Population in Bhutan compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bhutan and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Sri Lanka	Bhutan	Sri Lanka
1960	224,084	9,661,389	-	-
1961	230,602	9,899,372	2.91%	2.46%
1962	237,636	10,143,754	3.05%	2.47%
1963	245,156	10,395,040	3.16%	2.48%
1964	252,987	10,653,397	3.19%	2.49%
1965	261,200	10,916,965	3.25%	2.47%
1966	269,820	11,183,928	3.3%	2.45%
1967	278,852	11,457,328	3.35%	2.44%
1968	288,311	11,736,088	3.39%	2.43%
1969	298,214	12,013,858	3.43%	2.37%
1970	308,528	12,287,110	3.46%	2.27%
1971	319,211	12,551,910	3.46%	2.16%
1972	330,264	12,809,205	3.46%	2.05%
1973	341,705	13,060,916	3.46%	1.97%
1974	353,538	13,305,693	3.46%	1.87%
1975	365,791	13,548,984	3.47%	1.83%
1976	378,490	13,796,770	3.47%	1.83%
1977	391,639	14,049,371	3.47%	1.83%
1978	405,243	14,310,128	3.47%	1.86%
1979	419,200	14,579,614	3.44%	1.88%
1980	433,404	14,847,974	3.39%	1.84%
1981	447,836	15,099,414	3.33%	1.69%
1982	462,485	15,286,567	3.27%	1.24%
1983	477,460	15,388,794	3.24%	0.67%
1984	492,784	15,441,860	3.21%	0.34%
1985	508,392	15,544,154	3.17%	0.66%
1986	524,324	15,731,256	3.13%	1.2%
1987	540,557	15,916,576	3.1%	1.18%
1988	556,986	16,078,621	3.04%	1.02%
1989	573,586	16,248,557	2.98%	1.06%
1990	589,287	16,352,458	2.74%	0.64%
1991	599,784	16,475,354	1.78%	0.75%
1992	577,774	16,739,284	-3.67%	1.6%
1993	554,673	17,025,918	-4%	1.71%
1994	554,497	17,275,773	-0.03%	1.47%
1995	547,989	17,564,068	-1.17%	1.67%
1996	548,784	17,905,018	0.15%	1.94%
1997	558,697	18,248,200	1.81%	1.92%
1998	569,435	18,596,003	1.92%	1.91%
1999	582,579	18,944,731	2.31%	1.88%
2000	596,863	19,293,054	2.45%	1.84%
2001	610,794	19,600,362	2.33%	1.59%
2002	624,409	19,805,752	2.23%	1.05%
2003	637,663	19,951,521	2.12%	0.74%
2004	650,544	20,087,605	2.02%	0.68%
2005	661,865	20,216,524	1.74%	0.64%
2006	670,799	20,352,411	1.35%	0.67%
2007	678,641	20,492,545	1.17%	0.69%
2008	686,351	20,629,378	1.14%	0.67%
2009	693,988	20,756,435	1.11%	0.62%
2010	701,632	20,879,089	1.1%	0.59%
2011	709,377	21,009,048	1.1%	0.62%
2012	717,279	21,169,458	1.11%	0.76%
2013	725,273	20,585,000	1.11%	-2.76%
2014	733,139	20,778,000	1.08%	0.94%
2015	740,618	20,970,000	1.02%	0.92%
2016	747,866	21,209,000	0.98%	1.14%
2017	754,335	21,453,000	0.86%	1.15%
2018	759,759	21,670,000	0.72%	1.01%
2019	764,824	21,803,000	0.67%	0.61%
2020	770,006	21,919,000	0.68%	0.53%
2021	775,442	22,156,000	0.71%	1.08%
2022	780,914	22,181,000	0.71%	0.11%
2023	786,385	22,037,000	0.7%	-0.65%
2024	791,524	21,916,000	0.65%	-0.55%
2025	796,681	22,035,440	0.65%	0.54%
2026	802,211	22,148,172	0.69%	0.51%
2027	807,265	22,255,601	0.63%	0.49%
2028	811,835	22,357,682	0.57%	0.46%
2029	816,265	22,453,922	0.55%	0.43%
2030	820,693	22,546,245	0.54%	0.41%
2031	825,464	22,635,106	0.58%	0.39%
2032	830,347	22,720,118	0.59%	0.38%
2033	834,984	22,802,043	0.56%	0.36%
2034	839,045	22,879,527	0.49%	0.34%
2035	843,199	22,952,739	0.5%	0.32%
2036	847,699	23,022,027	0.53%	0.3%
2037	851,844	23,088,877	0.49%	0.29%
2038	855,558	23,152,480	0.44%	0.28%
2039	858,918	23,211,633	0.39%	0.26%
2040	862,126	23,265,986	0.37%	0.23%
2041	865,152	23,315,260	0.35%	0.21%
2042	868,152	23,359,578	0.35%	0.19%
2043	871,100	23,398,752	0.34%	0.17%
2044	873,733	23,433,096	0.3%	0.15%
2045	876,178	23,464,943	0.28%	0.14%
2046	878,161	23,492,738	0.23%	0.12%
2047	879,450	23,512,629	0.15%	0.08%
2048	880,488	23,525,953	0.12%	0.06%
2049	881,433	23,533,940	0.11%	0.03%
2050	882,337	23,538,230	0.1%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.