Bulgaria vs Turkey statistics compared

Bulgaria has a population of 6.44M (ranked 110/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Bulgaria's land area is 41,915 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 101st vs. 36th).

By GDP, Bulgaria ranks 68/197 ($112B) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.32T). By GDP per capita, Bulgaria ranks 64/197 ($17,412), while Turkey ranks 68/197 ($15,473).

Bulgaria and Turkey: Comparison Charts

Bulgaria and Turkey economies compared

GDP

Bulgaria

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP
	Bulgaria	Turkey
1960	-	$7,566,666,667
1961	-	$7,988,888,889
1962	-	$8,922,222,222
1963	-	$10,355,555,556
1964	-	$11,177,777,778
1965	-	$11,966,666,667
1966	-	$14,100,000,000
1967	-	$15,644,444,444
1968	-	$17,500,000,000
1969	-	$19,466,666,667
1970	-	$17,863,636,364
1971	-	$16,166,666,667
1972	-	$20,650,000,000
1973	-	$26,000,000,000
1974	-	$35,414,285,714
1975	-	$46,042,857,143
1976	-	$51,450,000,000
1977	-	$58,683,333,333
1978	-	$65,912,500,000
1979	-	$89,616,129,032
1980	$19,839,230,769	$68,823,684,211
1981	$19,870,000,000	$71,180,180,180
1982	$19,342,000,000	$64,369,325,153
1983	$16,563,666,667	$61,803,555,556
1984	$17,594,944,444	$59,937,602,180
1985	$17,155,421,053	$67,232,758,621
1986	$20,249,294,118	$75,673,037,037
1987	$28,101,000,000	$87,190,081,680
1988	$22,555,941,176	$90,875,175,809
1989	$21,988,444,444	$107,127,191,329
1990	$20,632,090,909	$150,655,500,192
1991	$7,628,738,475	$151,034,731,544
1992	$8,602,887,623	$159,104,772,992
1993	$10,832,064,942	$180,415,757,852
1994	$9,709,240,034	$130,650,447,499
1995	$18,991,484,420	$169,319,579,016
1996	$12,294,964,838	$181,464,408,820
1997	$11,316,127,379	$189,878,399,895
1998	$15,031,055,047	$275,941,990,764
1999	$13,637,098,579	$256,395,932,738
2000	$13,245,990,274	$274,294,623,164
2001	$14,183,446,026	$201,753,123,807
2002	$16,403,043,850	$240,249,071,871
2003	$21,144,957,990	$314,595,572,146
2004	$26,157,743,369	$408,865,430,220
2005	$29,868,657,858	$506,314,717,662
2006	$34,380,536,496	$557,076,157,773
2007	$44,431,257,129	$681,321,124,296
2008	$54,480,684,188	$770,449,132,861
2009	$52,023,801,230	$649,289,324,628
2010	$50,689,051,382	$776,967,266,306
2011	$57,681,293,007	$838,785,289,694
2012	$54,297,052,002	$880,555,885,492
2013	$55,819,262,375	$957,799,120,008
2014	$57,080,897,012	$938,934,609,297
2015	$50,765,918,159	$864,313,810,469
2016	$53,929,397,039	$869,682,881,593
2017	$59,167,647,388	$858,988,492,854
2018	$66,251,582,036	$778,972,108,041
2019	$68,634,004,792	$761,005,915,751
2020	$70,550,652,467	$720,338,490,327
2021	$84,414,122,840	$819,865,223,976
2022	$90,509,236,929	$907,118,434,654
2023	$102,396,840,296	$1,118,252,958,514
2024	$112,211,952,704	$1,323,254,808,059

Bulgaria and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita

Bulgaria

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Bulgaria	Turkey
1960	-	$267.1
1961	-	$274.4
1962	-	$298.2
1963	-	$337
1964	-	$354
1965	-	$370
1966	-	$425
1967	-	$459
1968	-	$501
1969	-	$544
1970	-	$488
1971	-	$431
1972	-	$537
1973	-	$661
1974	-	$881
1975	-	$1,122
1976	-	$1,228
1977	-	$1,372
1978	-	$1,510
1979	-	$2,013
1980	$2,239	$1,516
1981	$2,235	$1,537
1982	$2,169	$1,360
1983	$1,853	$1,276
1984	$1,964	$1,209
1985	$1,915	$1,326
1986	$2,260	$1,461
1987	$3,132	$1,650
1988	$2,511	$1,686
1989	$2,477	$1,949
1990	$2,367	$2,690
1991	$884	$2,649
1992	$1,007	$2,744
1993	$1,279	$3,058
1994	$1,150	$2,176
1995	$2,259	$2,775
1996	$1,470	$2,929
1997	$1,361	$3,021
1998	$1,820	$4,330
1999	$1,661	$3,969
2000	$1,621	$4,192
2001	$1,771	$3,046
2002	$2,093	$3,583
2003	$2,719	$4,638
2004	$3,390	$5,961
2005	$3,900	$7,303
2006	$4,523	$7,953
2007	$5,889	$9,711
2008	$7,271	$10,844
2009	$6,988	$9,013
2010	$6,854	$10,623
2011	$7,850	$11,301
2012	$7,432	$11,713
2013	$7,796	$12,578
2014	$8,070	$12,165
2015	$7,269	$11,050
2016	$7,822	$10,970
2017	$8,697	$10,696
2018	$9,872	$9,569
2019	$10,373	$9,215
2020	$10,770	$8,639
2021	$12,972	$9,743
2022	$14,000	$10,675
2023	$15,884	$13,106
2024	$17,412	$15,473

Bulgaria vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Bulgaria

Turkey

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Bulgaria	Turkey
1950	61.5	47.3
1951	60.7	47.6
1952	59.6	48.1
1953	64.2	48.2
1954	64.4	48.8
1955	64.8	49.1
1956	65.2	49.5
1957	66.6	49.2
1958	68.7	49.2
1959	66.6	50.1
1960	69.2	50.8
1961	70.2	51.6
1962	69.5	52.3
1963	70.3	53.1
1964	71.1	53.6
1965	71.3	54.1
1966	71.2	54.6
1967	70.4	55.2
1968	71.2	55.6
1969	70.5	56.2
1970	71.3	56.7
1971	70.9	57.2
1972	70.9	58
1973	71.3	58.5
1974	71.2	59
1975	71	59.5
1976	71.4	60
1977	70.8	60.8
1978	71.1	61.6
1979	71.2	62.2
1980	71.1	62.7
1981	71.5	63.2
1982	71.1	63.7
1983	71.2	64.3
1984	71.3	64.8
1985	71	65.3
1986	71.6	65.9
1987	71.3	66.4
1988	71.4	66.9
1989	71.5	67.4
1990	71.3	67.8
1991	71.2	68.3
1992	71.2	68.6
1993	71.2	69
1994	70.9	69.4
1995	71	69.7
1996	70.8	70.2
1997	70.3	70.7
1998	70.9	71.1
1999	71.6	70.8
2000	71.6	71.9
2001	71.9	72.3
2002	72.1	72.6
2003	72.4	72.9
2004	72.6	73.2
2005	72.6	73.5
2006	72.7	73.8
2007	73	74.1
2008	73.3	74.4
2009	73.7	74.7
2010	73.8	75
2011	74.2	74.8
2012	74.3	75.6
2013	74.8	76.2
2014	74.5	76.5
2015	74.6	76.5
2016	74.8	76.6
2017	74.8	77
2018	74.9	77.5
2019	75.1	77.7
2020	73.6	76.5
2021	71.4	75.7
2022	74	77.6
2023	75.6	77.2
2024	75.8	77.4
2025	76	77.8

Bulgaria and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population

Bulgaria

Turkey

Table

Year	Population
	Bulgaria	Turkey
1960	7,867,374	28,329,898
1961	7,943,118	29,119,238
1962	8,012,946	29,916,147
1963	8,078,145	30,726,841
1964	8,144,340	31,543,072
1965	8,204,168	32,345,220
1966	8,258,057	33,177,672
1967	8,310,226	34,050,421
1968	8,369,603	34,921,684
1969	8,434,172	35,787,774
1970	8,489,574	36,638,465
1971	8,536,395	37,518,611
1972	8,576,200	38,430,221
1973	8,620,967	39,329,533
1974	8,678,745	40,210,234
1975	8,720,742	41,053,126
1976	8,758,599	41,899,984
1977	8,804,183	42,773,298
1978	8,814,032	43,645,306
1979	8,825,940	44,510,429
1980	8,861,535	45,408,815
1981	8,891,117	46,321,190
1982	8,917,457	47,322,096
1983	8,939,738	48,447,410
1984	8,960,679	49,574,069
1985	8,960,547	50,687,115
1986	8,958,171	51,777,772
1987	8,971,359	52,843,670
1988	8,981,446	53,909,626
1989	8,876,972	54,976,723
1990	8,718,289	56,015,628
1991	8,632,367	57,009,887
1992	8,540,164	57,990,118
1993	8,472,313	58,999,167
1994	8,443,591	60,033,836
1995	8,406,067	61,024,503
1996	8,362,826	61,951,134
1997	8,312,068	62,852,966
1998	8,256,786	63,734,383
1999	8,210,624	64,591,923
2000	8,170,172	65,425,961
2001	8,009,142	66,245,128
2002	7,837,161	67,048,795
2003	7,775,327	67,831,730
2004	7,716,860	68,592,617
2005	7,658,972	69,329,557
2006	7,601,022	70,045,349
2007	7,545,338	70,158,112
2008	7,492,561	71,051,678
2009	7,444,443	72,039,206
2010	7,395,599	73,142,150
2011	7,348,328	74,223,629
2012	7,305,888	75,175,827
2013	7,160,005	76,147,624
2014	7,073,572	77,181,884
2015	6,984,225	78,218,479
2016	6,894,139	79,277,962
2017	6,803,468	80,312,698
2018	6,710,798	81,407,204
2019	6,616,726	82,579,440
2020	6,550,696	83,384,680
2021	6,507,301	84,147,318
2022	6,465,097	84,979,913
2023	6,446,596	85,325,965
2024	6,444,366	85,518,661

Fertility rates in Bulgaria and Turkey

Fertility rate

Bulgaria

Turkey

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	Turkey
1960	2.31	6.38
1961	2.29	6.42
1962	2.24	6.38
1963	2.21	6.34
1964	2.19	6.29
1965	2.09	6.22
1966	2.03	6.15
1967	2.02	6.06
1968	2.27	5.96
1969	2.27	5.87
1970	2.17	5.78
1971	2.1	5.67
1972	2.03	5.55
1973	2.15	5.41
1974	2.29	5.24
1975	2.23	5.09
1976	2.24	4.93
1977	2.21	4.78
1978	2.15	4.69
1979	2.16	4.58
1980	2.05	4.45
1981	2	4.35
1982	2.01	4.21
1983	2.01	4.06
1984	2.01	3.91
1985	1.97	3.78
1986	2.02	3.66
1987	1.96	3.54
1988	1.97	3.45
1989	1.9	3.34
1990	1.82	3.11
1991	1.66	3
1992	1.55	2.94
1993	1.46	2.92
1994	1.37	2.87
1995	1.23	2.84
1996	1.23	2.78
1997	1.09	2.74
1998	1.11	2.71
1999	1.23	2.63
2000	1.26	2.49
2001	1.21	2.39
2002	1.23	2.27
2003	1.26	2.2
2004	1.33	2.2
2005	1.37	2.2
2006	1.44	2.19
2007	1.49	2.16
2008	1.56	2.15
2009	1.66	2.1
2010	1.57	2.08
2011	1.51	2.05
2012	1.5	2.11
2013	1.54	2.11
2014	1.62	2.19
2015	1.64	2.16
2016	1.67	2.11
2017	1.71	2.08
2018	1.73	2
2019	1.79	1.89
2020	1.77	1.77
2021	1.8	1.71
2022	1.78	1.63
2023	1.81	1.51

Bulgaria and Turkey demographics compared

Median age

Bulgaria

Turkey

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Bulgaria	Turkey
1960	30.4	19.4
1961	30.7	19.3
1962	31	19.1
1963	31.3	19
1964	31.6	18.9
1965	32	18.9
1966	32.3	18.8
1967	32.6	18.7
1968	32.8	18.6
1969	33	18.6
1970	33.2	18.6
1971	33.3	18.7
1972	33.5	18.8
1973	33.6	18.9
1974	33.6	19
1975	33.7	19.1
1976	33.8	19.3
1977	33.9	19.4
1978	34	19.5
1979	34.1	19.7
1980	34.2	19.8
1981	34.4	19.9
1982	34.6	20
1983	34.8	20.2
1984	35	20.4
1985	35.3	20.6
1986	35.6	20.9
1987	35.8	21.1
1988	35.9	21.3
1989	36.2	21.6
1990	36.6	21.8
1991	37	22.1
1992	37.4	22.4
1993	37.7	22.7
1994	38	23
1995	38.3	23.3
1996	38.6	23.6
1997	38.9	24
1998	39.1	24.3
1999	39.4	24.7
2000	39.7	25
2001	40	25.4
2002	40.3	25.8
2003	40.6	26.2
2004	40.8	26.6
2005	41.1	27
2006	41.3	27.5
2007	41.5	27.9
2008	41.7	28.3
2009	42	28.6
2010	42.3	29.1
2011	42.5	29.5
2012	42.8	29.8
2013	43	30.1
2014	43.3	30.4
2015	43.6	30.6
2016	43.8	30.9
2017	44.1	31.2
2018	44.3	31.5
2019	44.6	31.8
2020	44.9	32.3
2021	45	32.7
2022	45.2	33.1
2023	45.3	33.5
2024	45.5	34

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