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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Niger	Bhutan	Niger
1960	224,084	3,505,050	-	-
1961	230,602	3,608,162	2.91%	2.94%
1962	237,636	3,714,520	3.05%	2.95%
1963	245,156	3,823,873	3.16%	2.94%
1964	252,987	3,935,814	3.19%	2.93%
1965	261,200	4,049,695	3.25%	2.89%
1966	269,820	4,165,544	3.3%	2.86%
1967	278,852	4,283,590	3.35%	2.83%
1968	288,311	4,403,637	3.39%	2.8%
1969	298,214	4,525,725	3.43%	2.77%
1970	308,528	4,650,275	3.46%	2.75%
1971	319,211	4,776,225	3.46%	2.71%
1972	330,264	4,904,845	3.46%	2.69%
1973	341,705	5,037,865	3.46%	2.71%
1974	353,538	5,174,953	3.46%	2.72%
1975	365,791	5,317,019	3.47%	2.75%
1976	378,490	5,464,962	3.47%	2.78%
1977	391,639	5,619,716	3.47%	2.83%
1978	405,243	5,782,932	3.47%	2.9%
1979	419,200	5,955,556	3.44%	2.99%
1980	433,404	6,135,971	3.39%	3.03%
1981	447,836	6,322,006	3.33%	3.03%
1982	462,485	6,512,732	3.27%	3.02%
1983	477,460	6,708,644	3.24%	3.01%
1984	492,784	6,909,971	3.21%	3%
1985	508,392	7,118,457	3.17%	3.02%
1986	524,324	7,335,811	3.13%	3.05%
1987	540,557	7,561,150	3.1%	3.07%
1988	556,986	7,793,748	3.04%	3.08%
1989	573,586	8,034,780	2.98%	3.09%
1990	589,287	8,286,059	2.74%	3.13%
1991	599,784	8,546,900	1.78%	3.15%
1992	577,774	8,817,633	-3.67%	3.17%
1993	554,673	9,100,789	-4%	3.21%
1994	554,497	9,398,258	-0.03%	3.27%
1995	547,989	9,714,529	-1.17%	3.37%
1996	548,784	10,044,852	0.15%	3.4%
1997	558,697	10,383,969	1.81%	3.38%
1998	569,435	10,741,413	1.92%	3.44%
1999	582,579	11,117,411	2.31%	3.5%
2000	596,863	11,509,630	2.45%	3.53%
2001	610,794	11,920,647	2.33%	3.57%
2002	624,409	12,349,144	2.23%	3.59%
2003	637,663	12,796,984	2.12%	3.63%
2004	650,544	13,265,836	2.02%	3.66%
2005	661,865	13,756,192	1.74%	3.7%
2006	670,799	14,268,581	1.35%	3.72%
2007	678,641	14,803,610	1.17%	3.75%
2008	686,351	15,361,915	1.14%	3.77%
2009	693,988	15,943,675	1.11%	3.79%
2010	701,632	16,548,835	1.1%	3.8%
2011	709,377	17,176,283	1.1%	3.79%
2012	717,279	17,836,769	1.11%	3.85%
2013	725,273	18,519,898	1.11%	3.83%
2014	733,139	19,215,909	1.08%	3.76%
2015	740,618	19,939,498	1.02%	3.77%
2016	747,866	20,685,753	0.98%	3.74%
2017	754,335	21,435,446	0.86%	3.62%
2018	759,759	22,188,069	0.72%	3.51%
2019	764,824	22,947,757	0.67%	3.42%
2020	770,006	23,717,613	0.68%	3.35%
2021	775,442	24,502,140	0.71%	3.31%
2022	780,914	25,311,973	0.71%	3.31%
2023	786,385	26,159,867	0.7%	3.35%
2024	791,524	27,032,412	0.65%	3.34%
2025	796,681	27,917,825	0.65%	3.28%
2026	802,211	28,814,872	0.69%	3.21%
2027	807,265	29,723,688	0.63%	3.15%
2028	811,835	30,643,561	0.57%	3.09%
2029	816,265	31,575,091	0.55%	3.04%
2030	820,693	32,518,069	0.54%	2.99%
2031	825,464	33,469,616	0.58%	2.93%
2032	830,347	34,428,638	0.59%	2.87%
2033	834,984	35,397,029	0.56%	2.81%
2034	839,045	36,372,374	0.49%	2.76%
2035	843,199	37,353,462	0.5%	2.7%
2036	847,699	38,340,142	0.53%	2.64%
2037	851,844	39,330,372	0.49%	2.58%
2038	855,558	40,323,460	0.44%	2.52%
2039	858,918	41,318,407	0.39%	2.47%
2040	862,126	42,316,733	0.37%	2.42%
2041	865,152	43,319,236	0.35%	2.37%
2042	868,152	44,326,115	0.35%	2.32%
2043	871,100	45,337,248	0.34%	2.28%
2044	873,733	46,353,160	0.3%	2.24%
2045	876,178	47,374,113	0.28%	2.2%
2046	878,161	48,397,993	0.23%	2.16%
2047	879,450	49,423,853	0.15%	2.12%
2048	880,488	50,452,202	0.12%	2.08%
2049	881,433	51,482,559	0.11%	2.04%
2050	882,337	52,513,870	0.1%	2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Niger gained 6,183,306 people (a 44.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Niger's population increased by 8,698,905 (a 43.6% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Niger was ranked 65th in 2005 and ranked 53rd 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 Niger will increase by 83.4% to 52,513,870 people and rank change from 53rd to 38th.