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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Russia	Bhutan	Russia
1960	224,084	119,897,000	-	-
1961	230,602	121,236,000	2.91%	1.12%
1962	237,636	122,591,000	3.05%	1.12%
1963	245,156	123,960,000	3.16%	1.12%
1964	252,987	125,345,000	3.19%	1.12%
1965	261,200	126,745,000	3.25%	1.12%
1966	269,820	127,468,000	3.3%	0.57%
1967	278,852	128,196,000	3.35%	0.57%
1968	288,311	128,928,000	3.39%	0.57%
1969	298,214	129,664,000	3.43%	0.57%
1970	308,528	130,404,000	3.46%	0.57%
1971	319,211	131,155,000	3.46%	0.58%
1972	330,264	131,909,000	3.46%	0.57%
1973	341,705	132,669,000	3.46%	0.58%
1974	353,538	133,432,000	3.46%	0.58%
1975	365,791	134,200,000	3.47%	0.58%
1976	378,490	135,147,000	3.47%	0.71%
1977	391,639	136,100,000	3.47%	0.71%
1978	405,243	137,060,000	3.47%	0.71%
1979	419,200	138,027,000	3.44%	0.71%
1980	433,404	139,010,000	3.39%	0.71%
1981	447,836	139,941,000	3.33%	0.67%
1982	462,485	140,823,000	3.27%	0.63%
1983	477,460	141,668,000	3.24%	0.6%
1984	492,784	142,745,000	3.21%	0.76%
1985	508,392	143,858,000	3.17%	0.78%
1986	524,324	144,894,000	3.13%	0.72%
1987	540,557	145,908,000	3.1%	0.7%
1988	556,986	146,857,000	3.04%	0.65%
1989	573,586	147,721,000	2.98%	0.59%
1990	589,287	147,969,406	2.74%	0.17%
1991	599,784	148,394,216	1.78%	0.29%
1992	577,774	148,538,197	-3.67%	0.1%
1993	554,673	148,458,777	-4%	-0.05%
1994	554,497	148,407,912	-0.03%	-0.03%
1995	547,989	148,375,787	-1.17%	-0.02%
1996	548,784	148,160,129	0.15%	-0.15%
1997	558,697	147,915,361	1.81%	-0.17%
1998	569,435	147,670,784	1.92%	-0.17%
1999	582,579	147,214,776	2.31%	-0.31%
2000	596,863	146,596,869	2.45%	-0.42%
2001	610,794	145,976,482	2.33%	-0.42%
2002	624,409	145,306,497	2.23%	-0.46%
2003	637,663	144,648,618	2.12%	-0.45%
2004	650,544	144,067,316	2.02%	-0.4%
2005	661,865	143,518,814	1.74%	-0.38%
2006	670,799	143,049,637	1.35%	-0.33%
2007	678,641	142,805,114	1.17%	-0.17%
2008	686,351	142,742,366	1.14%	-0.04%
2009	693,988	142,785,348	1.11%	0.03%
2010	701,632	142,849,468	1.1%	0.04%
2011	709,377	143,018,195	1.1%	0.12%
2012	717,279	143,378,447	1.11%	0.25%
2013	725,273	143,805,638	1.11%	0.3%
2014	733,139	144,237,223	1.08%	0.3%
2015	740,618	144,640,716	1.02%	0.28%
2016	747,866	145,015,460	0.98%	0.26%
2017	754,335	145,293,260	0.86%	0.19%
2018	759,759	145,398,106	0.72%	0.07%
2019	764,824	145,453,291	0.67%	0.04%
2020	770,006	145,245,148	0.68%	-0.14%
2021	775,442	144,746,762	0.71%	-0.34%
2022	780,914	144,236,933	0.71%	-0.35%
2023	786,385	143,826,130	0.7%	-0.28%
2024	791,524	143,533,851	0.65%	-0.2%
2025	796,681	142,718,132	0.65%	-0.57%
2026	802,211	142,120,553	0.69%	-0.42%
2027	807,265	141,773,330	0.63%	-0.24%
2028	811,835	141,402,326	0.57%	-0.26%
2029	816,265	141,021,009	0.55%	-0.27%
2030	820,693	140,628,883	0.54%	-0.28%
2031	825,464	140,218,596	0.58%	-0.29%
2032	830,347	139,807,207	0.59%	-0.29%
2033	834,984	139,414,947	0.56%	-0.28%
2034	839,045	139,034,543	0.49%	-0.27%
2035	843,199	138,666,694	0.5%	-0.26%
2036	847,699	138,311,757	0.53%	-0.26%
2037	851,844	137,968,177	0.49%	-0.25%
2038	855,558	137,643,032	0.44%	-0.24%
2039	858,918	137,336,299	0.39%	-0.22%
2040	862,126	137,053,347	0.37%	-0.21%
2041	865,152	136,795,588	0.35%	-0.19%
2042	868,152	136,558,692	0.35%	-0.17%
2043	871,100	136,335,849	0.34%	-0.16%
2044	873,733	136,124,845	0.3%	-0.15%
2045	876,178	135,933,758	0.28%	-0.14%
2046	878,161	135,756,848	0.23%	-0.13%
2047	879,450	135,574,181	0.15%	-0.13%
2048	880,488	135,372,557	0.12%	-0.15%
2049	881,433	135,156,911	0.11%	-0.16%
2050	882,337	134,923,391	0.1%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.