Bhutan vs Comoros
Comoros has 11% more people than Bhutan: 882,847 vs 796,682, a gap of 86,165. Comoros is growing faster (+1.85% vs +0.65% a year), adding about 16,370 people a year against +5,175. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Bhutan is the older society: 6.6% aged 65+ against 4.5% in Comoros, while Comoros has more children (36.9% under 15 vs 20.4%). Comoros is 22.2× as densely populated (457.0 vs 20.6 people per km²). People in Bhutan live 6.2 years longer on average (73.3 vs 67.0). GDP per capita is 2.2× higher in Bhutan ($4,493 vs $2,056).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Bhutan) and 2025 (Comoros); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Bhutan vs Comoros — side by side
| Population | 796,6822025 | 882,8472025 |
|---|---|---|
| Growth rate / yr | +0.65%2025 | +1.85%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 12.52024 | 28.22024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.12024 | 7.12024 |
| Children per woman | 1.452024 | 3.822024 |
| Life expectancy | 73.3 yrs2024 | 67.0 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 20.4%2025 | 36.9%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 6.6%2025 | 4.5%2025 |
| Density | 20.6 /km²2023 | 457.0 /km²2023 |
| Area | 38,390 km²2023 | 1,861 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 43.4%2025 | 33.9%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +4552025 | -2,1272025 |
| GDP per capita | $4,4932025 | $2,0562025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #165 | #162 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Bhutan: 3.6× from 1960 to 2025; Comoros: 4.5× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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