Bulgaria vs Netherlands statistics compared

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 101st vs. 134th).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Bulgaria and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Bulgaria and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

Bulgaria

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	Bulgaria	Netherlands
1960	-	$13,282,979,015
1961	-	$14,599,836,396
1962	-	$15,847,582,341
1963	-	$17,193,744,109
1964	-	$20,232,048,553
1965	-	$22,721,869,808
1966	-	$24,741,480,717
1967	-	$27,143,828,099
1968	-	$30,097,635,751
1969	-	$34,086,038,090
1970	-	$38,220,884,519
1971	-	$44,644,730,576
1972	-	$54,787,070,173
1973	-	$71,946,639,603
1974	-	$87,371,810,804
1975	-	$100,397,061,694
1976	-	$109,329,386,564
1977	-	$127,203,923,857
1978	-	$156,089,077,205
1979	-	$179,933,827,310
1980	$19,839,230,769	$195,439,301,707
1981	$19,870,000,000	$164,375,775,854
1982	$19,342,000,000	$158,712,765,536
1983	$16,563,666,667	$153,671,294,109
1984	$17,594,944,444	$144,124,462,912
1985	$17,155,421,053	$144,057,523,222
1986	$20,249,294,118	$201,157,708,221
1987	$28,101,000,000	$245,406,949,521
1988	$22,555,941,176	$262,295,966,105
1989	$21,988,444,444	$258,716,904,292
1990	$20,632,090,909	$318,799,003,994
1991	$7,628,738,475	$327,982,316,124
1992	$8,602,887,623	$363,497,050,125
1993	$10,832,064,942	$354,070,495,966
1994	$9,709,240,034	$379,688,232,232
1995	$18,991,484,420	$452,967,334,614
1996	$12,294,964,838	$451,372,549,020
1997	$11,316,127,379	$417,506,211,882
1998	$15,031,055,047	$438,612,530,549
1999	$13,637,098,579	$447,778,514,140
2000	$13,245,990,274	$417,649,282,154
2001	$14,183,446,026	$432,536,219,669
2002	$16,403,043,850	$475,529,972,123
2003	$21,144,957,990	$582,435,617,082
2004	$26,157,743,369	$661,224,886,143
2005	$29,868,657,858	$688,133,699,636
2006	$34,380,536,496	$737,593,995,289
2007	$44,431,257,129	$853,499,460,873
2008	$54,480,684,188	$957,901,566,041
2009	$52,023,801,230	$878,954,223,140
2010	$50,689,051,382	$852,464,982,433
2011	$57,681,293,007	$913,140,741,333
2012	$54,297,052,002	$845,689,017,066
2013	$55,819,262,375	$883,951,539,007
2014	$57,080,897,012	$901,556,501,756
2015	$50,765,918,159	$775,743,675,303
2016	$53,929,397,039	$797,163,949,290
2017	$59,167,647,388	$848,233,537,846
2018	$66,251,582,036	$929,733,599,797
2019	$68,634,004,792	$928,903,005,576
2020	$70,550,652,467	$932,560,861,701
2021	$84,414,122,840	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$90,509,236,929	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$102,396,840,296	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$112,211,952,704	$1,227,543,925,316

Bulgaria and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

Bulgaria

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bulgaria	Netherlands
1960	-	$1,156
1961	-	$1,254
1962	-	$1,342
1963	-	$1,437
1964	-	$1,668
1965	-	$1,848
1966	-	$1,986
1967	-	$2,155
1968	-	$2,364
1969	-	$2,647
1970	-	$2,931
1971	-	$3,384
1972	-	$4,110
1973	-	$5,353
1974	-	$6,450
1975	-	$7,346
1976	-	$7,937
1977	-	$9,180
1978	-	$11,196
1979	-	$12,817
1980	$2,239	$13,812
1981	$2,235	$11,537
1982	$2,169	$11,089
1983	$1,853	$10,696
1984	$1,964	$9,992
1985	$1,915	$9,941
1986	$2,260	$13,804
1987	$3,132	$16,734
1988	$2,511	$17,771
1989	$2,477	$17,423
1990	$2,367	$21,322
1991	$884	$21,764
1992	$1,007	$23,939
1993	$1,279	$23,156
1994	$1,150	$24,683
1995	$2,259	$29,301
1996	$1,470	$29,064
1997	$1,361	$26,745
1998	$1,820	$27,924
1999	$1,661	$28,319
2000	$1,621	$26,225
2001	$1,771	$26,956
2002	$2,093	$29,447
2003	$2,719	$35,897
2004	$3,390	$40,611
2005	$3,900	$42,165
2006	$4,523	$45,124
2007	$5,889	$52,101
2008	$7,271	$58,247
2009	$6,988	$53,172
2010	$6,854	$51,306
2011	$7,850	$54,702
2012	$7,432	$50,474
2013	$7,796	$52,602
2014	$8,070	$53,457
2015	$7,269	$45,794
2016	$7,822	$46,809
2017	$8,697	$49,514
2018	$9,872	$53,955
2019	$10,373	$53,555
2020	$10,770	$53,468
2021	$12,972	$60,142
2022	$14,000	$59,123
2023	$15,884	$64,572
2024	$17,412	$68,219

Bulgaria vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bulgaria

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bulgaria	Netherlands
1950	61.5	71.4
1951	60.7	71.5
1952	59.6	72.1
1953	64.2	71.7
1954	64.4	72.4
1955	64.8	72.5
1956	65.2	72.5
1957	66.6	73
1958	68.7	73.1
1959	66.6	73.2
1960	69.2	73.4
1961	70.2	73.6
1962	69.5	73.2
1963	70.3	73.4
1964	71.1	73.7
1965	71.3	73.6
1966	71.2	73.6
1967	70.4	73.8
1968	71.2	73.6
1969	70.5	73.6
1970	71.3	73.6
1971	70.9	73.9
1972	70.9	73.8
1973	71.3	74.2
1974	71.2	74.6
1975	71	74.6
1976	71.4	74.7
1977	70.8	75.3
1978	71.1	75.2
1979	71.2	75.6
1980	71.1	75.8
1981	71.5	76
1982	71.1	76.1
1983	71.2	76.3
1984	71.3	76.3
1985	71	76.4
1986	71.6	76.4
1987	71.3	76.8
1988	71.4	77
1989	71.5	76.8
1990	71.3	77
1991	71.2	77.2
1992	71.2	77.4
1993	71.2	77
1994	70.9	77.5
1995	71	77.6
1996	70.8	77.6
1997	70.3	77.9
1998	70.9	78
1999	71.6	78
2000	71.6	78.1
2001	71.9	78.3
2002	72.1	78.4
2003	72.4	78.7
2004	72.6	79.2
2005	72.6	79.5
2006	72.7	79.8
2007	73	80.3
2008	73.3	80.4
2009	73.7	80.7
2010	73.8	80.8
2011	74.2	81.1
2012	74.3	81.1
2013	74.8	81.3
2014	74.5	81.7
2015	74.6	81.5
2016	74.8	81.6
2017	74.8	81.7
2018	74.9	81.8
2019	75.1	82.1
2020	73.6	81.4
2021	71.4	81.4
2022	74	81.9
2023	75.6	82.2
2024	75.8	82.3
2025	76	82.4

Bulgaria and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

Bulgaria

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	Bulgaria	Netherlands
1960	7,867,374	11,486,631
1961	7,943,118	11,638,712
1962	8,012,946	11,805,689
1963	8,078,145	11,965,966
1964	8,144,340	12,127,120
1965	8,204,168	12,294,732
1966	8,258,057	12,456,251
1967	8,310,226	12,598,201
1968	8,369,603	12,729,721
1969	8,434,172	12,877,984
1970	8,489,574	13,038,526
1971	8,536,395	13,194,497
1972	8,576,200	13,328,593
1973	8,620,967	13,439,322
1974	8,678,745	13,545,056
1975	8,720,742	13,666,335
1976	8,758,599	13,774,037
1977	8,804,183	13,856,185
1978	8,814,032	13,941,700
1979	8,825,940	14,038,270
1980	8,861,535	14,149,800
1981	8,891,117	14,247,208
1982	8,917,457	14,312,690
1983	8,939,738	14,367,070
1984	8,960,679	14,424,211
1985	8,960,547	14,491,632
1986	8,958,171	14,572,278
1987	8,971,359	14,665,037
1988	8,981,446	14,760,094
1989	8,876,972	14,848,907
1990	8,718,289	14,951,510
1991	8,632,367	15,069,798
1992	8,540,164	15,184,166
1993	8,472,313	15,290,368
1994	8,443,591	15,382,838
1995	8,406,067	15,459,006
1996	8,362,826	15,530,498
1997	8,312,068	15,610,650
1998	8,256,786	15,707,209
1999	8,210,624	15,812,088
2000	8,170,172	15,925,513
2001	8,009,142	16,046,180
2002	7,837,161	16,148,929
2003	7,775,327	16,225,302
2004	7,716,860	16,281,779
2005	7,658,972	16,319,868
2006	7,601,022	16,346,101
2007	7,545,338	16,381,696
2008	7,492,561	16,445,593
2009	7,444,443	16,530,388
2010	7,395,599	16,615,394
2011	7,348,328	16,693,074
2012	7,305,888	16,754,962
2013	7,160,005	16,804,432
2014	7,073,572	16,865,008
2015	6,984,225	16,939,923
2016	6,894,139	17,030,314
2017	6,803,468	17,131,296
2018	6,710,798	17,231,624
2019	6,616,726	17,344,874
2020	6,550,696	17,441,500
2021	6,507,301	17,533,044
2022	6,465,097	17,700,982
2023	6,446,596	17,877,117
2024	6,444,366	17,994,237

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and Netherlands

Fertility rate

Bulgaria

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	Netherlands
1960	2.31	3.12
1961	2.29	3.22
1962	2.24	3.18
1963	2.21	3.19
1964	2.19	3.17
1965	2.09	3.04
1966	2.03	2.9
1967	2.02	2.81
1968	2.27	2.72
1969	2.27	2.75
1970	2.17	2.57
1971	2.1	2.36
1972	2.03	2.15
1973	2.15	1.9
1974	2.29	1.77
1975	2.23	1.66
1976	2.24	1.63
1977	2.21	1.58
1978	2.15	1.58
1979	2.16	1.56
1980	2.05	1.6
1981	2	1.56
1982	2.01	1.5
1983	2.01	1.47
1984	2.01	1.49
1985	1.97	1.51
1986	2.02	1.55
1987	1.96	1.56
1988	1.97	1.55
1989	1.9	1.55
1990	1.82	1.62
1991	1.66	1.61
1992	1.55	1.59
1993	1.46	1.57
1994	1.37	1.57
1995	1.23	1.53
1996	1.23	1.53
1997	1.09	1.56
1998	1.11	1.63
1999	1.23	1.65
2000	1.26	1.72
2001	1.21	1.71
2002	1.23	1.73
2003	1.26	1.75
2004	1.33	1.72
2005	1.37	1.71
2006	1.44	1.72
2007	1.49	1.72
2008	1.56	1.77
2009	1.66	1.79
2010	1.57	1.79
2011	1.51	1.76
2012	1.5	1.72
2013	1.54	1.68
2014	1.62	1.71
2015	1.64	1.66
2016	1.67	1.66
2017	1.71	1.62
2018	1.73	1.59
2019	1.79	1.57
2020	1.77	1.54
2021	1.8	1.62
2022	1.78	1.49
2023	1.81	1.43

Bulgaria and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

Bulgaria

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bulgaria	Netherlands
1960	30.4	28.8
1961	30.7	28.8
1962	31	28.7
1963	31.3	28.7
1964	31.6	28.6
1965	32	28.6
1966	32.3	28.6
1967	32.6	28.5
1968	32.8	28.6
1969	33	28.6
1970	33.2	28.6
1971	33.3	28.7
1972	33.5	28.9
1973	33.6	29
1974	33.6	29.3
1975	33.7	29.4
1976	33.8	29.8
1977	33.9	30.3
1978	34	30.7
1979	34.1	31
1980	34.2	31.3
1981	34.4	31.6
1982	34.6	31.9
1983	34.8	32.3
1984	35	32.6
1985	35.3	32.9
1986	35.6	33.2
1987	35.8	33.5
1988	35.9	33.8
1989	36.2	34.1
1990	36.6	34.3
1991	37	34.6
1992	37.4	34.8
1993	37.7	35.1
1994	38	35.4
1995	38.3	35.7
1996	38.6	36.1
1997	38.9	36.4
1998	39.1	36.7
1999	39.4	37
2000	39.7	37.3
2001	40	37.5
2002	40.3	37.8
2003	40.6	38.1
2004	40.8	38.5
2005	41.1	38.9
2006	41.3	39.3
2007	41.5	39.7
2008	41.7	40
2009	42	40.3
2010	42.3	40.7
2011	42.5	41
2012	42.8	41.3
2013	43	41.6
2014	43.3	41.8
2015	43.6	42
2016	43.8	42.2
2017	44.1	42.3
2018	44.3	42.4
2019	44.6	42.5
2020	44.9	42.5
2021	45	42.6
2022	45.2	42.5
2023	45.3	42.4
2024	45.5	42.4

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