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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Lesotho	Bhutan	Lesotho
1960	224,084	736,500	-	-
1961	230,602	758,824	2.91%	3.03%
1962	237,636	781,814	3.05%	3.03%
1963	245,156	805,373	3.16%	3.01%
1964	252,987	829,437	3.19%	2.99%
1965	261,200	854,090	3.25%	2.97%
1966	269,820	881,870	3.3%	3.25%
1967	278,852	913,982	3.35%	3.64%
1968	288,311	948,105	3.39%	3.73%
1969	298,214	983,202	3.43%	3.7%
1970	308,528	1,019,273	3.46%	3.67%
1971	319,211	1,056,246	3.46%	3.63%
1972	330,264	1,094,063	3.46%	3.58%
1973	341,705	1,132,697	3.46%	3.53%
1974	353,538	1,172,420	3.46%	3.51%
1975	365,791	1,213,643	3.47%	3.52%
1976	378,490	1,253,214	3.47%	3.26%
1977	391,639	1,289,967	3.47%	2.93%
1978	405,243	1,327,240	3.47%	2.89%
1979	419,200	1,366,169	3.44%	2.93%
1980	433,404	1,406,521	3.39%	2.95%
1981	447,836	1,448,069	3.33%	2.95%
1982	462,485	1,490,732	3.27%	2.95%
1983	477,460	1,534,413	3.24%	2.93%
1984	492,784	1,578,986	3.21%	2.9%
1985	508,392	1,624,379	3.17%	2.87%
1986	524,324	1,666,138	3.13%	2.57%
1987	540,557	1,703,390	3.1%	2.24%
1988	556,986	1,739,841	3.04%	2.14%
1989	573,586	1,775,436	2.98%	2.05%
1990	589,287	1,809,696	2.74%	1.93%
1991	599,784	1,842,379	1.78%	1.81%
1992	577,774	1,873,274	-3.67%	1.68%
1993	554,673	1,901,793	-4%	1.52%
1994	554,497	1,927,707	-0.03%	1.36%
1995	547,989	1,951,437	-1.17%	1.23%
1996	548,784	1,972,418	0.15%	1.08%
1997	558,697	1,988,130	1.81%	0.8%
1998	569,435	1,998,049	1.92%	0.5%
1999	582,579	2,003,234	2.31%	0.26%
2000	596,863	2,003,913	2.45%	0.03%
2001	610,794	2,000,853	2.33%	-0.15%
2002	624,409	1,994,679	2.23%	-0.31%
2003	637,663	1,985,059	2.12%	-0.48%
2004	650,544	1,971,129	2.02%	-0.7%
2005	661,865	1,953,076	1.74%	-0.92%
2006	670,799	1,945,063	1.35%	-0.41%
2007	678,641	1,953,268	1.17%	0.42%
2008	686,351	1,966,541	1.14%	0.68%
2009	693,988	1,980,883	1.11%	0.73%
2010	701,632	1,996,251	1.1%	0.78%
2011	709,377	2,014,009	1.1%	0.89%
2012	717,279	2,034,354	1.11%	1.01%
2013	725,273	2,056,504	1.11%	1.09%
2014	733,139	2,080,089	1.08%	1.15%
2015	740,618	2,104,611	1.02%	1.18%
2016	747,866	2,130,422	0.98%	1.23%
2017	754,335	2,157,110	0.86%	1.25%
2018	759,759	2,183,603	0.72%	1.23%
2019	764,824	2,209,405	0.67%	1.18%
2020	770,006	2,235,727	0.68%	1.19%
2021	775,442	2,261,542	0.71%	1.15%
2022	780,914	2,286,110	0.71%	1.09%
2023	786,385	2,311,472	0.7%	1.11%
2024	791,524	2,337,423	0.65%	1.12%
2025	796,681	2,363,324	0.65%	1.11%
2026	802,211	2,389,334	0.69%	1.1%
2027	807,265	2,415,365	0.63%	1.09%
2028	811,835	2,441,435	0.57%	1.08%
2029	816,265	2,467,677	0.55%	1.07%
2030	820,693	2,493,816	0.54%	1.06%
2031	825,464	2,520,014	0.58%	1.05%
2032	830,347	2,546,489	0.59%	1.05%
2033	834,984	2,573,106	0.56%	1.05%
2034	839,045	2,599,777	0.49%	1.04%
2035	843,199	2,626,560	0.5%	1.03%
2036	847,699	2,653,503	0.53%	1.03%
2037	851,844	2,680,081	0.49%	1%
2038	855,558	2,706,197	0.44%	0.97%
2039	858,918	2,732,138	0.39%	0.96%
2040	862,126	2,757,868	0.37%	0.94%
2041	865,152	2,783,361	0.35%	0.92%
2042	868,152	2,808,538	0.35%	0.9%
2043	871,100	2,833,257	0.34%	0.88%
2044	873,733	2,857,499	0.3%	0.86%
2045	876,178	2,881,333	0.28%	0.83%
2046	878,161	2,904,780	0.23%	0.81%
2047	879,450	2,927,859	0.15%	0.79%
2048	880,488	2,950,411	0.12%	0.77%
2049	881,433	2,972,156	0.11%	0.74%
2050	882,337	2,993,080	0.1%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bhutan increased by 77,067 people (a 11.5% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bhutan gained 54,400 (a 7.27% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2006 and is 163rd in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.