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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Rwanda	Bhutan	Rwanda
1960	224,084	3,022,294	-	-
1961	230,602	3,106,779	2.91%	2.8%
1962	237,636	3,186,025	3.05%	2.55%
1963	245,156	3,258,890	3.16%	2.29%
1964	252,987	3,334,834	3.19%	2.33%
1965	261,200	3,423,210	3.25%	2.65%
1966	269,820	3,521,626	3.3%	2.87%
1967	278,852	3,629,577	3.35%	3.07%
1968	288,311	3,744,010	3.39%	3.15%
1969	298,214	3,861,271	3.43%	3.13%
1970	308,528	3,980,669	3.46%	3.09%
1971	319,211	4,100,044	3.46%	3%
1972	330,264	4,220,335	3.46%	2.93%
1973	341,705	4,345,047	3.46%	2.96%
1974	353,538	4,474,228	3.46%	2.97%
1975	365,791	4,607,728	3.47%	2.98%
1976	378,490	4,745,954	3.47%	3%
1977	391,639	4,888,240	3.47%	3%
1978	405,243	5,035,171	3.47%	3.01%
1979	419,200	5,189,541	3.44%	3.07%
1980	433,404	5,353,259	3.39%	3.15%
1981	447,836	5,527,230	3.33%	3.25%
1982	462,485	5,711,549	3.27%	3.33%
1983	477,460	5,905,311	3.24%	3.39%
1984	492,784	6,107,627	3.21%	3.43%
1985	508,392	6,317,228	3.17%	3.43%
1986	524,324	6,531,881	3.13%	3.4%
1987	540,557	6,749,493	3.1%	3.33%
1988	556,986	6,968,071	3.04%	3.24%
1989	573,586	7,184,706	2.98%	3.11%
1990	589,287	7,375,307	2.74%	2.65%
1991	599,784	7,526,966	1.78%	2.06%
1992	577,774	7,683,266	-3.67%	2.08%
1993	554,673	7,981,132	-4%	3.88%
1994	554,497	6,792,352	-0.03%	-14.9%
1995	547,989	5,674,118	-1.17%	-16.5%
1996	548,784	6,708,764	0.15%	18.2%
1997	558,697	7,755,238	1.81%	15.6%
1998	569,435	8,081,681	1.92%	4.21%
1999	582,579	8,147,912	2.31%	0.82%
2000	596,863	8,213,931	2.45%	0.81%
2001	610,794	8,287,094	2.33%	0.89%
2002	624,409	8,400,180	2.23%	1.36%
2003	637,663	8,586,875	2.12%	2.22%
2004	650,544	8,816,844	2.02%	2.68%
2005	661,865	9,054,528	1.74%	2.7%
2006	670,799	9,299,246	1.35%	2.7%
2007	678,641	9,549,933	1.17%	2.7%
2008	686,351	9,804,269	1.14%	2.66%
2009	693,988	10,060,432	1.11%	2.61%
2010	701,632	10,317,553	1.1%	2.56%
2011	709,377	10,573,733	1.1%	2.48%
2012	717,279	10,829,901	1.11%	2.42%
2013	725,273	11,093,340	1.11%	2.43%
2014	733,139	11,364,757	1.08%	2.45%
2015	740,618	11,640,022	1.02%	2.42%
2016	747,866	11,919,183	0.98%	2.4%
2017	754,335	12,202,060	0.86%	2.37%
2018	759,759	12,487,996	0.72%	2.34%
2019	764,824	12,776,103	0.67%	2.31%
2020	770,006	13,065,837	0.68%	2.27%
2021	775,442	13,355,260	0.71%	2.22%
2022	780,914	13,651,030	0.71%	2.21%
2023	786,385	13,954,471	0.7%	2.22%
2024	791,524	14,256,567	0.65%	2.16%
2025	796,681	14,569,343	0.65%	2.19%
2026	802,211	14,889,694	0.69%	2.2%
2027	807,265	15,214,324	0.63%	2.18%
2028	811,835	15,536,461	0.57%	2.12%
2029	816,265	15,844,649	0.55%	1.98%
2030	820,693	16,154,698	0.54%	1.96%
2031	825,464	16,473,106	0.58%	1.97%
2032	830,347	16,771,820	0.59%	1.81%
2033	834,984	17,073,475	0.56%	1.8%
2034	839,045	17,402,250	0.49%	1.93%
2035	843,199	17,746,315	0.5%	1.98%
2036	847,699	18,076,769	0.53%	1.86%
2037	851,844	18,395,838	0.49%	1.77%
2038	855,558	18,729,778	0.44%	1.82%
2039	858,918	19,076,783	0.39%	1.85%
2040	862,126	19,440,762	0.37%	1.91%
2041	865,152	19,806,170	0.35%	1.88%
2042	868,152	20,153,979	0.35%	1.76%
2043	871,100	20,500,826	0.34%	1.72%
2044	873,733	20,837,079	0.3%	1.64%
2045	876,178	21,152,650	0.28%	1.51%
2046	878,161	21,459,144	0.23%	1.45%
2047	879,450	21,764,578	0.15%	1.42%
2048	880,488	22,086,112	0.12%	1.48%
2049	881,433	22,403,887	0.11%	1.44%
2050	882,337	22,707,896	0.1%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bhutan increased by 77,067 people (a 11.5% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bhutan gained 54,400 (a 7.27% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2006 and is 163rd in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Bhutan's population will grow by 9.98% to 882,337 people and will still be ranked 163rd. The population of Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.