Bulgaria vs Greece statistics compared

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 10.4M in Greece (ranked 94/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 49,769 sq mi for Greece (ranked 101st vs. 95th).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B) and Greece ranks 54/197 ($257B). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412), while Greece ranks 49/197 ($24,752).

Bulgaria and Greece: Comparison Charts

Bulgaria and Greece economies compared

GDP

Bulgaria

Greece

Table

Year	GDP
	Bulgaria	Greece
1960	-	$4,274,890,307
1961	-	$4,892,397,431
1962	-	$5,140,542,929
1963	-	$5,813,285,627
1964	-	$6,576,906,345
1965	-	$7,582,209,670
1966	-	$8,472,021,467
1967	-	$9,146,592,856
1968	-	$9,950,331,206
1969	-	$11,454,106,327
1970	-	$12,957,113,636
1971	-	$14,388,806,818
1972	-	$16,650,659,091
1973	-	$22,037,019,563
1974	-	$24,998,715,909
1975	-	$28,129,128,587
1976	-	$30,719,552,239
1977	-	$35,673,080,481
1978	-	$43,654,480,519
1979	-	$53,724,121,435
1980	$19,839,230,769	$56,039,256,595
1981	$19,870,000,000	$51,618,456,335
1982	$19,342,000,000	$53,858,346,939
1983	$16,563,666,667	$48,741,397,059
1984	$17,594,944,444	$47,352,146,312
1985	$17,155,421,053	$47,155,741,426
1986	$20,249,294,118	$55,595,445,472
1987	$28,101,000,000	$64,739,630,096
1988	$22,555,941,176	$75,200,610,137
1989	$21,988,444,444	$78,067,933,277
1990	$20,632,090,909	$96,529,587,274
1991	$7,628,738,475	$103,680,863,713
1992	$8,602,887,623	$114,608,178,405
1993	$10,832,064,942	$107,295,704,518
1994	$9,709,240,034	$114,980,063,202
1995	$18,991,484,420	$134,974,613,914
1996	$12,294,964,838	$142,502,984,145
1997	$11,316,127,379	$138,766,067,640
1998	$15,031,055,047	$139,612,812,176
1999	$13,637,098,579	$137,131,371,955
2000	$13,245,990,274	$125,760,166,225
2001	$14,183,446,026	$132,050,474,720
2002	$16,403,043,850	$150,253,800,086
2003	$21,144,957,990	$196,930,509,813
2004	$26,157,743,369	$234,979,615,898
2005	$29,868,657,858	$242,315,668,619
2006	$34,380,536,496	$269,073,415,334
2007	$44,431,257,129	$314,226,996,944
2008	$54,480,684,188	$351,121,399,546
2009	$52,023,801,230	$326,829,054,686
2010	$50,689,051,382	$296,417,644,404
2011	$57,681,293,007	$283,228,079,776
2012	$54,297,052,002	$238,841,140,018
2013	$55,819,262,375	$236,556,279,641
2014	$57,080,897,012	$233,911,581,521
2015	$50,765,918,159	$194,567,373,678
2016	$53,929,397,039	$193,097,239,006
2017	$59,167,647,388	$200,381,103,984
2018	$66,251,582,036	$213,298,873,494
2019	$68,634,004,792	$207,305,649,887
2020	$70,550,652,467	$191,362,985,555
2021	$84,414,122,840	$218,303,801,895
2022	$90,509,236,929	$218,880,566,444
2023	$102,396,840,296	$243,498,333,238
2024	$112,211,952,704	$257,144,811,302

Bulgaria and Greece economies compared

GDP per capita

Bulgaria

Greece

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bulgaria	Greece
1960	-	$513
1961	-	$583
1962	-	$608
1963	-	$686
1964	-	$773
1965	-	$887
1966	-	$984
1967	-	$1,053
1968	-	$1,138
1969	-	$1,306
1970	-	$1,474
1971	-	$1,629
1972	-	$1,873
1973	-	$2,468
1974	-	$2,789
1975	-	$3,109
1976	-	$3,343
1977	-	$3,832
1978	-	$4,629
1979	-	$5,627
1980	$2,239	$5,812
1981	$2,235	$5,305
1982	$2,169	$5,502
1983	$1,853	$4,950
1984	$1,964	$4,785
1985	$1,915	$4,747
1986	$2,260	$5,578
1987	$3,132	$6,474
1988	$2,511	$7,492
1989	$2,477	$7,738
1990	$2,367	$9,467
1991	$884	$10,047
1992	$1,007	$11,021
1993	$1,279	$10,257
1994	$1,150	$10,937
1995	$2,259	$12,779
1996	$1,470	$13,433
1997	$1,361	$13,016
1998	$1,820	$13,023
1999	$1,661	$12,743
2000	$1,621	$11,638
2001	$1,771	$12,157
2002	$2,093	$13,782
2003	$2,719	$18,021
2004	$3,390	$21,449
2005	$3,900	$22,054
2006	$4,523	$24,416
2007	$5,889	$28,441
2008	$7,271	$31,696
2009	$6,988	$29,425
2010	$6,854	$26,653
2011	$7,850	$25,505
2012	$7,432	$21,624
2013	$7,796	$21,573
2014	$8,070	$21,475
2015	$7,269	$17,981
2016	$7,822	$17,919
2017	$8,697	$18,632
2018	$9,872	$19,873
2019	$10,373	$19,335
2020	$10,770	$17,887
2021	$12,972	$20,655
2022	$14,000	$20,972
2023	$15,884	$23,401
2024	$17,412	$24,752

Bulgaria vs. Greece life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bulgaria

Greece

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bulgaria	Greece
1950	61.5	66.2
1951	60.7	66.7
1952	59.6	67.3
1953	64.2	67.5
1954	64.4	68
1955	64.8	68.6
1956	65.2	68.1
1957	66.6	68.4
1958	68.7	69.7
1959	66.6	69.6
1960	69.2	70.5
1961	70.2	70.4
1962	69.5	70.3
1963	70.3	70.6
1964	71.1	70.5
1965	71.3	71.5
1966	71.2	71.9
1967	70.4	71.4
1968	71.2	71.5
1969	70.5	72.1
1970	71.3	72.7
1971	70.9	72.9
1972	70.9	72.7
1973	71.3	73
1974	71.2	73.5
1975	71	73.5
1976	71.4	73.7
1977	70.8	73.8
1978	71.1	74.4
1979	71.2	74.7
1980	71.1	74.5
1981	71.5	74.9
1982	71.1	75.2
1983	71.2	75.5
1984	71.3	75.8
1985	71	76.1
1986	71.6	76.5
1987	71.3	76.1
1988	71.4	77
1989	71.5	77.1
1990	71.3	77.3
1991	71.2	77.4
1992	71.2	77.3
1993	71.2	77.7
1994	70.9	77.9
1995	71	77.9
1996	70.8	78
1997	70.3	78.4
1998	70.9	78.3
1999	71.6	78.4
2000	71.6	78.4
2001	71.9	78.9
2002	72.1	79
2003	72.4	79.1
2004	72.6	79.4
2005	72.6	79.7
2006	72.7	79.8
2007	73	79.7
2008	73.3	80.1
2009	73.7	80.4
2010	73.8	80.6
2011	74.2	80.6
2012	74.3	80.4
2013	74.8	81.1
2014	74.5	81.1
2015	74.6	80.8
2016	74.8	81.3
2017	74.8	81
2018	74.9	81.5
2019	75.1	81.3
2020	73.6	81.5
2021	71.4	80.5
2022	74	79.9
2023	75.6	81.9
2024	75.8	82
2025	76	82.2

Bulgaria and Greece population clocks and comparison

Population

Bulgaria

Greece

Table

Year	Population
	Bulgaria	Greece
1960	7,867,374	8,331,725
1961	7,943,118	8,398,050
1962	8,012,946	8,448,233
1963	8,078,145	8,479,625
1964	8,144,340	8,510,429
1965	8,204,168	8,550,333
1966	8,258,057	8,613,651
1967	8,310,226	8,684,088
1968	8,369,603	8,740,765
1969	8,434,172	8,772,764
1970	8,489,574	8,792,806
1971	8,536,395	8,831,036
1972	8,576,200	8,888,628
1973	8,620,967	8,929,086
1974	8,678,745	8,962,022
1975	8,720,742	9,046,541
1976	8,758,599	9,188,150
1977	8,804,183	9,308,479
1978	8,814,032	9,429,959
1979	8,825,940	9,548,258
1980	8,861,535	9,642,505
1981	8,891,117	9,729,350
1982	8,917,457	9,789,513
1983	8,939,738	9,846,627
1984	8,960,679	9,895,801
1985	8,960,547	9,934,300
1986	8,958,171	9,967,213
1987	8,971,359	10,000,595
1988	8,981,446	10,036,983
1989	8,876,972	10,089,498
1990	8,718,289	10,196,792
1991	8,632,367	10,319,927
1992	8,540,164	10,399,061
1993	8,472,313	10,460,415
1994	8,443,591	10,512,922
1995	8,406,067	10,562,153
1996	8,362,826	10,608,800
1997	8,312,068	10,661,259
1998	8,256,786	10,720,509
1999	8,210,624	10,761,698
2000	8,170,172	10,805,808
2001	8,009,142	10,862,132
2002	7,837,161	10,902,022
2003	7,775,327	10,928,070
2004	7,716,860	10,955,141
2005	7,658,972	10,987,314
2006	7,601,022	11,020,362
2007	7,545,338	11,048,473
2008	7,492,561	11,077,841
2009	7,444,443	11,107,017
2010	7,395,599	11,121,341
2011	7,348,328	11,104,899
2012	7,305,888	11,045,011
2013	7,160,005	10,965,211
2014	7,073,572	10,892,413
2015	6,984,225	10,820,883
2016	6,894,139	10,775,971
2017	6,803,468	10,754,679
2018	6,710,798	10,732,882
2019	6,616,726	10,721,582
2020	6,550,696	10,698,599
2021	6,507,301	10,569,207
2022	6,465,097	10,436,882
2023	6,446,596	10,405,588
2024	6,444,366	10,388,805

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and Greece

Fertility rate

Bulgaria

Greece

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	Greece
1960	2.31	2.23
1961	2.29	2.13
1962	2.24	2.16
1963	2.21	2.14
1964	2.19	2.24
1965	2.09	2.25
1966	2.03	2.32
1967	2.02	2.45
1968	2.27	2.42
1969	2.27	2.36
1970	2.17	2.4
1971	2.1	2.32
1972	2.03	2.32
1973	2.15	2.27
1974	2.29	2.38
1975	2.23	2.33
1976	2.24	2.35
1977	2.21	2.27
1978	2.15	2.28
1979	2.16	2.26
1980	2.05	2.23
1981	2	2.09
1982	2.01	2.03
1983	2.01	1.94
1984	2.01	1.83
1985	1.97	1.67
1986	2.02	1.6
1987	1.96	1.5
1988	1.97	1.5
1989	1.9	1.4
1990	1.82	1.39
1991	1.66	1.37
1992	1.55	1.36
1993	1.46	1.32
1994	1.37	1.33
1995	1.23	1.28
1996	1.23	1.26
1997	1.09	1.27
1998	1.11	1.24
1999	1.23	1.23
2000	1.26	1.25
2001	1.21	1.25
2002	1.23	1.28
2003	1.26	1.29
2004	1.33	1.31
2005	1.37	1.34
2006	1.44	1.4
2007	1.49	1.41
2008	1.56	1.5
2009	1.66	1.5
2010	1.57	1.48
2011	1.51	1.4
2012	1.5	1.34
2013	1.54	1.29
2014	1.62	1.3
2015	1.64	1.33
2016	1.67	1.38
2017	1.71	1.35
2018	1.73	1.35
2019	1.79	1.34
2020	1.77	1.39
2021	1.8	1.43
2022	1.78	1.32
2023	1.81	1.32

Bulgaria and Greece demographics compared

Median age

Bulgaria

Greece

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bulgaria	Greece
1960	30.4	28.5
1961	30.7	29
1962	31	29.3
1963	31.3	29.4
1964	31.6	29.4
1965	32	31
1966	32.3	30.9
1967	32.6	31.1
1968	32.8	31.3
1969	33	31.6
1970	33.2	33.2
1971	33.3	32.9
1972	33.5	33
1973	33.6	33.3
1974	33.6	33.6
1975	33.7	33.8
1976	33.8	33.8
1977	33.9	33.9
1978	34	33.9
1979	34.1	34
1980	34.2	33.8
1981	34.4	33.7
1982	34.6	33.9
1983	34.8	34.1
1984	35	34.3
1985	35.3	34.5
1986	35.6	34.8
1987	35.8	35.1
1988	35.9	35.4
1989	36.2	35.7
1990	36.6	36
1991	37	36.3
1992	37.4	36.5
1993	37.7	36.6
1994	38	36.8
1995	38.3	37
1996	38.6	37.2
1997	38.9	37.4
1998	39.1	37.6
1999	39.4	37.8
2000	39.7	38
2001	40	38.2
2002	40.3	38.5
2003	40.6	38.8
2004	40.8	39.1
2005	41.1	39.4
2006	41.3	39.7
2007	41.5	40.1
2008	41.7	40.5
2009	42	40.9
2010	42.3	41.4
2011	42.5	41.8
2012	42.8	42.2
2013	43	42.7
2014	43.3	43.2
2015	43.6	43.7
2016	43.8	44.1
2017	44.1	44.4
2018	44.3	44.7
2019	44.6	45
2020	44.9	45.3
2021	45	45.9
2022	45.2	46.4
2023	45.3	46.7
2024	45.5	47.3

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