What is the difference in population between Bhutan and Montenegro?

152,833 people, with Bhutan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Montenegro?

224 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Montenegro: Population

Bhutan

786,386 people

in 2023

Montenegro

633,553 people

in 2023

Bhutan rank

166th

Montenegro rank

169th

Population over time

Bhutan
Montenegro

How they compare

Bhutan currently reports 786,386 people against 633,553 people in Montenegro, a difference of 152,833 people.

That makes Bhutan's figure about 1.2 times Montenegro's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 224 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 166th and Montenegro ranks 169th of 238 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 11 and Montenegro in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Montenegro	Difference	Ahead
1800s	392,287 people	126,582 people	265,705 people	Bhutan
1810s	392,248 people	126,622 people	265,626 people	Bhutan
1820s	383,440 people	136,121 people	247,319 people	Bhutan
1830s	364,868 people	158,941 people	205,927 people	Bhutan
1840s	347,053 people	185,800 people	161,253 people	Bhutan
1850s	330,813 people	217,249 people	113,564 people	Bhutan
1860s	316,166 people	254,091 people	62,074 people	Bhutan
1870s	302,160 people	297,182 people	4,978 people	Bhutan
1880s	288,768 people	347,579 people	58,812 people	Montenegro
1890s	275,963 people	406,524 people	130,560 people	Montenegro
1900s	263,747 people	475,232 people	211,486 people	Montenegro
1910s	257,797 people	501,655 people	243,858 people	Montenegro
1920s	258,029 people	470,336 people	212,307 people	Montenegro
1930s	257,816 people	440,105 people	182,289 people	Montenegro
1940s	214,720 people	411,993 people	197,273 people	Montenegro
1950s	192,832 people	435,713 people	242,881 people	Montenegro
1960s	258,696 people	499,060 people	240,363 people	Montenegro
1970s	361,369 people	554,394 people	193,024 people	Montenegro
1980s	501,792 people	601,673 people	99,882 people	Montenegro
1990s	568,357 people	629,403 people	61,046 people	Montenegro
2000s	651,199 people	633,591 people	17,608 people	Bhutan
2010s	735,419 people	626,287 people	109,132 people	Bhutan
2020s	778,192 people	614,998 people	163,195 people	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Bhutan or Montenegro?: Bhutan, at 786,386 people against 633,553 people in Montenegro as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Bhutan and Montenegro?: 152,833 people, with Bhutan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Montenegro?: 224 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Montenegro rank globally for population?: Bhutan ranks 166th and Montenegro ranks 169th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.