Bulgaria vs North Korea statistics compared

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 101st vs. 97th).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Bulgaria and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Bulgaria and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Bulgaria

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Bulgaria	North Korea
1980	$19,839,230,769	-
1981	$19,870,000,000	-
1982	$19,342,000,000	-
1983	$16,563,666,667	-
1984	$17,594,944,444	-
1985	$17,155,421,053	-
1986	$20,249,294,118	-
1987	$28,101,000,000	-
1988	$22,555,941,176	-
1989	$21,988,444,444	-
1990	$20,632,090,909	-
1991	$7,628,738,475	-
1992	$8,602,887,623	-
1993	$10,832,064,942	-
1994	$9,709,240,034	-
1995	$18,991,484,420	-
1996	$12,294,964,838	-
1997	$11,316,127,379	-
1998	$15,031,055,047	-
1999	$13,637,098,579	-
2000	$13,245,990,274	-
2001	$14,183,446,026	-
2002	$16,403,043,850	-
2003	$21,144,957,990	-
2004	$26,157,743,369	-
2005	$29,868,657,858	-
2006	$34,380,536,496	-
2007	$44,431,257,129	-
2008	$54,480,684,188	-
2009	$52,023,801,230	$23,356,470,000
2010	$50,689,051,382	$25,995,513,000
2011	$57,681,293,007	$29,005,020,000
2012	$54,297,052,002	$29,890,710,000
2013	$55,819,262,375	$30,588,922,000
2014	$57,080,897,012	$30,554,460,000
2015	$50,765,918,159	$30,723,030,000
2016	$53,929,397,039	$28,882,640,000
2017	$59,167,647,388	$29,105,440,000
2018	$66,251,582,036	$28,536,400,000
2019	$68,634,004,792	$28,222,880,000
2020	$70,550,652,467	$27,728,240,000
2021	$84,414,122,840	$32,301,720,000
2022	$90,509,236,929	$28,971,360,000
2023	$102,396,840,296	$32,155,360,000
2024	$112,211,952,704	$34,943,120,000

Bulgaria and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Bulgaria

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bulgaria	North Korea
1980	$2,239	-
1981	$2,235	-
1982	$2,169	-
1983	$1,853	-
1984	$1,964	-
1985	$1,915	-
1986	$2,260	-
1987	$3,132	-
1988	$2,511	-
1989	$2,477	-
1990	$2,367	-
1991	$884	-
1992	$1,007	-
1993	$1,279	-
1994	$1,150	-
1995	$2,259	-
1996	$1,470	-
1997	$1,361	-
1998	$1,820	-
1999	$1,661	-
2000	$1,621	-
2001	$1,771	-
2002	$2,093	-
2003	$2,719	-
2004	$3,390	-
2005	$3,900	-
2006	$4,523	-
2007	$5,889	-
2008	$7,271	-
2009	$6,988	$939
2010	$6,854	$1,040
2011	$7,850	$1,156
2012	$7,432	$1,186
2013	$7,796	$1,208
2014	$8,070	$1,201
2015	$7,269	$1,201
2016	$7,822	$1,124
2017	$8,697	$1,127
2018	$9,872	$1,100
2019	$10,373	$1,084
2020	$10,770	$1,061
2021	$12,972	$1,231
2022	$14,000	$1,100
2023	$15,884	$1,217
2024	$17,412	$1,319

Bulgaria vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bulgaria

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bulgaria	North Korea
1950	61.5	14.2
1951	60.7	17.7
1952	59.6	32.8
1953	64.2	40.3
1954	64.4	50.6
1955	64.8	51.8
1956	65.2	52.8
1957	66.6	53.7
1958	68.7	54.5
1959	66.6	55.2
1960	69.2	55.8
1961	70.2	56.4
1962	69.5	57
1963	70.3	57.6
1964	71.1	58.2
1965	71.3	58.8
1966	71.2	59.4
1967	70.4	60.1
1968	71.2	60.8
1969	70.5	61.4
1970	71.3	62
1971	70.9	62.7
1972	70.9	63.3
1973	71.3	63.8
1974	71.2	64.3
1975	71	64.8
1976	71.4	65.3
1977	70.8	65.8
1978	71.1	66.3
1979	71.2	66.7
1980	71.1	67.2
1981	71.5	67.7
1982	71.1	68.1
1983	71.2	68.5
1984	71.3	68.9
1985	71	69.2
1986	71.6	69.5
1987	71.3	69.8
1988	71.4	70.1
1989	71.5	70.3
1990	71.3	70.5
1991	71.2	70.7
1992	71.2	71
1993	71.2	70.8
1994	70.9	70.5
1995	71	60.8
1996	70.8	60.8
1997	70.3	60.9
1998	70.9	60.9
1999	71.6	60.9
2000	71.6	60.9
2001	71.9	60.9
2002	72.1	60.9
2003	72.4	69.4
2004	72.6	69.3
2005	72.6	69.2
2006	72.7	69.1
2007	73	69
2008	73.3	69.3
2009	73.7	69.7
2010	73.8	70.2
2011	74.2	70.8
2012	74.3	71.3
2013	74.8	71.9
2014	74.5	72.5
2015	74.6	72.8
2016	74.8	73
2017	74.8	73
2018	74.9	73
2019	75.1	72.9
2020	73.6	72.8
2021	71.4	73.4
2022	74	73.6
2023	75.6	73.6
2024	75.8	73.7
2025	76	73.9

Bulgaria and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Bulgaria

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Bulgaria	North Korea
1960	7,867,374	11,722,953
1961	7,943,118	11,990,713
1962	8,012,946	12,262,882
1963	8,078,145	12,567,057
1964	8,144,340	12,889,770
1965	8,204,168	13,219,369
1966	8,258,057	13,569,094
1967	8,310,226	13,958,350
1968	8,369,603	14,365,596
1969	8,434,172	14,767,615
1970	8,489,574	15,172,775
1971	8,536,395	15,572,457
1972	8,576,200	15,975,069
1973	8,620,967	16,350,367
1974	8,678,745	16,673,121
1975	8,720,742	16,971,055
1976	8,758,599	17,243,450
1977	8,804,183	17,492,798
1978	8,814,032	17,735,995
1979	8,825,940	17,983,470
1980	8,861,535	18,236,786
1981	8,891,117	18,501,295
1982	8,917,457	18,776,357
1983	8,939,738	19,054,034
1984	8,960,679	19,335,043
1985	8,960,547	19,620,388
1986	8,958,171	19,910,855
1987	8,971,359	20,205,483
1988	8,981,446	20,503,161
1989	8,876,972	20,804,367
1990	8,718,289	21,112,137
1991	8,632,367	21,428,638
1992	8,540,164	21,750,911
1993	8,472,313	22,073,352
1994	8,443,591	22,393,975
1995	8,406,067	22,669,304
1996	8,362,826	22,895,746
1997	8,312,068	23,110,830
1998	8,256,786	23,311,564
1999	8,210,624	23,497,599
2000	8,170,172	23,665,910
2001	8,009,142	23,815,358
2002	7,837,161	23,943,973
2003	7,775,327	24,090,380
2004	7,716,860	24,254,943
2005	7,658,972	24,396,433
2006	7,601,022	24,524,507
2007	7,545,338	24,646,383
2008	7,492,561	24,764,618
2009	7,444,443	24,878,332
2010	7,395,599	24,987,258
2011	7,348,328	25,097,874
2012	7,305,888	25,211,728
2013	7,160,005	25,329,451
2014	7,073,572	25,451,262
2015	6,984,225	25,575,350
2016	6,894,139	25,698,326
2017	6,803,468	25,817,709
2018	6,710,798	25,931,147
2019	6,616,726	26,037,632
2020	6,550,696	26,136,312
2021	6,507,301	26,232,534
2022	6,465,097	26,328,845
2023	6,446,596	26,418,204
2024	6,444,366	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and North Korea

Fertility rate

Bulgaria

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	North Korea
1960	2.31	3.57
1961	2.29	3.26
1962	2.24	3.41
1963	2.21	3.63
1964	2.19	3.55
1965	2.09	3.56
1966	2.03	3.71
1967	2.02	4.05
1968	2.27	3.87
1969	2.27	3.86
1970	2.17	3.85
1971	2.1	3.74
1972	2.03	3.89
1973	2.15	3.35
1974	2.29	3.14
1975	2.23	3.05
1976	2.24	2.84
1977	2.21	2.77
1978	2.15	2.79
1979	2.16	2.85
1980	2.05	2.84
1981	2	2.92
1982	2.01	2.85
1983	2.01	2.78
1984	2.01	2.71
1985	1.97	2.65
1986	2.02	2.59
1987	1.96	2.53
1988	1.97	2.47
1989	1.9	2.41
1990	1.82	2.39
1991	1.66	2.35
1992	1.55	2.29
1993	1.46	2.22
1994	1.37	2.18
1995	1.23	2.15
1996	1.23	2.09
1997	1.09	2.03
1998	1.11	1.99
1999	1.23	1.97
2000	1.26	1.94
2001	1.21	1.94
2002	1.23	1.92
2003	1.26	1.91
2004	1.33	1.9
2005	1.37	1.87
2006	1.44	1.94
2007	1.49	1.94
2008	1.56	1.97
2009	1.66	1.91
2010	1.57	1.89
2011	1.51	1.88
2012	1.5	1.88
2013	1.54	1.88
2014	1.62	1.87
2015	1.64	1.86
2016	1.67	1.86
2017	1.71	1.85
2018	1.73	1.83
2019	1.79	1.83
2020	1.77	1.82
2021	1.8	1.81
2022	1.78	1.8
2023	1.81	1.78

Bulgaria and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Bulgaria

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bulgaria	North Korea
1960	30.4	19.9
1961	30.7	20.2
1962	31	20.6
1963	31.3	20.8
1964	31.6	21
1965	32	21.2
1966	32.3	21.3
1967	32.6	21.4
1968	32.8	21.4
1969	33	21.4
1970	33.2	21.4
1971	33.3	21.2
1972	33.5	20.9
1973	33.6	20.7
1974	33.6	20.7
1975	33.7	20.9
1976	33.8	21.1
1977	33.9	21.4
1978	34	21.8
1979	34.1	22.2
1980	34.2	22.5
1981	34.4	22.8
1982	34.6	23.1
1983	34.8	23.5
1984	35	23.9
1985	35.3	24.2
1986	35.6	24.5
1987	35.8	24.8
1988	35.9	25.1
1989	36.2	25.6
1990	36.6	26
1991	37	26.4
1992	37.4	26.8
1993	37.7	27.2
1994	38	27.6
1995	38.3	28
1996	38.6	28.3
1997	38.9	28.8
1998	39.1	29.2
1999	39.4	29.6
2000	39.7	30.1
2001	40	30.5
2002	40.3	31
2003	40.6	31.4
2004	40.8	31.8
2005	41.1	32.1
2006	41.3	32.5
2007	41.5	32.9
2008	41.7	33.3
2009	42	33.7
2010	42.3	34
2011	42.5	34.3
2012	42.8	34.5
2013	43	34.7
2014	43.3	35
2015	43.6	35.2
2016	43.8	35.4
2017	44.1	35.7
2018	44.3	35.9
2019	44.6	36.2
2020	44.9	36.4
2021	45	36.6
2022	45.2	36.8
2023	45.3	37.1
2024	45.5	37.3

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