Bulgaria vs North Macedonia statistics compared

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 1.79M in North Macedonia (ranked 150/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 9,737 sq mi for North Macedonia (ranked 101st vs. 145th).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B) and North Macedonia ranks 138/197 ($16.7B). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412), while North Macedonia ranks 88/197 ($9,310).

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Bulgaria and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP

Bulgaria

North Macedonia

Table

Year	GDP
	Bulgaria	North Macedonia
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	$4,699,646,643
1991	$7,628,738,475	$4,938,775,510
1992	$8,602,887,623	$2,436,849,342
1993	$10,832,064,942	$2,682,456,897
1994	$9,709,240,034	$3,559,608,640
1995	$18,991,484,420	$4,707,041,315
1996	$12,294,964,838	$4,642,021,256
1997	$11,316,127,379	$3,912,986,091
1998	$15,031,055,047	$3,765,745,023
1999	$13,637,098,579	$3,863,619,285
2000	$13,245,990,274	$3,772,859,034
2001	$14,183,446,026	$3,709,636,031
2002	$16,403,043,850	$4,018,365,747
2003	$21,144,957,990	$4,946,296,599
2004	$26,157,743,369	$5,682,784,472
2005	$29,868,657,858	$6,258,602,873
2006	$34,380,536,496	$6,861,226,972
2007	$44,431,257,129	$8,336,474,974
2008	$54,480,684,188	$9,909,552,435
2009	$52,023,801,230	$9,401,736,825
2010	$50,689,051,382	$9,407,170,321
2011	$57,681,293,007	$10,494,626,768
2012	$54,297,052,002	$9,745,261,301
2013	$55,819,262,375	$10,817,702,346
2014	$57,080,897,012	$11,362,265,253
2015	$50,765,918,159	$10,064,519,963
2016	$53,929,397,039	$10,672,467,073
2017	$59,167,647,388	$11,307,067,070
2018	$66,251,582,036	$12,683,068,114
2019	$68,634,004,792	$12,606,338,449
2020	$70,550,652,467	$12,361,036,914
2021	$84,414,122,840	$14,000,283,827
2022	$90,509,236,929	$13,932,436,550
2023	$102,396,840,296	$15,763,604,288
2024	$112,211,952,704	$16,685,236,492

Bulgaria and North Macedonia economies compared

GDP per capita

Bulgaria

North Macedonia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bulgaria	North Macedonia
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	$2,277
1991	$884	$2,402
1992	$1,007	$1,199
1993	$1,279	$1,337
1994	$1,150	$1,786
1995	$2,259	$2,355
1996	$1,470	$2,307
1997	$1,361	$1,960
1998	$1,820	$1,876
1999	$1,661	$1,915
2000	$1,621	$1,862
2001	$1,771	$1,823
2002	$2,093	$1,989
2003	$2,719	$2,445
2004	$3,390	$2,819
2005	$3,900	$3,121
2006	$4,523	$3,440
2007	$5,889	$4,204
2008	$7,271	$5,026
2009	$6,988	$4,800
2010	$6,854	$4,833
2011	$7,850	$5,417
2012	$7,432	$5,050
2013	$7,796	$5,626
2014	$8,070	$5,925
2015	$7,269	$5,263
2016	$7,822	$5,598
2017	$8,697	$5,955
2018	$9,872	$6,714
2019	$10,373	$6,719
2020	$10,770	$6,660
2021	$12,972	$7,621
2022	$14,000	$7,606
2023	$15,884	$8,624
2024	$17,412	$9,310

Bulgaria vs. North Macedonia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bulgaria

North Macedonia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bulgaria	North Macedonia
1950	61.5	50.6
1951	60.7	48.5
1952	59.6	52.5
1953	64.2	53.2
1954	64.4	55.7
1955	64.8	55.4
1956	65.2	58.5
1957	66.6	55.7
1958	68.7	60.3
1959	66.6	59.5
1960	69.2	60.5
1961	70.2	61.8
1962	69.5	59.3
1963	70.3	61.4
1964	71.1	61.5
1965	71.3	62.6
1966	71.2	63.5
1967	70.4	63.8
1968	71.2	64.6
1969	70.5	64
1970	71.3	65
1971	70.9	65.2
1972	70.9	65.6
1973	71.3	67.1
1974	71.2	67.1
1975	71	67.3
1976	71.4	67.9
1977	70.8	68.2
1978	71.1	69.1
1979	71.2	69.2
1980	71.1	69.1
1981	71.5	69.4
1982	71.1	69.8
1983	71.2	69.7
1984	71.3	70.2
1985	71	70.2
1986	71.6	70.3
1987	71.3	70.4
1988	71.4	70.5
1989	71.5	71.1
1990	71.3	71.3
1991	71.2	71.8
1992	71.2	71.3
1993	71.2	71.7
1994	70.9	71.5
1995	71	72
1996	70.8	71.9
1997	70.3	71.9
1998	70.9	71.8
1999	71.6	72.3
2000	71.6	72.6
2001	71.9	73
2002	72.1	72.7
2003	72.4	73
2004	72.6	73.4
2005	72.6	73.6
2006	72.7	73.8
2007	73	73.7
2008	73.3	74.4
2009	73.7	74.5
2010	73.8	75
2011	74.2	75.1
2012	74.3	75
2013	74.8	75.6
2014	74.5	75.6
2015	74.6	75.6
2016	74.8	75.6
2017	74.8	76.2
2018	74.9	76.9
2019	75.1	76.8
2020	73.6	74.5
2021	71.4	73.3
2022	74	76.6
2023	75.6	77.4
2024	75.8	77.5
2025	76	77.7

Bulgaria and North Macedonia population clocks and comparison

Population

Bulgaria

North Macedonia

Table

Year	Population
	Bulgaria	North Macedonia
1960	7,867,374	1,435,059
1961	7,943,118	1,455,171
1962	8,012,946	1,471,745
1963	8,078,145	1,488,737
1964	8,144,340	1,510,900
1965	8,204,168	1,533,466
1966	8,258,057	1,557,349
1967	8,310,226	1,582,492
1968	8,369,603	1,608,930
1969	8,434,172	1,636,345
1970	8,489,574	1,664,208
1971	8,536,395	1,691,216
1972	8,576,200	1,717,395
1973	8,620,967	1,743,816
1974	8,678,745	1,770,545
1975	8,720,742	1,797,972
1976	8,758,599	1,825,830
1977	8,804,183	1,853,138
1978	8,814,032	1,879,847
1979	8,825,940	1,906,523
1980	8,861,535	1,933,038
1981	8,891,117	1,959,065
1982	8,917,457	1,978,956
1983	8,939,738	1,991,901
1984	8,960,679	2,003,399
1985	8,960,547	2,014,331
1986	8,958,171	2,024,732
1987	8,971,359	2,035,157
1988	8,981,446	2,045,737
1989	8,876,972	2,055,649
1990	8,718,289	2,063,689
1991	8,632,367	2,055,994
1992	8,540,164	2,032,523
1993	8,472,313	2,006,854
1994	8,443,591	1,992,666
1995	8,406,067	1,998,534
1996	8,362,826	2,012,553
1997	8,312,068	1,996,869
1998	8,256,786	2,007,523
1999	8,210,624	2,017,142
2000	8,170,172	2,026,350
2001	8,009,142	2,034,882
2002	7,837,161	2,020,157
2003	7,775,327	2,022,725
2004	7,716,860	2,016,186
2005	7,658,972	2,005,330
2006	7,601,022	1,994,287
2007	7,545,338	1,982,933
2008	7,492,561	1,971,493
2009	7,444,443	1,958,782
2010	7,395,599	1,946,298
2011	7,348,328	1,937,398
2012	7,305,888	1,929,821
2013	7,160,005	1,922,716
2014	7,073,572	1,917,557
2015	6,984,225	1,912,430
2016	6,894,139	1,906,313
2017	6,803,468	1,898,657
2018	6,710,798	1,889,051
2019	6,616,726	1,876,262
2020	6,550,696	1,856,124
2021	6,507,301	1,837,114
2022	6,465,097	1,831,712
2023	6,446,596	1,827,816
2024	6,444,366	1,792,179

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and North Macedonia

Fertility rate

Bulgaria

North Macedonia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	North Macedonia
1960	2.31	3.83
1961	2.29	3.62
1962	2.24	3.5
1963	2.21	3.62
1964	2.19	3.56
1965	2.09	3.52
1966	2.03	3.43
1967	2.02	3.33
1968	2.27	3.22
1969	2.27	3.1
1970	2.17	3.01
1971	2.1	2.93
1972	2.03	2.87
1973	2.15	2.72
1974	2.29	2.7
1975	2.23	2.69
1976	2.24	2.62
1977	2.21	2.49
1978	2.15	2.42
1979	2.16	2.4
1980	2.05	2.36
1981	2	2.29
1982	2.01	2.29
1983	2.01	2.25
1984	2.01	2.24
1985	1.97	2.25
1986	2.02	2.25
1987	1.96	2.32
1988	1.97	2.32
1989	1.9	2.25
1990	1.82	2.27
1991	1.66	2.31
1992	1.55	2.28
1993	1.46	2.26
1994	1.37	2.23
1995	1.23	2.13
1996	1.23	2.06
1997	1.09	1.92
1998	1.11	1.89
1999	1.23	1.77
2000	1.26	1.86
2001	1.21	1.73
2002	1.23	1.79
2003	1.26	1.75
2004	1.33	1.52
2005	1.37	1.5
2006	1.44	1.46
2007	1.49	1.46
2008	1.56	1.47
2009	1.66	1.5
2010	1.57	1.6
2011	1.51	1.46
2012	1.5	1.5
2013	1.54	1.5
2014	1.62	1.5
2015	1.64	1.49
2016	1.67	1.5
2017	1.71	1.43
2018	1.73	1.42
2019	1.79	1.34
2020	1.77	1.31
2021	1.8	1.6
2022	1.78	1.6
2023	1.81	1.5

Bulgaria and North Macedonia demographics compared

Median age

Bulgaria

North Macedonia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bulgaria	North Macedonia
1960	30.4	21.8
1961	30.7	21.8
1962	31	21.9
1963	31.3	21.9
1964	31.6	21.9
1965	32	21.9
1966	32.3	22
1967	32.6	22.2
1968	32.8	22.4
1969	33	22.6
1970	33.2	22.8
1971	33.3	23.1
1972	33.5	23.3
1973	33.6	23.6
1974	33.6	23.9
1975	33.7	24.2
1976	33.8	24.5
1977	33.9	24.8
1978	34	25.2
1979	34.1	25.5
1980	34.2	25.9
1981	34.4	26.2
1982	34.6	26.5
1983	34.8	26.8
1984	35	27.2
1985	35.3	27.5
1986	35.6	27.8
1987	35.8	28
1988	35.9	28.3
1989	36.2	28.6
1990	36.6	28.9
1991	37	29.2
1992	37.4	29.6
1993	37.7	29.9
1994	38	30.3
1995	38.3	30.5
1996	38.6	30.8
1997	38.9	31
1998	39.1	31.2
1999	39.4	31.5
2000	39.7	31.9
2001	40	32.2
2002	40.3	32.6
2003	40.6	32.8
2004	40.8	33.2
2005	41.1	33.5
2006	41.3	33.9
2007	41.5	34.3
2008	41.7	34.7
2009	42	35.1
2010	42.3	35.5
2011	42.5	36
2012	42.8	36.4
2013	43	36.9
2014	43.3	37.3
2015	43.6	37.8
2016	43.8	38.3
2017	44.1	38.8
2018	44.3	39.4
2019	44.6	39.9
2020	44.9	40.3
2021	45	40.7
2022	45.2	40.9
2023	45.3	41.3
2024	45.5	41.6

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