Population in Bhutan compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bhutan and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	United Kingdom	Bhutan	United Kingdom
1960	224,084	52,400,000	-	-
1961	230,602	52,800,000	2.91%	0.76%
1962	237,636	53,250,000	3.05%	0.85%
1963	245,156	53,650,000	3.16%	0.75%
1964	252,987	54,000,000	3.19%	0.65%
1965	261,200	54,348,050	3.25%	0.64%
1966	269,820	54,648,500	3.3%	0.55%
1967	278,852	54,943,600	3.35%	0.54%
1968	288,311	55,211,700	3.39%	0.49%
1969	298,214	55,441,750	3.43%	0.42%
1970	308,528	55,663,250	3.46%	0.4%
1971	319,211	55,896,223	3.46%	0.42%
1972	330,264	56,086,065	3.46%	0.34%
1973	341,705	56,194,527	3.46%	0.19%
1974	353,538	56,229,974	3.46%	0.06%
1975	365,791	56,225,800	3.47%	-0.007%
1976	378,490	56,211,968	3.47%	-0.02%
1977	391,639	56,193,492	3.47%	-0.03%
1978	405,243	56,196,504	3.47%	0.005%
1979	419,200	56,246,951	3.44%	0.09%
1980	433,404	56,314,216	3.39%	0.12%
1981	447,836	56,333,829	3.33%	0.03%
1982	462,485	56,313,641	3.27%	-0.04%
1983	477,460	56,332,848	3.24%	0.03%
1984	492,784	56,422,072	3.21%	0.16%
1985	508,392	56,550,268	3.17%	0.23%
1986	524,324	56,681,396	3.13%	0.23%
1987	540,557	56,802,050	3.1%	0.21%
1988	556,986	56,928,327	3.04%	0.22%
1989	573,586	57,076,711	2.98%	0.26%
1990	589,287	57,247,586	2.74%	0.3%
1991	599,784	57,424,897	1.78%	0.31%
1992	577,774	57,580,402	-3.67%	0.27%
1993	554,673	57,718,614	-4%	0.24%
1994	554,497	57,865,745	-0.03%	0.25%
1995	547,989	58,019,030	-1.17%	0.26%
1996	548,784	58,166,950	0.15%	0.25%
1997	558,697	58,316,954	1.81%	0.26%
1998	569,435	58,487,141	1.92%	0.29%
1999	582,579	58,682,466	2.31%	0.33%
2000	596,863	58,892,514	2.45%	0.36%
2001	610,794	59,119,673	2.33%	0.39%
2002	624,409	59,370,479	2.23%	0.42%
2003	637,663	59,647,577	2.12%	0.47%
2004	650,544	59,987,905	2.02%	0.57%
2005	661,865	60,401,206	1.74%	0.69%
2006	670,799	60,846,820	1.35%	0.74%
2007	678,641	61,322,463	1.17%	0.78%
2008	686,351	61,806,995	1.14%	0.79%
2009	693,988	62,276,270	1.11%	0.76%
2010	701,632	62,766,365	1.1%	0.79%
2011	709,377	63,258,810	1.1%	0.78%
2012	717,279	63,711,000	1.11%	0.71%
2013	725,273	64,139,000	1.11%	0.67%
2014	733,139	64,620,000	1.08%	0.75%
2015	740,618	65,088,000	1.02%	0.72%
2016	747,866	65,607,000	0.98%	0.8%
2017	754,335	65,966,000	0.86%	0.55%
2018	759,759	66,289,000	0.72%	0.49%
2019	764,824	66,631,000	0.67%	0.52%
2020	770,006	66,744,000	0.68%	0.17%
2021	775,442	66,984,000	0.71%	0.36%
2022	780,914	67,604,000	0.71%	0.93%
2023	786,385	68,492,000	0.7%	1.31%
2024	791,524	69,226,000	0.65%	1.07%
2025	796,681	69,639,673	0.65%	0.6%
2026	802,211	70,020,350	0.69%	0.55%
2027	807,265	70,382,853	0.63%	0.52%
2028	811,835	70,732,699	0.57%	0.5%
2029	816,265	71,061,482	0.55%	0.46%
2030	820,693	71,377,535	0.54%	0.44%
2031	825,464	71,678,351	0.58%	0.42%
2032	830,347	71,959,934	0.59%	0.39%
2033	834,984	72,234,509	0.56%	0.38%
2034	839,045	72,497,650	0.49%	0.36%
2035	843,199	72,749,096	0.5%	0.35%
2036	847,699	72,990,847	0.53%	0.33%
2037	851,844	73,218,850	0.49%	0.31%
2038	855,558	73,441,349	0.44%	0.3%
2039	858,918	73,658,392	0.39%	0.3%
2040	862,126	73,868,334	0.37%	0.29%
2041	865,152	74,074,316	0.35%	0.28%
2042	868,152	74,275,779	0.35%	0.27%
2043	871,100	74,475,035	0.34%	0.27%
2044	873,733	74,667,284	0.3%	0.26%
2045	876,178	74,848,605	0.28%	0.24%
2046	878,161	75,020,949	0.23%	0.23%
2047	879,450	75,184,478	0.15%	0.22%
2048	880,488	75,337,543	0.12%	0.2%
2049	881,433	75,476,141	0.11%	0.18%
2050	882,337	75,600,588	0.1%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.