Belgium vs Bulgaria statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 6.44M in Bulgaria (ranked 110/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 41,915 sq mi for Bulgaria (ranked 136th vs. 101st).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412).

Belgium and Bulgaria: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Bulgaria economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Bulgaria

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Bulgaria
1960	$11,810,619,368	-
1961	$12,561,701,694	-
1962	$13,436,827,167	-
1963	$14,445,805,381	-
1964	$16,168,044,450	-
1965	$17,597,783,297	-
1966	$18,894,891,312	-
1967	$20,252,508,995	-
1968	$21,654,856,965	-
1969	$24,019,653,475	-
1970	$26,706,196,047	-
1971	$29,821,661,870	-
1972	$37,209,418,019	-
1973	$47,743,801,490	-
1974	$56,033,077,879	-
1975	$65,678,189,097	-
1976	$71,113,882,968	-
1977	$82,839,905,459	-
1978	$101,246,526,194	-
1979	$116,315,456,797	-
1980	$126,829,314,388	$19,839,230,769
1981	$104,730,018,470	$19,870,000,000
1982	$92,095,926,188	$19,342,000,000
1983	$87,184,239,053	$16,563,666,667
1984	$83,349,530,159	$17,594,944,444
1985	$86,268,264,148	$17,155,421,053
1986	$120,018,787,249	$20,249,294,118
1987	$149,394,404,106	$28,101,000,000
1988	$162,299,103,675	$22,555,941,176
1989	$164,221,056,511	$21,988,444,444
1990	$205,331,747,948	$20,632,090,909
1991	$210,510,999,409	$7,628,738,475
1992	$234,781,652,447	$8,602,887,623
1993	$224,721,795,709	$10,832,064,942
1994	$244,884,129,491	$9,709,240,034
1995	$288,025,588,396	$18,991,484,420
1996	$279,201,433,225	$12,294,964,838
1997	$252,708,051,421	$11,316,127,379
1998	$258,528,339,631	$15,031,055,047
1999	$258,245,733,221	$13,637,098,579
2000	$236,792,460,312	$13,245,990,274
2001	$236,746,141,604	$14,183,446,026
2002	$258,383,599,375	$16,403,043,850
2003	$318,082,528,507	$21,144,957,990
2004	$369,214,712,443	$26,157,743,369
2005	$385,714,762,230	$29,868,657,858
2006	$408,259,840,869	$34,380,536,496
2007	$470,922,156,309	$44,431,257,129
2008	$517,328,087,920	$54,480,684,188
2009	$485,014,525,992	$52,023,801,230
2010	$481,556,503,720	$50,689,051,382
2011	$527,196,649,049	$57,681,293,007
2012	$498,414,364,945	$54,297,052,002
2013	$524,097,026,599	$55,819,262,375
2014	$537,987,419,164	$57,080,897,012
2015	$461,044,767,545	$50,765,918,159
2016	$474,271,566,740	$53,929,397,039
2017	$500,908,767,352	$59,167,647,388
2018	$542,638,913,428	$66,251,582,036
2019	$536,726,344,405	$68,634,004,792
2020	$529,694,473,502	$70,550,652,467
2021	$598,522,422,242	$84,414,122,840
2022	$593,614,574,326	$90,509,236,929
2023	$644,655,275,112	$102,396,840,296
2024	$664,564,181,487	$112,211,952,704

Belgium and Bulgaria economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Bulgaria

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Bulgaria
1960	$1,290	-
1961	$1,368	-
1962	$1,457	-
1963	$1,555	-
1964	$1,724	-
1965	$1,860	-
1966	$1,983	-
1967	$2,114	-
1968	$2,251	-
1969	$2,490	-
1970	$2,766	-
1971	$3,083	-
1972	$3,832	-
1973	$4,901	-
1974	$5,734	-
1975	$6,701	-
1976	$7,243	-
1977	$8,427	-
1978	$10,290	-
1979	$11,811	-
1980	$12,864	$2,239
1981	$10,623	$2,235
1982	$9,344	$2,169
1983	$8,846	$1,853
1984	$8,457	$1,964
1985	$8,751	$1,915
1986	$12,170	$2,260
1987	$15,136	$3,132
1988	$16,391	$2,511
1989	$16,525	$2,477
1990	$20,600	$2,367
1991	$21,042	$884
1992	$23,373	$1,007
1993	$22,284	$1,279
1994	$24,209	$1,150
1995	$28,414	$2,259
1996	$27,490	$1,470
1997	$24,821	$1,361
1998	$25,338	$1,820
1999	$25,253	$1,661
2000	$23,099	$1,621
2001	$23,015	$1,771
2002	$25,006	$2,093
2003	$30,655	$2,719
2004	$35,429	$3,390
2005	$36,810	$3,900
2006	$38,705	$4,523
2007	$44,319	$5,889
2008	$48,303	$7,271
2009	$44,923	$6,988
2010	$44,197	$6,854
2011	$47,761	$7,850
2012	$44,874	$7,432
2013	$46,965	$7,796
2014	$47,996	$8,070
2015	$40,894	$7,269
2016	$41,855	$7,822
2017	$44,035	$8,697
2018	$47,487	$9,872
2019	$46,717	$10,373
2020	$45,906	$10,770
2021	$51,658	$12,972
2022	$50,822	$14,000
2023	$54,690	$15,884
2024	$55,955	$17,412

Belgium vs. Bulgaria life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

Bulgaria

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	Bulgaria
1950	66.3	61.5
1951	66.7	60.7
1952	68	59.6
1953	68.4	64.2
1954	68.6	64.4
1955	68.5	64.8
1956	68.8	65.2
1957	69.2	66.6
1958	69.9	68.7
1959	70.3	66.6
1960	69.6	69.2
1961	70.5	70.2
1962	70.2	69.5
1963	70	70.3
1964	70.7	71.1
1965	70.6	71.3
1966	70.6	71.2
1967	70.9	70.4
1968	70.6	71.2
1969	70.7	70.5
1970	70.9	71.3
1971	71.1	70.9
1972	71.4	70.9
1973	71.6	71.3
1974	72	71.2
1975	72	71
1976	72.1	71.4
1977	72.8	70.8
1978	72.7	71.1
1979	73.2	71.2
1980	73.2	71.1
1981	73.7	71.5
1982	73.9	71.1
1983	73.9	71.2
1984	74.4	71.3
1985	74.5	71
1986	74.7	71.6
1987	75.3	71.3
1988	75.6	71.4
1989	75.6	71.5
1990	76.1	71.3
1991	76.2	71.2
1992	76.4	71.2
1993	76.4	71.2
1994	76.7	70.9
1995	76.8	71
1996	77.2	70.8
1997	77.4	70.3
1998	77.5	70.9
1999	77.6	71.6
2000	77.8	71.6
2001	78.1	71.9
2002	78.2	72.1
2003	78.3	72.4
2004	79	72.6
2005	79.1	72.6
2006	79.4	72.7
2007	79.5	73
2008	79.6	73.3
2009	79.8	73.7
2010	80	73.8
2011	80.4	74.2
2012	80.3	74.3
2013	80.5	74.8
2014	81.1	74.5
2015	80.9	74.6
2016	81.3	74.8
2017	81.4	74.8
2018	81.5	74.9
2019	81.8	75.1
2020	80.8	73.6
2021	81.7	71.4
2022	81.2	74
2023	82.1	75.6
2024	82.3	75.8
2025	82.4	76

Belgium and Bulgaria population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

Bulgaria

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	Bulgaria
1960	9,153,489	7,867,374
1961	9,183,948	7,943,118
1962	9,220,578	8,012,946
1963	9,289,770	8,078,145
1964	9,378,113	8,144,340
1965	9,463,667	8,204,168
1966	9,527,807	8,258,057
1967	9,580,991	8,310,226
1968	9,618,756	8,369,603
1969	9,646,032	8,434,172
1970	9,655,549	8,489,574
1971	9,673,162	8,536,395
1972	9,711,115	8,576,200
1973	9,741,720	8,620,967
1974	9,772,419	8,678,745
1975	9,800,700	8,720,742
1976	9,818,227	8,758,599
1977	9,830,358	8,804,183
1978	9,839,534	8,814,032
1979	9,848,382	8,825,940
1980	9,859,242	8,861,535
1981	9,858,982	8,891,117
1982	9,856,303	8,917,457
1983	9,855,520	8,939,738
1984	9,855,372	8,960,679
1985	9,858,308	8,960,547
1986	9,861,823	8,958,171
1987	9,870,234	8,971,359
1988	9,901,664	8,981,446
1989	9,937,697	8,876,972
1990	9,967,379	8,718,289
1991	10,004,486	8,632,367
1992	10,045,158	8,540,164
1993	10,084,475	8,472,313
1994	10,115,603	8,443,591
1995	10,136,811	8,406,067
1996	10,156,637	8,362,826
1997	10,181,245	8,312,068
1998	10,203,008	8,256,786
1999	10,226,419	8,210,624
2000	10,251,250	8,170,172
2001	10,286,570	8,009,142
2002	10,332,785	7,837,161
2003	10,376,133	7,775,327
2004	10,421,137	7,716,860
2005	10,478,617	7,658,972
2006	10,547,958	7,601,022
2007	10,625,700	7,545,338
2008	10,709,973	7,492,561
2009	10,796,493	7,444,443
2010	10,895,586	7,395,599
2011	11,038,264	7,348,328
2012	11,106,932	7,305,888
2013	11,159,407	7,160,005
2014	11,209,057	7,073,572
2015	11,274,196	6,984,225
2016	11,331,422	6,894,139
2017	11,375,158	6,803,468
2018	11,427,054	6,710,798
2019	11,488,980	6,616,726
2020	11,538,604	6,550,696
2021	11,586,195	6,507,301
2022	11,680,210	6,465,097
2023	11,787,423	6,446,596
2024	11,876,844	6,444,366

Fertility rates in Belgium and Bulgaria

Fertility rate

Belgium

Bulgaria

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Bulgaria
1960	2.54	2.31
1961	2.63	2.29
1962	2.59	2.24
1963	2.68	2.21
1964	2.71	2.19
1965	2.61	2.09
1966	2.52	2.03
1967	2.41	2.02
1968	2.31	2.27
1969	2.27	2.27
1970	2.25	2.17
1971	2.21	2.1
1972	2.09	2.03
1973	1.95	2.15
1974	1.83	2.29
1975	1.74	2.23
1976	1.73	2.24
1977	1.71	2.21
1978	1.69	2.15
1979	1.69	2.16
1980	1.68	2.05
1981	1.66	2
1982	1.61	2.01
1983	1.57	2.01
1984	1.54	2.01
1985	1.51	1.97
1986	1.54	2.02
1987	1.54	1.96
1988	1.57	1.97
1989	1.58	1.9
1990	1.62	1.82
1991	1.66	1.66
1992	1.65	1.55
1993	1.61	1.46
1994	1.56	1.37
1995	1.56	1.23
1996	1.59	1.23
1997	1.6	1.09
1998	1.6	1.11
1999	1.62	1.23
2000	1.67	1.26
2001	1.67	1.21
2002	1.65	1.23
2003	1.67	1.26
2004	1.72	1.33
2005	1.76	1.37
2006	1.8	1.44
2007	1.82	1.49
2008	1.85	1.56
2009	1.84	1.66
2010	1.86	1.57
2011	1.81	1.51
2012	1.8	1.5
2013	1.76	1.54
2014	1.74	1.62
2015	1.7	1.64
2016	1.68	1.67
2017	1.65	1.71
2018	1.62	1.73
2019	1.6	1.79
2020	1.55	1.77
2021	1.6	1.8
2022	1.53	1.78
2023	1.47	1.81

Belgium and Bulgaria demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

Bulgaria

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	Bulgaria
1960	34.9	30.4
1961	34.9	30.7
1962	34.9	31
1963	34.9	31.3
1964	34.8	31.6
1965	34.8	32
1966	34.7	32.3
1967	34.7	32.6
1968	34.7	32.8
1969	34.6	33
1970	34.5	33.2
1971	34.4	33.3
1972	34.3	33.5
1973	34.3	33.6
1974	34.3	33.6
1975	34.2	33.7
1976	34.1	33.8
1977	34.1	33.9
1978	34.1	34
1979	34.1	34.1
1980	34.2	34.2
1981	34.3	34.4
1982	34.5	34.6
1983	34.8	34.8
1984	35	35
1985	35.2	35.3
1986	35.4	35.6
1987	35.6	35.8
1988	35.9	35.9
1989	36.1	36.2
1990	36.3	36.6
1991	36.5	37
1992	36.7	37.4
1993	37	37.7
1994	37.2	38
1995	37.5	38.3
1996	37.8	38.6
1997	38.1	38.9
1998	38.3	39.1
1999	38.6	39.4
2000	38.9	39.7
2001	39.2	40
2002	39.4	40.3
2003	39.7	40.6
2004	40	40.8
2005	40.2	41.1
2006	40.4	41.3
2007	40.6	41.5
2008	40.7	41.7
2009	40.8	42
2010	40.8	42.3
2011	40.9	42.5
2012	41.1	42.8
2013	41.2	43
2014	41.3	43.3
2015	41.4	43.6
2016	41.4	43.8
2017	41.6	44.1
2018	41.7	44.3
2019	41.8	44.6
2020	41.9	44.9
2021	42	45
2022	42.2	45.2
2023	42.4	45.3
2024	42.7	45.5

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