Population of Bhutan

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

The current population of Bhutan is 797,881 as of September 26, 2023, 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	771,608	8,516	1.12	0.010
2021	779,898	8,290	1.07	0.010
2022	787,941	8,043	1.03	0.010
2023	795,732	7,791	0.99	0.010
2024	803,270	7,538	0.95	0.010
2025	810,540	7,270	0.91	0.010
2026	817,555	7,015	0.87	0.010
2027	824,274	6,719	0.82	0.010
2028	830,708	6,434	0.78	0.010
2029	836,839	6,131	0.74	0.010
2030	842,670	5,831	0.70	0.010
2031	848,195	5,525	0.66	0.010
2032	853,432	5,237	0.62	0.010
2033	858,371	4,939	0.58	0.010
2034	863,010	4,639	0.54	0.010
2035	867,375	4,365	0.51	0.010
2036	871,448	4,073	0.47	0.010
2037	875,239	3,791	0.44	0.010
2038	878,789	3,550	0.41	0.010
2039	882,080	3,291	0.37	0.010
2040	885,155	3,075	0.35	0.010
2041	888,013	2,858	0.32	0.010
2042	890,662	2,649	0.30	0.010
2043	893,106	2,444	0.27	0.010
2044	895,344	2,238	0.25	0.009
2045	897,387	2,043	0.23	0.009
2046	899,245	1,858	0.21	0.009
2047	900,898	1,653	0.18	0.009
2048	902,353	1,455	0.16	0.009
2049	903,597	1,244	0.14	0.009
2050	904,616	1,019	0.11	0.009
2051	905,412	796	0.09	0.009
2052	905,975	563	0.06	0.009
2053	906,297	322	0.04	0.009
2054	906,367	70	0.01	0.009
2055	906,161	-206	-0.02	0.009
2056	905,676	-485	-0.05	0.009
2057	904,915	-761	-0.08	0.009
2058	903,881	-1,034	-0.11	0.009
2059	902,555	-1,326	-0.15	0.009
2060	900,941	-1,614	-0.18	0.009
2061	899,050	-1,891	-0.21	0.009
2062	896,868	-2,182	-0.24	0.009
2063	894,406	-2,462	-0.27	0.009
2064	891,660	-2,746	-0.31	0.009
2065	888,642	-3,018	-0.34	0.009
2066	885,348	-3,294	-0.37	0.009
2067	881,788	-3,560	-0.40	0.008
2068	877,963	-3,825	-0.43	0.008
2069	873,902	-4,061	-0.46	0.008
2070	869,606	-4,296	-0.49	0.008
2071	865,088	-4,518	-0.52	0.008
2072	860,345	-4,743	-0.55	0.008
2073	855,411	-4,934	-0.57	0.008
2074	850,282	-5,129	-0.60	0.008
2075	844,972	-5,310	-0.62	0.008
2076	839,504	-5,468	-0.65	0.008
2077	833,882	-5,622	-0.67	0.008
2078	828,115	-5,767	-0.69	0.008
2079	822,221	-5,894	-0.71	0.008
2080	816,216	-6,005	-0.73	0.008
2081	810,113	-6,103	-0.75	0.008
2082	803,920	-6,193	-0.76	0.008
2083	797,644	-6,276	-0.78	0.007
2084	791,291	-6,353	-0.80	0.007
2085	784,871	-6,420	-0.81	0.007
2086	778,392	-6,479	-0.83	0.007
2087	771,858	-6,534	-0.84	0.007
2088	765,296	-6,562	-0.85	0.007
2089	758,704	-6,592	-0.86	0.007
2090	752,083	-6,621	-0.87	0.007
2091	745,468	-6,615	-0.88	0.007
2092	738,840	-6,628	-0.89	0.007
2093	732,217	-6,623	-0.90	0.007
2094	725,595	-6,622	-0.90	0.007
2095	719,001	-6,594	-0.91	0.007
2096	712,408	-6,593	-0.92	0.007
2097	705,835	-6,573	-0.92	0.006
2098	699,284	-6,551	-0.93	0.006
2099	692,763	-6,521	-0.93	0.006
2100	686,281	-6,482	-0.94	0.006

Bhutan population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	176,797	-	-	0.007
1951	180,812	4,015	2.27	0.007
1952	184,764	3,952	2.19	0.007
1953	188,791	4,027	2.18	0.007
1954	192,994	4,203	2.23	0.007
1955	197,457	4,463	2.31	0.007
1956	202,196	4,739	2.40	0.007
1957	207,199	5,003	2.47	0.007
1958	212,426	5,227	2.52	0.007
1959	217,808	5,382	2.53	0.007
1960	223,288	5,480	2.52	0.007
1961	228,851	5,563	2.49	0.007
1962	234,554	5,703	2.49	0.007
1963	240,523	5,969	2.54	0.007
1964	246,964	6,441	2.68	0.008
1965	253,994	7,030	2.85	0.008
1966	261,668	7,674	3.02	0.008
1967	269,947	8,279	3.16	0.008
1968	278,734	8,787	3.26	0.008
1969	287,891	9,157	3.29	0.008
1970	297,316	9,425	3.27	0.008
1971	306,955	9,639	3.24	0.008
1972	316,828	9,873	3.22	0.008
1973	326,982	10,154	3.20	0.008
1974	337,485	10,503	3.21	0.008
1975	348,396	10,911	3.23	0.009
1976	359,725	11,329	3.25	0.009
1977	371,428	11,703	3.25	0.009
1978	383,326	11,898	3.20	0.009
1979	395,195	11,869	3.10	0.009
1980	406,875	11,680	2.96	0.009
1981	418,111	11,236	2.76	0.009
1982	428,934	10,823	2.59	0.009
1983	439,822	10,888	2.54	0.009
1984	451,476	11,654	2.65	0.009
1985	464,266	12,790	2.83	0.010
1986	478,692	14,426	3.11	0.010
1987	494,312	15,620	3.26	0.010
1988	509,540	15,228	3.08	0.010
1989	522,179	12,639	2.48	0.010
1990	530,804	8,625	1.65	0.010
1991	534,632	3,828	0.72	0.010
1992	534,516	-116	-0.02	0.010
1993	532,596	-1,920	-0.36	0.010
1994	531,897	-699	-0.13	0.009
1995	534,620	2,723	0.51	0.009
1996	541,465	6,845	1.28	0.009
1997	551,709	10,244	1.89	0.009
1998	564,377	12,668	2.30	0.009
1999	577,881	13,504	2.39	0.010
2000	591,021	13,140	2.27	0.010
2001	603,640	12,619	2.14	0.010
2002	616,018	12,378	2.05	0.010
2003	627,839	11,821	1.92	0.010
2004	638,815	10,976	1.75	0.010
2005	648,739	9,924	1.55	0.010
2006	657,410	8,671	1.34	0.010
2007	664,876	7,466	1.14	0.010
2008	671,613	6,737	1.01	0.010
2009	678,323	6,710	1.00	0.010
2010	685,503	7,180	1.06	0.010
2011	693,298	7,795	1.14	0.010
2012	701,581	8,283	1.19	0.010
2013	710,237	8,656	1.23	0.010
2014	719,055	8,818	1.24	0.010
2015	727,876	8,821	1.23	0.010
2016	736,708	8,832	1.21	0.010
2017	745,563	8,855	1.20	0.010
2018	754,388	8,825	1.18	0.010
2019	763,092	8,704	1.15	0.010