The latest officially reported population of Bhutan was 791,524 in 2024 vs 19,069,340 people in Romania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bhutan's population is 801,123 people compared to 18,962,595 in Romania.
Population statistics:
- Romania's population is 23.7 times bigger than Bhutan's.
- Bhutan is ranked the 163rd most populous country in the world, while Romania is the 69th.
- The countries together account for 0.24% of the world: 0.01% for Bhutan vs 0.23% for Romania.
- For the last 10 years, Bhutan has had an average growth rate of +0.8% per year vs -0.42% in Romania.
- Since 2005, the population of Bhutan has increased from 662K people to 801K (21% growth), while Romania has declined from 21.3M to 19M (11.1% decline).
- Bhutan is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 884K people, while Romania's population already peaked in 1990 at 23.2M people and is projected to decrease to 10.8M people by 2100.
Bhutan vs Romania: live population counter
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| Current population |
801123
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18962595
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| Population rank | 163/197 | 69/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.23% |
| One net population change |
1.7 hours
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53.3 minutes
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| One birth every |
52.8 minutes
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3.45 minutes
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| One death every |
1.82 hours
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2.17 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.32 days
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18.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -277 | -28,466 |
| Daily growth/decline | +14 | +27 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,139 | +9,861 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.65% | +0.05% |
| Population growth rate rank | 123/197 | 162/197 |
Bhutan and Romania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 224,084 | 18,406,905 | - | - |
| 1961 | 230,602 | 18,555,250 | 2.91% | 0.81% |
| 1962 | 237,636 | 18,676,550 | 3.05% | 0.65% |
| 1963 | 245,156 | 18,797,850 | 3.16% | 0.65% |
| 1964 | 252,987 | 18,919,126 | 3.19% | 0.65% |
| 1965 | 261,200 | 19,031,576 | 3.25% | 0.59% |
| 1966 | 269,820 | 19,215,450 | 3.3% | 0.97% |
| 1967 | 278,852 | 19,534,242 | 3.35% | 1.66% |
| 1968 | 288,311 | 19,799,831 | 3.39% | 1.36% |
| 1969 | 298,214 | 20,009,141 | 3.43% | 1.06% |
| 1970 | 308,528 | 20,250,398 | 3.46% | 1.21% |
| 1971 | 319,211 | 20,461,567 | 3.46% | 1.04% |
| 1972 | 330,264 | 20,657,957 | 3.46% | 0.96% |
| 1973 | 341,705 | 20,835,681 | 3.46% | 0.86% |
| 1974 | 353,538 | 21,029,429 | 3.46% | 0.93% |
| 1975 | 365,791 | 21,293,583 | 3.47% | 1.26% |
| 1976 | 378,490 | 21,551,634 | 3.47% | 1.21% |
| 1977 | 391,639 | 21,756,096 | 3.47% | 0.95% |
| 1978 | 405,243 | 21,951,464 | 3.47% | 0.9% |
| 1979 | 419,200 | 22,090,488 | 3.44% | 0.63% |
| 1980 | 433,404 | 22,207,282 | 3.39% | 0.53% |
| 1981 | 447,836 | 22,353,070 | 3.33% | 0.66% |
| 1982 | 462,485 | 22,475,741 | 3.27% | 0.55% |
| 1983 | 477,460 | 22,560,478 | 3.24% | 0.38% |
| 1984 | 492,784 | 22,640,547 | 3.21% | 0.35% |
| 1985 | 508,392 | 22,732,999 | 3.17% | 0.41% |
| 1986 | 524,324 | 22,836,841 | 3.13% | 0.46% |
| 1987 | 540,557 | 22,949,430 | 3.1% | 0.49% |
| 1988 | 556,986 | 23,057,662 | 3.04% | 0.47% |
| 1989 | 573,586 | 23,161,458 | 2.98% | 0.45% |
| 1990 | 589,287 | 23,201,835 | 2.74% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 599,784 | 23,001,155 | 1.78% | -0.86% |
| 1992 | 577,774 | 22,794,284 | -3.67% | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 554,673 | 22,763,280 | -4% | -0.14% |
| 1994 | 554,497 | 22,730,211 | -0.03% | -0.15% |
| 1995 | 547,989 | 22,684,270 | -1.17% | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 548,784 | 22,619,004 | 0.15% | -0.29% |
| 1997 | 558,697 | 22,553,978 | 1.81% | -0.29% |
| 1998 | 569,435 | 22,507,344 | 1.92% | -0.21% |
| 1999 | 582,579 | 22,472,040 | 2.31% | -0.16% |
| 2000 | 596,863 | 22,442,971 | 2.45% | -0.13% |
| 2001 | 610,794 | 22,131,970 | 2.33% | -1.39% |
| 2002 | 624,409 | 21,730,496 | 2.23% | -1.81% |
| 2003 | 637,663 | 21,574,326 | 2.12% | -0.72% |
| 2004 | 650,544 | 21,451,748 | 2.02% | -0.57% |
| 2005 | 661,865 | 21,319,685 | 1.74% | -0.62% |
| 2006 | 670,799 | 21,193,760 | 1.35% | -0.59% |
| 2007 | 678,641 | 20,882,982 | 1.17% | -1.47% |
| 2008 | 686,351 | 20,537,875 | 1.14% | -1.65% |
| 2009 | 693,988 | 20,367,487 | 1.11% | -0.83% |
| 2010 | 701,632 | 20,246,871 | 1.1% | -0.59% |
| 2011 | 709,377 | 20,147,528 | 1.1% | -0.49% |
| 2012 | 717,279 | 20,058,035 | 1.11% | -0.44% |
| 2013 | 725,273 | 19,983,693 | 1.11% | -0.37% |
| 2014 | 733,139 | 19,908,979 | 1.08% | -0.37% |
| 2015 | 740,618 | 19,815,616 | 1.02% | -0.47% |
| 2016 | 747,866 | 19,702,267 | 0.98% | -0.57% |
| 2017 | 754,335 | 19,588,715 | 0.86% | -0.58% |
| 2018 | 759,759 | 19,473,970 | 0.72% | -0.59% |
| 2019 | 764,824 | 19,371,648 | 0.67% | -0.53% |
| 2020 | 770,006 | 19,265,250 | 0.68% | -0.55% |
| 2021 | 775,442 | 19,122,059 | 0.71% | -0.74% |
| 2022 | 780,914 | 19,048,502 | 0.71% | -0.38% |
| 2023 | 786,385 | 19,059,479 | 0.7% | 0.06% |
| 2024 | 791,524 | 19,069,340 | 0.65% | 0.05% |
| 2025 | 796,681 | 18,962,595 | 0.65% | -0.56% |
| 2026 | 802,211 | 18,854,232 | 0.69% | -0.57% |
| 2027 | 807,265 | 18,744,883 | 0.63% | -0.58% |
| 2028 | 811,835 | 18,634,894 | 0.57% | -0.59% |
| 2029 | 816,265 | 18,523,736 | 0.55% | -0.6% |
| 2030 | 820,693 | 18,411,878 | 0.54% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 825,464 | 18,299,820 | 0.58% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 830,347 | 18,187,406 | 0.59% | -0.61% |
| 2033 | 834,984 | 18,074,282 | 0.56% | -0.62% |
| 2034 | 839,045 | 17,960,330 | 0.49% | -0.63% |
| 2035 | 843,199 | 17,845,182 | 0.5% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 847,699 | 17,728,480 | 0.53% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 851,844 | 17,611,384 | 0.49% | -0.66% |
| 2038 | 855,558 | 17,493,684 | 0.44% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 858,918 | 17,375,991 | 0.39% | -0.67% |
| 2040 | 862,126 | 17,258,810 | 0.37% | -0.67% |
| 2041 | 865,152 | 17,140,535 | 0.35% | -0.69% |
| 2042 | 868,152 | 17,022,168 | 0.35% | -0.69% |
| 2043 | 871,100 | 16,904,427 | 0.34% | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 873,733 | 16,786,029 | 0.3% | -0.7% |
| 2045 | 876,178 | 16,667,734 | 0.28% | -0.7% |
| 2046 | 878,161 | 16,550,066 | 0.23% | -0.71% |
| 2047 | 879,450 | 16,431,566 | 0.15% | -0.72% |
| 2048 | 880,488 | 16,312,099 | 0.12% | -0.73% |
| 2049 | 881,433 | 16,192,424 | 0.11% | -0.73% |
| 2050 | 882,337 | 16,072,989 | 0.1% | -0.74% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).
Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.
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Population differences between Bhutan and Romania
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| Life expectancy | 73.5 years | 76.2 years |
| Average age | 32.4 years | 42.5 years |
| Median age | 30.9 years | 43.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 53.4:46.6 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 1.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 53.8 ppl/mi² | 214.7 ppl/mi² |
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