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Bulgaria vs Colombia statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 52.9M in Colombia (ranked 28/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 428,380 sq mi for Colombia (ranked 101st vs. 26th).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B) and Colombia ranks 40/197 ($419B). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412), while Colombia ranks 97/197 ($7,914).

Main facts and rankings

Bulgaria Colombia
Population
6403235
53835787
Population rank 111/197 28/197
GDP
$112B
2024
$419B
2024
GDP rank 68/197 40/197
GDP per capita
$17,412
2024
$7,914
2024
GDP per capita rank 64/197 97/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$41,086
2024
$21,495
2024
Government debt
$26.2B
2024
$256B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
28%
2025
59.7%
2025
Government debt per person
$4,067
2024
$4,849
2024
Government debt per person rank 90/185 81/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$12,784
2025
$5,346
2025
Land area
41,915 sq mi
2025
428,380 sq mi
2025
Population density
153.7 ppl/mi²
2024
123.5 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.81
2023
1.65
2023
Median age
45.5 years
2024
33.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
76 years
2025
78.1 years
2025

Bulgaria and Colombia: Comparison Charts

Bulgaria and Colombia economies compared

GDP
Bulgaria

Colombia
Year GDP
Bulgaria Colombia
1960 - $4,031,152,977
1961 - $4,540,447,761
1962 - $4,955,538,219
1963 - $4,836,166,667
1964 - $5,973,366,667
1965 - $5,760,761,905
1966 - $5,428,518,519
1967 - $5,825,170,438
1968 - $5,960,212,869
1969 - $6,450,175,214
1970 - $7,198,360,460
1971 - $7,820,380,971
1972 - $8,671,358,733
1973 - $10,315,760,000
1974 - $12,370,029,584
1975 - $13,098,633,902
1976 - $15,341,403,660
1977 - $19,470,960,619
1978 - $23,263,511,958
1979 - $27,940,411,250
1980 $19,839,230,769 $33,400,735,644
1981 $19,870,000,000 $36,388,366,869
1982 $19,342,000,000 $38,968,039,722
1983 $16,563,666,667 $38,729,822,782
1984 $17,594,944,444 $38,253,120,738
1985 $17,155,421,053 $34,894,419,443
1986 $20,249,294,118 $34,942,489,684
1987 $28,101,000,000 $36,373,307,085
1988 $22,555,941,176 $39,212,550,050
1989 $21,988,444,444 $39,540,080,200
1990 $20,632,090,909 $47,844,090,710
1991 $7,628,738,475 $49,637,993,949
1992 $8,602,887,623 $58,394,443,378
1993 $10,832,064,942 $66,474,101,301
1994 $9,709,240,034 $81,705,497,617
1995 $18,991,484,420 $92,495,970,511
1996 $12,294,964,838 $97,153,389,011
1997 $11,316,127,379 $106,656,492,294
1998 $15,031,055,047 $98,486,358,581
1999 $13,637,098,579 $86,278,947,637
2000 $13,245,990,274 $99,875,074,951
2001 $14,183,446,026 $98,200,641,203
2002 $16,403,043,850 $97,945,812,803
2003 $21,144,957,990 $94,644,969,157
2004 $26,157,743,369 $117,092,416,666
2005 $29,868,657,858 $145,600,529,606
2006 $34,380,536,496 $161,792,958,905
2007 $44,431,257,129 $206,229,540,926
2008 $54,480,684,188 $242,504,150,473
2009 $52,023,801,230 $232,468,663,110
2010 $50,689,051,382 $286,498,534,095
2011 $57,681,293,007 $334,966,134,805
2012 $54,297,052,002 $370,691,143,018
2013 $55,819,262,375 $382,093,697,078
2014 $57,080,897,012 $381,240,864,422
2015 $50,765,918,159 $293,492,370,193
2016 $53,929,397,039 $282,720,100,286
2017 $59,167,647,388 $311,866,875,157
2018 $66,251,582,036 $334,198,218,098
2019 $68,634,004,792 $323,031,701,193
2020 $70,550,652,467 $270,348,342,541
2021 $84,414,122,840 $318,524,633,225
2022 $90,509,236,929 $345,632,492,851
2023 $102,396,840,296 $366,291,836,138
2024 $112,211,952,704 $418,542,042,920

Bulgaria and Colombia economies compared

GDP per capita
Bulgaria

Colombia
Year GDP per capita
Bulgaria Colombia
1960 - $258.3
1961 - $282.1
1962 - $298.5
1963 - $282.6
1964 - $339
1965 - $317
1966 - $290.3
1967 - $303
1968 - $302
1969 - $318
1970 - $346
1971 - $367
1972 - $397
1973 - $462
1974 - $542
1975 - $561
1976 - $643
1977 - $798
1978 - $932
1979 - $1,095
1980 $2,239 $1,280
1981 $2,235 $1,362
1982 $2,169 $1,425
1983 $1,853 $1,384
1984 $1,964 $1,336
1985 $1,915 $1,192
1986 $2,260 $1,169
1987 $3,132 $1,193
1988 $2,511 $1,260
1989 $2,477 $1,244
1990 $2,367 $1,475
1991 $884 $1,500
1992 $1,007 $1,730
1993 $1,279 $1,930
1994 $1,150 $2,326
1995 $2,259 $2,583
1996 $1,470 $2,664
1997 $1,361 $2,873
1998 $1,820 $2,606
1999 $1,661 $2,244
2000 $1,621 $2,555
2001 $1,771 $2,473
2002 $2,093 $2,429
2003 $2,719 $2,312
2004 $3,390 $2,819
2005 $3,900 $3,456
2006 $4,523 $3,790
2007 $5,889 $4,770
2008 $7,271 $5,542
2009 $6,988 $5,251
2010 $6,854 $6,398
2011 $7,850 $7,401
2012 $7,432 $8,109
2013 $7,796 $8,279
2014 $8,070 $8,187
2015 $7,269 $6,249
2016 $7,822 $5,960
2017 $8,697 $6,480
2018 $9,872 $6,817
2019 $10,373 $6,473
2020 $10,770 $5,340
2021 $12,972 $6,223
2022 $14,000 $6,680
2023 $15,884 $7,001
2024 $17,412 $7,914

Bulgaria vs. Colombia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Bulgaria

Colombia
Year Life expectancy, years
Bulgaria Colombia
1950 61.5 48.3
1951 60.7 49
1952 59.6 49.8
1953 64.2 50.6
1954 64.4 51.3
1955 64.8 51.9
1956 65.2 52.5
1957 66.6 54.1
1958 68.7 54.7
1959 66.6 55.9
1960 69.2 56.6
1961 70.2 57.2
1962 69.5 57.7
1963 70.3 58.3
1964 71.1 58.8
1965 71.3 59.2
1966 71.2 59.7
1967 70.4 60.1
1968 71.2 60.6
1969 70.5 61
1970 71.3 61.5
1971 70.9 62
1972 70.9 62.5
1973 71.3 63
1974 71.2 63.5
1975 71 64
1976 71.4 64.6
1977 70.8 65.2
1978 71.1 65.8
1979 71.2 66.2
1980 71.1 66.7
1981 71.5 67.2
1982 71.1 67.9
1983 71.2 68.1
1984 71.3 68.3
1985 71 65.4
1986 71.6 68.3
1987 71.3 68.2
1988 71.4 68.3
1989 71.5 68.6
1990 71.3 68.7
1991 71.2 68.8
1992 71.2 68.8
1993 71.2 69.1
1994 70.9 69.4
1995 71 69.8
1996 70.8 70.2
1997 70.3 70.6
1998 70.9 70.9
1999 71.6 70.9
2000 71.6 70.9
2001 71.9 71.2
2002 72.1 71.5
2003 72.4 72.3
2004 72.6 72.8
2005 72.6 73.2
2006 72.7 73.5
2007 73 73.8
2008 73.3 74.2
2009 73.7 74.5
2010 73.8 74.9
2011 74.2 75.2
2012 74.3 75.6
2013 74.8 75.8
2014 74.5 75.9
2015 74.6 76.1
2016 74.8 76.2
2017 74.8 76.4
2018 74.9 76.6
2019 75.1 76.8
2020 73.6 74.8
2021 71.4 72.7
2022 74 76.5
2023 75.6 77.7
2024 75.8 77.9
2025 76 78.1

Bulgaria and Colombia population clocks and comparison

Population
Bulgaria

Colombia
Year Population
Bulgaria Colombia
1960 7,867,374 15,606,209
1961 7,943,118 16,095,203
1962 8,012,946 16,599,029
1963 8,078,145 17,113,823
1964 8,144,340 17,637,411
1965 8,204,168 18,169,050
1966 8,258,057 18,702,688
1967 8,310,226 19,235,618
1968 8,369,603 19,766,796
1969 8,434,172 20,291,942
1970 8,489,574 20,811,782
1971 8,536,395 21,319,096
1972 8,576,200 21,819,563
1973 8,620,967 22,325,374
1974 8,678,745 22,833,469
1975 8,720,742 23,344,644
1976 8,758,599 23,858,810
1977 8,804,183 24,393,494
1978 8,814,032 24,950,337
1979 8,825,940 25,515,626
1980 8,861,535 26,104,498
1981 8,891,117 26,713,267
1982 8,917,457 27,338,331
1983 8,939,738 27,988,173
1984 8,960,679 28,642,690
1985 8,960,547 29,268,470
1986 8,958,171 29,879,112
1987 8,971,359 30,499,467
1988 8,981,446 31,130,524
1989 8,876,972 31,776,279
1990 8,718,289 32,440,069
1991 8,632,367 33,098,372
1992 8,540,164 33,760,571
1993 8,472,313 34,441,473
1994 8,443,591 35,127,410
1995 8,406,067 35,804,662
1996 8,362,826 36,462,745
1997 8,312,068 37,121,149
1998 8,256,786 37,792,165
1999 8,210,624 38,454,863
2000 8,170,172 39,089,934
2001 8,009,142 39,709,262
2002 7,837,161 40,324,680
2003 7,775,327 40,937,429
2004 7,716,860 41,543,171
2005 7,658,972 42,128,977
2006 7,601,022 42,691,084
2007 7,545,338 43,235,374
2008 7,492,561 43,758,808
2009 7,444,443 44,271,541
2010 7,395,599 44,777,319
2011 7,348,328 45,259,614
2012 7,305,888 45,715,810
2013 7,160,005 46,151,584
2014 7,073,572 46,565,429
2015 6,984,225 46,969,940
2016 6,894,139 47,437,512
2017 6,803,468 48,131,078
2018 6,710,798 49,024,465
2019 6,616,726 49,907,985
2020 6,550,696 50,629,997
2021 6,507,301 51,188,173
2022 6,465,097 51,737,944
2023 6,446,596 52,321,152
2024 6,444,366 52,886,363

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and Colombia

Fertility rate
Bulgaria

Colombia
Year Fertility rate
Bulgaria Colombia
1960 2.31 6.74
1961 2.29 6.71
1962 2.24 6.66
1963 2.21 6.58
1964 2.19 6.48
1965 2.09 6.33
1966 2.03 6.16
1967 2.02 5.96
1968 2.27 5.74
1969 2.27 5.51
1970 2.17 5.28
1971 2.1 5.06
1972 2.03 4.86
1973 2.15 4.68
1974 2.29 4.53
1975 2.23 4.4
1976 2.24 4.29
1977 2.21 4.16
1978 2.15 4
1979 2.16 3.89
1980 2.05 3.8
1981 2 3.71
1982 2.01 3.62
1983 2.01 3.5
1984 2.01 3.35
1985 1.97 3.23
1986 2.02 3.15
1987 1.96 3.09
1988 1.97 3.04
1989 1.9 3.01
1990 1.82 3
1991 1.66 2.98
1992 1.55 2.98
1993 1.46 2.98
1994 1.37 2.94
1995 1.23 2.85
1996 1.23 2.77
1997 1.09 2.74
1998 1.11 2.72
1999 1.23 2.64
2000 1.26 2.57
2001 1.21 2.52
2002 1.23 2.49
2003 1.26 2.45
2004 1.33 2.38
2005 1.37 2.31
2006 1.44 2.24
2007 1.49 2.19
2008 1.56 2.15
2009 1.66 2.1
2010 1.57 2.01
2011 1.51 1.94
2012 1.5 1.9
2013 1.54 1.86
2014 1.62 1.82
2015 1.64 1.77
2016 1.67 1.72
2017 1.71 1.72
2018 1.73 1.72
2019 1.79 1.71
2020 1.77 1.69
2021 1.8 1.68
2022 1.78 1.66
2023 1.81 1.65

Bulgaria and Colombia demographics compared

Median age
Bulgaria

Colombia
Year Median age, years
Bulgaria Colombia
1960 30.4 16.6
1961 30.7 16.5
1962 31 16.4
1963 31.3 16.4
1964 31.6 16.3
1965 32 16.3
1966 32.3 16.4
1967 32.6 16.4
1968 32.8 16.5
1969 33 16.6
1970 33.2 16.8
1971 33.3 16.9
1972 33.5 17.1
1973 33.6 17.3
1974 33.6 17.6
1975 33.7 17.8
1976 33.8 18
1977 33.9 18.2
1978 34 18.5
1979 34.1 18.7
1980 34.2 19
1981 34.4 19.2
1982 34.6 19.5
1983 34.8 19.8
1984 35 20.1
1985 35.3 20.4
1986 35.6 20.7
1987 35.8 21
1988 35.9 21.3
1989 36.2 21.6
1990 36.6 21.8
1991 37 22.1
1992 37.4 22.3
1993 37.7 22.5
1994 38 22.8
1995 38.3 23
1996 38.6 23.2
1997 38.9 23.5
1998 39.1 23.7
1999 39.4 23.9
2000 39.7 24.2
2001 40 24.5
2002 40.3 24.7
2003 40.6 25
2004 40.8 25.3
2005 41.1 25.6
2006 41.3 26
2007 41.5 26.4
2008 41.7 26.7
2009 42 27.1
2010 42.3 27.5
2011 42.5 27.9
2012 42.8 28.3
2013 43 28.7
2014 43.3 29.2
2015 43.6 29.6
2016 43.8 30
2017 44.1 30.4
2018 44.3 30.7
2019 44.6 31.1
2020 44.9 31.5
2021 45 31.9
2022 45.2 32.2
2023 45.3 32.7
2024 45.5 33.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Bulgaria Colombia
GNI, Atlas method
$98.7B
2024
$373B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
39%
2025
32.5%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.5%
2022
5.26%
2020
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.85%
2023
2.87%
2023
Armed forces personnel
37,000
2020
428,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.03%
2025
-4.44%
2025
Unemployment rate
4.17%
2024
9.62%
2024
Services, % of GDP
62.6%
2024
58.2%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.5%
2024
23.1%
2024
Economic freedom index
68.8
2025
59.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
31.1%
2023
42.7%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.1%
2023
1.1%
2023
Number of billionaires
2
2025
4
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.00004%
2025
0.00001%
2025
Listed domestic companies
204
2024
60
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$8.41B
2024
$72.6B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$43.7B
2024
$61.9B
2024
Personal remittances received
$2.67B
2024
$11.9B
2024
International tourist arrivals
4,973,000
2020
1,396,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
4.49%
2020
5.13%
2020
Banked people share
84.7%
2024
57.1%
2024

Energy

Bulgaria Colombia
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,604 kg
2023
863 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.4
2023
$24.3
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
39.8 megatons
2023
100.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
6.17 tons
2023
1.93 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
68.8%
2022
75.3%
2023
Renewable energy use share
20.4%
2021
29.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
29.8%
2023
11.3%
2023
Net energy imports use share
40.9%
2023
-142%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
5,361 kWh
2023
1,553 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
22.2%
2021
75.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
7.78%
2023
64.8%
2023
Nuclear share
40.2%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
98.7%
2023

Society

Bulgaria Colombia
% of world population
0.08%
2024
0.65%
2024
Annual migration change
+524
2024
+141,643
2024
Urban population
77%
2024
82.7%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.64 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.18 ft
2025
Quality of life index
67.9
2025
44.5
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
43
2024
39
2024
Higher education index
69
2025
75
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.09
2023
25.3
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
9.2
2019
15.4
2019
Visa free countries
171
2025
135
2025
Adult literacy rate
98.4%
2021
95.3%
2024
English speaking
24.9%
2023
4.22%
2023
People using the Internet
82.4%
2024
77.3%
2023

Health

Bulgaria Colombia
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,011
2022
$534
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$355
2022
$78.1
2023
Life expectancy
76 years
2025
78.1 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.56%
2021
0.53%
2012
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.9
2022
2.45
2021
Age at first childbirth
26.9 years
2023
21.7 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
6
2023
59
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
6.1
2023
12
2023
Obesity rate
21.2%
2022
24.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
8.4%
2024
Air quality index
60
2025
59
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
39.5%
2022
8.2%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
11.6 liters
2020
4.24 liters
2020

Territory

Bulgaria Colombia
% of world land
0.07%
2025
0.74%
2025
Land area per capita
6,504 sq mi
2024
8,100 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
19,317 sq mi
2025
156,306 sq mi
2025
Forest area
15,182 sq mi
2025
226,040 sq mi
2025
Roads length
12,124 mi
2023
127,001 mi
2021

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