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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Kiribati	Bhutan	Kiribati
1960	224,084	47,157	-	-
1961	230,602	48,323	2.91%	2.47%
1962	237,636	49,538	3.05%	2.51%
1963	245,156	50,791	3.16%	2.53%
1964	252,987	52,088	3.19%	2.55%
1965	261,200	53,439	3.25%	2.59%
1966	269,820	54,425	3.3%	1.85%
1967	278,852	54,996	3.35%	1.05%
1968	288,311	55,529	3.39%	0.97%
1969	298,214	56,360	3.43%	1.5%
1970	308,528	57,510	3.46%	2.04%
1971	319,211	58,652	3.46%	1.99%
1972	330,264	59,778	3.46%	1.92%
1973	341,705	60,824	3.46%	1.75%
1974	353,538	61,219	3.46%	0.65%
1975	365,791	60,987	3.47%	-0.38%
1976	378,490	60,661	3.47%	-0.53%
1977	391,639	60,267	3.47%	-0.65%
1978	405,243	59,864	3.47%	-0.67%
1979	419,200	60,172	3.44%	0.51%
1980	433,404	61,148	3.39%	1.62%
1981	447,836	62,121	3.33%	1.59%
1982	462,485	63,134	3.27%	1.63%
1983	477,460	64,169	3.24%	1.64%
1984	492,784	65,228	3.21%	1.65%
1985	508,392	66,496	3.17%	1.94%
1986	524,324	68,059	3.13%	2.35%
1987	540,557	69,733	3.1%	2.46%
1988	556,986	71,427	3.04%	2.43%
1989	573,586	73,147	2.98%	2.41%
1990	589,287	74,855	2.74%	2.34%
1991	599,784	76,367	1.78%	2.02%
1992	577,774	77,641	-3.67%	1.67%
1993	554,673	78,841	-4%	1.55%
1994	554,497	80,021	-0.03%	1.5%
1995	547,989	81,234	-1.17%	1.52%
1996	548,784	82,623	0.15%	1.71%
1997	558,697	84,147	1.81%	1.84%
1998	569,435	85,657	1.92%	1.79%
1999	582,579	87,126	2.31%	1.71%
2000	596,863	88,613	2.45%	1.71%
2001	610,794	90,335	2.33%	1.94%
2002	624,409	92,264	2.23%	2.14%
2003	637,663	94,175	2.12%	2.07%
2004	650,544	96,085	2.02%	2.03%
2005	661,865	98,035	1.74%	2.03%
2006	670,799	100,017	1.35%	2.02%
2007	678,641	102,068	1.17%	2.05%
2008	686,351	104,222	1.14%	2.11%
2009	693,988	106,467	1.11%	2.15%
2010	701,632	108,704	1.1%	2.1%
2011	709,377	110,647	1.1%	1.79%
2012	717,279	112,284	1.11%	1.48%
2013	725,273	113,838	1.11%	1.38%
2014	733,139	115,326	1.08%	1.31%
2015	740,618	116,815	1.02%	1.29%
2016	747,866	118,478	0.98%	1.42%
2017	754,335	120,275	0.86%	1.52%
2018	759,759	122,084	0.72%	1.5%
2019	764,824	123,921	0.67%	1.5%
2020	770,006	126,099	0.68%	1.76%
2021	775,442	128,377	0.71%	1.81%
2022	780,914	130,469	0.71%	1.63%
2023	786,385	132,530	0.7%	1.58%
2024	791,524	134,518	0.65%	1.5%
2025	796,681	136,501	0.65%	1.47%
2026	802,211	138,451	0.69%	1.43%
2027	807,265	140,405	0.63%	1.41%
2028	811,835	142,335	0.57%	1.37%
2029	816,265	144,231	0.55%	1.33%
2030	820,693	146,130	0.54%	1.32%
2031	825,464	148,028	0.58%	1.3%
2032	830,347	149,915	0.59%	1.27%
2033	834,984	151,768	0.56%	1.24%
2034	839,045	153,602	0.49%	1.21%
2035	843,199	155,447	0.5%	1.2%
2036	847,699	157,316	0.53%	1.2%
2037	851,844	159,188	0.49%	1.19%
2038	855,558	161,050	0.44%	1.17%
2039	858,918	162,895	0.39%	1.15%
2040	862,126	164,711	0.37%	1.11%
2041	865,152	166,508	0.35%	1.09%
2042	868,152	168,325	0.35%	1.09%
2043	871,100	170,182	0.34%	1.1%
2044	873,733	172,012	0.3%	1.08%
2045	876,178	173,818	0.28%	1.05%
2046	878,161	175,629	0.23%	1.04%
2047	879,450	177,392	0.15%	1%
2048	880,488	179,152	0.12%	0.99%
2049	881,433	180,915	0.11%	0.98%
2050	882,337	182,629	0.1%	0.95%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Kiribati gained 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Kiribati's population increased by 21,252 (a 18.2% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Kiribati was ranked 183rd in 2005 and ranked 180th 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 Kiribati will increase by 32.3% to 182,629 people and rank change from 180th to 178th.