Bhutan
Population growth in Bhutan
Population growth in Bhutan: 2.66% a year in 1950 and 0.69% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 0.69% a year
- Since 1950
- −1.96 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 127 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.74% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.74% a year in 2100, between -5.68% a year and 2.88% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 3.42% a year in 1977, the lowest -8.71% a year in 1992.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Bhutan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.69 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 0.7 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 0.65 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 0.68 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 0.75 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 0.97 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 0.98 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 1.06 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 1.1 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 1.11 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 1.1 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 1.09 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 1.1 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 1.12 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 1.14 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 1.18 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 1.5 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 1.95 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 2.05 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 2.15 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 2.26 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 2.36 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 2.49 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 2.07 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 1.73 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 1.85 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | -1.56 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | -0.8 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 0.74 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | -8.71 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 1.05 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.5 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 2.91 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 2.96 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 3.03 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 3.07 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 3.1 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 3.14 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 3.18 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 3.19 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 3.25 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 3.31 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 3.36 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 3.41 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 3.42 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 3.41 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 3.41 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 3.4 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 3.41 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 3.41 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 3.4 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 3.4 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 3.4 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 3.36 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 3.31 | 2 |
| 1966 | 3.27 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 3.22 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 3.17 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 3.12 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 3.11 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 2.89 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 2.84 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 2.84 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 2.81 | 2 |
| 1957 | 2.8 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 2.78 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 2.78 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 2.73 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 2.75 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 2.7 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 2.71 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 2.66 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Bhutan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.61-2.52–3.27 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 0.69-2.55–3.71 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 0.7-3–3.75 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 0.56-2.84–3.49 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 0.57-2.97–3.75 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 0.52-3.05–3.84 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 0.56-2.96–3.99 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 0.6-2.79–3.97 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 0.58-3.02–4.08 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 0.53-2.85–3.72 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 0.44-3.07–3.56 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 0.55-2.94–3.91 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 0.51-3.06–3.54 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 0.46-3.09–3.8 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 0.41-3.09–3.81 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 0.38-3.05–3.71 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 0.37-3.43–3.62 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 0.33-3.32–3.61 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 0.36-3.24–3.52 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 0.32-3.42–3.63 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 0.29-3.3–3.6 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 0.27-3.13–3.53 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 0.18-3.19–3.61 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 0.11-3.52–3.4 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 0.12-3.73–3.27 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 0.09-3.63–3.42 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 0.12-3.7–3.39 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 0.12-3.54–3.47 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -0.01-3.7–3.06 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -0.07-3.62–3.34 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 0.06-3.7–3.35 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -0.07-3.59–3.21 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -0.14-3.7–3.09 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -0.01-3.83–3.37 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -0.15-3.69–3.12 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -0.15-3.75–3.11 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -0.22-3.86–2.78 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -0.24-3.97–3.11 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -0.26-4.21–3.02 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -0.22-3.91–3.25 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.25-3.91–3.11 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -0.37-4.03–3.17 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -0.41-3.93–3.06 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -0.4-4.22–3 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -0.41-4.23–3.12 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -0.45-4.56–2.99 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -0.43-4.37–2.98 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -0.52-4.59–2.78 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.55-4.56–2.98 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -0.62-4.72–2.78 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -0.63-4.55–2.86 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.58-4.36–2.98 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -0.57-4.82–2.75 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -0.58-4.67–2.75 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -0.67-4.77–2.94 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -0.72-4.83–2.99 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -0.72-5–2.69 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -0.75-4.64–2.86 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -0.71-4.86–3.13 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -0.77-5.2–2.66 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.7-5.08–3.05 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.72-4.94–2.96 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.74-4.8–2.81 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.83-4.9–2.74 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.78-4.94–2.76 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.81-5.21–2.77 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.79-4.99–2.79 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.81-4.84–2.89 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.76-5.13–2.95 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.7-5.15–2.89 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.73-5–2.87 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.73-5.05–2.83 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.66-5.02–2.86 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.68-4.85–3.09 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.64-5.08–2.74 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.7-5.11–2.91 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.74-5.68–2.88 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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