Population of Bhutan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Bhutan is 806,609 as of April 20, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Bhutan is projected at 779,898 or 779.90 thousands as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Bhutan is projected at 771,608 or 771.61 thousands people for the year 2020. Bhutan ranks number 165th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Bhutan is ranked 48th among 51 countries in Asia.

Bhutan's population peak will be 2054, with 906.0 thousand people after Bhutan's population decreases year by year. The Bhutan population is projected to reach 842.7 thousand in 2030, increase further to 904.6 thousand in 2050, and fall to 686.0 thousand by 2100. Bhutan accounts for 0.010 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.009% in 2044 and is projected to decline at 0.006% by 2100.

Bhutan was at 168th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 172nd in 2100.

Bhutan population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	782,455	4.98	0.636	0.010
2021	787,424	4.959	0.630	0.010
2022	792,382	4.956	0.625	0.010
2023	797,335	4.949	0.621	0.010
2024	802,260	4.902	0.611	0.010
2025	807,152	4.881	0.605	0.010
2026	811,997	4.81	0.592	0.010
2027	816,780	4.757	0.582	0.010
2028	821,498	4.678	0.569	0.010
2029	826,118	4.562	0.552	0.010
2030	830,618	4.438	0.534	0.010
2031	834,985	4.295	0.514	0.010
2032	839,181	4.098	0.488	0.010
2033	843,199	3.938	0.467	0.009
2034	847,047	3.757	0.444	0.009
2035	850,697	3.544	0.417	0.009
2036	854,140	3.343	0.391	0.009
2037	857,356	3.088	0.360	0.009
2038	860,331	2.862	0.333	0.009
2039	863,045	2.566	0.297	0.009
2040	865,481	2.307	0.267	0.009
2041	867,621	1.973	0.227	0.009
2042	869,441	1.666	0.192	0.009
2043	870,966	1.384	0.159	0.009
2044	872,205	1.093	0.125	0.009
2045	873,151	0.8	0.092	0.009
2046	873,814	0.526	0.060	0.009
2047	874,192	0.23	0.026	0.009
2048	874,294	-0.026	-0.003	0.009
2049	874,155	-0.252	-0.029	0.009
2050	873,777	-0.505	-0.058	0.009
2051	873,176	-0.696	-0.080	0.009
2052	872,368	-0.92	-0.105	0.009
2053	871,328	-1.159	-0.133	0.009
2054	870,049	-1.399	-0.161	0.009
2055	868,559	-1.582	-0.182	0.009
2056	866,861	-1.815	-0.209	0.009
2057	864,934	-2.037	-0.236	0.009
2058	862,791	-2.25	-0.261	0.009
2059	860,430	-2.472	-0.287	0.009
2060	857,836	-2.717	-0.317	0.008
2061	855,014	-2.927	-0.342	0.008
2062	851,960	-3.181	-0.373	0.008
2063	848,644	-3.449	-0.406	0.008
2064	845,082	-3.676	-0.435	0.008
2065	841,289	-3.91	-0.465	0.008
2066	837,246	-4.176	-0.499	0.008
2067	832,958	-4.399	-0.528	0.008
2068	828,443	-4.632	-0.559	0.008
2069	823,685	-4.884	-0.593	0.008
2070	818,686	-5.115	-0.625	0.008
2071	813,475	-5.307	-0.652	0.008
2072	808,088	-5.465	-0.676	0.008
2073	802,532	-5.648	-0.704	0.008
2074	796,810	-5.796	-0.727	0.008
2075	790,927	-5.971	-0.755	0.008
2076	784,899	-6.083	-0.775	0.008
2077	778,783	-6.151	-0.790	0.007
2078	772,581	-6.252	-0.809	0.007
2079	766,300	-6.31	-0.823	0.007
2080	759,975	-6.34	-0.834	0.007
2081	753,626	-6.357	-0.844	0.007
2082	747,275	-6.346	-0.849	0.007
2083	740,939	-6.326	-0.854	0.007
2084	734,634	-6.284	-0.855	0.007
2085	728,384	-6.216	-0.853	0.007
2086	722,207	-6.138	-0.850	0.007
2087	716,101	-6.073	-0.848	0.007
2088	710,082	-5.966	-0.840	0.007
2089	704,156	-5.886	-0.836	0.007
2090	698,303	-5.82	-0.833	0.007
2091	692,523	-5.741	-0.829	0.007
2092	686,831	-5.643	-0.822	0.007
2093	681,222	-5.574	-0.818	0.007
2094	675,688	-5.494	-0.813	0.007
2095	670,235	-5.412	-0.807	0.006
2096	664,871	-5.316	-0.800	0.006
2097	659,602	-5.221	-0.792	0.006
2098	654,430	-5.124	-0.783	0.006

Bhutan population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	176,367	3.311	1.877	0.007
1951	179,833	3.623	2.015	0.007
1952	183,545	3.8	2.070	0.007
1953	187,481	4.071	2.172	0.007
1954	191,638	4.245	2.215	0.007
1955	196,014	4.506	2.299	0.007
1956	200,607	4.68	2.333	0.007
1957	205,425	4.957	2.413	0.007
1958	210,468	5.127	2.436	0.007
1959	215,741	5.42	2.512	0.007
1960	221,266	5.629	2.544	0.007
1961	227,071	5.981	2.634	0.007
1962	233,417	6.713	2.876	0.007
1963	240,268	6.988	2.909	0.008
1964	247,444	7.364	2.976	0.008
1965	255,010	7.768	3.046	0.008
1966	262,976	8.164	3.105	0.008
1967	271,339	8.562	3.156	0.008
1968	280,102	8.964	3.201	0.008
1969	289,296	9.425	3.258	0.008
1970	298,894	9.771	3.269	0.008
1971	308,837	10.113	3.275	0.008
1972	319,128	10.471	3.281	0.008
1973	329,800	10.871	3.297	0.008
1974	340,842	11.215	3.291	0.009
1975	352,269	11.639	3.304	0.009
1976	364,119	12.06	3.312	0.009
1977	376,387	12.476	3.315	0.009
1978	389,072	12.895	3.315	0.009
1979	402,063	13.087	3.255	0.009
1980	415,257	13.301	3.203	0.009
1981	428,641	13.466	3.142	0.009
1982	442,201	13.654	3.088	0.010
1983	456,033	14.01	3.072	0.010
1984	470,165	14.254	3.032	0.010
1985	484,528	14.472	2.987	0.010
1986	499,151	14.773	2.960	0.010
1987	514,026	14.978	2.914	0.010
1988	529,051	15.071	2.849	0.010
1989	544,209	15.246	2.802	0.010
1990	558,442	13.22	2.367	0.011
1991	567,710	5.316	0.936	0.011
1992	545,944	-48.848	-8.953	0.010
1993	520,838	-1.364	-0.262	0.009
1994	521,260	2.207	0.423	0.009
1995	527,536	10.346	1.961	0.009
1996	537,494	9.57	1.781	0.009
1997	546,865	9.172	1.677	0.009
1998	557,143	11.383	2.043	0.009
1999	570,990	16.312	2.857	0.009
2000	587,207	16.122	2.746	0.010
2001	603,234	15.932	2.641	0.010
2002	619,048	15.696	2.536	0.010
2003	634,627	15.462	2.437	0.010
2004	649,991	15.266	2.349	0.010
2005	663,323	11.398	1.718	0.010
2006	673,260	8.475	1.259	0.010
2007	681,614	8.233	1.208	0.010
2008	689,737	8.014	1.162	0.010
2009	697,678	7.867	1.128	0.010
2010	705,516	7.811	1.107	0.010
2011	713,331	7.817	1.096	0.010
2012	721,145	7.813	1.083	0.010
2013	728,889	7.673	1.053	0.010
2014	736,357	7.264	0.986	0.010
2015	743,274	6.57	0.884	0.010
2016	749,761	6.405	0.854	0.010
2017	756,121	6.315	0.835	0.010
2018	762,096	5.635	0.739	0.010
2019	767,459	5.09	0.663	0.010
2020	772,506	5.004	0.648	0.010
2021	777,486	4.957	0.638	0.010