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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	United States	Bhutan	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	224,084	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	230,602	183,691,481	2.91%	1.67%
1962	237,636	186,537,737	3.05%	1.55%
1963	245,156	189,241,798	3.16%	1.45%
1964	252,987	191,888,791	3.19%	1.4%
1965	261,200	194,302,963	3.25%	1.26%
1966	269,820	196,560,338	3.3%	1.16%
1967	278,852	198,712,056	3.35%	1.09%
1968	288,311	200,706,052	3.39%	1%
1969	298,214	202,676,946	3.43%	0.98%
1970	308,528	205,052,174	3.46%	1.17%
1971	319,211	207,660,677	3.46%	1.27%
1972	330,264	209,896,021	3.46%	1.08%
1973	341,705	211,908,788	3.46%	0.96%
1974	353,538	213,853,928	3.46%	0.92%
1975	365,791	215,973,199	3.47%	0.99%
1976	378,490	218,035,164	3.47%	0.95%
1977	391,639	220,239,425	3.47%	1.01%
1978	405,243	222,584,545	3.47%	1.06%
1979	419,200	225,055,487	3.44%	1.11%
1980	433,404	226,542,250	3.39%	0.66%
1981	447,836	229,465,744	3.33%	1.29%
1982	462,485	231,664,432	3.27%	0.96%
1983	477,460	233,792,014	3.24%	0.92%
1984	492,784	235,824,908	3.21%	0.87%
1985	508,392	237,923,734	3.17%	0.89%
1986	524,324	240,132,831	3.13%	0.93%
1987	540,557	242,288,936	3.1%	0.9%
1988	556,986	244,499,004	3.04%	0.91%
1989	573,586	246,819,222	2.98%	0.95%
1990	589,287	250,131,894	2.74%	1.34%
1991	599,784	253,492,503	1.78%	1.34%
1992	577,774	256,894,189	-3.67%	1.34%
1993	554,673	260,255,352	-4%	1.31%
1994	554,497	263,435,673	-0.03%	1.22%
1995	547,989	266,557,091	-1.17%	1.18%
1996	548,784	269,667,391	0.15%	1.17%
1997	558,697	272,911,760	1.81%	1.2%
1998	569,435	276,115,288	1.92%	1.17%
1999	582,579	279,294,713	2.31%	1.15%
2000	596,863	282,162,411	2.45%	1.03%
2001	610,794	284,968,955	2.33%	0.99%
2002	624,409	287,625,193	2.23%	0.93%
2003	637,663	290,107,933	2.12%	0.86%
2004	650,544	292,805,298	2.02%	0.93%
2005	661,865	295,516,599	1.74%	0.93%
2006	670,799	298,379,912	1.35%	0.97%
2007	678,641	301,231,207	1.17%	0.96%
2008	686,351	304,093,966	1.14%	0.95%
2009	693,988	306,771,529	1.11%	0.88%
2010	701,632	309,327,143	1.1%	0.83%
2011	709,377	311,583,481	1.1%	0.73%
2012	717,279	313,877,662	1.11%	0.74%
2013	725,273	316,059,947	1.11%	0.7%
2014	733,139	318,386,329	1.08%	0.74%
2015	740,618	320,738,994	1.02%	0.74%
2016	747,866	323,071,755	0.98%	0.73%
2017	754,335	325,122,128	0.86%	0.63%
2018	759,759	326,838,199	0.72%	0.53%
2019	764,824	328,329,953	0.67%	0.46%
2020	770,006	331,526,933	0.68%	0.97%
2021	775,442	331,893,745	0.71%	0.11%
2022	780,914	333,271,411	0.71%	0.42%
2023	786,385	334,914,895	0.7%	0.49%
2024	791,524	340,110,988	0.65%	1.55%
2025	796,681	341,931,772	0.65%	0.54%
2026	802,211	343,664,369	0.69%	0.51%
2027	807,265	345,331,185	0.63%	0.49%
2028	811,835	346,981,137	0.57%	0.48%
2029	816,265	348,601,982	0.55%	0.47%
2030	820,693	350,176,974	0.54%	0.45%
2031	825,464	351,725,612	0.58%	0.44%
2032	830,347	353,249,060	0.59%	0.43%
2033	834,984	354,749,644	0.56%	0.42%
2034	839,045	356,234,239	0.49%	0.42%
2035	843,199	357,694,316	0.5%	0.41%
2036	847,699	359,119,002	0.53%	0.4%
2037	851,844	360,517,853	0.49%	0.39%
2038	855,558	361,895,407	0.44%	0.38%
2039	858,918	363,229,908	0.39%	0.37%
2040	862,126	364,512,364	0.37%	0.35%
2041	865,152	365,753,139	0.35%	0.34%
2042	868,152	366,969,419	0.35%	0.33%
2043	871,100	368,146,925	0.34%	0.32%
2044	873,733	369,258,123	0.3%	0.3%
2045	876,178	370,318,770	0.28%	0.29%
2046	878,161	371,328,255	0.23%	0.27%
2047	879,450	372,299,116	0.15%	0.26%
2048	880,488	373,230,539	0.12%	0.25%
2049	881,433	374,119,803	0.11%	0.24%
2050	882,337	374,986,259	0.1%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.