Population in Bhutan compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bhutan and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Saudi Arabia	Bhutan	Saudi Arabia
1960	224,084	2,435,403	-	-
1961	230,602	2,526,347	2.91%	3.73%
1962	237,636	2,620,910	3.05%	3.74%
1963	245,156	2,719,341	3.16%	3.76%
1964	252,987	2,821,968	3.19%	3.77%
1965	261,200	2,928,771	3.25%	3.78%
1966	269,820	3,039,887	3.3%	3.79%
1967	278,852	3,157,242	3.35%	3.86%
1968	288,311	3,282,711	3.39%	3.97%
1969	298,214	3,417,114	3.43%	4.09%
1970	308,528	3,562,470	3.46%	4.25%
1971	319,211	3,724,031	3.46%	4.54%
1972	330,264	3,905,722	3.46%	4.88%
1973	341,705	4,106,344	3.46%	5.14%
1974	353,538	4,323,632	3.46%	5.29%
1975	365,791	4,556,287	3.47%	5.38%
1976	378,490	4,807,933	3.47%	5.52%
1977	391,639	5,083,048	3.47%	5.72%
1978	405,243	5,381,902	3.47%	5.88%
1979	419,200	5,703,698	3.44%	5.98%
1980	433,404	6,047,997	3.39%	6.04%
1981	447,836	6,420,551	3.33%	6.16%
1982	462,485	6,824,486	3.27%	6.29%
1983	477,460	7,252,941	3.24%	6.28%
1984	492,784	7,697,307	3.21%	6.13%
1985	508,392	8,151,779	3.17%	5.9%
1986	524,324	8,628,639	3.13%	5.85%
1987	540,557	9,130,194	3.1%	5.81%
1988	556,986	9,629,165	3.04%	5.47%
1989	573,586	10,128,394	2.98%	5.18%
1990	589,287	10,640,691	2.74%	5.06%
1991	599,784	11,160,744	1.78%	4.89%
1992	577,774	11,686,676	-3.67%	4.71%
1993	554,673	12,215,862	-4%	4.53%
1994	554,497	12,750,040	-0.03%	4.37%
1995	547,989	13,289,245	-1.17%	4.23%
1996	548,784	13,831,009	0.15%	4.08%
1997	558,697	14,374,943	1.81%	3.93%
1998	569,435	14,922,185	1.92%	3.81%
1999	582,579	15,472,075	2.31%	3.69%
2000	596,863	16,177,722	2.45%	4.56%
2001	610,794	17,041,397	2.33%	5.34%
2002	624,409	17,910,910	2.23%	5.1%
2003	637,663	18,786,767	2.12%	4.89%
2004	650,544	19,669,480	2.02%	4.7%
2005	661,865	20,559,890	1.74%	4.53%
2006	670,799	21,459,144	1.35%	4.37%
2007	678,641	22,368,313	1.17%	4.24%
2008	686,351	23,287,877	1.14%	4.11%
2009	693,988	24,217,654	1.11%	3.99%
2010	701,632	23,978,487	1.1%	-0.99%
2011	709,377	25,091,867	1.1%	4.64%
2012	717,279	26,168,861	1.11%	4.29%
2013	725,273	27,624,004	1.11%	5.56%
2014	733,139	28,309,273	1.08%	2.48%
2015	740,618	29,816,382	1.02%	5.32%
2016	747,866	30,954,198	0.98%	3.82%
2017	754,335	30,977,355	0.86%	0.07%
2018	759,759	30,196,281	0.72%	-2.52%
2019	764,824	30,063,799	0.67%	-0.44%
2020	770,006	31,552,510	0.68%	4.95%
2021	775,442	30,784,383	0.71%	-2.43%
2022	780,914	32,175,224	0.71%	4.52%
2023	786,385	33,702,731	0.7%	4.75%
2024	791,524	35,300,280	0.65%	4.74%
2025	796,681	35,927,625	0.65%	1.78%
2026	802,211	36,550,694	0.69%	1.73%
2027	807,265	37,167,513	0.63%	1.69%
2028	811,835	37,775,810	0.57%	1.64%
2029	816,265	38,364,377	0.55%	1.56%
2030	820,693	38,918,375	0.54%	1.44%
2031	825,464	39,450,880	0.58%	1.37%
2032	830,347	39,983,934	0.59%	1.35%
2033	834,984	40,517,599	0.56%	1.33%
2034	839,045	41,052,423	0.49%	1.32%
2035	843,199	41,588,429	0.5%	1.31%
2036	847,699	42,125,184	0.53%	1.29%
2037	851,844	42,661,908	0.49%	1.27%
2038	855,558	43,198,420	0.44%	1.26%
2039	858,918	43,734,316	0.39%	1.24%
2040	862,126	44,269,571	0.37%	1.22%
2041	865,152	44,804,338	0.35%	1.21%
2042	868,152	45,338,111	0.35%	1.19%
2043	871,100	45,870,896	0.34%	1.18%
2044	873,733	46,403,116	0.3%	1.16%
2045	876,178	46,934,822	0.28%	1.15%
2046	878,161	47,465,267	0.23%	1.13%
2047	879,450	47,993,976	0.15%	1.11%
2048	880,488	48,521,364	0.12%	1.1%
2049	881,433	49,047,461	0.11%	1.08%
2050	882,337	49,572,202	0.1%	1.07%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bhutan increased by 77,067 people (a 11.5% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,495,054 people (a 44.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bhutan gained 54,400 (a 7.27% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 5,603,237 (a 18.1% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2006 and is 163rd in 2026. Saudi Arabia was ranked 50th in 2006 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 35.6% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.