The current population of Bulgaria is 6,355,610 people, as of 2026 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 6,441,421 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Since 2006, population has decreased from 7.6M people to 6.36M (-16.4% decline in 20 years).
- Bulgaria is ranked 112/197 by population and was ranked 95th in 2006.
- Bulgaria's population peaked in 1988 at 8.98M people and has been in decline since.
- For the last 20 years, Bulgaria has had an average decline rate of -0.82% per year.
- Bulgaria accounts for 0.08% of the world's population.
- The UN estimates that Bulgaria's population is going to decline by -19% to 5.15M people by 2050.
Bulgaria population clock
Bulgaria
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
6355610
|
8280917972
|
| Population rank | 112/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | N/A |
| One net population change |
1.69 hours
|
0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
9.16 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
5.19 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | -14 | +213,016 |
| Annual growth/decline | -5,175 | +77,751,015 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.08% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 172/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
16.7 hours
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +524 | N/A |
Bulgaria population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 7,867,374 | - |
| 1961 | 7,943,118 | 0.96% |
| 1962 | 8,012,946 | 0.88% |
| 1963 | 8,078,145 | 0.81% |
| 1964 | 8,144,340 | 0.82% |
| 1965 | 8,204,168 | 0.73% |
| 1966 | 8,258,057 | 0.66% |
| 1967 | 8,310,226 | 0.63% |
| 1968 | 8,369,603 | 0.71% |
| 1969 | 8,434,172 | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 8,489,574 | 0.66% |
| 1971 | 8,536,395 | 0.55% |
| 1972 | 8,576,200 | 0.47% |
| 1973 | 8,620,967 | 0.52% |
| 1974 | 8,678,745 | 0.67% |
| 1975 | 8,720,742 | 0.48% |
| 1976 | 8,758,599 | 0.43% |
| 1977 | 8,804,183 | 0.52% |
| 1978 | 8,814,032 | 0.11% |
| 1979 | 8,825,940 | 0.14% |
| 1980 | 8,861,535 | 0.4% |
| 1981 | 8,891,117 | 0.33% |
| 1982 | 8,917,457 | 0.3% |
| 1983 | 8,939,738 | 0.25% |
| 1984 | 8,960,679 | 0.23% |
| 1985 | 8,960,547 | -0.001% |
| 1986 | 8,958,171 | -0.03% |
| 1987 | 8,971,359 | 0.15% |
| 1988 | 8,981,446 | 0.11% |
| 1989 | 8,876,972 | -1.16% |
| 1990 | 8,718,289 | -1.79% |
| 1991 | 8,632,367 | -0.99% |
| 1992 | 8,540,164 | -1.07% |
| 1993 | 8,472,313 | -0.79% |
| 1994 | 8,443,591 | -0.34% |
| 1995 | 8,406,067 | -0.44% |
| 1996 | 8,362,826 | -0.51% |
| 1997 | 8,312,068 | -0.61% |
| 1998 | 8,256,786 | -0.67% |
| 1999 | 8,210,624 | -0.56% |
| 2000 | 8,170,172 | -0.49% |
| 2001 | 8,009,142 | -1.97% |
| 2002 | 7,837,161 | -2.15% |
| 2003 | 7,775,327 | -0.79% |
| 2004 | 7,716,860 | -0.75% |
| 2005 | 7,658,972 | -0.75% |
| 2006 | 7,601,022 | -0.76% |
| 2007 | 7,545,338 | -0.73% |
| 2008 | 7,492,561 | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 7,444,443 | -0.64% |
| 2010 | 7,395,599 | -0.66% |
| 2011 | 7,348,328 | -0.64% |
| 2012 | 7,305,888 | -0.58% |
| 2013 | 7,160,005 | -2% |
| 2014 | 7,073,572 | -1.21% |
| 2015 | 6,984,225 | -1.26% |
| 2016 | 6,894,139 | -1.29% |
| 2017 | 6,803,468 | -1.32% |
| 2018 | 6,710,798 | -1.36% |
| 2019 | 6,616,726 | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 6,550,696 | -1% |
| 2021 | 6,507,301 | -0.66% |
| 2022 | 6,465,097 | -0.65% |
| 2023 | 6,446,596 | -0.29% |
| 2024 | 6,441,421 | -0.08% |
| 2025 | 6,400,309 | -0.64% |
| 2026 | 6,355,610 | -0.7% |
| 2027 | 6,308,107 | -0.75% |
| 2028 | 6,258,719 | -0.78% |
| 2029 | 6,207,977 | -0.81% |
| 2030 | 6,155,992 | -0.84% |
| 2031 | 6,103,481 | -0.85% |
| 2032 | 6,051,290 | -0.86% |
| 2033 | 5,998,932 | -0.87% |
| 2034 | 5,946,256 | -0.88% |
| 2035 | 5,893,732 | -0.88% |
| 2036 | 5,840,887 | -0.9% |
| 2037 | 5,787,725 | -0.91% |
| 2038 | 5,735,248 | -0.91% |
| 2039 | 5,683,154 | -0.91% |
| 2040 | 5,631,243 | -0.91% |
| 2041 | 5,580,085 | -0.91% |
| 2042 | 5,529,877 | -0.9% |
| 2043 | 5,480,581 | -0.89% |
| 2044 | 5,431,913 | -0.89% |
| 2045 | 5,383,915 | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 5,336,412 | -0.88% |
| 2047 | 5,289,023 | -0.89% |
| 2048 | 5,242,022 | -0.89% |
| 2049 | 5,195,580 | -0.89% |
| 2050 | 5,149,391 | -0.89% |
Bulgaria has a population of 6.36M as of 2026, compared to 6.89M in 2016, 7.6M in 2006, and 8.36M in 1996.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to decrease by an average of 0.78% per year. Bulgaria is ranked 190th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2046) Bulgaria will have 5,336,412 people (-16% decline) with a rank change from 112th to 128th.
By the year 2100, Bulgaria's population is projected to decline by 47% to 3.37M people.
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Bulgaria population statistics
|
Bulgaria
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.1 years | 73.8 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 45.5 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 153.7 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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