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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Bhutan was 791,524 in 2024 vs 3,524,788 people in Mongolia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bhutan's population is 801,123 people compared to 3,599,274 in Mongolia.

Population statistics:

  • Mongolia's population is 4.49 times bigger than Bhutan's.
  • Bhutan is ranked the 163rd most populous country in the world, while Mongolia is the 132nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.01% for Bhutan vs 0.04% for Mongolia.
  • For the last 10 years, Bhutan has had an average growth rate of +0.8% per year vs +1.79% in Mongolia.
  • Since 2005, the population of Bhutan has increased from 662K people to 801K (21% growth), while Mongolia has grown from 2.54M to 3.6M (41.9% growth).
  • Bhutan is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 884K people compared to the peak of 5.6M people in 2100 for Mongolia.

Bhutan vs Mongolia: live population counter

Bhutan Mongolia
Current population
801123
3599274
Population rank 163/197 132/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.04%
One net population change
1.7 hours
12 minutes
One birth every
52.8 minutes
7.95 minutes
One death every
1.82 hours
27.5 minutes
One migration net change every
1.32 days
4.4 days
Annual migration change -277 +83
Daily growth/decline +14 +120
Annual growth/decline +5,139 +43,643
Annual growth/decline rate +0.65% +1.25%
Population growth rate rank 123/197 88/197

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

Bhutan
Population

Growth rate
Mongolia
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Bhutan Mongolia Bhutan Mongolia
1960 224,084 977,595 - -
1961 230,602 1,009,284 2.91% 3.24%
1962 237,636 1,041,444 3.05% 3.19%
1963 245,156 1,071,362 3.16% 2.87%
1964 252,987 1,100,234 3.19% 2.69%
1965 261,200 1,131,177 3.25% 2.81%
1966 269,820 1,163,754 3.3% 2.88%
1967 278,852 1,196,996 3.35% 2.86%
1968 288,311 1,229,930 3.39% 2.75%
1969 298,214 1,262,284 3.43% 2.63%
1970 308,528 1,295,272 3.46% 2.61%
1971 319,211 1,330,071 3.46% 2.69%
1972 330,264 1,366,821 3.46% 2.76%
1973 341,705 1,405,502 3.46% 2.83%
1974 353,538 1,446,050 3.46% 2.88%
1975 365,791 1,488,296 3.47% 2.92%
1976 378,490 1,531,945 3.47% 2.93%
1977 391,639 1,576,245 3.47% 2.89%
1978 405,243 1,619,468 3.47% 2.74%
1979 419,200 1,660,659 3.44% 2.54%
1980 433,404 1,701,335 3.39% 2.45%
1981 447,836 1,742,857 3.33% 2.44%
1982 462,485 1,785,364 3.27% 2.44%
1983 477,460 1,829,092 3.24% 2.45%
1984 492,784 1,874,349 3.21% 2.47%
1985 508,392 1,921,514 3.17% 2.52%
1986 524,324 1,970,965 3.13% 2.57%
1987 540,557 2,022,800 3.1% 2.63%
1988 556,986 2,076,322 3.04% 2.65%
1989 573,586 2,124,185 2.98% 2.31%
1990 589,287 2,098,710 2.74% -1.2%
1991 599,784 2,165,342 1.78% 3.17%
1992 577,774 2,167,790 -3.67% 0.11%
1993 554,673 2,165,130 -4% -0.12%
1994 554,497 2,189,395 -0.03% 1.12%
1995 547,989 2,224,945 -1.17% 1.62%
1996 548,784 2,259,507 0.15% 1.55%
1997 558,697 2,291,750 1.81% 1.43%
1998 569,435 2,323,809 1.92% 1.4%
1999 582,579 2,356,813 2.31% 1.42%
2000 596,863 2,388,299 2.45% 1.34%
2001 610,794 2,417,751 2.33% 1.23%
2002 624,409 2,449,027 2.23% 1.29%
2003 637,663 2,480,374 2.12% 1.28%
2004 650,544 2,508,412 2.02% 1.13%
2005 661,865 2,536,407 1.74% 1.12%
2006 670,799 2,567,168 1.35% 1.21%
2007 678,641 2,601,850 1.17% 1.35%
2008 686,351 2,643,201 1.14% 1.59%
2009 693,988 2,691,115 1.11% 1.81%
2010 701,632 2,738,622 1.1% 1.77%
2011 709,377 2,786,317 1.1% 1.74%
2012 717,279 2,839,705 1.11% 1.92%
2013 725,273 2,899,011 1.11% 2.09%
2014 733,139 2,963,113 1.08% 2.21%
2015 740,618 3,026,864 1.02% 2.15%
2016 747,866 3,088,856 0.98% 2.05%
2017 754,335 3,148,917 0.86% 1.94%
2018 759,759 3,208,189 0.72% 1.88%
2019 764,824 3,267,673 0.67% 1.85%
2020 770,006 3,327,204 0.68% 1.82%
2021 775,442 3,383,741 0.71% 1.7%
2022 780,914 3,433,748 0.71% 1.48%
2023 786,385 3,481,145 0.7% 1.38%
2024 791,524 3,524,788 0.65% 1.25%
2025 796,681 3,566,934 0.65% 1.2%
2026 802,211 3,607,194 0.69% 1.13%
2027 807,265 3,646,133 0.63% 1.08%
2028 811,835 3,684,133 0.57% 1.04%
2029 816,265 3,721,196 0.55% 1.01%
2030 820,693 3,757,736 0.54% 0.98%
2031 825,464 3,793,979 0.58% 0.96%
2032 830,347 3,830,403 0.59% 0.96%
2033 834,984 3,867,674 0.56% 0.97%
2034 839,045 3,905,872 0.49% 0.99%
2035 843,199 3,944,896 0.5% 1%
2036 847,699 3,984,836 0.53% 1.01%
2037 851,844 4,025,966 0.49% 1.03%
2038 855,558 4,067,894 0.44% 1.04%
2039 858,918 4,110,455 0.39% 1.05%
2040 862,126 4,153,587 0.37% 1.05%
2041 865,152 4,197,027 0.35% 1.05%
2042 868,152 4,240,723 0.35% 1.04%
2043 871,100 4,284,073 0.34% 1.02%
2044 873,733 4,327,016 0.3% 1%
2045 876,178 4,369,833 0.28% 0.99%
2046 878,161 4,411,717 0.23% 0.96%
2047 879,450 4,452,180 0.15% 0.92%
2048 880,488 4,491,289 0.12% 0.88%
2049 881,433 4,529,071 0.11% 0.84%
2050 882,337 4,565,277 0.1% 0.8%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Mongolia gained 490,457 people (a 19.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Mongolia's population increased by 572,410 (a 18.9% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Mongolia was ranked 137th in 2005 and ranked 132nd 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 Mongolia will increase by 26.8% to 4,565,277 people and rank change from 132nd to 130th.

Biggest cities by population

Bhutan
City Population
Thimphu 115K
Paro 2.36K
Mongolia
City Population
Ulaanbaatar 1.4M
Bulgan 12.3K

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