The latest officially reported population of Bhutan was 791,524 in 2024 vs 58,986,023 people in Italy in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bhutan's population is 801,123 people compared to 58,790,597 in Italy.
Population statistics:
- Italy's population is 73.4 times bigger than Bhutan's.
- Bhutan is ranked the 163rd most populous country in the world, while Italy is the 25th.
- The countries together account for 0.72% of the world: 0.01% for Bhutan vs 0.71% for Italy.
- For the last 10 years, Bhutan has had an average growth rate of +0.8% per year vs -0.2% in Italy.
- Since 2005, the population of Bhutan has increased from 662K people to 801K (21% growth), while Italy has grown from 58.2M to 58.8M (1.07% growth).
- Bhutan is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 884K people, while Italy's population already peaked in 2014 at 60.3M people and is projected to decrease to 35.2M people by 2100.
Bhutan vs Italy: live population counter
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| Current population |
801123
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58790597
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| Population rank | 163/197 | 25/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.71% |
| One net population change |
1.7 hours
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1.18 hours
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| One birth every |
52.8 minutes
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1.39 minutes
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| One death every |
1.82 hours
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47.7 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
1.32 days
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5.52 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -277 | +95,246 |
| Daily growth/decline | +14 | -20 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,139 | -7,452 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.65% | -0.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 123/197 | 166/197 |
Bhutan and Italy: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 224,084 | 50,199,700 | - | - |
| 1961 | 230,602 | 50,536,350 | 2.91% | 0.67% |
| 1962 | 237,636 | 50,879,450 | 3.05% | 0.68% |
| 1963 | 245,156 | 51,252,000 | 3.16% | 0.73% |
| 1964 | 252,987 | 51,675,350 | 3.19% | 0.83% |
| 1965 | 261,200 | 52,112,350 | 3.25% | 0.85% |
| 1966 | 269,820 | 52,519,000 | 3.3% | 0.78% |
| 1967 | 278,852 | 52,900,500 | 3.35% | 0.73% |
| 1968 | 288,311 | 53,235,750 | 3.39% | 0.63% |
| 1969 | 298,214 | 53,537,950 | 3.43% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 308,528 | 53,821,850 | 3.46% | 0.53% |
| 1971 | 319,211 | 54,073,490 | 3.46% | 0.47% |
| 1972 | 330,264 | 54,381,345 | 3.46% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 341,705 | 54,751,406 | 3.46% | 0.68% |
| 1974 | 353,538 | 55,110,868 | 3.46% | 0.66% |
| 1975 | 365,791 | 55,441,001 | 3.47% | 0.6% |
| 1976 | 378,490 | 55,718,260 | 3.47% | 0.5% |
| 1977 | 391,639 | 55,955,411 | 3.47% | 0.43% |
| 1978 | 405,243 | 56,155,143 | 3.47% | 0.36% |
| 1979 | 419,200 | 56,317,749 | 3.44% | 0.29% |
| 1980 | 433,404 | 56,433,883 | 3.39% | 0.21% |
| 1981 | 447,836 | 56,501,675 | 3.33% | 0.12% |
| 1982 | 462,485 | 56,543,548 | 3.27% | 0.07% |
| 1983 | 477,460 | 56,564,074 | 3.24% | 0.04% |
| 1984 | 492,784 | 56,576,718 | 3.21% | 0.02% |
| 1985 | 508,392 | 56,593,071 | 3.17% | 0.03% |
| 1986 | 524,324 | 56,596,155 | 3.13% | 0.005% |
| 1987 | 540,557 | 56,601,931 | 3.1% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 556,986 | 56,629,288 | 3.04% | 0.05% |
| 1989 | 573,586 | 56,671,781 | 2.98% | 0.08% |
| 1990 | 589,287 | 56,719,240 | 2.74% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 599,784 | 56,758,521 | 1.78% | 0.07% |
| 1992 | 577,774 | 56,797,087 | -3.67% | 0.07% |
| 1993 | 554,673 | 56,831,821 | -4% | 0.06% |
| 1994 | 554,497 | 56,843,400 | -0.03% | 0.02% |
| 1995 | 547,989 | 56,844,303 | -1.17% | 0.002% |
| 1996 | 548,784 | 56,860,281 | 0.15% | 0.03% |
| 1997 | 558,697 | 56,890,372 | 1.81% | 0.05% |
| 1998 | 569,435 | 56,906,744 | 1.92% | 0.03% |
| 1999 | 582,579 | 56,916,317 | 2.31% | 0.02% |
| 2000 | 596,863 | 56,942,108 | 2.45% | 0.05% |
| 2001 | 610,794 | 56,976,981 | 2.33% | 0.06% |
| 2002 | 624,409 | 57,089,824 | 2.23% | 0.2% |
| 2003 | 637,663 | 57,399,184 | 2.12% | 0.54% |
| 2004 | 650,544 | 57,828,179 | 2.02% | 0.75% |
| 2005 | 661,865 | 58,166,682 | 1.74% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 670,799 | 58,399,861 | 1.35% | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 678,641 | 58,756,247 | 1.17% | 0.61% |
| 2008 | 686,351 | 59,211,181 | 1.14% | 0.77% |
| 2009 | 693,988 | 59,555,454 | 1.11% | 0.58% |
| 2010 | 701,632 | 59,819,407 | 1.1% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 709,377 | 60,026,841 | 1.1% | 0.35% |
| 2012 | 717,279 | 60,191,247 | 1.11% | 0.27% |
| 2013 | 725,273 | 60,311,613 | 1.11% | 0.2% |
| 2014 | 733,139 | 60,320,707 | 1.08% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 740,618 | 60,229,605 | 1.02% | -0.15% |
| 2016 | 747,866 | 60,115,223 | 0.98% | -0.19% |
| 2017 | 754,335 | 60,002,252 | 0.86% | -0.19% |
| 2018 | 759,759 | 60,148,658 | 0.72% | 0.24% |
| 2019 | 764,824 | 59,729,081 | 0.67% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 770,006 | 59,438,851 | 0.68% | -0.49% |
| 2021 | 775,442 | 59,133,173 | 0.71% | -0.51% |
| 2022 | 780,914 | 59,013,667 | 0.71% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 786,385 | 58,993,475 | 0.7% | -0.03% |
| 2024 | 791,524 | 58,986,023 | 0.65% | -0.01% |
| 2025 | 796,681 | 58,790,597 | 0.65% | -0.33% |
| 2026 | 802,211 | 58,571,823 | 0.69% | -0.37% |
| 2027 | 807,265 | 58,335,864 | 0.63% | -0.4% |
| 2028 | 811,835 | 58,094,373 | 0.57% | -0.41% |
| 2029 | 816,265 | 57,851,042 | 0.55% | -0.42% |
| 2030 | 820,693 | 57,597,622 | 0.54% | -0.44% |
| 2031 | 825,464 | 57,333,277 | 0.58% | -0.46% |
| 2032 | 830,347 | 57,071,235 | 0.59% | -0.46% |
| 2033 | 834,984 | 56,812,747 | 0.56% | -0.45% |
| 2034 | 839,045 | 56,548,816 | 0.49% | -0.46% |
| 2035 | 843,199 | 56,279,536 | 0.5% | -0.48% |
| 2036 | 847,699 | 56,009,844 | 0.53% | -0.48% |
| 2037 | 851,844 | 55,737,477 | 0.49% | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 855,558 | 55,460,735 | 0.44% | -0.5% |
| 2039 | 858,918 | 55,177,508 | 0.39% | -0.51% |
| 2040 | 862,126 | 54,889,107 | 0.37% | -0.52% |
| 2041 | 865,152 | 54,601,628 | 0.35% | -0.52% |
| 2042 | 868,152 | 54,307,412 | 0.35% | -0.54% |
| 2043 | 871,100 | 53,997,106 | 0.34% | -0.57% |
| 2044 | 873,733 | 53,679,603 | 0.3% | -0.59% |
| 2045 | 876,178 | 53,357,669 | 0.28% | -0.6% |
| 2046 | 878,161 | 53,025,288 | 0.23% | -0.62% |
| 2047 | 879,450 | 52,680,150 | 0.15% | -0.65% |
| 2048 | 880,488 | 52,324,241 | 0.12% | -0.68% |
| 2049 | 881,433 | 51,959,050 | 0.11% | -0.7% |
| 2050 | 882,337 | 51,579,060 | 0.1% | -0.73% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).
Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th 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 Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.
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Population differences between Bhutan and Italy
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| Life expectancy | 73.5 years | 84 years |
| Average age | 32.4 years | 46.5 years |
| Median age | 30.9 years | 48.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 53.4:46.6 | 48.9:51.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 53.8 ppl/mi² | 517 ppl/mi² |
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