Population in Bhutan compared to South Sudan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bhutan and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	South Sudan	Bhutan	South Sudan
1960	224,084	2,931,559	-	-
1961	230,602	2,976,724	2.91%	1.54%
1962	237,636	3,024,308	3.05%	1.6%
1963	245,156	3,072,669	3.16%	1.6%
1964	252,987	3,129,918	3.19%	1.86%
1965	261,200	3,189,835	3.25%	1.91%
1966	269,820	3,236,423	3.3%	1.46%
1967	278,852	3,277,648	3.35%	1.27%
1968	288,311	3,321,528	3.39%	1.34%
1969	298,214	3,365,533	3.43%	1.32%
1970	308,528	3,409,614	3.46%	1.31%
1971	319,211	3,468,646	3.46%	1.73%
1972	330,264	3,542,497	3.46%	2.13%
1973	341,705	3,627,383	3.46%	2.4%
1974	353,538	3,723,259	3.46%	2.64%
1975	365,791	3,821,494	3.47%	2.64%
1976	378,490	3,921,910	3.47%	2.63%
1977	391,639	4,024,032	3.47%	2.6%
1978	405,243	4,127,657	3.47%	2.58%
1979	419,200	4,232,605	3.44%	2.54%
1980	433,404	4,339,030	3.39%	2.51%
1981	447,836	4,447,272	3.33%	2.49%
1982	462,485	4,557,686	3.27%	2.48%
1983	477,460	4,661,574	3.24%	2.28%
1984	492,784	4,750,627	3.21%	1.91%
1985	508,392	4,834,296	3.17%	1.76%
1986	524,324	4,921,240	3.13%	1.8%
1987	540,557	4,962,395	3.1%	0.84%
1988	556,986	4,848,029	3.04%	-2.3%
1989	573,586	4,713,229	2.98%	-2.78%
1990	589,287	4,737,633	2.74%	0.52%
1991	599,784	4,836,677	1.78%	2.09%
1992	577,774	4,909,749	-3.67%	1.51%
1993	554,673	4,956,002	-4%	0.94%
1994	554,497	5,071,184	-0.03%	2.32%
1995	547,989	5,225,836	-1.17%	3.05%
1996	548,784	5,356,925	0.15%	2.51%
1997	558,697	5,509,136	1.81%	2.84%
1998	569,435	5,620,068	1.92%	2.01%
1999	582,579	5,771,628	2.31%	2.7%
2000	596,863	6,032,267	2.45%	4.52%
2001	610,794	6,308,391	2.33%	4.58%
2002	624,409	6,596,806	2.23%	4.57%
2003	637,663	6,903,127	2.12%	4.64%
2004	650,544	7,233,041	2.02%	4.78%
2005	661,865	7,590,143	1.74%	4.94%
2006	670,799	7,976,526	1.35%	5.09%
2007	678,641	8,388,788	1.17%	5.17%
2008	686,351	8,817,647	1.14%	5.11%
2009	693,988	9,243,556	1.11%	4.83%
2010	701,632	9,745,953	1.1%	5.44%
2011	709,377	10,288,109	1.1%	5.56%
2012	717,279	10,756,240	1.11%	4.55%
2013	725,273	11,166,275	1.11%	3.81%
2014	733,139	11,235,073	1.08%	0.62%
2015	740,618	11,107,561	1.02%	-1.13%
2016	747,866	10,830,102	0.98%	-2.5%
2017	754,335	10,259,154	0.86%	-5.27%
2018	759,759	10,122,977	0.72%	-1.33%
2019	764,824	10,423,384	0.67%	2.97%
2020	770,006	10,698,467	0.68%	2.64%
2021	775,442	10,865,780	0.71%	1.56%
2022	780,914	11,021,177	0.71%	1.43%
2023	786,385	11,483,374	0.7%	4.19%
2024	791,524	11,943,408	0.65%	4.01%
2025	796,681	12,188,793	0.65%	2.05%
2026	802,211	12,436,036	0.69%	2.03%
2027	807,265	12,687,301	0.63%	2.02%
2028	811,835	12,941,503	0.57%	2%
2029	816,265	13,198,080	0.55%	1.98%
2030	820,693	13,457,446	0.54%	1.97%
2031	825,464	13,725,413	0.58%	1.99%
2032	830,347	13,996,343	0.59%	1.97%
2033	834,984	14,261,762	0.56%	1.9%
2034	839,045	14,527,550	0.49%	1.86%
2035	843,199	14,798,602	0.5%	1.87%
2036	847,699	15,070,098	0.53%	1.83%
2037	851,844	15,335,700	0.49%	1.76%
2038	855,558	15,595,968	0.44%	1.7%
2039	858,918	15,850,696	0.39%	1.63%
2040	862,126	16,101,470	0.37%	1.58%
2041	865,152	16,350,149	0.35%	1.54%
2042	868,152	16,593,361	0.35%	1.49%
2043	871,100	16,829,209	0.34%	1.42%
2044	873,733	17,060,176	0.3%	1.37%
2045	876,178	17,286,412	0.28%	1.33%
2046	878,161	17,509,693	0.23%	1.29%
2047	879,450	17,728,331	0.15%	1.25%
2048	880,488	17,938,437	0.12%	1.19%
2049	881,433	18,142,893	0.11%	1.14%
2050	882,337	18,341,968	0.1%	1.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 South Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.