Population in Bhutan compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bhutan and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	North Korea	Bhutan	North Korea
1960	224,084	11,722,953	-	-
1961	230,602	11,990,713	2.91%	2.28%
1962	237,636	12,262,882	3.05%	2.27%
1963	245,156	12,567,057	3.16%	2.48%
1964	252,987	12,889,770	3.19%	2.57%
1965	261,200	13,219,369	3.25%	2.56%
1966	269,820	13,569,094	3.3%	2.65%
1967	278,852	13,958,350	3.35%	2.87%
1968	288,311	14,365,596	3.39%	2.92%
1969	298,214	14,767,615	3.43%	2.8%
1970	308,528	15,172,775	3.46%	2.74%
1971	319,211	15,572,457	3.46%	2.63%
1972	330,264	15,975,069	3.46%	2.59%
1973	341,705	16,350,367	3.46%	2.35%
1974	353,538	16,673,121	3.46%	1.97%
1975	365,791	16,971,055	3.47%	1.79%
1976	378,490	17,243,450	3.47%	1.61%
1977	391,639	17,492,798	3.47%	1.45%
1978	405,243	17,735,995	3.47%	1.39%
1979	419,200	17,983,470	3.44%	1.4%
1980	433,404	18,236,786	3.39%	1.41%
1981	447,836	18,501,295	3.33%	1.45%
1982	462,485	18,776,357	3.27%	1.49%
1983	477,460	19,054,034	3.24%	1.48%
1984	492,784	19,335,043	3.21%	1.47%
1985	508,392	19,620,388	3.17%	1.48%
1986	524,324	19,910,855	3.13%	1.48%
1987	540,557	20,205,483	3.1%	1.48%
1988	556,986	20,503,161	3.04%	1.47%
1989	573,586	20,804,367	2.98%	1.47%
1990	589,287	21,112,137	2.74%	1.48%
1991	599,784	21,428,638	1.78%	1.5%
1992	577,774	21,750,911	-3.67%	1.5%
1993	554,673	22,073,352	-4%	1.48%
1994	554,497	22,393,975	-0.03%	1.45%
1995	547,989	22,669,304	-1.17%	1.23%
1996	548,784	22,895,746	0.15%	1%
1997	558,697	23,110,830	1.81%	0.94%
1998	569,435	23,311,564	1.92%	0.87%
1999	582,579	23,497,599	2.31%	0.8%
2000	596,863	23,665,910	2.45%	0.72%
2001	610,794	23,815,358	2.33%	0.63%
2002	624,409	23,943,973	2.23%	0.54%
2003	637,663	24,090,380	2.12%	0.61%
2004	650,544	24,254,943	2.02%	0.68%
2005	661,865	24,396,433	1.74%	0.58%
2006	670,799	24,524,507	1.35%	0.52%
2007	678,641	24,646,383	1.17%	0.5%
2008	686,351	24,764,618	1.14%	0.48%
2009	693,988	24,878,332	1.11%	0.46%
2010	701,632	24,987,258	1.1%	0.44%
2011	709,377	25,097,874	1.1%	0.44%
2012	717,279	25,211,728	1.11%	0.45%
2013	725,273	25,329,451	1.11%	0.47%
2014	733,139	25,451,262	1.08%	0.48%
2015	740,618	25,575,350	1.02%	0.49%
2016	747,866	25,698,326	0.98%	0.48%
2017	754,335	25,817,709	0.86%	0.46%
2018	759,759	25,931,147	0.72%	0.44%
2019	764,824	26,037,632	0.67%	0.41%
2020	770,006	26,136,312	0.68%	0.38%
2021	775,442	26,232,534	0.71%	0.37%
2022	780,914	26,328,845	0.71%	0.37%
2023	786,385	26,418,204	0.7%	0.34%
2024	791,524	26,498,823	0.65%	0.31%
2025	796,681	26,571,033	0.65%	0.27%
2026	802,211	26,633,682	0.69%	0.24%
2027	807,265	26,686,492	0.63%	0.2%
2028	811,835	26,729,261	0.57%	0.16%
2029	816,265	26,762,008	0.55%	0.12%
2030	820,693	26,784,894	0.54%	0.09%
2031	825,464	26,797,946	0.58%	0.05%
2032	830,347	26,801,071	0.59%	0.01%
2033	834,984	26,795,061	0.56%	-0.02%
2034	839,045	26,780,481	0.49%	-0.05%
2035	843,199	26,757,705	0.5%	-0.09%
2036	847,699	26,727,309	0.53%	-0.11%
2037	851,844	26,689,907	0.49%	-0.14%
2038	855,558	26,646,323	0.44%	-0.16%
2039	858,918	26,596,967	0.39%	-0.19%
2040	862,126	26,542,417	0.37%	-0.21%
2041	865,152	26,483,475	0.35%	-0.22%
2042	868,152	26,420,812	0.35%	-0.24%
2043	871,100	26,354,324	0.34%	-0.25%
2044	873,733	26,284,000	0.3%	-0.27%
2045	876,178	26,210,196	0.28%	-0.28%
2046	878,161	26,132,922	0.23%	-0.29%
2047	879,450	26,052,086	0.15%	-0.31%
2048	880,488	25,967,581	0.12%	-0.32%
2049	881,433	25,879,244	0.11%	-0.34%
2050	882,337	25,787,120	0.1%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.