The latest officially reported population of Bulgaria was 6,444,366 in 2024 vs 74,457 people in the Cayman Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bulgaria's population is 6,403,235 people compared to 76,930 in the Cayman Islands.
Population statistics:
- Bulgaria's population is 83.2 times bigger than the Cayman Islands'.
- Bulgaria is ranked the 111th most populous country in the world, while the Cayman Islands is the 187th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.08% for Bulgaria vs 0.0009% for the Cayman Islands.
- For the last 10 years, Bulgaria has had an average growth rate of -0.95% per year vs +2.19% in the Cayman Islands.
- Since 2005, the population of Bulgaria has decreased from 7.66M people to 6.4M (16.4% decline), while the Cayman Islands has grown from 46.8K to 76.9K (64.4% growth).
- The Cayman Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2097 at 118K people, while Bulgaria's population already peaked in 1988 at 8.98M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Bulgaria vs Cayman Islands: live population counter
Bulgaria
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Cayman Islands
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
6403235
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76930
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| Population rank | 111/197 | 187/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.0009% |
| One net population change |
3.93 hours
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6.17 hours
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| One birth every |
9.16 minutes
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10.1 hours
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| One death every |
5.19 minutes
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1.04 days
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| One migration net change every |
16.7 hours
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9.78 hours
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| Annual migration change | +524 | +896 |
| Daily growth/decline | -6 | +4 |
| Annual growth/decline | -2,230 | +1,419 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.03% | +1.94% |
| Population growth rate rank | 168/197 | 56/197 |
Bulgaria and the Cayman Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bulgaria
Population
Growth rate
Cayman Islands
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bulgaria
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Cayman Islands
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Bulgaria
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Cayman Islands
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| 1960 | 7,867,374 | 8,428 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,943,118 | 8,601 | 0.96% | 2.05% |
| 1962 | 8,012,946 | 8,781 | 0.88% | 2.09% |
| 1963 | 8,078,145 | 8,970 | 0.81% | 2.15% |
| 1964 | 8,144,340 | 9,166 | 0.82% | 2.19% |
| 1965 | 8,204,168 | 9,361 | 0.73% | 2.13% |
| 1966 | 8,258,057 | 9,560 | 0.66% | 2.13% |
| 1967 | 8,310,226 | 9,769 | 0.63% | 2.19% |
| 1968 | 8,369,603 | 9,971 | 0.71% | 2.07% |
| 1969 | 8,434,172 | 10,165 | 0.77% | 1.95% |
| 1970 | 8,489,574 | 10,517 | 0.66% | 3.46% |
| 1971 | 8,536,395 | 11,098 | 0.55% | 5.52% |
| 1972 | 8,576,200 | 11,764 | 0.47% | 6% |
| 1973 | 8,620,967 | 12,438 | 0.52% | 5.73% |
| 1974 | 8,678,745 | 13,114 | 0.67% | 5.43% |
| 1975 | 8,720,742 | 13,788 | 0.48% | 5.14% |
| 1976 | 8,758,599 | 14,454 | 0.43% | 4.83% |
| 1977 | 8,804,183 | 15,105 | 0.52% | 4.5% |
| 1978 | 8,814,032 | 15,727 | 0.11% | 4.12% |
| 1979 | 8,825,940 | 16,351 | 0.14% | 3.97% |
| 1980 | 8,861,535 | 17,079 | 0.4% | 4.45% |
| 1981 | 8,891,117 | 17,905 | 0.33% | 4.84% |
| 1982 | 8,917,457 | 18,750 | 0.3% | 4.72% |
| 1983 | 8,939,738 | 19,598 | 0.25% | 4.52% |
| 1984 | 8,960,679 | 20,454 | 0.23% | 4.37% |
| 1985 | 8,960,547 | 21,324 | -0.001% | 4.25% |
| 1986 | 8,958,171 | 22,197 | -0.03% | 4.09% |
| 1987 | 8,971,359 | 23,073 | 0.15% | 3.95% |
| 1988 | 8,981,446 | 23,951 | 0.11% | 3.81% |
| 1989 | 8,876,972 | 24,874 | -1.16% | 3.85% |
| 1990 | 8,718,289 | 25,999 | -1.79% | 4.52% |
| 1991 | 8,632,367 | 27,294 | -0.99% | 4.98% |
| 1992 | 8,540,164 | 28,621 | -1.07% | 4.86% |
| 1993 | 8,472,313 | 29,976 | -0.79% | 4.73% |
| 1994 | 8,443,591 | 31,352 | -0.34% | 4.59% |
| 1995 | 8,406,067 | 32,743 | -0.44% | 4.44% |
| 1996 | 8,362,826 | 34,143 | -0.51% | 4.28% |
| 1997 | 8,312,068 | 35,543 | -0.61% | 4.1% |
| 1998 | 8,256,786 | 36,922 | -0.67% | 3.88% |
| 1999 | 8,210,624 | 38,284 | -0.56% | 3.69% |
| 2000 | 8,170,172 | 39,674 | -0.49% | 3.63% |
| 2001 | 8,009,142 | 41,089 | -1.97% | 3.57% |
| 2002 | 7,837,161 | 42,514 | -2.15% | 3.47% |
| 2003 | 7,775,327 | 43,934 | -0.79% | 3.34% |
| 2004 | 7,716,860 | 45,352 | -0.75% | 3.23% |
| 2005 | 7,658,972 | 46,788 | -0.75% | 3.17% |
| 2006 | 7,601,022 | 48,232 | -0.76% | 3.09% |
| 2007 | 7,545,338 | 49,687 | -0.73% | 3.02% |
| 2008 | 7,492,561 | 51,151 | -0.7% | 2.95% |
| 2009 | 7,444,443 | 52,618 | -0.64% | 2.87% |
| 2010 | 7,395,599 | 54,099 | -0.66% | 2.81% |
| 2011 | 7,348,328 | 55,606 | -0.64% | 2.79% |
| 2012 | 7,305,888 | 57,136 | -0.58% | 2.75% |
| 2013 | 7,160,005 | 58,655 | -2% | 2.66% |
| 2014 | 7,073,572 | 60,160 | -1.21% | 2.57% |
| 2015 | 6,984,225 | 61,642 | -1.26% | 2.46% |
| 2016 | 6,894,139 | 63,100 | -1.29% | 2.37% |
| 2017 | 6,803,468 | 64,535 | -1.32% | 2.27% |
| 2018 | 6,710,798 | 65,941 | -1.36% | 2.18% |
| 2019 | 6,616,726 | 67,327 | -1.4% | 2.1% |
| 2020 | 6,550,696 | 68,684 | -1% | 2.02% |
| 2021 | 6,507,301 | 70,108 | -0.66% | 2.07% |
| 2022 | 6,465,097 | 71,591 | -0.65% | 2.12% |
| 2023 | 6,446,596 | 73,038 | -0.29% | 2.02% |
| 2024 | 6,444,366 | 74,457 | -0.03% | 1.94% |
| 2025 | 6,403,235 | 75,842 | -0.64% | 1.86% |
| 2026 | 6,358,515 | 77,197 | -0.7% | 1.79% |
| 2027 | 6,310,991 | 78,532 | -0.75% | 1.73% |
| 2028 | 6,261,580 | 79,852 | -0.78% | 1.68% |
| 2029 | 6,210,816 | 81,146 | -0.81% | 1.62% |
| 2030 | 6,158,806 | 82,412 | -0.84% | 1.56% |
| 2031 | 6,106,271 | 83,676 | -0.85% | 1.53% |
| 2032 | 6,054,057 | 84,915 | -0.86% | 1.48% |
| 2033 | 6,001,675 | 86,125 | -0.87% | 1.42% |
| 2034 | 5,948,975 | 87,319 | -0.88% | 1.39% |
| 2035 | 5,896,427 | 88,457 | -0.88% | 1.3% |
| 2036 | 5,843,557 | 89,597 | -0.9% | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 5,790,371 | 90,741 | -0.91% | 1.28% |
| 2038 | 5,737,870 | 91,867 | -0.91% | 1.24% |
| 2039 | 5,685,753 | 92,983 | -0.91% | 1.21% |
| 2040 | 5,633,818 | 94,101 | -0.91% | 1.2% |
| 2041 | 5,582,636 | 95,206 | -0.91% | 1.17% |
| 2042 | 5,532,405 | 96,287 | -0.9% | 1.14% |
| 2043 | 5,483,086 | 97,352 | -0.89% | 1.11% |
| 2044 | 5,434,397 | 98,386 | -0.89% | 1.06% |
| 2045 | 5,386,376 | 99,371 | -0.88% | 1% |
| 2046 | 5,338,852 | 100,330 | -0.88% | 0.96% |
| 2047 | 5,291,441 | 101,257 | -0.89% | 0.92% |
| 2048 | 5,244,419 | 102,188 | -0.89% | 0.92% |
| 2049 | 5,197,955 | 103,075 | -0.89% | 0.87% |
| 2050 | 5,151,745 | 103,943 | -0.89% | 0.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while the Cayman Islands gained 14,854 people (a 31.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while the Cayman Islands' population increased by 15,288 (a 24.8% growth).
Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. The Cayman Islands was ranked 189th in 2005 and ranked 187th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Bulgaria's population will shrink by 19.5% to 5,151,745 people with a rank change from 111th to 128th. The population of the Cayman Islands will increase by 35.1% to 103,943 people and rank change from 187th to 184th.
Biggest cities by population
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Bulgaria
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|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Sofia | 1.4M |
| Plovdiv | 387K |
| Varna | 371K |
| Burgas | 226K |
| Stara Zagora | 154K |
| Ruse | 121K |
| Dobrich | 99.7K |
| Pleven | 99.2K |
| Shumen | 94.1K |
| Haskovo | 90.8K |
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Cayman Islands
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| George Town | 40.2K |
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Population differences between Bulgaria and the Cayman Islands
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Bulgaria
|
Cayman Islands
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76 years | 80.7 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 38.4 years |
| Median age | 45.5 years | 39.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 1.53 births per woman |
| Population density | 153.7 ppl/mi² | 804 ppl/mi² |
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