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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Samoa	Bhutan	Samoa
1960	224,084	112,490	-	-
1961	230,602	115,496	2.91%	2.67%
1962	237,636	118,597	3.05%	2.68%
1963	245,156	121,764	3.16%	2.67%
1964	252,987	124,894	3.19%	2.57%
1965	261,200	127,978	3.25%	2.47%
1966	269,820	131,073	3.3%	2.42%
1967	278,852	133,764	3.35%	2.05%
1968	288,311	136,020	3.39%	1.69%
1969	298,214	138,233	3.43%	1.63%
1970	308,528	140,400	3.46%	1.57%
1971	319,211	142,503	3.46%	1.5%
1972	330,264	144,538	3.46%	1.43%
1973	341,705	146,516	3.46%	1.37%
1974	353,538	149,431	3.46%	1.99%
1975	365,791	153,344	3.47%	2.62%
1976	378,490	157,113	3.47%	2.46%
1977	391,639	159,753	3.47%	1.68%
1978	405,243	161,375	3.47%	1.02%
1979	419,200	162,882	3.44%	0.93%
1980	433,404	164,322	3.39%	0.88%
1981	447,836	165,678	3.33%	0.83%
1982	462,485	166,484	3.27%	0.49%
1983	477,460	166,714	3.24%	0.14%
1984	492,784	166,796	3.21%	0.05%
1985	508,392	166,849	3.17%	0.03%
1986	524,324	167,061	3.13%	0.13%
1987	540,557	167,661	3.1%	0.36%
1988	556,986	168,346	3.04%	0.41%
1989	573,586	168,768	2.98%	0.25%
1990	589,287	169,042	2.74%	0.16%
1991	599,784	169,368	1.78%	0.19%
1992	577,774	170,331	-3.67%	0.57%
1993	554,673	171,774	-4%	0.85%
1994	554,497	173,159	-0.03%	0.81%
1995	547,989	174,571	-1.17%	0.82%
1996	548,784	176,071	0.15%	0.86%
1997	558,697	177,547	1.81%	0.84%
1998	569,435	178,905	1.92%	0.76%
1999	582,579	180,275	2.31%	0.77%
2000	596,863	181,685	2.45%	0.78%
2001	610,794	183,166	2.33%	0.82%
2002	624,409	184,471	2.23%	0.71%
2003	637,663	185,430	2.12%	0.52%
2004	650,544	186,249	2.02%	0.44%
2005	661,865	186,978	1.74%	0.39%
2006	670,799	187,709	1.35%	0.39%
2007	678,641	188,753	1.17%	0.56%
2008	686,351	190,107	1.14%	0.72%
2009	693,988	191,513	1.11%	0.74%
2010	701,632	193,023	1.1%	0.79%
2011	709,377	194,713	1.1%	0.88%
2012	717,279	196,498	1.11%	0.92%
2013	725,273	198,268	1.11%	0.9%
2014	733,139	200,037	1.08%	0.89%
2015	740,618	201,782	1.02%	0.87%
2016	747,866	203,499	0.98%	0.85%
2017	754,335	205,415	0.86%	0.94%
2018	759,759	207,582	0.72%	1.05%
2019	764,824	209,780	0.67%	1.06%
2020	770,006	211,944	0.68%	1.03%
2021	775,442	213,779	0.71%	0.87%
2022	780,914	215,261	0.71%	0.69%
2023	786,385	216,663	0.7%	0.65%
2024	791,524	218,019	0.65%	0.63%
2025	796,681	219,302	0.65%	0.59%
2026	802,211	220,530	0.69%	0.56%
2027	807,265	221,772	0.63%	0.56%
2028	811,835	223,104	0.57%	0.6%
2029	816,265	224,504	0.55%	0.63%
2030	820,693	225,968	0.54%	0.65%
2031	825,464	227,581	0.58%	0.71%
2032	830,347	229,298	0.59%	0.75%
2033	834,984	231,110	0.56%	0.79%
2034	839,045	233,061	0.49%	0.84%
2035	843,199	235,172	0.5%	0.91%
2036	847,699	237,415	0.53%	0.95%
2037	851,844	239,730	0.49%	0.98%
2038	855,558	242,155	0.44%	1.01%
2039	858,918	244,653	0.39%	1.03%
2040	862,126	247,196	0.37%	1.04%
2041	865,152	249,796	0.35%	1.05%
2042	868,152	252,427	0.35%	1.05%
2043	871,100	255,023	0.34%	1.03%
2044	873,733	257,609	0.3%	1.01%
2045	876,178	260,250	0.28%	1.03%
2046	878,161	262,849	0.23%	1%
2047	879,450	265,365	0.15%	0.96%
2048	880,488	267,836	0.12%	0.93%
2049	881,433	270,291	0.11%	0.92%
2050	882,337	272,711	0.1%	0.9%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bhutan increased by 77,067 people (a 11.5% growth), while Samoa gained 15,790 people (a 8.41% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bhutan gained 54,400 (a 7.27% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 17,044 (a 8.38% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2006 and is 163rd in 2026. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2006 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.7% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.