The latest officially reported population of Bhutan was 791,524 in 2024 vs 50,015,092 people in Uganda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bhutan's population is 801,123 people compared to 52,490,669 in Uganda.
Population statistics:
- Uganda's population is 65.5 times bigger than Bhutan's.
- Bhutan is ranked the 163rd most populous country in the world, while Uganda is the 30th.
- The countries together account for 0.64% of the world: 0.01% for Bhutan vs 0.63% for Uganda.
- For the last 10 years, Bhutan has had an average growth rate of +0.8% per year vs +3.21% in Uganda.
- Since 2005, the population of Bhutan has increased from 662K people to 801K (21% growth), while Uganda has grown from 28M to 52.5M (87.7% growth).
- Bhutan is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 884K people compared to the peak of 121M people in 2100 for Uganda.
Bhutan vs Uganda: live population counter
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| Current population |
801123
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52490669
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| Population rank | 163/197 | 30/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.63% |
| One net population change |
1.7 hours
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23.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
52.8 minutes
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18.4 seconds
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| One death every |
1.82 hours
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2.23 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.32 days
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4.46 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -277 | -117,924 |
| Daily growth/decline | +14 | +3,722 |
| Annual growth/decline | +5,139 | +1,358,491 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.65% | +2.79% |
| Population growth rate rank | 123/197 | 23/197 |
Bhutan and Uganda: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 224,084 | 7,640,973 | - | - |
| 1961 | 230,602 | 7,862,217 | 2.91% | 2.9% |
| 1962 | 237,636 | 8,092,231 | 3.05% | 2.93% |
| 1963 | 245,156 | 8,333,663 | 3.16% | 2.98% |
| 1964 | 252,987 | 8,586,363 | 3.19% | 3.03% |
| 1965 | 261,200 | 8,849,203 | 3.25% | 3.06% |
| 1966 | 269,820 | 9,122,864 | 3.3% | 3.09% |
| 1967 | 278,852 | 9,408,924 | 3.35% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 288,311 | 9,708,632 | 3.39% | 3.19% |
| 1969 | 298,214 | 10,014,858 | 3.43% | 3.15% |
| 1970 | 308,528 | 10,321,603 | 3.46% | 3.06% |
| 1971 | 319,211 | 10,618,206 | 3.46% | 2.87% |
| 1972 | 330,264 | 10,885,796 | 3.46% | 2.52% |
| 1973 | 341,705 | 11,144,236 | 3.46% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 353,538 | 11,424,846 | 3.46% | 2.52% |
| 1975 | 365,791 | 11,725,240 | 3.47% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 378,490 | 12,037,294 | 3.47% | 2.66% |
| 1977 | 391,639 | 12,359,669 | 3.47% | 2.68% |
| 1978 | 405,243 | 12,692,113 | 3.47% | 2.69% |
| 1979 | 419,200 | 13,002,163 | 3.44% | 2.44% |
| 1980 | 433,404 | 13,275,741 | 3.39% | 2.1% |
| 1981 | 447,836 | 13,556,452 | 3.33% | 2.11% |
| 1982 | 462,485 | 13,873,631 | 3.27% | 2.34% |
| 1983 | 477,460 | 14,221,881 | 3.24% | 2.51% |
| 1984 | 492,784 | 14,607,677 | 3.21% | 2.71% |
| 1985 | 508,392 | 15,023,681 | 3.17% | 2.85% |
| 1986 | 524,324 | 15,467,579 | 3.13% | 2.95% |
| 1987 | 540,557 | 15,954,170 | 3.1% | 3.15% |
| 1988 | 556,986 | 16,470,483 | 3.04% | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 573,586 | 17,010,698 | 2.98% | 3.28% |
| 1990 | 589,287 | 17,569,897 | 2.74% | 3.29% |
| 1991 | 599,784 | 18,155,901 | 1.78% | 3.34% |
| 1992 | 577,774 | 18,785,032 | -3.67% | 3.47% |
| 1993 | 554,673 | 19,445,161 | -4% | 3.51% |
| 1994 | 554,497 | 20,108,801 | -0.03% | 3.41% |
| 1995 | 547,989 | 20,665,667 | -1.17% | 2.77% |
| 1996 | 548,784 | 21,231,550 | 0.15% | 2.74% |
| 1997 | 558,697 | 21,856,046 | 1.81% | 2.94% |
| 1998 | 569,435 | 22,515,806 | 1.92% | 3.02% |
| 1999 | 582,579 | 23,257,281 | 2.31% | 3.29% |
| 2000 | 596,863 | 24,000,150 | 2.45% | 3.19% |
| 2001 | 610,794 | 24,745,676 | 2.33% | 3.11% |
| 2002 | 624,409 | 25,532,870 | 2.23% | 3.18% |
| 2003 | 637,663 | 26,352,124 | 2.12% | 3.21% |
| 2004 | 650,544 | 27,154,515 | 2.02% | 3.04% |
| 2005 | 661,865 | 27,963,289 | 1.74% | 2.98% |
| 2006 | 670,799 | 28,794,003 | 1.35% | 2.97% |
| 2007 | 678,641 | 29,653,430 | 1.17% | 2.98% |
| 2008 | 686,351 | 30,539,553 | 1.14% | 2.99% |
| 2009 | 693,988 | 31,451,151 | 1.11% | 2.98% |
| 2010 | 701,632 | 32,390,802 | 1.1% | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 709,377 | 33,354,543 | 1.1% | 2.98% |
| 2012 | 717,279 | 34,337,438 | 1.11% | 2.95% |
| 2013 | 725,273 | 35,337,042 | 1.11% | 2.91% |
| 2014 | 733,139 | 36,395,539 | 1.08% | 3% |
| 2015 | 740,618 | 37,531,446 | 1.02% | 3.12% |
| 2016 | 747,866 | 38,799,152 | 0.98% | 3.38% |
| 2017 | 754,335 | 40,177,388 | 0.86% | 3.55% |
| 2018 | 759,759 | 41,565,831 | 0.72% | 3.46% |
| 2019 | 764,824 | 42,999,637 | 0.67% | 3.45% |
| 2020 | 770,006 | 44,457,152 | 0.68% | 3.39% |
| 2021 | 775,442 | 45,910,930 | 0.71% | 3.27% |
| 2022 | 780,914 | 47,312,719 | 0.71% | 3.05% |
| 2023 | 786,385 | 48,656,601 | 0.7% | 2.84% |
| 2024 | 791,524 | 50,015,092 | 0.65% | 2.79% |
| 2025 | 796,681 | 51,384,895 | 0.65% | 2.74% |
| 2026 | 802,211 | 52,761,471 | 0.69% | 2.68% |
| 2027 | 807,265 | 54,144,274 | 0.63% | 2.62% |
| 2028 | 811,835 | 55,532,564 | 0.57% | 2.56% |
| 2029 | 816,265 | 56,922,797 | 0.55% | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 820,693 | 58,312,944 | 0.54% | 2.44% |
| 2031 | 825,464 | 59,703,537 | 0.58% | 2.38% |
| 2032 | 830,347 | 61,089,060 | 0.59% | 2.32% |
| 2033 | 834,984 | 62,464,116 | 0.56% | 2.25% |
| 2034 | 839,045 | 63,833,872 | 0.49% | 2.19% |
| 2035 | 843,199 | 65,205,570 | 0.5% | 2.15% |
| 2036 | 847,699 | 66,573,737 | 0.53% | 2.1% |
| 2037 | 851,844 | 67,942,634 | 0.49% | 2.06% |
| 2038 | 855,558 | 69,312,210 | 0.44% | 2.02% |
| 2039 | 858,918 | 70,669,875 | 0.39% | 1.96% |
| 2040 | 862,126 | 72,020,414 | 0.37% | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 865,152 | 73,372,658 | 0.35% | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 868,152 | 74,730,004 | 0.35% | 1.85% |
| 2043 | 871,100 | 76,090,991 | 0.34% | 1.82% |
| 2044 | 873,733 | 77,449,517 | 0.3% | 1.79% |
| 2045 | 876,178 | 78,797,995 | 0.28% | 1.74% |
| 2046 | 878,161 | 80,139,174 | 0.23% | 1.7% |
| 2047 | 879,450 | 81,478,503 | 0.15% | 1.67% |
| 2048 | 880,488 | 82,812,102 | 0.12% | 1.64% |
| 2049 | 881,433 | 84,130,056 | 0.11% | 1.59% |
| 2050 | 882,337 | 85,431,202 | 0.1% | 1.55% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).
Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.
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Population differences between Bhutan and Uganda
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| Life expectancy | 73.5 years | 68.7 years |
| Average age | 32.4 years | 21.6 years |
| Median age | 30.9 years | 17.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 53.4:46.6 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 4.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 53.8 ppl/mi² | 646 ppl/mi² |
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