Population in Armenia compared to Bulgaria: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Armenia and Bulgaria: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Armenia	Bulgaria	Armenia	Bulgaria
1960	1,863,705	7,867,374	-	-
1961	1,927,484	7,943,118	3.42%	0.96%
1962	1,991,689	8,012,946	3.33%	0.88%
1963	2,056,023	8,078,145	3.23%	0.81%
1964	2,120,135	8,144,340	3.12%	0.82%
1965	2,183,635	8,204,168	3%	0.73%
1966	2,246,159	8,258,057	2.86%	0.66%
1967	2,307,492	8,310,226	2.73%	0.63%
1968	2,367,319	8,369,603	2.59%	0.71%
1969	2,424,030	8,434,172	2.4%	0.77%
1970	2,475,633	8,489,574	2.13%	0.66%
1971	2,525,345	8,536,395	2.01%	0.55%
1972	2,577,079	8,576,200	2.05%	0.47%
1973	2,630,860	8,620,967	2.09%	0.52%
1974	2,686,445	8,678,745	2.11%	0.67%
1975	2,743,660	8,720,742	2.13%	0.48%
1976	2,818,165	8,758,599	2.72%	0.43%
1977	2,912,827	8,804,183	3.36%	0.52%
1978	3,012,807	8,814,032	3.43%	0.11%
1979	3,078,501	8,825,940	2.18%	0.14%
1980	3,107,415	8,861,535	0.94%	0.4%
1981	3,135,349	8,891,117	0.9%	0.33%
1982	3,163,144	8,917,457	0.89%	0.3%
1983	3,191,539	8,939,738	0.9%	0.25%
1984	3,224,547	8,960,679	1.03%	0.23%
1985	3,260,432	8,960,547	1.11%	-0.001%
1986	3,294,847	8,958,171	1.06%	-0.03%
1987	3,328,520	8,971,359	1.02%	0.15%
1988	3,355,125	8,981,446	0.8%	0.11%
1989	3,443,100	8,876,972	2.62%	-1.16%
1990	3,552,128	8,718,289	3.17%	-1.79%
1991	3,613,977	8,632,367	1.74%	-0.99%
1992	3,571,861	8,540,164	-1.17%	-1.07%
1993	3,453,332	8,472,313	-3.32%	-0.79%
1994	3,364,610	8,443,591	-2.57%	-0.34%
1995	3,307,581	8,406,067	-1.69%	-0.44%
1996	3,278,735	8,362,826	-0.87%	-0.51%
1997	3,246,289	8,312,068	-0.99%	-0.61%
1998	3,208,401	8,256,786	-1.17%	-0.67%
1999	3,167,286	8,210,624	-1.28%	-0.56%
2000	3,221,100	8,170,172	1.7%	-0.49%
2001	3,211,800	8,009,142	-0.29%	-1.97%
2002	3,199,800	7,837,161	-0.37%	-2.15%
2003	3,182,500	7,775,327	-0.54%	-0.79%
2004	3,164,900	7,716,860	-0.55%	-0.75%
2005	3,146,400	7,658,972	-0.58%	-0.75%
2006	3,127,100	7,601,022	-0.61%	-0.76%
2007	3,107,400	7,545,338	-0.63%	-0.73%
2008	3,087,100	7,492,561	-0.65%	-0.7%
2009	3,066,000	7,444,443	-0.68%	-0.64%
2010	3,044,800	7,395,599	-0.69%	-0.66%
2011	3,027,900	7,348,328	-0.56%	-0.64%
2012	3,024,100	7,305,888	-0.13%	-0.58%
2013	3,022,000	7,160,005	-0.07%	-2%
2014	3,013,800	7,073,572	-0.27%	-1.21%
2015	3,004,600	6,984,225	-0.31%	-1.26%
2016	2,992,300	6,894,139	-0.41%	-1.29%
2017	2,979,400	6,803,468	-0.43%	-1.32%
2018	2,969,000	6,710,798	-0.35%	-1.36%
2019	2,962,500	6,616,726	-0.22%	-1.4%
2020	2,961,500	6,550,696	-0.03%	-1%
2021	2,962,300	6,507,301	0.03%	-0.66%
2022	2,969,200	6,465,097	0.23%	-0.65%
2023	2,964,300	6,446,596	-0.17%	-0.29%
2024	3,033,500	6,441,421	2.33%	-0.08%
2025	3,011,581	6,400,309	-0.72%	-0.64%
2026	2,989,711	6,355,610	-0.73%	-0.7%
2027	2,968,880	6,308,107	-0.7%	-0.75%
2028	2,948,800	6,258,719	-0.68%	-0.78%
2029	2,928,602	6,207,977	-0.68%	-0.81%
2030	2,908,489	6,155,992	-0.69%	-0.84%
2031	2,888,640	6,103,481	-0.68%	-0.85%
2032	2,869,219	6,051,290	-0.67%	-0.86%
2033	2,850,085	5,998,932	-0.67%	-0.87%
2034	2,831,031	5,946,256	-0.67%	-0.88%
2035	2,812,033	5,893,732	-0.67%	-0.88%
2036	2,793,100	5,840,887	-0.67%	-0.9%
2037	2,774,500	5,787,725	-0.67%	-0.91%
2038	2,756,170	5,735,248	-0.66%	-0.91%
2039	2,737,660	5,683,154	-0.67%	-0.91%
2040	2,718,999	5,631,243	-0.68%	-0.91%
2041	2,700,831	5,580,085	-0.67%	-0.91%
2042	2,682,880	5,529,877	-0.66%	-0.9%
2043	2,665,115	5,480,581	-0.66%	-0.89%
2044	2,647,900	5,431,913	-0.65%	-0.89%
2045	2,630,963	5,383,915	-0.64%	-0.88%
2046	2,613,917	5,336,412	-0.65%	-0.88%
2047	2,596,764	5,289,023	-0.66%	-0.89%
2048	2,579,572	5,242,022	-0.66%	-0.89%
2049	2,562,377	5,195,580	-0.67%	-0.89%
2050	2,545,255	5,149,391	-0.67%	-0.89%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Armenia decreased by 134,800 people (a 4.31% decline), while Bulgaria lost 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Armenia lost -2,589 (a 0.09% decline), while Bulgaria's population decreased by -538,529 (a 7.81% decline).

Armenia was ranked 131st most populous country in 2006 and is 136th 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) Armenia's population will shrink by 14.9% to 2,545,255 people with a rank change from 136th to 142nd. The population of Bulgaria will decrease by 19% to 5,149,391 people and rank change from 112th to 128th.