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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Maldives	Bhutan	Maldives
1960	224,084	91,189	-	-
1961	230,602	93,450	2.91%	2.48%
1962	237,636	95,802	3.05%	2.52%
1963	245,156	98,222	3.16%	2.53%
1964	252,987	100,662	3.19%	2.48%
1965	261,200	104,102	3.25%	3.42%
1966	269,820	108,507	3.3%	4.23%
1967	278,852	112,528	3.35%	3.71%
1968	288,311	116,075	3.39%	3.15%
1969	298,214	119,564	3.43%	3.01%
1970	308,528	123,219	3.46%	3.06%
1971	319,211	127,035	3.46%	3.1%
1972	330,264	130,968	3.46%	3.1%
1973	341,705	134,952	3.46%	3.04%
1974	353,538	138,978	3.46%	2.98%
1975	365,791	143,158	3.47%	3.01%
1976	378,490	147,525	3.47%	3.05%
1977	391,639	151,930	3.47%	2.99%
1978	405,243	156,159	3.47%	2.78%
1979	419,200	160,360	3.44%	2.69%
1980	433,404	164,835	3.39%	2.79%
1981	447,836	169,532	3.33%	2.85%
1982	462,485	174,333	3.27%	2.83%
1983	477,460	179,128	3.24%	2.75%
1984	492,784	184,198	3.21%	2.83%
1985	508,392	190,169	3.17%	3.24%
1986	524,324	196,935	3.13%	3.56%
1987	540,557	203,944	3.1%	3.56%
1988	556,986	210,885	3.04%	3.4%
1989	573,586	217,738	2.98%	3.25%
1990	589,287	224,762	2.74%	3.23%
1991	599,784	231,802	1.78%	3.13%
1992	577,774	238,543	-3.67%	2.91%
1993	554,673	244,884	-4%	2.66%
1994	554,497	250,822	-0.03%	2.42%
1995	547,989	256,649	-1.17%	2.32%
1996	548,784	262,347	0.15%	2.22%
1997	558,697	267,707	1.81%	2.04%
1998	569,435	272,723	1.92%	1.87%
1999	582,579	277,412	2.31%	1.72%
2000	596,863	282,019	2.45%	1.66%
2001	610,794	286,767	2.33%	1.68%
2002	624,409	291,616	2.23%	1.69%
2003	637,663	296,491	2.12%	1.67%
2004	650,544	301,413	2.02%	1.66%
2005	661,865	306,429	1.74%	1.66%
2006	670,799	313,851	1.35%	2.42%
2007	678,641	324,479	1.17%	3.39%
2008	686,351	336,170	1.14%	3.6%
2009	693,988	348,275	1.11%	3.6%
2010	701,632	360,792	1.1%	3.59%
2011	709,377	373,674	1.1%	3.57%
2012	717,279	386,818	1.11%	3.52%
2013	725,273	400,070	1.11%	3.43%
2014	733,139	413,617	1.08%	3.39%
2015	740,618	428,154	1.02%	3.51%
2016	747,866	443,308	0.98%	3.54%
2017	754,335	458,287	0.86%	3.38%
2018	759,759	473,099	0.72%	3.23%
2019	764,824	487,731	0.67%	3.09%
2020	770,006	502,118	0.68%	2.95%
2021	775,442	516,154	0.71%	2.8%
2022	780,914	524,106	0.71%	1.54%
2023	786,385	525,994	0.7%	0.36%
2024	791,524	527,799	0.65%	0.34%
2025	796,681	529,677	0.65%	0.36%
2026	802,211	531,514	0.69%	0.35%
2027	807,265	533,433	0.63%	0.36%
2028	811,835	535,502	0.57%	0.39%
2029	816,265	537,574	0.55%	0.39%
2030	820,693	539,667	0.54%	0.39%
2031	825,464	541,929	0.58%	0.42%
2032	830,347	544,288	0.59%	0.44%
2033	834,984	546,723	0.56%	0.45%
2034	839,045	549,162	0.49%	0.45%
2035	843,199	551,599	0.5%	0.44%
2036	847,699	554,092	0.53%	0.45%
2037	851,844	556,637	0.49%	0.46%
2038	855,558	559,231	0.44%	0.47%
2039	858,918	561,958	0.39%	0.49%
2040	862,126	564,800	0.37%	0.51%
2041	865,152	567,606	0.35%	0.5%
2042	868,152	570,381	0.35%	0.49%
2043	871,100	573,138	0.34%	0.48%
2044	873,733	575,811	0.3%	0.47%
2045	876,178	578,459	0.28%	0.46%
2046	878,161	581,026	0.23%	0.44%
2047	879,450	583,393	0.15%	0.41%
2048	880,488	585,720	0.12%	0.4%
2049	881,433	587,988	0.11%	0.39%
2050	882,337	589,960	0.1%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.