Bulgaria vs New Zealand statistics compared

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 101st vs. 74th).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

Bulgaria and New Zealand: Comparison Charts

Bulgaria and New Zealand economies compared

GDP

Bulgaria

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP
	Bulgaria	New Zealand
1960	-	$5,536,098,360
1961	-	$5,721,994,864
1962	-	$6,133,158,532
1963	-	$6,699,741,645
1964	-	$7,340,766,415
1965	-	$5,706,251,400
1966	-	$5,917,437,693
1967	-	$6,016,017,227
1968	-	$5,228,045,415
1969	-	$5,814,357,709
1970	-	$6,495,605,331
1971	-	$7,911,136,757
1972	-	$9,567,331,065
1973	-	$12,802,281,898
1974	-	$13,940,981,798
1975	-	$12,861,983,284
1976	-	$13,604,832,424
1977	-	$15,446,825,318
1978	-	$18,530,518,395
1979	-	$20,731,243,113
1980	$19,839,230,769	$23,244,547,385
1981	$19,870,000,000	$24,417,617,184
1982	$19,342,000,000	$24,164,603,059
1983	$16,563,666,667	$24,309,279,706
1984	$17,594,944,444	$21,665,975,319
1985	$17,155,421,053	$24,679,795,396
1986	$20,249,294,118	$30,604,668,357
1987	$28,101,000,000	$40,376,354,070
1988	$22,555,941,176	$45,176,811,594
1989	$21,988,444,444	$43,920,222,525
1990	$20,632,090,909	$45,495,129,385
1991	$7,628,738,475	$42,745,329,732
1992	$8,602,887,623	$41,649,829,860
1993	$10,832,064,942	$46,775,620,817
1994	$9,709,240,034	$55,314,732,279
1995	$18,991,484,420	$63,918,703,507
1996	$12,294,964,838	$70,140,835,299
1997	$11,316,127,379	$66,075,143,415
1998	$15,031,055,047	$56,227,169,851
1999	$13,637,098,579	$58,762,260,626
2000	$13,245,990,274	$52,623,281,957
2001	$14,183,446,026	$53,872,425,917
2002	$16,403,043,850	$66,627,729,311
2003	$21,144,957,990	$88,250,885,550
2004	$26,157,743,369	$103,905,210,084
2005	$29,868,657,858	$114,720,129,550
2006	$34,380,536,496	$111,538,810,713
2007	$44,431,257,129	$137,188,946,866
2008	$54,480,684,188	$133,437,126,590
2009	$52,023,801,230	$121,663,439,315
2010	$50,689,051,382	$146,887,902,524
2011	$57,681,293,007	$168,484,908,960
2012	$54,297,052,002	$176,560,711,239
2013	$55,819,262,375	$191,012,364,177
2014	$57,080,897,012	$201,518,402,787
2015	$50,765,918,159	$178,224,167,088
2016	$53,929,397,039	$189,100,085,275
2017	$59,167,647,388	$206,745,969,246
2018	$66,251,582,036	$211,985,631,173
2019	$68,634,004,792	$213,006,341,102
2020	$70,550,652,467	$213,029,554,654
2021	$84,414,122,840	$253,977,931,815
2022	$90,509,236,929	$249,509,991,440
2023	$102,396,840,296	$255,194,972,673
2024	$112,211,952,704	$260,235,932,559

Bulgaria and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita

Bulgaria

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bulgaria	New Zealand
1960	-	$2,334
1961	-	$2,365
1962	-	$2,471
1963	-	$2,646
1964	-	$2,839
1965	-	$2,171
1966	-	$2,211
1967	-	$2,208
1968	-	$1,902
1969	-	$2,097
1970	-	$2,311
1971	-	$2,773
1972	-	$3,295
1973	-	$4,323
1974	-	$4,611
1975	-	$4,172
1976	-	$4,374
1977	-	$4,951
1978	-	$5,937
1979	-	$6,668
1980	$2,239	$7,467
1981	$2,235	$7,814
1982	$2,169	$7,656
1983	$1,853	$7,598
1984	$1,964	$6,714
1985	$1,915	$7,601
1986	$2,260	$9,428
1987	$3,132	$12,331
1988	$2,511	$13,759
1989	$2,477	$13,312
1990	$2,367	$13,663
1991	$884	$12,230
1992	$1,007	$11,793
1993	$1,279	$13,094
1994	$1,150	$15,280
1995	$2,259	$17,400
1996	$1,470	$18,794
1997	$1,361	$17,474
1998	$1,820	$14,738
1999	$1,661	$15,322
2000	$1,621	$13,641
2001	$1,771	$13,883
2002	$2,093	$16,874
2003	$2,719	$21,914
2004	$3,390	$25,420
2005	$3,900	$27,751
2006	$4,523	$26,655
2007	$5,889	$32,480
2008	$7,271	$31,325
2009	$6,988	$28,277
2010	$6,854	$33,762
2011	$7,850	$38,432
2012	$7,432	$40,054
2013	$7,796	$43,000
2014	$8,070	$44,618
2015	$7,269	$38,665
2016	$7,822	$40,114
2017	$8,697	$42,950
2018	$9,872	$43,257
2019	$10,373	$42,779
2020	$10,770	$41,851
2021	$12,972	$49,689
2022	$14,000	$48,760
2023	$15,884	$48,655
2024	$17,412	$48,747

Bulgaria vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bulgaria

New Zealand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bulgaria	New Zealand
1950	61.5	69.3
1951	60.7	69.1
1952	59.6	69.4
1953	64.2	70.2
1954	64.4	70.3
1955	64.8	70.5
1956	65.2	70.7
1957	66.6	70.3
1958	68.7	70.9
1959	66.6	70.8
1960	69.2	71.2
1961	70.2	70.9
1962	69.5	71.2
1963	70.3	71.3
1964	71.1	71.3
1965	71.3	71.2
1966	71.2	71.1
1967	70.4	71.4
1968	71.2	71.1
1969	70.5	71.5
1970	71.3	71.2
1971	70.9	71.7
1972	70.9	71.8
1973	71.3	71.7
1974	71.2	71.9
1975	71	72.2
1976	71.4	72.4
1977	70.8	72.1
1978	71.1	73
1979	71.2	73.1
1980	71.1	72.9
1981	71.5	73.6
1982	71.1	73.7
1983	71.2	73.8
1984	71.3	74.4
1985	71	73.9
1986	71.6	74.1
1987	71.3	74.2
1988	71.4	74.5
1989	71.5	74.9
1990	71.3	75.4
1991	71.2	76.1
1992	71.2	76.2
1993	71.2	76.5
1994	70.9	76.9
1995	71	76.8
1996	70.8	76.8
1997	70.3	77.3
1998	70.9	78.2
1999	71.6	77.9
2000	71.6	78.7
2001	71.9	78.7
2002	72.1	78.9
2003	72.4	79.1
2004	72.6	79.4
2005	72.6	80
2006	72.7	80
2007	73	80.1
2008	73.3	80.2
2009	73.7	80.5
2010	73.8	81.1
2011	74.2	80.8
2012	74.3	81.2
2013	74.8	81.6
2014	74.5	81.4
2015	74.6	81.6
2016	74.8	82
2017	74.8	81.6
2018	74.9	81.9
2019	75.1	81.8
2020	73.6	82.7
2021	71.4	82.3
2022	74	81
2023	75.6	82.1
2024	75.8	82.2
2025	76	82.4

Bulgaria and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population

Bulgaria

New Zealand

Table

Year	Population
	Bulgaria	New Zealand
1960	7,867,374	2,371,800
1961	7,943,118	2,419,700
1962	8,012,946	2,482,000
1963	8,078,145	2,531,800
1964	8,144,340	2,585,400
1965	8,204,168	2,628,400
1966	8,258,057	2,675,900
1967	8,310,226	2,724,100
1968	8,369,603	2,748,100
1969	8,434,172	2,772,800
1970	8,489,574	2,810,700
1971	8,536,395	2,853,000
1972	8,576,200	2,903,900
1973	8,620,967	2,961,300
1974	8,678,745	3,023,700
1975	8,720,742	3,083,100
1976	8,758,599	3,110,500
1977	8,804,183	3,120,200
1978	8,814,032	3,121,200
1979	8,825,940	3,109,000
1980	8,861,535	3,112,900
1981	8,891,117	3,124,900
1982	8,917,457	3,156,100
1983	8,939,738	3,199,300
1984	8,960,679	3,227,100
1985	8,960,547	3,247,100
1986	8,958,171	3,246,300
1987	8,971,359	3,274,400
1988	8,981,446	3,283,400
1989	8,876,972	3,299,200
1990	8,718,289	3,329,800
1991	8,632,367	3,495,100
1992	8,540,164	3,531,700
1993	8,472,313	3,572,200
1994	8,443,591	3,620,000
1995	8,406,067	3,673,400
1996	8,362,826	3,732,000
1997	8,312,068	3,781,300
1998	8,256,786	3,815,000
1999	8,210,624	3,835,100
2000	8,170,172	3,857,700
2001	8,009,142	3,880,500
2002	7,837,161	3,948,500
2003	7,775,327	4,027,200
2004	7,716,860	4,087,500
2005	7,658,972	4,133,900
2006	7,601,022	4,184,600
2007	7,545,338	4,223,800
2008	7,492,561	4,259,800
2009	7,444,443	4,302,600
2010	7,395,599	4,350,700
2011	7,348,328	4,384,000
2012	7,305,888	4,408,100
2013	7,160,005	4,442,100
2014	7,073,572	4,516,500
2015	6,984,225	4,609,400
2016	6,894,139	4,714,100
2017	6,803,468	4,813,600
2018	6,710,798	4,900,600
2019	6,616,726	4,979,200
2020	6,550,696	5,090,200
2021	6,507,301	5,111,300
2022	6,465,097	5,117,100
2023	6,446,596	5,245,000
2024	6,444,366	5,338,500

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and New Zealand

Fertility rate

Bulgaria

New Zealand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	New Zealand
1960	2.31	4.24
1961	2.29	4.31
1962	2.24	4.19
1963	2.21	4.05
1964	2.19	3.8
1965	2.09	3.54
1966	2.03	3.41
1967	2.02	3.35
1968	2.27	3.34
1969	2.27	3.28
1970	2.17	3.17
1971	2.1	3.18
1972	2.03	3
1973	2.15	2.76
1974	2.29	2.58
1975	2.23	2.37
1976	2.24	2.27
1977	2.21	2.21
1978	2.15	2.07
1979	2.16	2.12
1980	2.05	2.03
1981	2	2.01
1982	2.01	1.95
1983	2.01	1.92
1984	2.01	1.93
1985	1.97	1.93
1986	2.02	1.96
1987	1.96	2.03
1988	1.97	2.1
1989	1.9	2.12
1990	1.82	2.18
1991	1.66	2.09
1992	1.55	2.06
1993	1.46	2.04
1994	1.37	1.98
1995	1.23	1.98
1996	1.23	1.96
1997	1.09	1.96
1998	1.11	1.89
1999	1.23	1.97
2000	1.26	1.98
2001	1.21	1.97
2002	1.23	1.89
2003	1.26	1.93
2004	1.33	1.98
2005	1.37	1.97
2006	1.44	2.01
2007	1.49	2.18
2008	1.56	2.19
2009	1.66	2.13
2010	1.57	2.17
2011	1.51	2.09
2012	1.5	2.1
2013	1.54	2.01
2014	1.62	1.92
2015	1.64	1.99
2016	1.67	1.87
2017	1.71	1.81
2018	1.73	1.71
2019	1.79	1.72
2020	1.77	1.61
2021	1.8	1.64
2022	1.78	1.66
2023	1.81	1.56

Bulgaria and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age

Bulgaria

New Zealand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bulgaria	New Zealand
1960	30.4	27.5
1961	30.7	27.1
1962	31	26.8
1963	31.3	26.4
1964	31.6	26.2
1965	32	26
1966	32.3	25.9
1967	32.6	25.8
1968	32.8	25.7
1969	33	25.7
1970	33.2	25.6
1971	33.3	25.7
1972	33.5	25.9
1973	33.6	26
1974	33.6	26.2
1975	33.7	26.3
1976	33.8	26.5
1977	33.9	26.8
1978	34	27.1
1979	34.1	27.5
1980	34.2	27.9
1981	34.4	28.2
1982	34.6	28.5
1983	34.8	28.8
1984	35	29.1
1985	35.3	29.4
1986	35.6	29.8
1987	35.8	30.1
1988	35.9	30.4
1989	36.2	30.8
1990	36.6	31.1
1991	37	31.4
1992	37.4	31.7
1993	37.7	32
1994	38	32.3
1995	38.3	32.6
1996	38.6	32.8
1997	38.9	33.2
1998	39.1	33.6
1999	39.4	34
2000	39.7	34.3
2001	40	34.6
2002	40.3	34.8
2003	40.6	35
2004	40.8	35.2
2005	41.1	35.5
2006	41.3	35.8
2007	41.5	36.1
2008	41.7	36.4
2009	42	36.6
2010	42.3	36.8
2011	42.5	37
2012	42.8	37.2
2013	43	37.4
2014	43.3	37.5
2015	43.6	37.4
2016	43.8	37.3
2017	44.1	37.2
2018	44.3	37.3
2019	44.6	37.3
2020	44.9	37.5
2021	45	37.8
2022	45.2	38.1
2023	45.3	38.3
2024	45.5	38.6

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