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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bhutan	Zimbabwe	Bhutan	Zimbabwe
1960	224,084	3,809,389	-	-
1961	230,602	3,930,401	2.91%	3.18%
1962	237,636	4,055,959	3.05%	3.19%
1963	245,156	4,185,877	3.16%	3.2%
1964	252,987	4,320,006	3.19%	3.2%
1965	261,200	4,458,462	3.25%	3.2%
1966	269,820	4,601,217	3.3%	3.2%
1967	278,852	4,748,307	3.35%	3.2%
1968	288,311	4,900,440	3.39%	3.2%
1969	298,214	5,058,181	3.43%	3.22%
1970	308,528	5,215,918	3.46%	3.12%
1971	319,211	5,374,712	3.46%	3.04%
1972	330,264	5,542,445	3.46%	3.12%
1973	341,705	5,720,404	3.46%	3.21%
1974	353,538	5,908,328	3.46%	3.29%
1975	365,791	6,098,658	3.47%	3.22%
1976	378,490	6,287,105	3.47%	3.09%
1977	391,639	6,449,512	3.47%	2.58%
1978	405,243	6,543,575	3.47%	1.46%
1979	419,200	6,647,556	3.44%	1.59%
1980	433,404	7,041,303	3.39%	5.92%
1981	447,836	7,498,635	3.33%	6.49%
1982	462,485	7,796,496	3.27%	3.97%
1983	477,460	8,098,404	3.24%	3.87%
1984	492,784	8,391,488	3.21%	3.62%
1985	508,392	8,686,813	3.17%	3.52%
1986	524,324	8,982,578	3.13%	3.4%
1987	540,557	9,284,644	3.1%	3.36%
1988	556,986	9,583,094	3.04%	3.21%
1989	573,586	9,864,798	2.98%	2.94%
1990	589,287	10,137,281	2.74%	2.76%
1991	599,784	10,404,816	1.78%	2.64%
1992	577,774	10,702,700	-3.67%	2.86%
1993	554,673	10,860,288	-4%	1.47%
1994	554,497	10,873,148	-0.03%	0.12%
1995	547,989	10,974,599	-1.17%	0.93%
1996	548,784	11,158,360	0.15%	1.67%
1997	558,697	11,369,827	1.81%	1.9%
1998	569,435	11,594,297	1.92%	1.97%
1999	582,579	11,783,458	2.31%	1.63%
2000	596,863	11,892,055	2.45%	0.92%
2001	610,794	11,971,901	2.33%	0.67%
2002	624,409	12,087,653	2.23%	0.97%
2003	637,663	12,232,323	2.12%	1.2%
2004	650,544	12,365,896	2.02%	1.09%
2005	661,865	12,483,432	1.74%	0.95%
2006	670,799	12,636,445	1.35%	1.23%
2007	678,641	12,804,058	1.17%	1.33%
2008	686,351	12,959,149	1.14%	1.21%
2009	693,988	13,142,790	1.11%	1.42%
2010	701,632	13,356,548	1.1%	1.63%
2011	709,377	13,595,424	1.1%	1.79%
2012	717,279	13,817,887	1.11%	1.64%
2013	725,273	14,013,808	1.11%	1.42%
2014	733,139	14,207,359	1.08%	1.38%
2015	740,618	14,399,013	1.02%	1.35%
2016	747,866	14,600,294	0.98%	1.4%
2017	754,335	14,812,482	0.86%	1.45%
2018	759,759	15,034,452	0.72%	1.5%
2019	764,824	15,271,368	0.67%	1.58%
2020	770,006	15,526,888	0.68%	1.67%
2021	775,442	15,797,210	0.71%	1.74%
2022	780,914	16,069,056	0.71%	1.72%
2023	786,385	16,340,822	0.7%	1.69%
2024	791,524	16,634,373	0.65%	1.8%
2025	796,681	16,950,805	0.65%	1.9%
2026	802,211	17,273,591	0.69%	1.9%
2027	807,265	17,600,621	0.63%	1.89%
2028	811,835	17,932,015	0.57%	1.88%
2029	816,265	18,268,967	0.55%	1.88%
2030	820,693	18,610,356	0.54%	1.87%
2031	825,464	18,956,207	0.58%	1.86%
2032	830,347	19,311,368	0.59%	1.87%
2033	834,984	19,675,929	0.56%	1.89%
2034	839,045	20,041,125	0.49%	1.86%
2035	843,199	20,409,159	0.5%	1.84%
2036	847,699	20,778,662	0.53%	1.81%
2037	851,844	21,144,748	0.49%	1.76%
2038	855,558	21,512,919	0.44%	1.74%
2039	858,918	21,881,123	0.39%	1.71%
2040	862,126	22,250,123	0.37%	1.69%
2041	865,152	22,627,428	0.35%	1.7%
2042	868,152	23,000,906	0.35%	1.65%
2043	871,100	23,371,301	0.34%	1.61%
2044	873,733	23,740,630	0.3%	1.58%
2045	876,178	24,102,391	0.28%	1.52%
2046	878,161	24,462,491	0.23%	1.49%
2047	879,450	24,816,449	0.15%	1.45%
2048	880,488	25,168,419	0.12%	1.42%
2049	881,433	25,518,513	0.11%	1.39%
2050	882,337	25,866,397	0.1%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bhutan increased by 78,753 people (a 11.9% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bhutan gained 60,505 (a 8.17% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Bhutan was ranked 161st most populous country in 2005 and is 163rd in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.