Bulgaria vs Japan statistics compared

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 101st vs. 61st).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Bulgaria and Japan: Comparison Charts

Bulgaria and Japan economies compared

GDP

Bulgaria

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Bulgaria	Japan
1960	-	$47,419,238,274
1961	-	$57,266,758,180
1962	-	$64,987,857,542
1963	-	$74,379,284,603
1964	-	$87,490,590,818
1965	-	$97,338,107,606
1966	-	$113,046,784,179
1967	-	$132,475,614,227
1968	-	$156,897,496,759
1969	-	$184,298,841,305
1970	-	$217,223,652,719
1971	-	$245,364,056,622
1972	-	$324,933,841,269
1973	-	$441,460,582,536
1974	-	$490,035,789,970
1975	-	$532,861,438,885
1976	-	$598,883,902,156
1977	-	$737,069,290,928
1978	-	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	-	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$19,839,230,769	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$19,870,000,000	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$19,342,000,000	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$16,563,666,667	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$17,594,944,444	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$17,155,421,053	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$20,249,294,118	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$28,101,000,000	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$22,555,941,176	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$21,988,444,444	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$20,632,090,909	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$7,628,738,475	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$8,602,887,623	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$10,832,064,942	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$9,709,240,034	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$18,991,484,420	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$12,294,964,838	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$11,316,127,379	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$15,031,055,047	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$13,637,098,579	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$13,245,990,274	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$14,183,446,026	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$16,403,043,850	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$21,144,957,990	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$26,157,743,369	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$29,868,657,858	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$34,380,536,496	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$44,431,257,129	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$54,480,684,188	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$52,023,801,230	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$50,689,051,382	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$57,681,293,007	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$54,297,052,002	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$55,819,262,375	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$57,080,897,012	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$50,765,918,159	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$53,929,397,039	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$59,167,647,388	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$66,251,582,036	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$68,634,004,792	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$70,550,652,467	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$84,414,122,840	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$90,509,236,929	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$102,396,840,296	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$112,211,952,704	$4,026,210,821,147

Bulgaria and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Bulgaria

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bulgaria	Japan
1960	-	$509
1961	-	$609
1962	-	$685
1963	-	$776
1964	-	$903
1965	-	$994
1966	-	$1,144
1967	-	$1,326
1968	-	$1,553
1969	-	$1,803
1970	-	$2,101
1971	-	$2,321
1972	-	$3,031
1973	-	$4,061
1974	-	$4,448
1975	-	$4,776
1976	-	$5,310
1977	-	$6,473
1978	-	$9,012
1979	-	$9,301
1980	$2,239	$9,669
1981	$2,235	$10,583
1982	$2,169	$9,780
1983	$1,853	$10,652
1984	$1,964	$11,207
1985	$1,915	$11,809
1986	$2,260	$17,452
1987	$3,132	$21,142
1988	$2,511	$25,500
1989	$2,477	$25,266
1990	$2,367	$25,801
1991	$884	$29,428
1992	$1,007	$31,993
1993	$1,279	$36,345
1994	$1,150	$39,934
1995	$2,259	$44,198
1996	$1,470	$39,150
1997	$1,361	$35,638
1998	$1,820	$32,424
1999	$1,661	$36,610
2000	$1,621	$39,169
2001	$1,771	$34,406
2002	$2,093	$32,821
2003	$2,719	$35,387
2004	$3,390	$38,299
2005	$3,900	$37,813
2006	$4,523	$35,992
2007	$5,889	$35,779
2008	$7,271	$39,876
2009	$6,988	$41,309
2010	$6,854	$44,968
2011	$7,850	$48,760
2012	$7,432	$49,145
2013	$7,796	$40,899
2014	$8,070	$38,475
2015	$7,269	$34,961
2016	$7,822	$39,375
2017	$8,697	$38,834
2018	$9,872	$39,751
2019	$10,373	$40,416
2020	$10,770	$40,029
2021	$12,972	$40,095
2022	$14,000	$34,066
2023	$15,884	$33,836
2024	$17,412	$32,476

Bulgaria vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bulgaria

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bulgaria	Japan
1950	61.5	59.3
1951	60.7	61
1952	59.6	63
1953	64.2	63.3
1954	64.4	64.5
1955	64.8	65.7
1956	65.2	65.6
1957	66.6	65.4
1958	68.7	67
1959	66.6	67.5
1960	69.2	67.7
1961	70.2	68.4
1962	69.5	68.7
1963	70.3	69.7
1964	71.1	70.2
1965	71.3	70.3
1966	71.2	71.1
1967	70.4	71.4
1968	71.2	71.7
1969	70.5	71.9
1970	71.3	72
1971	70.9	72.8
1972	70.9	73.3
1973	71.3	73.4
1974	71.2	73.8
1975	71	74.4
1976	71.4	74.8
1977	70.8	75.3
1978	71.1	75.7
1979	71.2	76.2
1980	71.1	76.1
1981	71.5	76.6
1982	71.1	77.1
1983	71.2	77.1
1984	71.3	77.5
1985	71	77.8
1986	71.6	78.2
1987	71.3	78.6
1988	71.4	78.5
1989	71.5	79
1990	71.3	79
1991	71.2	79.3
1992	71.2	79.3
1993	71.2	79.4
1994	70.9	79.8
1995	71	79.7
1996	70.8	80.4
1997	70.3	80.6
1998	70.9	80.6
1999	71.6	80.6
2000	71.6	81.2
2001	71.9	81.5
2002	72.1	81.8
2003	72.4	81.9
2004	72.6	82.1
2005	72.6	82
2006	72.7	82.4
2007	73	82.5
2008	73.3	82.6
2009	73.7	83
2010	73.8	82.9
2011	74.2	82.7
2012	74.3	83.2
2013	74.8	83.4
2014	74.5	83.6
2015	74.6	83.9
2016	74.8	84.1
2017	74.8	84.2
2018	74.9	84.3
2019	75.1	84.4
2020	73.6	84.7
2021	71.4	84.6
2022	74	84.1
2023	75.6	84.7
2024	75.8	84.9
2025	76	85

Bulgaria and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Bulgaria

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Bulgaria	Japan
1960	7,867,374	93,216,000
1961	7,943,118	94,055,000
1962	8,012,946	94,933,000
1963	8,078,145	95,900,000
1964	8,144,340	96,903,000
1965	8,204,168	97,952,000
1966	8,258,057	98,851,000
1967	8,310,226	99,879,000
1968	8,369,603	101,011,000
1969	8,434,172	102,219,000
1970	8,489,574	103,403,000
1971	8,536,395	105,697,000
1972	8,576,200	107,188,000
1973	8,620,967	108,707,000
1974	8,678,745	110,162,000
1975	8,720,742	111,573,000
1976	8,758,599	112,775,000
1977	8,804,183	113,872,000
1978	8,814,032	114,913,000
1979	8,825,940	115,890,000
1980	8,861,535	116,807,000
1981	8,891,117	117,661,000
1982	8,917,457	118,480,000
1983	8,939,738	119,307,000
1984	8,960,679	120,083,000
1985	8,960,547	120,837,000
1986	8,958,171	121,482,000
1987	8,971,359	122,069,000
1988	8,981,446	122,578,000
1989	8,876,972	123,069,000
1990	8,718,289	123,478,000
1991	8,632,367	123,964,000
1992	8,540,164	124,425,000
1993	8,472,313	124,829,000
1994	8,443,591	125,178,000
1995	8,406,067	125,472,000
1996	8,362,826	125,757,000
1997	8,312,068	126,057,000
1998	8,256,786	126,400,000
1999	8,210,624	126,631,000
2000	8,170,172	126,843,000
2001	8,009,142	127,149,000
2002	7,837,161	127,445,000
2003	7,775,327	127,718,000
2004	7,716,860	127,761,000
2005	7,658,972	127,773,000
2006	7,601,022	127,854,000
2007	7,545,338	128,001,000
2008	7,492,561	128,063,000
2009	7,444,443	128,047,000
2010	7,395,599	128,070,000
2011	7,348,328	127,833,000
2012	7,305,888	127,629,000
2013	7,160,005	127,445,000
2014	7,073,572	127,276,000
2015	6,984,225	127,141,000
2016	6,894,139	127,076,000
2017	6,803,468	126,972,000
2018	6,710,798	126,811,000
2019	6,616,726	126,633,000
2020	6,550,696	126,261,000
2021	6,507,301	125,681,593
2022	6,465,097	125,124,989
2023	6,446,596	124,516,650
2024	6,444,366	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and Japan

Fertility rate

Bulgaria

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	Japan
1960	2.31	2
1961	2.29	1.96
1962	2.24	1.98
1963	2.21	2
1964	2.19	2.05
1965	2.09	2.14
1966	2.03	1.58
1967	2.02	2.23
1968	2.27	2.13
1969	2.27	2.13
1970	2.17	2.13
1971	2.1	2.16
1972	2.03	2.14
1973	2.15	2.14
1974	2.29	2.05
1975	2.23	1.91
1976	2.24	1.85
1977	2.21	1.8
1978	2.15	1.79
1979	2.16	1.77
1980	2.05	1.75
1981	2	1.74
1982	2.01	1.77
1983	2.01	1.8
1984	2.01	1.81
1985	1.97	1.76
1986	2.02	1.72
1987	1.96	1.69
1988	1.97	1.66
1989	1.9	1.57
1990	1.82	1.54
1991	1.66	1.53
1992	1.55	1.5
1993	1.46	1.46
1994	1.37	1.5
1995	1.23	1.42
1996	1.23	1.43
1997	1.09	1.39
1998	1.11	1.38
1999	1.23	1.34
2000	1.26	1.36
2001	1.21	1.33
2002	1.23	1.32
2003	1.26	1.29
2004	1.33	1.29
2005	1.37	1.26
2006	1.44	1.32
2007	1.49	1.34
2008	1.56	1.37
2009	1.66	1.37
2010	1.57	1.39
2011	1.51	1.39
2012	1.5	1.41
2013	1.54	1.43
2014	1.62	1.42
2015	1.64	1.45
2016	1.67	1.44
2017	1.71	1.43
2018	1.73	1.42
2019	1.79	1.36
2020	1.77	1.33
2021	1.8	1.3
2022	1.78	1.26
2023	1.81	1.2

Bulgaria and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Bulgaria

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bulgaria	Japan
1960	30.4	25.8
1961	30.7	26.2
1962	31	26.5
1963	31.3	26.9
1964	31.6	27.2
1965	32	27.6
1966	32.3	28
1967	32.6	28.4
1968	32.8	28.6
1969	33	28.9
1970	33.2	29.2
1971	33.3	29.6
1972	33.5	29.9
1973	33.6	30.2
1974	33.6	30.4
1975	33.7	30.6
1976	33.8	30.9
1977	33.9	31.5
1978	34	32
1979	34.1	32.4
1980	34.2	32.8
1981	34.4	33.1
1982	34.6	33.7
1983	34.8	34.3
1984	35	34.9
1985	35.3	35.4
1986	35.6	35.9
1987	35.8	36.3
1988	35.9	36.8
1989	36.2	37.2
1990	36.6	37.7
1991	37	38.2
1992	37.4	38.7
1993	37.7	39.2
1994	38	39.6
1995	38.3	40
1996	38.6	40.3
1997	38.9	40.7
1998	39.1	41
1999	39.4	41.4
2000	39.7	41.8
2001	40	42.1
2002	40.3	42.5
2003	40.6	42.8
2004	40.8	43.2
2005	41.1	43.6
2006	41.3	43.9
2007	41.5	44.2
2008	41.7	44.6
2009	42	44.9
2010	42.3	45.2
2011	42.5	45.5
2012	42.8	45.8
2013	43	46.2
2014	43.3	46.6
2015	43.6	47
2016	43.8	47.3
2017	44.1	47.6
2018	44.3	48
2019	44.6	48.3
2020	44.9	48.7
2021	45	49.1
2022	45.2	49.5
2023	45.3	50
2024	45.5	50.4

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