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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Belarus	Bulgaria	Belarus	Bulgaria
1960	8,198,000	7,867,374	-	-
1961	8,271,216	7,943,118	0.89%	0.96%
1962	8,351,928	8,012,946	0.98%	0.88%
1963	8,437,232	8,078,145	1.02%	0.81%
1964	8,524,224	8,144,340	1.03%	0.82%
1965	8,610,000	8,204,168	1.01%	0.73%
1966	8,696,496	8,258,057	1%	0.66%
1967	8,785,648	8,310,226	1.03%	0.63%
1968	8,874,552	8,369,603	1.01%	0.71%
1969	8,960,304	8,434,172	0.97%	0.77%
1970	9,040,000	8,489,574	0.89%	0.66%
1971	9,115,576	8,536,395	0.84%	0.55%
1972	9,188,968	8,576,200	0.81%	0.47%
1973	9,257,272	8,620,967	0.74%	0.52%
1974	9,317,584	8,678,745	0.65%	0.67%
1975	9,367,000	8,720,742	0.53%	0.48%
1976	9,411,000	8,758,599	0.47%	0.43%
1977	9,463,000	8,804,183	0.55%	0.52%
1978	9,525,000	8,814,032	0.66%	0.11%
1979	9,584,000	8,825,940	0.62%	0.14%
1980	9,643,000	8,861,535	0.62%	0.4%
1981	9,710,000	8,891,117	0.69%	0.33%
1982	9,776,000	8,917,457	0.68%	0.3%
1983	9,843,000	8,939,738	0.69%	0.25%
1984	9,910,000	8,960,679	0.68%	0.23%
1985	9,975,000	8,960,547	0.66%	-0.001%
1986	10,043,000	8,958,171	0.68%	-0.03%
1987	10,111,000	8,971,359	0.68%	0.15%
1988	10,140,000	8,981,446	0.29%	0.11%
1989	10,170,000	8,876,972	0.3%	-1.16%
1990	10,189,348	8,718,289	0.19%	-1.79%
1991	10,194,050	8,632,367	0.05%	-0.99%
1992	10,216,470	8,540,164	0.22%	-1.07%
1993	10,239,050	8,472,313	0.22%	-0.79%
1994	10,226,955	8,443,591	-0.12%	-0.34%
1995	10,193,831	8,406,067	-0.32%	-0.44%
1996	10,159,569	8,362,826	-0.34%	-0.51%
1997	10,117,433	8,312,068	-0.41%	-0.61%
1998	10,071,963	8,256,786	-0.45%	-0.67%
1999	10,026,738	8,210,624	-0.45%	-0.56%
2000	9,979,610	8,170,172	-0.47%	-0.49%
2001	9,928,549	8,009,142	-0.51%	-1.97%
2002	9,865,548	7,837,161	-0.63%	-2.15%
2003	9,796,749	7,775,327	-0.7%	-0.79%
2004	9,730,146	7,716,860	-0.68%	-0.75%
2005	9,663,915	7,658,972	-0.68%	-0.75%
2006	9,604,924	7,601,022	-0.61%	-0.76%
2007	9,560,953	7,545,338	-0.46%	-0.73%
2008	9,527,985	7,492,561	-0.34%	-0.7%
2009	9,504,583	7,444,443	-0.25%	-0.64%
2010	9,483,836	7,395,599	-0.22%	-0.66%
2011	9,461,643	7,348,328	-0.23%	-0.64%
2012	9,446,836	7,305,888	-0.16%	-0.58%
2013	9,443,211	7,160,005	-0.04%	-2%
2014	9,448,515	7,073,572	0.06%	-1.21%
2015	9,461,076	6,984,225	0.13%	-1.26%
2016	9,469,379	6,894,139	0.09%	-1.29%
2017	9,458,989	6,803,468	-0.11%	-1.32%
2018	9,438,785	6,710,798	-0.21%	-1.36%
2019	9,419,758	6,616,726	-0.2%	-1.4%
2020	9,379,952	6,550,696	-0.42%	-1%
2021	9,302,585	6,507,301	-0.82%	-0.66%
2022	9,228,071	6,465,097	-0.8%	-0.65%
2023	9,178,298	6,446,596	-0.54%	-0.29%
2024	9,133,712	6,444,366	-0.49%	-0.03%
2025	9,074,112	6,403,235	-0.65%	-0.64%
2026	9,013,013	6,358,515	-0.67%	-0.7%
2027	8,951,103	6,310,991	-0.69%	-0.75%
2028	8,888,816	6,261,580	-0.7%	-0.78%
2029	8,825,470	6,210,816	-0.71%	-0.81%
2030	8,761,505	6,158,806	-0.72%	-0.84%
2031	8,697,799	6,106,271	-0.73%	-0.85%
2032	8,634,092	6,054,057	-0.73%	-0.86%
2033	8,570,188	6,001,675	-0.74%	-0.87%
2034	8,506,564	5,948,975	-0.74%	-0.88%
2035	8,443,463	5,896,427	-0.74%	-0.88%
2036	8,380,891	5,843,557	-0.74%	-0.9%
2037	8,318,818	5,790,371	-0.74%	-0.91%
2038	8,256,896	5,737,870	-0.74%	-0.91%
2039	8,194,864	5,685,753	-0.75%	-0.91%
2040	8,133,047	5,633,818	-0.75%	-0.91%
2041	8,071,502	5,582,636	-0.76%	-0.91%
2042	8,010,552	5,532,405	-0.76%	-0.9%
2043	7,950,255	5,483,086	-0.75%	-0.89%
2044	7,889,949	5,434,397	-0.76%	-0.89%
2045	7,829,484	5,386,376	-0.77%	-0.88%
2046	7,768,823	5,338,852	-0.77%	-0.88%
2047	7,707,590	5,291,441	-0.79%	-0.89%
2048	7,645,086	5,244,419	-0.81%	-0.89%
2049	7,581,407	5,197,955	-0.83%	-0.89%
2050	7,516,925	5,151,745	-0.85%	-0.89%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while Bulgaria lost 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while Bulgaria's population decreased by -580,990 (a 8.32% decline).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st in 2025. Bulgaria was ranked 92nd in 2005 and ranked 111th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Belarus' population will shrink by 17.2% to 7,516,925 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Bulgaria will decrease by 19.5% to 5,151,745 people and rank change from 111th to 128th.