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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Austria	Bulgaria	Austria	Bulgaria
1960	7,047,539	7,867,374	-	-
1961	7,086,299	7,943,118	0.55%	0.96%
1962	7,129,864	8,012,946	0.61%	0.88%
1963	7,175,811	8,078,145	0.64%	0.81%
1964	7,223,801	8,144,340	0.67%	0.82%
1965	7,270,889	8,204,168	0.65%	0.73%
1966	7,322,066	8,258,057	0.7%	0.66%
1967	7,376,998	8,310,226	0.75%	0.63%
1968	7,415,403	8,369,603	0.52%	0.71%
1969	7,441,055	8,434,172	0.35%	0.77%
1970	7,467,086	8,489,574	0.35%	0.66%
1971	7,500,482	8,536,395	0.45%	0.55%
1972	7,544,201	8,576,200	0.58%	0.47%
1973	7,586,115	8,620,967	0.56%	0.52%
1974	7,599,038	8,678,745	0.17%	0.67%
1975	7,578,903	8,720,742	-0.26%	0.48%
1976	7,565,525	8,758,599	-0.18%	0.43%
1977	7,568,430	8,804,183	0.04%	0.52%
1978	7,562,305	8,814,032	-0.08%	0.11%
1979	7,549,425	8,825,940	-0.17%	0.14%
1980	7,549,433	8,861,535	0%	0.4%
1981	7,568,710	8,891,117	0.26%	0.33%
1982	7,574,140	8,917,457	0.07%	0.3%
1983	7,561,910	8,939,738	-0.16%	0.25%
1984	7,561,434	8,960,679	-0.006%	0.23%
1985	7,564,985	8,960,547	0.05%	-0.001%
1986	7,569,794	8,958,171	0.06%	-0.03%
1987	7,574,586	8,971,359	0.06%	0.15%
1988	7,585,317	8,981,446	0.14%	0.11%
1989	7,619,567	8,876,972	0.45%	-1.16%
1990	7,677,850	8,718,289	0.76%	-1.79%
1991	7,754,891	8,632,367	1%	-0.99%
1992	7,840,709	8,540,164	1.11%	-1.07%
1993	7,905,633	8,472,313	0.83%	-0.79%
1994	7,936,118	8,443,591	0.39%	-0.34%
1995	7,948,278	8,406,067	0.15%	-0.44%
1996	7,959,017	8,362,826	0.14%	-0.51%
1997	7,968,041	8,312,068	0.11%	-0.61%
1998	7,976,789	8,256,786	0.11%	-0.67%
1999	7,992,324	8,210,624	0.19%	-0.56%
2000	8,011,566	8,170,172	0.24%	-0.49%
2001	8,042,293	8,009,142	0.38%	-1.97%
2002	8,081,957	7,837,161	0.49%	-2.15%
2003	8,121,423	7,775,327	0.49%	-0.79%
2004	8,171,966	7,716,860	0.62%	-0.75%
2005	8,227,829	7,658,972	0.68%	-0.75%
2006	8,268,641	7,601,022	0.5%	-0.76%
2007	8,295,487	7,545,338	0.32%	-0.73%
2008	8,321,496	7,492,561	0.31%	-0.7%
2009	8,343,323	7,444,443	0.26%	-0.64%
2010	8,363,404	7,395,599	0.24%	-0.66%
2011	8,391,643	7,348,328	0.34%	-0.64%
2012	8,429,991	7,305,888	0.46%	-0.58%
2013	8,479,823	7,160,005	0.59%	-2%
2014	8,546,356	7,073,572	0.78%	-1.21%
2015	8,642,699	6,984,225	1.13%	-1.26%
2016	8,736,668	6,894,139	1.09%	-1.29%
2017	8,797,566	6,803,468	0.7%	-1.32%
2018	8,840,521	6,710,798	0.49%	-1.36%
2019	8,879,920	6,616,726	0.45%	-1.4%
2020	8,916,864	6,550,696	0.42%	-1%
2021	8,955,797	6,507,301	0.44%	-0.66%
2022	9,041,851	6,465,097	0.96%	-0.65%
2023	9,131,761	6,446,596	0.99%	-0.29%
2024	9,177,982	6,441,421	0.51%	-0.08%
2025	9,170,698	6,400,309	-0.08%	-0.64%
2026	9,164,347	6,355,610	-0.07%	-0.7%
2027	9,158,537	6,308,107	-0.06%	-0.75%
2028	9,153,285	6,258,719	-0.06%	-0.78%
2029	9,146,737	6,207,977	-0.07%	-0.81%
2030	9,137,256	6,155,992	-0.1%	-0.84%
2031	9,125,926	6,103,481	-0.12%	-0.85%
2032	9,113,265	6,051,290	-0.14%	-0.86%
2033	9,100,164	5,998,932	-0.14%	-0.87%
2034	9,086,003	5,946,256	-0.16%	-0.88%
2035	9,070,703	5,893,732	-0.17%	-0.88%
2036	9,055,647	5,840,887	-0.17%	-0.9%
2037	9,038,995	5,787,725	-0.18%	-0.91%
2038	9,022,606	5,735,248	-0.18%	-0.91%
2039	9,006,886	5,683,154	-0.17%	-0.91%
2040	8,990,060	5,631,243	-0.19%	-0.91%
2041	8,973,446	5,580,085	-0.18%	-0.91%
2042	8,956,456	5,529,877	-0.19%	-0.9%
2043	8,938,855	5,480,581	-0.2%	-0.89%
2044	8,920,058	5,431,913	-0.21%	-0.89%
2045	8,900,167	5,383,915	-0.22%	-0.88%
2046	8,879,512	5,336,412	-0.23%	-0.88%
2047	8,857,072	5,289,023	-0.25%	-0.89%
2048	8,832,859	5,242,022	-0.27%	-0.89%
2049	8,806,607	5,195,580	-0.3%	-0.89%
2050	8,779,015	5,149,391	-0.31%	-0.89%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Austria increased by 468,027 people (a 5.66% growth), while Bulgaria lost 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Austria gained 427,679 (a 4.9% growth), while Bulgaria's population decreased by -538,529 (a 7.81% decline).

Austria was ranked 91st most populous country in 2006 and is 99th 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) Austria's population will shrink by 4.2% to 8,779,015 people with a rank change from 99th to 108th. The population of Bulgaria will decrease by 19% to 5,149,391 people and rank change from 112th to 128th.