The latest officially reported population of Bulgaria was 6,444,366 in 2024 vs 5,330,690 people in the Central African Republic in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bulgaria's population is 6,403,235 people compared to 5,662,456 in the Central African Republic.
Population statistics:
- Bulgaria's population is 1.13 times bigger than the Central African Republic's.
- Bulgaria is ranked the 111th most populous country in the world, while the Central African Republic is the 117th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.08% for Bulgaria vs 0.07% for the Central African Republic.
- For the last 10 years, Bulgaria has had an average growth rate of -0.95% per year vs +1.27% in the Central African Republic.
- Since 2005, the population of Bulgaria has decreased from 7.66M people to 6.4M (16.4% decline), while the Central African Republic has grown from 4.29M to 5.66M (32% growth).
- The Central African Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 18.8M 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 Central African Republic: live population counter
Bulgaria
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CAR
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
6403235
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5662456
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| Population rank | 111/197 | 117/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
3.93 hours
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2.95 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.16 minutes
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2.2 minutes
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| One death every |
5.19 minutes
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10.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.7 hours
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34.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +524 | -15,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | -6 | +488 |
| Annual growth/decline | -2,230 | +178,269 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.03% | +3.46% |
| Population growth rate rank | 168/197 | 10/197 |
Bulgaria and the Central African Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bulgaria
Population
Growth rate
Central African Republic
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bulgaria
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CAR
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Bulgaria
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CAR
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| 1960 | 7,867,374 | 1,702,346 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,943,118 | 1,734,580 | 0.96% | 1.89% |
| 1962 | 8,012,946 | 1,768,115 | 0.88% | 1.93% |
| 1963 | 8,078,145 | 1,803,063 | 0.81% | 1.98% |
| 1964 | 8,144,340 | 1,839,583 | 0.82% | 2.03% |
| 1965 | 8,204,168 | 1,877,854 | 0.73% | 2.08% |
| 1966 | 8,258,057 | 1,918,082 | 0.66% | 2.14% |
| 1967 | 8,310,226 | 1,960,444 | 0.63% | 2.21% |
| 1968 | 8,369,603 | 2,005,100 | 0.71% | 2.28% |
| 1969 | 8,434,172 | 2,051,515 | 0.77% | 2.31% |
| 1970 | 8,489,574 | 2,097,505 | 0.66% | 2.24% |
| 1971 | 8,536,395 | 2,141,450 | 0.55% | 2.1% |
| 1972 | 8,576,200 | 2,183,769 | 0.47% | 1.98% |
| 1973 | 8,620,967 | 2,226,008 | 0.52% | 1.93% |
| 1974 | 8,678,745 | 2,269,338 | 0.67% | 1.95% |
| 1975 | 8,720,742 | 2,313,916 | 0.48% | 1.96% |
| 1976 | 8,758,599 | 2,348,566 | 0.43% | 1.5% |
| 1977 | 8,804,183 | 2,372,930 | 0.52% | 1.04% |
| 1978 | 8,814,032 | 2,397,961 | 0.11% | 1.05% |
| 1979 | 8,825,940 | 2,423,794 | 0.14% | 1.08% |
| 1980 | 8,861,535 | 2,450,535 | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| 1981 | 8,891,117 | 2,478,402 | 0.33% | 1.14% |
| 1982 | 8,917,457 | 2,507,375 | 0.3% | 1.17% |
| 1983 | 8,939,738 | 2,537,399 | 0.25% | 1.2% |
| 1984 | 8,960,679 | 2,568,610 | 0.23% | 1.23% |
| 1985 | 8,960,547 | 2,600,932 | -0.001% | 1.26% |
| 1986 | 8,958,171 | 2,634,258 | -0.03% | 1.28% |
| 1987 | 8,971,359 | 2,669,155 | 0.15% | 1.32% |
| 1988 | 8,981,446 | 2,713,965 | 0.11% | 1.68% |
| 1989 | 8,876,972 | 2,783,970 | -1.16% | 2.58% |
| 1990 | 8,718,289 | 2,871,910 | -1.79% | 3.16% |
| 1991 | 8,632,367 | 2,963,191 | -0.99% | 3.18% |
| 1992 | 8,540,164 | 3,058,831 | -1.07% | 3.23% |
| 1993 | 8,472,313 | 3,157,839 | -0.79% | 3.24% |
| 1994 | 8,443,591 | 3,257,954 | -0.34% | 3.17% |
| 1995 | 8,406,067 | 3,348,052 | -0.44% | 2.77% |
| 1996 | 8,362,826 | 3,435,965 | -0.51% | 2.63% |
| 1997 | 8,312,068 | 3,531,700 | -0.61% | 2.79% |
| 1998 | 8,256,786 | 3,628,827 | -0.67% | 2.75% |
| 1999 | 8,210,624 | 3,729,450 | -0.56% | 2.77% |
| 2000 | 8,170,172 | 3,833,416 | -0.49% | 2.79% |
| 2001 | 8,009,142 | 3,919,487 | -1.97% | 2.25% |
| 2002 | 7,837,161 | 4,006,077 | -2.15% | 2.21% |
| 2003 | 7,775,327 | 4,103,086 | -0.79% | 2.42% |
| 2004 | 7,716,860 | 4,192,826 | -0.75% | 2.19% |
| 2005 | 7,658,972 | 4,288,810 | -0.75% | 2.29% |
| 2006 | 7,601,022 | 4,377,579 | -0.76% | 2.07% |
| 2007 | 7,545,338 | 4,462,770 | -0.73% | 1.95% |
| 2008 | 7,492,561 | 4,558,984 | -0.7% | 2.16% |
| 2009 | 7,444,443 | 4,529,047 | -0.64% | -0.66% |
| 2010 | 7,395,599 | 4,492,995 | -0.66% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 7,348,328 | 4,565,021 | -0.64% | 1.6% |
| 2012 | 7,305,888 | 4,610,848 | -0.58% | 1% |
| 2013 | 7,160,005 | 4,642,419 | -2% | 0.68% |
| 2014 | 7,073,572 | 4,623,182 | -1.21% | -0.41% |
| 2015 | 6,984,225 | 4,629,320 | -1.26% | 0.13% |
| 2016 | 6,894,139 | 4,713,663 | -1.29% | 1.82% |
| 2017 | 6,803,468 | 4,793,511 | -1.32% | 1.69% |
| 2018 | 6,710,798 | 4,878,657 | -1.36% | 1.78% |
| 2019 | 6,616,726 | 4,944,703 | -1.4% | 1.35% |
| 2020 | 6,550,696 | 5,026,628 | -1% | 1.66% |
| 2021 | 6,507,301 | 5,112,100 | -0.66% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 6,465,097 | 5,098,039 | -0.65% | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 6,446,596 | 5,152,421 | -0.29% | 1.07% |
| 2024 | 6,444,366 | 5,330,690 | -0.03% | 3.46% |
| 2025 | 6,403,235 | 5,513,285 | -0.64% | 3.43% |
| 2026 | 6,358,515 | 5,698,988 | -0.7% | 3.37% |
| 2027 | 6,310,991 | 5,888,126 | -0.75% | 3.32% |
| 2028 | 6,261,580 | 6,082,465 | -0.78% | 3.3% |
| 2029 | 6,210,816 | 6,279,729 | -0.81% | 3.24% |
| 2030 | 6,158,806 | 6,478,251 | -0.84% | 3.16% |
| 2031 | 6,106,271 | 6,680,052 | -0.85% | 3.12% |
| 2032 | 6,054,057 | 6,884,143 | -0.86% | 3.06% |
| 2033 | 6,001,675 | 7,089,444 | -0.87% | 2.98% |
| 2034 | 5,948,975 | 7,296,249 | -0.88% | 2.92% |
| 2035 | 5,896,427 | 7,502,585 | -0.88% | 2.83% |
| 2036 | 5,843,557 | 7,707,565 | -0.9% | 2.73% |
| 2037 | 5,790,371 | 7,911,635 | -0.91% | 2.65% |
| 2038 | 5,737,870 | 8,115,865 | -0.91% | 2.58% |
| 2039 | 5,685,753 | 8,321,550 | -0.91% | 2.53% |
| 2040 | 5,633,818 | 8,526,454 | -0.91% | 2.46% |
| 2041 | 5,582,636 | 8,729,074 | -0.91% | 2.38% |
| 2042 | 5,532,405 | 8,931,165 | -0.9% | 2.32% |
| 2043 | 5,483,086 | 9,134,993 | -0.89% | 2.28% |
| 2044 | 5,434,397 | 9,341,761 | -0.89% | 2.26% |
| 2045 | 5,386,376 | 9,550,893 | -0.88% | 2.24% |
| 2046 | 5,338,852 | 9,761,447 | -0.88% | 2.2% |
| 2047 | 5,291,441 | 9,972,759 | -0.89% | 2.16% |
| 2048 | 5,244,419 | 10,186,021 | -0.89% | 2.14% |
| 2049 | 5,197,955 | 10,400,624 | -0.89% | 2.11% |
| 2050 | 5,151,745 | 10,616,749 | -0.89% | 2.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while the Central African Republic gained 340,510 people (a 7.94% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while the Central African Republic's population increased by 1,033,136 (a 22.3% growth).
Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. The Central African Republic was ranked 118th in 2005 and ranked 117th 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 Central African Republic will increase by 87.5% to 10,616,749 people and rank change from 117th to 96th.
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Population differences between Bulgaria and the Central African Republic
|
Bulgaria
|
CAR
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76 years | 57.9 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 19.8 years |
| Median age | 45.5 years | 15.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 48:52 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 6.01 births per woman |
| Population density | 153.7 ppl/mi² | 22.2 ppl/mi² |
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