The latest officially reported population of Algeria was 46,814,308 in 2024 vs 6,441,421 people in Bulgaria in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Algeria's population is 48,034,519 people compared to 6,355,610 in Bulgaria.
Population statistics:
- Algeria's population is 7.56 times bigger than Bulgaria's.
- Algeria is ranked the 33rd most populous country in the world, while Bulgaria is the 112th.
- The countries together account for 0.66% of the world: 0.58% for Algeria vs 0.08% for Bulgaria.
- For the last 10 years, Algeria has had an average growth rate of +1.81% per year vs -0.96% in Bulgaria.
- Since 2006, the population of Algeria has increased from 33.6M people to 48M (42.9% growth), while Bulgaria has declined from 7.6M to 6.36M (16.4% decline).
- Algeria is projected to reach its peak in 2090 at 65.1M people, while Bulgaria's population already peaked in 1988 at 8.98M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Algeria vs Bulgaria: live population counter
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| Current population |
48034519
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6355610
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| Population rank | 33/197 | 112/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.58% | 0.08% |
| One net population change |
48.5 seconds
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1.69 hours
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| One birth every |
34.8 seconds
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9.16 minutes
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| One death every |
2.45 minutes
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5.19 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.8 minutes
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16.7 hours
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| Annual migration change | -31,240 | +524 |
| Daily growth/decline | +1,781 | -14 |
| Annual growth/decline | +650,089 | -5,175 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +1.41% | -0.08% |
| Population growth rate rank | 75/197 | 172/197 |
Algeria and Bulgaria: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 11,424,922 | 7,867,374 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,628,883 | 7,943,118 | 1.79% | 0.96% |
| 1962 | 11,800,771 | 8,012,946 | 1.48% | 0.88% |
| 1963 | 11,982,118 | 8,078,145 | 1.54% | 0.81% |
| 1964 | 12,179,813 | 8,144,340 | 1.65% | 0.82% |
| 1965 | 12,365,976 | 8,204,168 | 1.53% | 0.73% |
| 1966 | 12,590,069 | 8,258,057 | 1.81% | 0.66% |
| 1967 | 12,876,118 | 8,310,226 | 2.27% | 0.63% |
| 1968 | 13,172,614 | 8,369,603 | 2.3% | 0.71% |
| 1969 | 13,475,960 | 8,434,172 | 2.3% | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 13,783,719 | 8,489,574 | 2.28% | 0.66% |
| 1971 | 14,098,936 | 8,536,395 | 2.29% | 0.55% |
| 1972 | 14,427,072 | 8,576,200 | 2.33% | 0.47% |
| 1973 | 14,771,147 | 8,620,967 | 2.38% | 0.52% |
| 1974 | 15,133,502 | 8,678,745 | 2.45% | 0.67% |
| 1975 | 15,678,596 | 8,720,742 | 3.6% | 0.48% |
| 1976 | 16,409,170 | 8,758,599 | 4.66% | 0.43% |
| 1977 | 17,015,994 | 8,804,183 | 3.7% | 0.52% |
| 1978 | 17,506,974 | 8,814,032 | 2.89% | 0.11% |
| 1979 | 18,036,655 | 8,825,940 | 3.03% | 0.14% |
| 1980 | 18,607,174 | 8,861,535 | 3.16% | 0.4% |
| 1981 | 19,220,704 | 8,891,117 | 3.3% | 0.33% |
| 1982 | 19,872,348 | 8,917,457 | 3.39% | 0.3% |
| 1983 | 20,558,115 | 8,939,738 | 3.45% | 0.25% |
| 1984 | 21,271,969 | 8,960,679 | 3.47% | 0.23% |
| 1985 | 22,008,544 | 8,960,547 | 3.46% | -0.001% |
| 1986 | 22,745,499 | 8,958,171 | 3.35% | -0.03% |
| 1987 | 23,443,624 | 8,971,359 | 3.07% | 0.15% |
| 1988 | 24,109,536 | 8,981,446 | 2.84% | 0.11% |
| 1989 | 24,754,485 | 8,876,972 | 2.68% | -1.16% |
| 1990 | 25,375,810 | 8,718,289 | 2.51% | -1.79% |
| 1991 | 25,987,928 | 8,632,367 | 2.41% | -0.99% |
| 1992 | 26,628,568 | 8,540,164 | 2.47% | -1.07% |
| 1993 | 27,277,048 | 8,472,313 | 2.44% | -0.79% |
| 1994 | 27,887,279 | 8,443,591 | 2.24% | -0.34% |
| 1995 | 28,470,191 | 8,406,067 | 2.09% | -0.44% |
| 1996 | 29,033,044 | 8,362,826 | 1.98% | -0.51% |
| 1997 | 29,579,301 | 8,312,068 | 1.88% | -0.61% |
| 1998 | 30,054,133 | 8,256,786 | 1.61% | -0.67% |
| 1999 | 30,474,354 | 8,210,624 | 1.4% | -0.56% |
| 2000 | 30,903,893 | 8,170,172 | 1.41% | -0.49% |
| 2001 | 31,331,221 | 8,009,142 | 1.38% | -1.97% |
| 2002 | 31,750,835 | 7,837,161 | 1.34% | -2.15% |
| 2003 | 32,175,818 | 7,775,327 | 1.34% | -0.79% |
| 2004 | 32,628,286 | 7,716,860 | 1.41% | -0.75% |
| 2005 | 33,109,249 | 7,658,972 | 1.47% | -0.75% |
| 2006 | 33,623,506 | 7,601,022 | 1.55% | -0.76% |
| 2007 | 34,189,416 | 7,545,338 | 1.68% | -0.73% |
| 2008 | 34,816,961 | 7,492,561 | 1.84% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 35,490,445 | 7,444,443 | 1.93% | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 36,188,236 | 7,395,599 | 1.97% | -0.66% |
| 2011 | 36,903,376 | 7,348,328 | 1.98% | -0.64% |
| 2012 | 37,646,166 | 7,305,888 | 2.01% | -0.58% |
| 2013 | 38,414,171 | 7,160,005 | 2.04% | -2% |
| 2014 | 39,205,031 | 7,073,572 | 2.06% | -1.21% |
| 2015 | 40,019,529 | 6,984,225 | 2.08% | -1.26% |
| 2016 | 40,850,721 | 6,894,139 | 2.08% | -1.29% |
| 2017 | 41,689,299 | 6,803,468 | 2.05% | -1.32% |
| 2018 | 42,505,035 | 6,710,798 | 1.96% | -1.36% |
| 2019 | 43,294,546 | 6,616,726 | 1.86% | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 44,042,091 | 6,550,696 | 1.73% | -1% |
| 2021 | 44,761,099 | 6,507,301 | 1.63% | -0.66% |
| 2022 | 45,477,389 | 6,465,097 | 1.6% | -0.65% |
| 2023 | 46,164,219 | 6,446,596 | 1.51% | -0.29% |
| 2024 | 46,814,308 | 6,441,421 | 1.41% | -0.08% |
| 2025 | 47,435,316 | 6,400,309 | 1.33% | -0.64% |
| 2026 | 48,028,344 | 6,355,610 | 1.25% | -0.7% |
| 2027 | 48,593,419 | 6,308,107 | 1.18% | -0.75% |
| 2028 | 49,135,532 | 6,258,719 | 1.12% | -0.78% |
| 2029 | 49,655,386 | 6,207,977 | 1.06% | -0.81% |
| 2030 | 50,154,168 | 6,155,992 | 1% | -0.84% |
| 2031 | 50,637,369 | 6,103,481 | 0.96% | -0.85% |
| 2032 | 51,113,505 | 6,051,290 | 0.94% | -0.86% |
| 2033 | 51,584,249 | 5,998,932 | 0.92% | -0.87% |
| 2034 | 52,048,009 | 5,946,256 | 0.9% | -0.88% |
| 2035 | 52,516,794 | 5,893,732 | 0.9% | -0.88% |
| 2036 | 52,986,277 | 5,840,887 | 0.89% | -0.9% |
| 2037 | 53,452,788 | 5,787,725 | 0.88% | -0.91% |
| 2038 | 53,921,847 | 5,735,248 | 0.88% | -0.91% |
| 2039 | 54,396,263 | 5,683,154 | 0.88% | -0.91% |
| 2040 | 54,873,482 | 5,631,243 | 0.88% | -0.91% |
| 2041 | 55,351,998 | 5,580,085 | 0.87% | -0.91% |
| 2042 | 55,834,554 | 5,529,877 | 0.87% | -0.9% |
| 2043 | 56,319,606 | 5,480,581 | 0.87% | -0.89% |
| 2044 | 56,806,185 | 5,431,913 | 0.86% | -0.89% |
| 2045 | 57,290,162 | 5,383,915 | 0.85% | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 57,767,681 | 5,336,412 | 0.83% | -0.88% |
| 2047 | 58,234,183 | 5,289,023 | 0.81% | -0.89% |
| 2048 | 58,690,893 | 5,242,022 | 0.78% | -0.89% |
| 2049 | 59,136,165 | 5,195,580 | 0.76% | -0.89% |
| 2050 | 59,565,558 | 5,149,391 | 0.73% | -0.89% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Algeria increased by 7,227,215 people (a 21.5% growth), while Bulgaria lost 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Algeria gained 7,183,798 (a 17.6% growth), while Bulgaria's population decreased by -538,529 (a 7.81% decline).
Algeria was ranked 34th most populous country in 2006 and is 33rd in 2026. Bulgaria was ranked 95th in 2006 and ranked 112th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Algeria's population will grow by 24% to 59,565,558 people and will still be ranked 33rd. The population of Bulgaria will decrease by 19% to 5,149,391 people and rank change from 112th to 128th.
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Population differences between Algeria and Bulgaria
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| Life expectancy | 76.9 years | 76.1 years |
| Average age | 30.8 years | 44.1 years |
| Median age | 29.3 years | 45.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51:49 | 48.4:51.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.77 births per woman | 1.81 births per woman |
| Population density | 50.9 ppl/mi² | 153.7 ppl/mi² |
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