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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Kenya	Bhutan	Kenya
1960	224,084	7,695,307	-	-
1961	230,602	7,987,770	2.91%	3.8%
1962	237,636	8,299,308	3.05%	3.9%
1963	245,156	8,627,971	3.16%	3.96%
1964	252,987	8,973,535	3.19%	4.01%
1965	261,200	9,338,078	3.25%	4.06%
1966	269,820	9,717,816	3.3%	4.07%
1967	278,852	10,111,057	3.35%	4.05%
1968	288,311	10,518,823	3.39%	4.03%
1969	298,214	10,939,695	3.43%	4%
1970	308,528	11,368,791	3.46%	3.92%
1971	319,211	11,788,904	3.46%	3.7%
1972	330,264	12,206,060	3.46%	3.54%
1973	341,705	12,634,835	3.46%	3.51%
1974	353,538	13,070,078	3.46%	3.44%
1975	365,791	13,511,671	3.47%	3.38%
1976	378,490	13,957,623	3.47%	3.3%
1977	391,639	14,428,819	3.47%	3.38%
1978	405,243	14,934,126	3.47%	3.5%
1979	419,200	15,460,666	3.44%	3.53%
1980	433,404	16,018,459	3.39%	3.61%
1981	447,836	16,601,507	3.33%	3.64%
1982	462,485	17,206,175	3.27%	3.64%
1983	477,460	17,846,374	3.24%	3.72%
1984	492,784	18,514,906	3.21%	3.75%
1985	508,392	19,201,768	3.17%	3.71%
1986	524,324	19,901,646	3.13%	3.64%
1987	540,557	20,616,096	3.1%	3.59%
1988	556,986	21,356,219	3.04%	3.59%
1989	573,586	22,118,434	2.98%	3.57%
1990	589,287	22,892,651	2.74%	3.5%
1991	599,784	23,646,514	1.78%	3.29%
1992	577,774	24,382,460	-3.67%	3.11%
1993	554,673	25,117,188	-4%	3.01%
1994	554,497	25,857,130	-0.03%	2.95%
1995	547,989	26,601,751	-1.17%	2.88%
1996	548,784	27,344,211	0.15%	2.79%
1997	558,697	28,101,768	1.81%	2.77%
1998	569,435	28,888,057	1.92%	2.8%
1999	582,579	29,733,408	2.31%	2.93%
2000	596,863	30,642,890	2.45%	3.06%
2001	610,794	31,619,170	2.33%	3.19%
2002	624,409	32,629,808	2.23%	3.2%
2003	637,663	33,652,223	2.12%	3.13%
2004	650,544	34,713,455	2.02%	3.15%
2005	661,865	35,796,484	1.74%	3.12%
2006	670,799	36,904,008	1.35%	3.09%
2007	678,641	38,036,349	1.17%	3.07%
2008	686,351	39,206,351	1.14%	3.08%
2009	693,988	40,408,891	1.11%	3.07%
2010	701,632	41,598,567	1.1%	2.94%
2011	709,377	42,758,461	1.1%	2.79%
2012	717,279	43,888,303	1.11%	2.64%
2013	725,273	44,986,791	1.11%	2.5%
2014	733,139	46,051,440	1.08%	2.37%
2015	740,618	47,088,526	1.02%	2.25%
2016	747,866	48,139,687	0.98%	2.23%
2017	754,335	49,197,766	0.86%	2.2%
2018	759,759	50,207,107	0.72%	2.05%
2019	764,824	51,202,827	0.67%	1.98%
2020	770,006	52,217,334	0.68%	1.98%
2021	775,442	53,219,166	0.71%	1.92%
2022	780,914	54,252,461	0.71%	1.94%
2023	786,385	55,339,003	0.7%	2%
2024	791,524	56,432,944	0.65%	1.98%
2025	796,681	57,532,489	0.65%	1.95%
2026	802,211	58,636,403	0.69%	1.92%
2027	807,265	59,745,751	0.63%	1.89%
2028	811,835	60,860,444	0.57%	1.87%
2029	816,265	61,979,186	0.55%	1.84%
2030	820,693	63,102,241	0.54%	1.81%
2031	825,464	64,230,108	0.58%	1.79%
2032	830,347	65,359,031	0.59%	1.76%
2033	834,984	66,484,805	0.56%	1.72%
2034	839,045	67,604,628	0.49%	1.68%
2035	843,199	68,715,909	0.5%	1.64%
2036	847,699	69,818,887	0.53%	1.61%
2037	851,844	70,910,404	0.49%	1.56%
2038	855,558	71,990,929	0.44%	1.52%
2039	858,918	73,057,760	0.39%	1.48%
2040	862,126	74,108,858	0.37%	1.44%
2041	865,152	75,144,357	0.35%	1.4%
2042	868,152	76,161,719	0.35%	1.35%
2043	871,100	77,159,121	0.34%	1.31%
2044	873,733	78,134,979	0.3%	1.26%
2045	876,178	79,088,832	0.28%	1.22%
2046	878,161	80,022,371	0.23%	1.18%
2047	879,450	80,938,635	0.15%	1.15%
2048	880,488	81,837,657	0.12%	1.11%
2049	881,433	82,721,766	0.11%	1.08%
2050	882,337	83,593,232	0.1%	1.05%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bhutan increased by 77,067 people (a 11.5% growth), while Kenya gained 11,235,679 people (a 30.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bhutan gained 54,400 (a 7.27% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 10,508,840 (a 21.8% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2006 and is 163rd in 2026. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2006 and ranked 25th 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 Kenya will increase by 42.5% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 25th to 22nd.