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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Nigeria	Bhutan	Nigeria
1960	224,084	45,053,782	-	-
1961	230,602	45,989,310	2.91%	2.08%
1962	237,636	46,965,292	3.05%	2.12%
1963	245,156	47,973,575	3.16%	2.15%
1964	252,987	49,012,016	3.19%	2.16%
1965	261,200	50,086,764	3.25%	2.19%
1966	269,820	51,188,234	3.3%	2.2%
1967	278,852	52,293,065	3.35%	2.16%
1968	288,311	53,432,783	3.39%	2.18%
1969	298,214	54,631,914	3.43%	2.24%
1970	308,528	55,893,838	3.46%	2.31%
1971	319,211	57,214,684	3.46%	2.36%
1972	330,264	58,601,748	3.46%	2.42%
1973	341,705	60,082,139	3.46%	2.53%
1974	353,538	61,679,144	3.46%	2.66%
1975	365,791	63,410,815	3.47%	2.81%
1976	378,490	65,258,009	3.47%	2.91%
1977	391,639	67,234,590	3.47%	3.03%
1978	405,243	69,326,532	3.47%	3.11%
1979	419,200	71,498,242	3.44%	3.13%
1980	433,404	73,764,641	3.39%	3.17%
1981	447,836	76,068,103	3.33%	3.12%
1982	462,485	78,378,701	3.27%	3.04%
1983	477,460	80,438,260	3.24%	2.63%
1984	492,784	82,526,443	3.21%	2.6%
1985	508,392	84,897,973	3.17%	2.87%
1986	524,324	87,235,953	3.13%	2.75%
1987	540,557	89,591,716	3.1%	2.7%
1988	556,986	92,020,090	3.04%	2.71%
1989	573,586	94,531,014	2.98%	2.73%
1990	589,287	97,120,925	2.74%	2.74%
1991	599,784	99,720,162	1.78%	2.68%
1992	577,774	102,372,770	-3.67%	2.66%
1993	554,673	105,122,069	-4%	2.69%
1994	554,497	107,935,714	-0.03%	2.68%
1995	547,989	110,819,428	-1.17%	2.67%
1996	548,784	113,754,779	0.15%	2.65%
1997	558,697	116,754,792	1.81%	2.64%
1998	569,435	119,846,254	1.92%	2.65%
1999	582,579	123,047,320	2.31%	2.67%
2000	596,863	126,382,494	2.45%	2.71%
2001	610,794	129,862,595	2.33%	2.75%
2002	624,409	133,471,989	2.23%	2.78%
2003	637,663	137,202,644	2.12%	2.8%
2004	650,544	141,057,045	2.02%	2.81%
2005	661,865	145,017,253	1.74%	2.81%
2006	670,799	149,077,334	1.35%	2.8%
2007	678,641	153,267,261	1.17%	2.81%
2008	686,351	157,595,014	1.14%	2.82%
2009	693,988	162,049,464	1.11%	2.83%
2010	701,632	166,642,886	1.1%	2.83%
2011	709,377	171,379,598	1.1%	2.84%
2012	717,279	176,200,625	1.11%	2.81%
2013	725,273	181,049,443	1.11%	2.75%
2014	733,139	185,896,915	1.08%	2.68%
2015	740,618	190,671,878	1.02%	2.57%
2016	747,866	195,443,700	0.98%	2.5%
2017	754,335	200,254,579	0.86%	2.46%
2018	759,759	204,938,755	0.72%	2.34%
2019	764,824	209,485,641	0.67%	2.22%
2020	770,006	213,996,181	0.68%	2.15%
2021	775,442	218,529,286	0.71%	2.12%
2022	780,914	223,150,896	0.71%	2.11%
2023	786,385	227,882,945	0.7%	2.12%
2024	791,524	232,679,478	0.65%	2.1%
2025	796,681	237,527,783	0.65%	2.08%
2026	802,211	242,431,830	0.69%	2.06%
2027	807,265	247,374,258	0.63%	2.04%
2028	811,835	252,346,128	0.57%	2.01%
2029	816,265	257,352,638	0.55%	1.98%
2030	820,693	262,380,975	0.54%	1.95%
2031	825,464	267,421,079	0.58%	1.92%
2032	830,347	272,483,635	0.59%	1.89%
2033	834,984	277,555,116	0.56%	1.86%
2034	839,045	282,622,388	0.49%	1.83%
2035	843,199	287,685,757	0.5%	1.79%
2036	847,699	292,739,390	0.53%	1.76%
2037	851,844	297,773,236	0.49%	1.72%
2038	855,558	302,782,350	0.44%	1.68%
2039	858,918	307,764,754	0.39%	1.65%
2040	862,126	312,710,403	0.37%	1.61%
2041	865,152	317,607,237	0.35%	1.57%
2042	868,152	322,450,302	0.35%	1.52%
2043	871,100	327,243,941	0.34%	1.49%
2044	873,733	331,983,354	0.3%	1.45%
2045	876,178	336,662,502	0.28%	1.41%
2046	878,161	341,281,757	0.23%	1.37%
2047	879,450	345,844,004	0.15%	1.34%
2048	880,488	350,347,757	0.12%	1.3%
2049	881,433	354,792,418	0.11%	1.27%
2050	882,337	359,185,550	0.1%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.