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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Tonga	Bhutan	Tonga
1960	224,084	66,170	-	-
1961	230,602	68,037	2.91%	2.82%
1962	237,636	69,940	3.05%	2.8%
1963	245,156	71,885	3.16%	2.78%
1964	252,987	73,879	3.19%	2.77%
1965	261,200	75,924	3.25%	2.77%
1966	269,820	78,002	3.3%	2.74%
1967	278,852	79,814	3.35%	2.32%
1968	288,311	81,353	3.39%	1.93%
1969	298,214	82,885	3.43%	1.88%
1970	308,528	84,401	3.46%	1.83%
1971	319,211	85,896	3.46%	1.77%
1972	330,264	87,356	3.46%	1.7%
1973	341,705	88,805	3.46%	1.66%
1974	353,538	90,683	3.46%	2.11%
1975	365,791	93,017	3.47%	2.57%
1976	378,490	95,325	3.47%	2.48%
1977	391,639	96,725	3.47%	1.47%
1978	405,243	97,204	3.47%	0.5%
1979	419,200	97,544	3.44%	0.35%
1980	433,404	97,769	3.39%	0.23%
1981	447,836	97,909	3.33%	0.14%
1982	462,485	97,980	3.27%	0.07%
1983	477,460	97,998	3.24%	0.02%
1984	492,784	97,990	3.21%	-0.008%
1985	508,392	97,984	3.17%	-0.006%
1986	524,324	98,010	3.13%	0.03%
1987	540,557	98,376	3.1%	0.37%
1988	556,986	98,969	3.04%	0.6%
1989	573,586	99,403	2.98%	0.44%
1990	589,287	99,700	2.74%	0.3%
1991	599,784	99,895	1.78%	0.2%
1992	577,774	100,022	-3.67%	0.13%
1993	554,673	100,103	-4%	0.08%
1994	554,497	100,166	-0.03%	0.06%
1995	547,989	100,225	-1.17%	0.06%
1996	548,784	100,275	0.15%	0.05%
1997	558,697	100,674	1.81%	0.4%
1998	569,435	101,388	1.92%	0.71%
1999	582,579	102,046	2.31%	0.65%
2000	596,863	102,677	2.45%	0.62%
2001	610,794	103,288	2.33%	0.6%
2002	624,409	103,874	2.23%	0.57%
2003	637,663	104,464	2.12%	0.57%
2004	650,544	105,071	2.02%	0.58%
2005	661,865	105,671	1.74%	0.57%
2006	670,799	106,253	1.35%	0.55%
2007	678,641	106,726	1.17%	0.45%
2008	686,351	107,020	1.14%	0.28%
2009	693,988	107,203	1.11%	0.17%
2010	701,632	107,400	1.1%	0.18%
2011	709,377	107,570	1.1%	0.16%
2012	717,279	107,460	1.11%	-0.1%
2013	725,273	107,078	1.11%	-0.36%
2014	733,139	106,609	1.08%	-0.44%
2015	740,618	106,095	1.02%	-0.48%
2016	747,866	105,524	0.98%	-0.54%
2017	754,335	105,356	0.86%	-0.16%
2018	759,759	105,567	0.72%	0.2%
2019	764,824	105,669	0.67%	0.1%
2020	770,006	105,704	0.68%	0.03%
2021	775,442	105,490	0.71%	-0.2%
2022	780,914	105,042	0.71%	-0.42%
2023	786,385	104,597	0.7%	-0.42%
2024	791,524	104,175	0.65%	-0.4%
2025	796,681	103,744	0.65%	-0.41%
2026	802,211	103,290	0.69%	-0.44%
2027	807,265	102,899	0.63%	-0.38%
2028	811,835	102,568	0.57%	-0.32%
2029	816,265	102,280	0.55%	-0.28%
2030	820,693	102,069	0.54%	-0.21%
2031	825,464	101,927	0.58%	-0.14%
2032	830,347	101,837	0.59%	-0.09%
2033	834,984	101,807	0.56%	-0.03%
2034	839,045	101,806	0.49%	-0.001%
2035	843,199	101,833	0.5%	0.03%
2036	847,699	101,895	0.53%	0.06%
2037	851,844	101,993	0.49%	0.1%
2038	855,558	102,173	0.44%	0.18%
2039	858,918	102,367	0.39%	0.19%
2040	862,126	102,568	0.37%	0.2%
2041	865,152	102,805	0.35%	0.23%
2042	868,152	103,038	0.35%	0.23%
2043	871,100	103,306	0.34%	0.26%
2044	873,733	103,612	0.3%	0.3%
2045	876,178	103,928	0.28%	0.3%
2046	878,161	104,232	0.23%	0.29%
2047	879,450	104,502	0.15%	0.26%
2048	880,488	104,744	0.12%	0.23%
2049	881,433	104,975	0.11%	0.22%
2050	882,337	105,193	0.1%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.