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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Madagascar	Bhutan	Madagascar
1960	224,084	5,111,029	-	-
1961	230,602	5,246,158	2.91%	2.64%
1962	237,636	5,384,150	3.05%	2.63%
1963	245,156	5,525,185	3.16%	2.62%
1964	252,987	5,669,863	3.19%	2.62%
1965	261,200	5,819,116	3.25%	2.63%
1966	269,820	5,974,279	3.3%	2.67%
1967	278,852	6,136,486	3.35%	2.72%
1968	288,311	6,306,493	3.39%	2.77%
1969	298,214	6,484,716	3.43%	2.83%
1970	308,528	6,672,003	3.46%	2.89%
1971	319,211	6,868,868	3.46%	2.95%
1972	330,264	7,074,398	3.46%	2.99%
1973	341,705	7,288,048	3.46%	3.02%
1974	353,538	7,509,726	3.46%	3.04%
1975	365,791	7,739,336	3.47%	3.06%
1976	378,490	7,976,831	3.47%	3.07%
1977	391,639	8,222,240	3.47%	3.08%
1978	405,243	8,475,864	3.47%	3.08%
1979	419,200	8,737,581	3.44%	3.09%
1980	433,404	9,006,032	3.39%	3.07%
1981	447,836	9,279,011	3.33%	3.03%
1982	462,485	9,557,671	3.27%	3%
1983	477,460	9,843,044	3.24%	2.99%
1984	492,784	10,134,550	3.21%	2.96%
1985	508,392	10,433,142	3.17%	2.95%
1986	524,324	10,736,857	3.13%	2.91%
1987	540,557	11,047,291	3.1%	2.89%
1988	556,986	11,369,462	3.04%	2.92%
1989	573,586	11,704,998	2.98%	2.95%
1990	589,287	12,055,639	2.74%	3%
1991	599,784	12,421,412	1.78%	3.03%
1992	577,774	12,800,870	-3.67%	3.05%
1993	554,673	13,197,345	-4%	3.1%
1994	554,497	13,613,850	-0.03%	3.16%
1995	547,989	14,051,275	-1.17%	3.21%
1996	548,784	14,510,711	0.15%	3.27%
1997	558,697	14,990,814	1.81%	3.31%
1998	569,435	15,489,364	1.92%	3.33%
1999	582,579	16,000,506	2.31%	3.3%
2000	596,863	16,516,338	2.45%	3.22%
2001	610,794	17,032,939	2.33%	3.13%
2002	624,409	17,549,913	2.23%	3.04%
2003	637,663	18,071,854	2.12%	2.97%
2004	650,544	18,606,608	2.02%	2.96%
2005	661,865	19,159,707	1.74%	2.97%
2006	670,799	19,730,909	1.35%	2.98%
2007	678,641	20,318,583	1.17%	2.98%
2008	686,351	20,923,840	1.14%	2.98%
2009	693,988	21,547,280	1.11%	2.98%
2010	701,632	22,183,340	1.1%	2.95%
2011	709,377	22,822,300	1.1%	2.88%
2012	717,279	23,462,438	1.11%	2.8%
2013	725,273	24,109,290	1.11%	2.76%
2014	733,139	24,764,348	1.08%	2.72%
2015	740,618	25,426,702	1.02%	2.67%
2016	747,866	26,099,952	0.98%	2.65%
2017	754,335	26,788,375	0.86%	2.64%
2018	759,759	27,494,926	0.72%	2.64%
2019	764,824	28,219,554	0.67%	2.64%
2020	770,006	28,953,556	0.68%	2.6%
2021	775,442	29,691,083	0.71%	2.55%
2022	780,914	30,437,261	0.71%	2.51%
2023	786,385	31,195,932	0.7%	2.49%
2024	791,524	31,964,956	0.65%	2.47%
2025	796,681	32,740,675	0.65%	2.43%
2026	802,211	33,522,048	0.69%	2.39%
2027	807,265	34,308,785	0.63%	2.35%
2028	811,835	35,099,853	0.57%	2.31%
2029	816,265	35,894,674	0.55%	2.26%
2030	820,693	36,693,182	0.54%	2.22%
2031	825,464	37,495,701	0.58%	2.19%
2032	830,347	38,301,308	0.59%	2.15%
2033	834,984	39,109,380	0.56%	2.11%
2034	839,045	39,919,948	0.49%	2.07%
2035	843,199	40,733,841	0.5%	2.04%
2036	847,699	41,551,309	0.53%	2.01%
2037	851,844	42,371,330	0.49%	1.97%
2038	855,558	43,194,142	0.44%	1.94%
2039	858,918	44,019,285	0.39%	1.91%
2040	862,126	44,846,889	0.37%	1.88%
2041	865,152	45,676,973	0.35%	1.85%
2042	868,152	46,508,810	0.35%	1.82%
2043	871,100	47,342,285	0.34%	1.79%
2044	873,733	48,176,594	0.3%	1.76%
2045	876,178	49,011,270	0.28%	1.73%
2046	878,161	49,846,522	0.23%	1.7%
2047	879,450	50,682,055	0.15%	1.68%
2048	880,488	51,517,342	0.12%	1.65%
2049	881,433	52,351,981	0.11%	1.62%
2050	882,337	53,185,464	0.1%	1.59%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Madagascar gained 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Madagascar's population increased by 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Madagascar was ranked 57th in 2005 and ranked 49th 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 Madagascar will increase by 59.4% to 53,185,464 people and rank change from 49th to 37th.