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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Nepal	Bhutan	Nepal
1960	224,084	10,123,658	-	-
1961	230,602	10,318,396	2.91%	1.92%
1962	237,636	10,521,116	3.05%	1.96%
1963	245,156	10,729,818	3.16%	1.98%
1964	252,987	10,946,392	3.19%	2.02%
1965	261,200	11,173,411	3.25%	2.07%
1966	269,820	11,408,710	3.3%	2.11%
1967	278,852	11,652,716	3.35%	2.14%
1968	288,311	11,906,266	3.39%	2.18%
1969	298,214	12,167,036	3.43%	2.19%
1970	308,528	12,436,190	3.46%	2.21%
1971	319,211	12,710,061	3.46%	2.2%
1972	330,264	12,989,099	3.46%	2.2%
1973	341,705	13,275,239	3.46%	2.2%
1974	353,538	13,568,435	3.46%	2.21%
1975	365,791	13,870,695	3.47%	2.23%
1976	378,490	14,177,649	3.47%	2.21%
1977	391,639	14,499,175	3.47%	2.27%
1978	405,243	14,839,695	3.47%	2.35%
1979	419,200	15,190,590	3.44%	2.36%
1980	433,404	15,553,105	3.39%	2.39%
1981	447,836	15,922,423	3.33%	2.37%
1982	462,485	16,297,987	3.27%	2.36%
1983	477,460	16,689,119	3.24%	2.4%
1984	492,784	17,085,242	3.21%	2.37%
1985	508,392	17,477,692	3.17%	2.3%
1986	524,324	17,868,124	3.13%	2.23%
1987	540,557	18,250,505	3.1%	2.14%
1988	556,986	18,638,661	3.04%	2.13%
1989	573,586	19,057,807	2.98%	2.25%
1990	589,287	19,524,573	2.74%	2.45%
1991	599,784	20,036,500	1.78%	2.62%
1992	577,774	20,609,707	-3.67%	2.86%
1993	554,673	21,180,159	-4%	2.77%
1994	554,497	21,717,479	-0.03%	2.54%
1995	547,989	22,245,439	-1.17%	2.43%
1996	548,784	22,741,862	0.15%	2.23%
1997	558,697	23,219,463	1.81%	2.1%
1998	569,435	23,680,357	1.92%	1.98%
1999	582,579	24,125,199	2.31%	1.88%
2000	596,863	24,546,509	2.45%	1.75%
2001	610,794	24,946,748	2.33%	1.63%
2002	624,409	25,328,981	2.23%	1.53%
2003	637,663	25,688,758	2.12%	1.42%
2004	650,544	26,016,656	2.02%	1.28%
2005	661,865	26,309,458	1.74%	1.13%
2006	670,799	26,565,425	1.35%	0.97%
2007	678,641	26,788,492	1.17%	0.84%
2008	686,351	26,990,037	1.14%	0.75%
2009	693,988	27,173,035	1.11%	0.68%
2010	701,632	27,341,952	1.1%	0.62%
2011	709,377	27,464,494	1.1%	0.45%
2012	717,279	27,534,915	1.11%	0.26%
2013	725,273	27,589,996	1.11%	0.2%
2014	733,139	27,672,370	1.08%	0.3%
2015	740,618	27,823,629	1.02%	0.55%
2016	747,866	27,955,462	0.98%	0.47%
2017	754,335	28,011,258	0.86%	0.2%
2018	759,759	28,079,689	0.72%	0.24%
2019	764,824	28,414,064	0.67%	1.19%
2020	770,006	28,966,574	0.68%	1.94%
2021	775,442	29,475,010	0.71%	1.76%
2022	780,914	29,715,436	0.71%	0.82%
2023	786,385	29,694,614	0.7%	-0.07%
2024	791,524	29,651,054	0.65%	-0.15%
2025	796,681	29,618,120	0.65%	-0.11%
2026	802,211	29,629,406	0.69%	0.04%
2027	807,265	29,727,164	0.63%	0.33%
2028	811,835	29,947,588	0.57%	0.74%
2029	816,265	30,232,115	0.55%	0.95%
2030	820,693	30,509,999	0.54%	0.92%
2031	825,464	30,780,916	0.58%	0.89%
2032	830,347	31,045,411	0.59%	0.86%
2033	834,984	31,304,035	0.56%	0.83%
2034	839,045	31,555,068	0.49%	0.8%
2035	843,199	31,798,003	0.5%	0.77%
2036	847,699	32,033,714	0.53%	0.74%
2037	851,844	32,262,286	0.49%	0.71%
2038	855,558	32,484,801	0.44%	0.69%
2039	858,918	32,700,695	0.39%	0.66%
2040	862,126	32,909,540	0.37%	0.64%
2041	865,152	33,112,254	0.35%	0.62%
2042	868,152	33,309,062	0.35%	0.59%
2043	871,100	33,499,440	0.34%	0.57%
2044	873,733	33,683,331	0.3%	0.55%
2045	876,178	33,861,058	0.28%	0.53%
2046	878,161	34,032,994	0.23%	0.51%
2047	879,450	34,197,261	0.15%	0.48%
2048	880,488	34,352,077	0.12%	0.45%
2049	881,433	34,500,201	0.11%	0.43%
2050	882,337	34,642,021	0.1%	0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.