Bulgaria vs Romania statistics compared

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 19.1M in Romania (ranked 67/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 88,834 sq mi for Romania (ranked 101st vs. 80th).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B) and Romania ranks 43/197 ($383B). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412), while Romania ranks 58/197 ($20,072).

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Bulgaria and Romania economies compared

GDP

Bulgaria

Romania

Table

Year	GDP
	Bulgaria	Romania
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	$38,067,567,568
1988	$22,555,941,176	$40,424,528,302
1989	$21,988,444,444	$41,450,777,202
1990	$20,632,090,909	$38,247,882,300
1991	$7,628,738,475	$28,850,634,900
1992	$8,602,887,623	$25,121,666,667
1993	$10,832,064,942	$26,361,160,450
1994	$9,709,240,034	$30,072,805,104
1995	$18,991,484,420	$37,430,162,103
1996	$12,294,964,838	$36,937,074,278
1997	$11,316,127,379	$35,575,214,078
1998	$15,031,055,047	$41,696,091,974
1999	$13,637,098,579	$35,953,156,754
2000	$13,245,990,274	$37,253,739,511
2001	$14,183,446,026	$40,395,116,581
2002	$16,403,043,850	$46,065,502,703
2003	$21,144,957,990	$57,806,384,143
2004	$26,157,743,369	$74,973,656,852
2005	$29,868,657,858	$98,454,380,120
2006	$34,380,536,496	$122,023,735,993
2007	$44,431,257,129	$174,588,782,939
2008	$54,480,684,188	$214,315,932,061
2009	$52,023,801,230	$174,110,532,659
2010	$50,689,051,382	$170,064,350,672
2011	$57,681,293,007	$192,623,977,894
2012	$54,297,052,002	$179,117,323,107
2013	$55,819,262,375	$189,798,603,751
2014	$57,080,897,012	$199,722,319,676
2015	$50,765,918,159	$177,885,131,240
2016	$53,929,397,039	$185,290,759,249
2017	$59,167,647,388	$210,147,385,855
2018	$66,251,582,036	$243,468,683,030
2019	$68,634,004,792	$251,677,082,534
2020	$70,550,652,467	$252,033,792,712
2021	$84,414,122,840	$286,578,196,368
2022	$90,509,236,929	$296,354,358,293
2023	$102,396,840,296	$350,775,856,415
2024	$112,211,952,704	$382,767,571,329

Bulgaria and Romania economies compared

GDP per capita

Bulgaria

Romania

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bulgaria	Romania
1980	$2,239	-
1981	$2,235	-
1982	$2,169	-
1983	$1,853	-
1984	$1,964	-
1985	$1,915	-
1986	$2,260	-
1987	$3,132	$1,659
1988	$2,511	$1,753
1989	$2,477	$1,790
1990	$2,367	$1,648
1991	$884	$1,254
1992	$1,007	$1,102
1993	$1,279	$1,158
1994	$1,150	$1,323
1995	$2,259	$1,650
1996	$1,470	$1,633
1997	$1,361	$1,577
1998	$1,820	$1,853
1999	$1,661	$1,600
2000	$1,621	$1,660
2001	$1,771	$1,825
2002	$2,093	$2,120
2003	$2,719	$2,679
2004	$3,390	$3,495
2005	$3,900	$4,618
2006	$4,523	$5,758
2007	$5,889	$8,360
2008	$7,271	$10,435
2009	$6,988	$8,548
2010	$6,854	$8,400
2011	$7,850	$9,561
2012	$7,432	$8,930
2013	$7,796	$9,498
2014	$8,070	$10,032
2015	$7,269	$8,977
2016	$7,822	$9,405
2017	$8,697	$10,728
2018	$9,872	$12,502
2019	$10,373	$12,992
2020	$10,770	$13,082
2021	$12,972	$14,987
2022	$14,000	$15,558
2023	$15,884	$18,404
2024	$17,412	$20,072

Bulgaria vs. Romania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bulgaria

Romania

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bulgaria	Romania
1950	61.5	60.5
1951	60.7	61.2
1952	59.6	61.8
1953	64.2	62.5
1954	64.4	63
1955	64.8	63.3
1956	65.2	63.6
1957	66.6	64
1958	68.7	64.4
1959	66.6	64.9
1960	69.2	65.6
1961	70.2	66.4
1962	69.5	67.2
1963	70.3	67.8
1964	71.1	68.4
1965	71.3	68.4
1966	71.2	68.2
1967	70.4	68.1
1968	71.2	67.9
1969	70.5	67.2
1970	71.3	67.9
1971	70.9	68.4
1972	70.9	69
1973	71.3	68.7
1974	71.2	69.5
1975	71	69.6
1976	71.4	69.9
1977	70.8	69.5
1978	71.1	69.8
1979	71.2	69.5
1980	71.1	69.2
1981	71.5	69.5
1982	71.1	69.8
1983	71.2	69.8
1984	71.3	69.9
1985	71	69.4
1986	71.6	69.7
1987	71.3	69.1
1988	71.4	69.4
1989	71.5	69.5
1990	71.3	69.8
1991	71.2	70
1992	71.2	69.5
1993	71.2	69.5
1994	70.9	69.3
1995	71	69.3
1996	70.8	68.8
1997	70.3	69.1
1998	70.9	69.9
1999	71.6	70.6
2000	71.6	71.2
2001	71.9	71.1
2002	72.1	70.8
2003	72.4	70.8
2004	72.6	71.1
2005	72.6	71.6
2006	72.7	72.2
2007	73	72.8
2008	73.3	73.2
2009	73.7	73.5
2010	73.8	73.6
2011	74.2	74.3
2012	74.3	74.3
2013	74.8	74.9
2014	74.5	74.8
2015	74.6	74.7
2016	74.8	75
2017	74.8	75
2018	74.9	75.1
2019	75.1	75.3
2020	73.6	74
2021	71.4	72.7
2022	74	75.3
2023	75.6	75.9
2024	75.8	76.1
2025	76	76.2

Bulgaria and Romania population clocks and comparison

Population

Bulgaria

Romania

Table

Year	Population
	Bulgaria	Romania
1960	7,867,374	18,406,905
1961	7,943,118	18,555,250
1962	8,012,946	18,676,550
1963	8,078,145	18,797,850
1964	8,144,340	18,919,126
1965	8,204,168	19,031,576
1966	8,258,057	19,215,450
1967	8,310,226	19,534,242
1968	8,369,603	19,799,831
1969	8,434,172	20,009,141
1970	8,489,574	20,250,398
1971	8,536,395	20,461,567
1972	8,576,200	20,657,957
1973	8,620,967	20,835,681
1974	8,678,745	21,029,429
1975	8,720,742	21,293,583
1976	8,758,599	21,551,634
1977	8,804,183	21,756,096
1978	8,814,032	21,951,464
1979	8,825,940	22,090,488
1980	8,861,535	22,207,282
1981	8,891,117	22,353,070
1982	8,917,457	22,475,741
1983	8,939,738	22,560,478
1984	8,960,679	22,640,547
1985	8,960,547	22,732,999
1986	8,958,171	22,836,841
1987	8,971,359	22,949,430
1988	8,981,446	23,057,662
1989	8,876,972	23,161,458
1990	8,718,289	23,201,835
1991	8,632,367	23,001,155
1992	8,540,164	22,794,284
1993	8,472,313	22,763,280
1994	8,443,591	22,730,211
1995	8,406,067	22,684,270
1996	8,362,826	22,619,004
1997	8,312,068	22,553,978
1998	8,256,786	22,507,344
1999	8,210,624	22,472,040
2000	8,170,172	22,442,971
2001	8,009,142	22,131,970
2002	7,837,161	21,730,496
2003	7,775,327	21,574,326
2004	7,716,860	21,451,748
2005	7,658,972	21,319,685
2006	7,601,022	21,193,760
2007	7,545,338	20,882,982
2008	7,492,561	20,537,875
2009	7,444,443	20,367,487
2010	7,395,599	20,246,871
2011	7,348,328	20,147,528
2012	7,305,888	20,058,035
2013	7,160,005	19,983,693
2014	7,073,572	19,908,979
2015	6,984,225	19,815,616
2016	6,894,139	19,702,267
2017	6,803,468	19,588,715
2018	6,710,798	19,473,970
2019	6,616,726	19,371,648
2020	6,550,696	19,265,250
2021	6,507,301	19,122,059
2022	6,465,097	19,048,502
2023	6,446,596	19,059,479
2024	6,444,366	19,069,340

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and Romania

Fertility rate

Bulgaria

Romania

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	Romania
1960	2.31	2.34
1961	2.29	2.17
1962	2.24	2.04
1963	2.21	2.01
1964	2.19	1.96
1965	2.09	1.91
1966	2.03	1.9
1967	2.02	3.66
1968	2.27	3.63
1969	2.27	3.19
1970	2.17	2.89
1971	2.1	2.67
1972	2.03	2.55
1973	2.15	2.44
1974	2.29	2.71
1975	2.23	2.59
1976	2.24	2.54
1977	2.21	2.57
1978	2.15	2.52
1979	2.16	2.49
1980	2.05	2.43
1981	2	2.36
1982	2.01	2.17
1983	2.01	2.06
1984	2.01	2.26
1985	1.97	2.31
1986	2.02	2.39
1987	1.96	2.38
1988	1.97	2.3
1989	1.9	2.22
1990	1.82	1.83
1991	1.66	1.59
1992	1.55	1.51
1993	1.46	1.43
1994	1.37	1.4
1995	1.23	1.33
1996	1.23	1.3
1997	1.09	1.32
1998	1.11	1.32
1999	1.23	1.3
2000	1.26	1.31
2001	1.21	1.27
2002	1.23	1.27
2003	1.26	1.3
2004	1.33	1.33
2005	1.37	1.4
2006	1.44	1.42
2007	1.49	1.45
2008	1.56	1.6
2009	1.66	1.66
2010	1.57	1.59
2011	1.51	1.47
2012	1.5	1.52
2013	1.54	1.46
2014	1.62	1.56
2015	1.64	1.62
2016	1.67	1.69
2017	1.71	1.78
2018	1.73	1.76
2019	1.79	1.77
2020	1.77	1.8
2021	1.8	1.81
2022	1.78	1.71
2023	1.81	1.71

Bulgaria and Romania demographics compared

Median age

Bulgaria

Romania

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bulgaria	Romania
1960	30.4	28.5
1961	30.7	28.9
1962	31	29.3
1963	31.3	29.7
1964	31.6	30.2
1965	32	30.6
1966	32.3	31
1967	32.6	31.3
1968	32.8	31.3
1969	33	31.3
1970	33.2	31.4
1971	33.3	31.4
1972	33.5	31.5
1973	33.6	31.5
1974	33.6	31.6
1975	33.7	31.7
1976	33.8	31.8
1977	33.9	31.8
1978	34	31.7
1979	34.1	31.7
1980	34.2	31.8
1981	34.4	31.9
1982	34.6	32
1983	34.8	32.1
1984	35	32.3
1985	35.3	32.5
1986	35.6	32.7
1987	35.8	32.8
1988	35.9	32.8
1989	36.2	32.9
1990	36.6	33
1991	37	33.1
1992	37.4	33.3
1993	37.7	33.6
1994	38	33.8
1995	38.3	34
1996	38.6	34.2
1997	38.9	34.4
1998	39.1	34.6
1999	39.4	34.7
2000	39.7	34.8
2001	40	34.8
2002	40.3	35.3
2003	40.6	36
2004	40.8	36.6
2005	41.1	37
2006	41.3	37.3
2007	41.5	37.7
2008	41.7	38.2
2009	42	38.8
2010	42.3	39.3
2011	42.5	39.8
2012	42.8	40.2
2013	43	40.5
2014	43.3	40.9
2015	43.6	41.3
2016	43.8	41.7
2017	44.1	42
2018	44.3	42.3
2019	44.6	42.6
2020	44.9	42.9
2021	45	43.2
2022	45.2	43.3
2023	45.3	43.5
2024	45.5	43.8

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