.19%
1966	269,820	25,829,270	3.3%	3.16%
1967	278,852	26,628,432	3.35%	3.09%
1968	288,311	27,437,391	3.39%	3.04%
1969	298,214	28,273,482	3.43%	3.05%
1970	308,528	29,145,100	3.46%	3.08%
1971	319,211	30,029,071	3.46%	3.03%
1972	330,264	30,921,179	3.46%	2.97%
1973	341,705	31,839,838	3.46%	2.97%
1974	353,538	32,796,463	3.46%	3%
1975	365,791	33,802,973	3.47%	3.07%
1976	378,490	34,837,271	3.47%	3.06%
1977	391,639	35,933,181	3.47%	3.15%
1978	405,243	37,126,535	3.47%	3.32%
1979	419,200	38,424,952	3.44%	3.5%
1980	433,404	39,842,324	3.39%	3.69%
1981	447,836	41,989,312	3.33%	5.39%
1982	462,485	44,272,141	3.27%	5.44%
1983	477,460	46,029,535	3.24%	3.97%
1984	492,784	47,793,998	3.21%	3.83%
1985	508,392	49,582,289	3.17%	3.74%
1986	524,324	51,446,045	3.13%	3.76%
1987	540,557	53,323,493	3.1%	3.65%
1988	556,986	55,072,694	3.04%	3.28%
1989	573,586	56,704,914	2.98%	2.96%
1990	589,287	58,380,092	2.74%	2.95%
1991	599,784	59,986,931	1.78%	2.75%
1992	577,774	61,184,983	-3.67%	2%
1993	554,673	61,403,543	-4%	0.36%
1994	554,497	61,520,598	-0.03%	0.19%
1995	547,989	62,205,567	-1.17%	1.11%
1996	548,784	62,881,300	0.15%	1.09%
1997	558,697	63,639,638	1.81%	1.21%
1998	569,435	64,519,859	1.92%	1.38%
1999	582,579	65,445,391	2.31%	1.43%
2000	596,863	66,418,659	2.45%	1.49%
2001	610,794	67,452,005	2.33%	1.56%
2002	624,409	68,011,317	2.23%	0.83%
2003	637,663	68,769,340	2.12%	1.11%
2004	650,544	70,256,316	2.02%	2.16%
2005	661,865	71,828,455	1.74%	2.24%
2006	670,799	73,392,747	1.35%	2.18%
2007	678,641	74,602,648	1.17%	1.65%
2008	686,351	75,514,204	1.14%	1.22%
2009	693,988	76,457,825	1.11%	1.25%
2010	701,632	77,420,842	1.1%	1.26%
2011	709,377	78,383,598	1.1%	1.24%
2012	717,279	79,370,580	1.11%	1.26%
2013	725,273	80,414,686	1.11%	1.32%
2014	733,139	81,502,045	1.08%	1.35%
2015	740,618	82,619,362	1.02%	1.37%
2016	747,866	83,812,228	0.98%	1.44%
2017	754,335	85,026,754	0.86%	1.45%
2018	759,759	86,117,998	0.72%	1.28%
2019	764,824	87,051,648	0.67%	1.08%
2020	770,006	87,723,443	0.68%	0.77%
2021	775,442	88,455,488	0.71%	0.83%
2022	780,914	89,524,246	0.71%	1.21%
2023	786,385	90,608,707	0.7%	1.21%
2024	791,524	91,567,738	0.65%	1.06%
2025	796,681	92,417,685	0.65%	0.93%
2026	802,211	93,168,494	0.69%	0.81%
2027	807,265	93,838,646	0.63%	0.72%
2028	811,835	94,440,024	0.57%	0.64%
2029	816,265	94,985,102	0.55%	0.58%
2030	820,693	95,486,672	0.54%	0.53%
2031	825,464	95,960,723	0.58%	0.5%
2032	830,347	96,415,457	0.59%	0.47%
2033	834,984	96,850,659	0.56%	0.45%
2034	839,045	97,271,044	0.49%	0.43%
2035	843,199	97,679,258	0.5%	0.42%
2036	847,699	98,075,324	0.53%	0.41%
2037	851,844	98,458,805	0.49%	0.39%
2038	855,558	98,828,318	0.44%	0.38%
2039	858,918	99,182,806	0.39%	0.36%
2040	862,126	99,524,286	0.37%	0.34%
2041	865,152	99,853,719	0.35%	0.33%
2042	868,152	100,167,076	0.35%	0.31%
2043	871,100	100,462,092	0.34%	0.29%
2044	873,733	100,737,592	0.3%	0.27%
2045	876,178	100,990,622	0.28%	0.25%
2046	878,161	101,219,689	0.23%	0.23%
2047	879,450	101,424,009	0.15%	0.2%
2048	880,488	101,601,932	0.12%	0.18%
2049	881,433	101,748,544	0.11%	0.14%
2050	882,337	101,862,002	0.1%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Iran gained 10,790,907 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Iran's population increased by 10,401,431 (a 12.6% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Iran was ranked 17th in 2005 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.5% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.