Bulgaria vs South Africa statistics compared

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 101st vs. 24th).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Bulgaria and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Bulgaria and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Bulgaria

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Bulgaria	South Africa
1960	-	$8,748,596,501
1961	-	$9,225,996,310
1962	-	$9,813,996,074
1963	-	$10,854,195,658
1964	-	$11,955,995,218
1965	-	$13,068,994,772
1966	-	$14,211,394,315
1967	-	$15,821,393,671
1968	-	$17,124,793,150
1969	-	$19,256,992,297
1970	-	$21,218,391,513
1971	-	$23,411,076,638
1972	-	$24,515,919,217
1973	-	$33,262,772,008
1974	-	$41,389,186,095
1975	-	$42,906,905,672
1976	-	$41,150,460,288
1977	-	$45,328,411,332
1978	-	$51,607,412,902
1979	-	$63,038,658,089
1980	$19,839,230,769	$89,411,864,402
1981	$19,870,000,000	$93,141,472,164
1982	$19,342,000,000	$85,904,057,409
1983	$16,563,666,667	$96,204,110,942
1984	$17,594,944,444	$84,870,163,366
1985	$17,155,421,053	$64,459,376,087
1986	$20,249,294,118	$73,354,771,399
1987	$28,101,000,000	$96,535,763,418
1988	$22,555,941,176	$103,976,831,871
1989	$21,988,444,444	$108,055,624,082
1990	$20,632,090,909	$126,048,140,142
1991	$7,628,738,475	$135,203,698,238
1992	$8,602,887,623	$146,956,150,987
1993	$10,832,064,942	$147,194,747,566
1994	$9,709,240,034	$153,512,712,382
1995	$18,991,484,420	$171,735,933,897
1996	$12,294,964,838	$163,234,925,381
1997	$11,316,127,379	$168,978,057,328
1998	$15,031,055,047	$152,982,984,557
1999	$13,637,098,579	$151,516,957,079
2000	$13,245,990,274	$151,752,757,215
2001	$14,183,446,026	$135,429,905,923
2002	$16,403,043,850	$129,087,556,612
2003	$21,144,957,990	$197,018,965,309
2004	$26,157,743,369	$255,806,908,595
2005	$29,868,657,858	$288,867,217,197
2006	$34,380,536,496	$303,858,675,364
2007	$44,431,257,129	$333,077,117,254
2008	$54,480,684,188	$316,131,258,616
2009	$52,023,801,230	$329,754,060,647
2010	$50,689,051,382	$417,363,822,802
2011	$57,681,293,007	$458,199,494,831
2012	$54,297,052,002	$434,400,545,086
2013	$55,819,262,375	$400,886,013,596
2014	$57,080,897,012	$381,198,869,776
2015	$50,765,918,159	$346,709,790,459
2016	$53,929,397,039	$323,585,509,674
2017	$59,167,647,388	$381,448,814,653
2018	$66,251,582,036	$405,260,723,893
2019	$68,634,004,792	$389,330,032,224
2020	$70,550,652,467	$337,974,655,408
2021	$84,414,122,840	$420,886,877,629
2022	$90,509,236,929	$406,920,004,594
2023	$102,396,840,296	$380,699,271,816
2024	$112,211,952,704	$400,260,724,226

Bulgaria and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Bulgaria

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bulgaria	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	-	$952
1971	-	$1,020
1972	-	$1,038
1973	-	$1,369
1974	-	$1,656
1975	-	$1,670
1976	-	$1,559
1977	-	$1,671
1978	-	$1,852
1979	-	$2,202
1980	$2,239	$3,029
1981	$2,235	$3,050
1982	$2,169	$2,717
1983	$1,853	$2,938
1984	$1,964	$2,504
1985	$1,915	$1,839
1986	$2,260	$2,027
1987	$3,132	$2,586
1988	$2,511	$2,702
1989	$2,477	$2,727
1990	$2,367	$3,093
1991	$884	$3,243
1992	$1,007	$3,462
1993	$1,279	$3,400
1994	$1,150	$3,489
1995	$2,259	$3,856
1996	$1,470	$3,618
1997	$1,361	$3,700
1998	$1,820	$3,310
1999	$1,661	$3,242
2000	$1,621	$3,218
2001	$1,771	$2,847
2002	$2,093	$2,688
2003	$2,719	$4,062
2004	$3,390	$5,221
2005	$3,900	$5,837
2006	$4,523	$6,077
2007	$5,889	$6,592
2008	$7,271	$6,185
2009	$6,988	$6,375
2010	$6,854	$7,973
2011	$7,850	$8,646
2012	$7,432	$8,077
2013	$7,796	$7,332
2014	$8,070	$6,857
2015	$7,269	$6,112
2016	$7,822	$5,651
2017	$8,697	$6,618
2018	$9,872	$6,914
2019	$10,373	$6,534
2020	$10,770	$5,581
2021	$12,972	$6,843
2022	$14,000	$6,523
2023	$15,884	$6,023
2024	$17,412	$6,253

Bulgaria vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bulgaria

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bulgaria	South Africa
1950	61.5	43.1
1951	60.7	44.1
1952	59.6	45
1953	64.2	46.1
1954	64.4	47.1
1955	64.8	48.2
1956	65.2	49.2
1957	66.6	50.2
1958	68.7	51.1
1959	66.6	51.9
1960	69.2	52.6
1961	70.2	53.1
1962	69.5	53.6
1963	70.3	53.9
1964	71.1	54.2
1965	71.3	54.4
1966	71.2	54.7
1967	70.4	55
1968	71.2	55.2
1969	70.5	55.4
1970	71.3	55.7
1971	70.9	56
1972	70.9	56.4
1973	71.3	56.7
1974	71.2	57.1
1975	71	57.6
1976	71.4	58
1977	70.8	58.5
1978	71.1	59
1979	71.2	59.5
1980	71.1	60
1981	71.5	60.4
1982	71.1	60.9
1983	71.2	61.4
1984	71.3	61.8
1985	71	62.2
1986	71.6	62.4
1987	71.3	62.7
1988	71.4	62.9
1989	71.5	63
1990	71.3	62.9
1991	71.2	63
1992	71.2	62.8
1993	71.2	62.6
1994	70.9	62.1
1995	71	61.6
1996	70.8	61.1
1997	70.3	60.5
1998	70.9	59.9
1999	71.6	59.2
2000	71.6	58.4
2001	71.9	57.2
2002	72.1	55.6
2003	72.4	54.2
2004	72.6	54
2005	72.6	53.9
2006	72.7	54.2
2007	73	54.9
2008	73.3	56
2009	73.7	57.4
2010	73.8	58.9
2011	74.2	60.6
2012	74.3	61.7
2013	74.8	62.4
2014	74.5	63.2
2015	74.6	64.1
2016	74.8	64.7
2017	74.8	65.4
2018	74.9	65.7
2019	75.1	66.1
2020	73.6	65.2
2021	71.4	62
2022	74	65.5
2023	75.6	66.1
2024	75.8	66.3
2025	76	66.5

Bulgaria and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Bulgaria

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Bulgaria	South Africa
1960	7,867,374	16,440,172
1961	7,943,118	16,908,035
1962	8,012,946	17,418,522
1963	8,078,145	17,954,564
1964	8,144,340	18,511,361
1965	8,204,168	19,089,380
1966	8,258,057	19,690,087
1967	8,310,226	20,314,066
1968	8,369,603	20,957,287
1969	8,434,172	21,614,676
1970	8,489,574	22,279,984
1971	8,536,395	22,942,143
1972	8,576,200	23,609,456
1973	8,620,967	24,294,263
1974	8,678,745	24,989,108
1975	8,720,742	25,690,940
1976	8,758,599	26,395,450
1977	8,804,183	27,118,952
1978	8,814,032	27,869,507
1979	8,825,940	28,634,162
1980	8,861,535	29,518,857
1981	8,891,117	30,541,044
1982	8,917,457	31,615,339
1983	8,939,738	32,739,304
1984	8,960,679	33,892,788
1985	8,960,547	35,042,093
1986	8,958,171	36,180,515
1987	8,971,359	37,326,190
1988	8,981,446	38,480,649
1989	8,876,972	39,628,575
1990	8,718,289	40,746,268
1991	8,632,367	41,687,898
1992	8,540,164	42,443,509
1993	8,472,313	43,297,156
1994	8,443,591	44,004,139
1995	8,406,067	44,541,554
1996	8,362,826	45,123,018
1997	8,312,068	45,666,838
1998	8,256,786	46,223,880
1999	8,210,624	46,730,335
2000	8,170,172	47,159,719
2001	8,009,142	47,566,800
2002	7,837,161	48,019,415
2003	7,775,327	48,500,348
2004	7,716,860	48,991,421
2005	7,658,972	49,490,033
2006	7,601,022	49,998,277
2007	7,545,338	50,528,584
2008	7,492,561	51,114,599
2009	7,444,443	51,728,516
2010	7,395,599	52,344,051
2011	7,348,328	52,995,205
2012	7,305,888	53,782,567
2013	7,160,005	54,678,791
2014	7,073,572	55,594,838
2015	6,984,225	56,723,537
2016	6,894,139	57,259,551
2017	6,803,468	57,635,162
2018	6,710,798	58,613,001
2019	6,616,726	59,587,885
2020	6,550,696	60,562,381
2021	6,507,301	61,502,603
2022	6,465,097	62,378,410
2023	6,446,596	63,212,384
2024	6,444,366	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and South Africa

Fertility rate

Bulgaria

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	South Africa
1960	2.31	6.11
1961	2.29	6.08
1962	2.24	6.05
1963	2.21	6.01
1964	2.19	5.96
1965	2.09	5.89
1966	2.03	5.91
1967	2.02	5.85
1968	2.27	5.78
1969	2.27	5.72
1970	2.17	5.63
1971	2.1	5.57
1972	2.03	5.49
1973	2.15	5.41
1974	2.29	5.3
1975	2.23	5.19
1976	2.24	5.07
1977	2.21	4.94
1978	2.15	4.85
1979	2.16	4.82
1980	2.05	4.78
1981	2	4.71
1982	2.01	4.7
1983	2.01	4.63
1984	2.01	4.57
1985	1.97	4.5
1986	2.02	4.41
1987	1.96	4.35
1988	1.97	4.18
1989	1.9	3.98
1990	1.82	3.72
1991	1.66	3.62
1992	1.55	3.48
1993	1.46	3.37
1994	1.37	3.26
1995	1.23	3.17
1996	1.23	2.99
1997	1.09	2.73
1998	1.11	2.63
1999	1.23	2.56
2000	1.26	2.41
2001	1.21	2.37
2002	1.23	2.32
2003	1.26	2.36
2004	1.33	2.44
2005	1.37	2.51
2006	1.44	2.55
2007	1.49	2.55
2008	1.56	2.68
2009	1.66	2.5
2010	1.57	2.44
2011	1.51	2.44
2012	1.5	2.45
2013	1.54	2.43
2014	1.62	2.42
2015	1.64	2.36
2016	1.67	2.26
2017	1.71	2.28
2018	1.73	2.27
2019	1.79	2.26
2020	1.77	2.26
2021	1.8	2.25
2022	1.78	2.23
2023	1.81	2.22

Bulgaria and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Bulgaria

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bulgaria	South Africa
1960	30.4	19
1961	30.7	19
1962	31	18.9
1963	31.3	18.9
1964	31.6	18.9
1965	32	18.8
1966	32.3	18.8
1967	32.6	18.8
1968	32.8	18.8
1969	33	18.8
1970	33.2	18.8
1971	33.3	18.8
1972	33.5	18.8
1973	33.6	18.8
1974	33.6	18.9
1975	33.7	18.9
1976	33.8	19
1977	33.9	19.1
1978	34	19.2
1979	34.1	19.3
1980	34.2	19.4
1981	34.4	19.6
1982	34.6	19.8
1983	34.8	20
1984	35	20.2
1985	35.3	20.4
1986	35.6	20.5
1987	35.8	20.7
1988	35.9	20.9
1989	36.2	21.1
1990	36.6	21.3
1991	37	21.5
1992	37.4	21.5
1993	37.7	21.9
1994	38	22
1995	38.3	21.5
1996	38.6	21.2
1997	38.9	21.2
1998	39.1	21.4
1999	39.4	21.6
2000	39.7	21.9
2001	40	22.2
2002	40.3	22.4
2003	40.6	22.8
2004	40.8	23.1
2005	41.1	23.3
2006	41.3	23.5
2007	41.5	23.8
2008	41.7	24
2009	42	24.3
2010	42.3	24.6
2011	42.5	25
2012	42.8	25.3
2013	43	25.7
2014	43.3	26
2015	43.6	26.4
2016	43.8	26.7
2017	44.1	27
2018	44.3	27.5
2019	44.6	27.9
2020	44.9	28.3
2021	45	28.6
2022	45.2	28.9
2023	45.3	29.2
2024	45.5	29.5

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