Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Bhutan

Population growth in Bhutan in 2025 — 0.65%. Ranked 127 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 2.22 pp.

2025 0.65% −0 pp vs 2024
World rank 127of 217
Period maximum 3.42%1977
Period minimum -4.08%1993

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Bhutan, 1961–2025-6-4-202419611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.87%1963: 3.12%1965: 3.19%1967: 3.29%1969: 3.38%1971: 3.4%1973: 3.41%1975: 3.41%1977: 3.42%1979: 3.39%1981: 3.28%1983: 3.19%1985: 3.12%1987: 3.05%1989: 2.94%1991: 1.77%1993: -4.08%1995: -1.18%1997: 1.79%1999: 2.28%2001: 2.31%2003: 2.1%2005: 1.73%2007: 1.16%2009: 1.11%2011: 1.1%2013: 1.11%2015: 1.01%2017: 0.86%2019: 0.66%2021: 0.7%2023: 0.7%2025: 0.65%
Change over the period: −2.22 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bhutan

Bhutan 0.65%
World 0.91%
South Asia 0.88%
Southern Asia computed 1.01%
Population growth — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 0.65 −0 pp
2024 0.65 −0.05 pp
2023 0.7 −0.01 pp
2022 0.7 −0 pp
2021 0.7 +0.03 pp
2020 0.68 +0.01 pp
2019 0.66 −0.05 pp
2018 0.72 −0.14 pp
2017 0.86 −0.11 pp
2016 0.97 −0.04 pp
2015 1.01 −0.06 pp
2014 1.08 −0.03 pp
2013 1.11 +0 pp
2012 1.11 +0.01 pp
2011 1.1 +0 pp
2010 1.1 −0.01 pp
2009 1.11 −0.02 pp
2008 1.13 −0.03 pp
2007 1.16 −0.18 pp
2006 1.34 −0.38 pp
2005 1.73 −0.27 pp
2004 2 −0.1 pp
2003 2.1 −0.1 pp
2002 2.2 −0.1 pp
2001 2.31 −0.12 pp
2000 2.42 +0.14 pp
1999 2.28 +0.38 pp
1998 1.9 +0.11 pp
1997 1.79 +1.65 pp
1996 0.14 +1.33 pp
1995 -1.18 −1.15 pp
1994 -0.03 +4.05 pp
1993 -4.08 −0.34 pp
1992 -3.74 −5.5 pp
1991 1.77 −0.93 pp
1990 2.7 −0.24 pp
1989 2.94 −0.06 pp
1988 2.99 −0.06 pp
1987 3.05 −0.04 pp
1986 3.09 −0.03 pp
1985 3.12 −0.04 pp
1984 3.16 −0.03 pp
1983 3.19 −0.03 pp
1982 3.22 −0.06 pp
1981 3.28 −0.06 pp
1980 3.33 −0.05 pp
1979 3.39 −0.03 pp
1978 3.41 −0 pp
1977 3.42 +0 pp
1976 3.41 +0.01 pp
1975 3.41 +0 pp
1974 3.4 −0 pp
1973 3.41 +0 pp
1972 3.4 +0 pp
1971 3.4 +0 pp
1970 3.4 +0.02 pp
1969 3.38 +0.04 pp
1968 3.34 +0.04 pp
1967 3.29 +0.05 pp
1966 3.25 +0.05 pp
1965 3.19 +0.05 pp
1964 3.14 +0.03 pp
1963 3.12 +0.11 pp
1962 3 +0.14 pp
1961 2.87

Southern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.