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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Malta	Bhutan	Malta
1960	224,084	326,550	-	-
1961	230,602	325,250	2.91%	-0.4%
1962	237,636	323,900	3.05%	-0.42%
1963	245,156	322,550	3.16%	-0.42%
1964	252,987	321,250	3.19%	-0.4%
1965	261,200	318,800	3.25%	-0.76%
1966	269,820	315,200	3.3%	-1.13%
1967	278,852	311,550	3.35%	-1.16%
1968	288,311	307,900	3.39%	-1.17%
1969	298,214	304,300	3.43%	-1.17%
1970	308,528	302,650	3.46%	-0.54%
1971	319,211	302,700	3.46%	0.02%
1972	330,264	302,450	3.46%	-0.08%
1973	341,705	302,200	3.46%	-0.08%
1974	353,538	301,996	3.46%	-0.07%
1975	365,791	304,222	3.47%	0.74%
1976	378,490	305,774	3.47%	0.51%
1977	391,639	306,970	3.47%	0.39%
1978	405,243	310,182	3.47%	1.05%
1979	419,200	313,342	3.44%	1.02%
1980	433,404	316,645	3.39%	1.05%
1981	447,836	318,982	3.33%	0.74%
1982	462,485	325,898	3.27%	2.17%
1983	477,460	330,524	3.24%	1.42%
1984	492,784	330,593	3.21%	0.02%
1985	508,392	336,452	3.17%	1.77%
1986	524,324	342,121	3.13%	1.68%
1987	540,557	344,485	3.1%	0.69%
1988	556,986	347,325	3.04%	0.82%
1989	573,586	350,722	2.98%	0.98%
1990	589,287	354,170	2.74%	0.98%
1991	599,784	363,845	1.78%	2.73%
1992	577,774	367,618	-3.67%	1.04%
1993	554,673	371,308	-4%	1%
1994	554,497	374,797	-0.03%	0.94%
1995	547,989	377,419	-1.17%	0.7%
1996	548,784	379,905	0.15%	0.66%
1997	558,697	382,791	1.81%	0.76%
1998	569,435	385,287	1.92%	0.65%
1999	582,579	387,578	2.31%	0.59%
2000	596,863	390,087	2.45%	0.65%
2001	610,794	393,028	2.33%	0.75%
2002	624,409	395,969	2.23%	0.75%
2003	637,663	398,582	2.12%	0.66%
2004	650,544	401,268	2.02%	0.67%
2005	661,865	403,834	1.74%	0.64%
2006	670,799	405,308	1.35%	0.37%
2007	678,641	406,724	1.17%	0.35%
2008	686,351	409,379	1.14%	0.65%
2009	693,988	412,477	1.11%	0.76%
2010	701,632	414,508	1.1%	0.49%
2011	709,377	416,268	1.1%	0.42%
2012	717,279	420,028	1.11%	0.9%
2013	725,273	424,810	1.11%	1.14%
2014	733,139	433,481	1.08%	2.04%
2015	740,618	444,220	1.02%	2.48%
2016	747,866	454,505	0.98%	2.32%
2017	754,335	467,106	0.86%	2.77%
2018	759,759	483,903	0.72%	3.6%
2019	764,824	503,912	0.67%	4.13%
2020	770,006	515,490	0.68%	2.3%
2021	775,442	518,150	0.71%	0.52%
2022	780,914	531,113	0.71%	2.5%
2023	786,385	552,747	0.7%	4.07%
2024	791,524	574,346	0.65%	3.91%
2025	796,681	580,514	0.65%	1.07%
2026	802,211	584,351	0.69%	0.66%
2027	807,265	586,444	0.63%	0.36%
2028	811,835	588,290	0.57%	0.31%
2029	816,265	589,776	0.55%	0.25%
2030	820,693	590,973	0.54%	0.2%
2031	825,464	591,921	0.58%	0.16%
2032	830,347	592,622	0.59%	0.12%
2033	834,984	592,974	0.56%	0.06%
2034	839,045	592,827	0.49%	-0.02%
2035	843,199	592,332	0.5%	-0.08%
2036	847,699	591,668	0.53%	-0.11%
2037	851,844	590,830	0.49%	-0.14%
2038	855,558	589,771	0.44%	-0.18%
2039	858,918	588,528	0.39%	-0.21%
2040	862,126	587,256	0.37%	-0.22%
2041	865,152	585,895	0.35%	-0.23%
2042	868,152	584,467	0.35%	-0.24%
2043	871,100	582,966	0.34%	-0.26%
2044	873,733	581,355	0.3%	-0.28%
2045	876,178	579,693	0.28%	-0.29%
2046	878,161	577,954	0.23%	-0.3%
2047	879,450	576,050	0.15%	-0.33%
2048	880,488	574,050	0.12%	-0.35%
2049	881,433	572,187	0.11%	-0.32%
2050	882,337	570,210	0.1%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.