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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Iraq	Bhutan	Iraq
1960	224,084	7,022,052	-	-
1961	230,602	7,194,553	2.91%	2.46%
1962	237,636	7,413,875	3.05%	3.05%
1963	245,156	7,667,928	3.16%	3.43%
1964	252,987	7,929,566	3.19%	3.41%
1965	261,200	8,202,140	3.25%	3.44%
1966	269,820	8,485,104	3.3%	3.45%
1967	278,852	8,778,869	3.35%	3.46%
1968	288,311	9,085,016	3.39%	3.49%
1969	298,214	9,403,356	3.43%	3.5%
1970	308,528	9,735,611	3.46%	3.53%
1971	319,211	10,077,809	3.46%	3.51%
1972	330,264	10,430,164	3.46%	3.5%
1973	341,705	10,795,869	3.46%	3.51%
1974	353,538	11,167,761	3.46%	3.44%
1975	365,791	11,543,639	3.47%	3.37%
1976	378,490	11,927,651	3.47%	3.33%
1977	391,639	12,331,046	3.47%	3.38%
1978	405,243	12,753,355	3.47%	3.42%
1979	419,200	13,170,365	3.44%	3.27%
1980	433,404	13,591,992	3.39%	3.2%
1981	447,836	14,006,381	3.33%	3.05%
1982	462,485	14,406,083	3.27%	2.85%
1983	477,460	14,840,555	3.24%	3.02%
1984	492,784	15,310,733	3.21%	3.17%
1985	508,392	15,683,430	3.17%	2.43%
1986	524,324	16,074,145	3.13%	2.49%
1987	540,557	16,521,049	3.1%	2.78%
1988	556,986	16,908,819	3.04%	2.35%
1989	573,586	17,364,542	2.98%	2.7%
1990	589,287	17,581,206	2.74%	1.25%
1991	599,784	17,767,253	1.78%	1.06%
1992	577,774	18,300,845	-3.67%	3%
1993	554,673	19,201,195	-4%	4.92%
1994	554,497	20,139,807	-0.03%	4.89%
1995	547,989	20,825,860	-1.17%	3.41%
1996	548,784	21,501,321	0.15%	3.24%
1997	558,697	22,176,593	1.81%	3.14%
1998	569,435	22,884,399	1.92%	3.19%
1999	582,579	23,636,527	2.31%	3.29%
2000	596,863	24,424,056	2.45%	3.33%
2001	610,794	25,197,840	2.33%	3.17%
2002	624,409	26,006,559	2.23%	3.21%
2003	637,663	26,802,659	2.12%	3.06%
2004	650,544	27,577,878	2.02%	2.89%
2005	661,865	28,407,448	1.74%	3.01%
2006	670,799	28,616,515	1.35%	0.74%
2007	678,641	28,391,607	1.17%	-0.79%
2008	686,351	28,971,036	1.14%	2.04%
2009	693,988	30,058,206	1.11%	3.75%
2010	701,632	31,045,366	1.1%	3.28%
2011	709,377	32,161,424	1.1%	3.59%
2012	717,279	33,654,842	1.11%	4.64%
2013	725,273	35,281,989	1.11%	4.83%
2014	733,139	36,550,059	1.08%	3.59%
2015	740,618	37,560,535	1.02%	2.76%
2016	747,866	38,469,627	0.98%	2.42%
2017	754,335	39,337,353	0.86%	2.26%
2018	759,759	40,265,624	0.72%	2.36%
2019	764,824	41,192,171	0.67%	2.3%
2020	770,006	42,116,605	0.68%	2.24%
2021	775,442	43,071,211	0.71%	2.27%
2022	780,914	44,070,551	0.71%	2.32%
2023	786,385	45,074,049	0.7%	2.28%
2024	791,524	46,042,015	0.65%	2.15%
2025	796,681	47,020,778	0.65%	2.13%
2026	802,211	48,007,435	0.69%	2.1%
2027	807,265	48,987,424	0.63%	2.04%
2028	811,835	49,960,955	0.57%	1.99%
2029	816,265	50,943,339	0.55%	1.97%
2030	820,693	51,937,208	0.54%	1.95%
2031	825,464	52,934,373	0.58%	1.92%
2032	830,347	53,953,395	0.59%	1.93%
2033	834,984	54,985,129	0.56%	1.91%
2034	839,045	56,012,641	0.49%	1.87%
2035	843,199	57,035,917	0.5%	1.83%
2036	847,699	58,071,740	0.53%	1.82%
2037	851,844	59,109,258	0.49%	1.79%
2038	855,558	60,132,232	0.44%	1.73%
2039	858,918	61,174,679	0.39%	1.73%
2040	862,126	62,223,208	0.37%	1.71%
2041	865,152	63,249,167	0.35%	1.65%
2042	868,152	64,260,847	0.35%	1.6%
2043	871,100	65,257,000	0.34%	1.55%
2044	873,733	66,237,772	0.3%	1.5%
2045	876,178	67,204,176	0.28%	1.46%
2046	878,161	68,150,060	0.23%	1.41%
2047	879,450	69,098,087	0.15%	1.39%
2048	880,488	70,050,118	0.12%	1.38%
2049	881,433	70,999,566	0.11%	1.36%
2050	882,337	71,928,759	0.1%	1.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Iraq gained 9,153,087 people (a 32.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Iraq's population increased by 10,252,803 (a 27.3% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Iraq was ranked 38th in 2005 and ranked 34th 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 Iraq will increase by 50.4% to 71,928,759 people and rank change from 34th to 28th.