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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Chile	Bulgaria	Chile
1960	7,867,374	8,153,350	-	-
1961	7,943,118	8,324,802	0.96%	2.1%
1962	8,012,946	8,497,059	0.88%	2.07%
1963	8,078,145	8,670,144	0.81%	2.04%
1964	8,144,340	8,842,525	0.82%	1.99%
1965	8,204,168	9,012,938	0.73%	1.93%
1966	8,258,057	9,181,722	0.66%	1.87%
1967	8,310,226	9,348,939	0.63%	1.82%
1968	8,369,603	9,514,716	0.71%	1.77%
1969	8,434,172	9,680,282	0.77%	1.74%
1970	8,489,574	9,845,344	0.66%	1.71%
1971	8,536,395	10,009,701	0.55%	1.67%
1972	8,576,200	10,174,678	0.47%	1.65%
1973	8,620,967	10,340,362	0.52%	1.63%
1974	8,678,745	10,505,817	0.67%	1.6%
1975	8,720,742	10,671,559	0.48%	1.58%
1976	8,758,599	10,838,251	0.43%	1.56%
1977	8,804,183	11,005,519	0.52%	1.54%
1978	8,814,032	11,172,695	0.11%	1.52%
1979	8,825,940	11,339,779	0.14%	1.5%
1980	8,861,535	11,508,550	0.4%	1.49%
1981	8,891,117	11,678,717	0.33%	1.48%
1982	8,917,457	11,850,214	0.3%	1.47%
1983	8,939,738	12,026,138	0.25%	1.48%
1984	8,960,679	12,207,733	0.23%	1.51%
1985	8,960,547	12,395,274	-0.001%	1.54%
1986	8,958,171	12,588,914	-0.03%	1.56%
1987	8,971,359	12,790,150	0.15%	1.6%
1988	8,981,446	12,999,424	0.11%	1.64%
1989	8,876,972	13,215,005	-1.16%	1.66%
1990	8,718,289	13,437,176	-1.79%	1.68%
1991	8,632,367	13,662,491	-0.99%	1.68%
1992	8,540,164	13,884,577	-1.07%	1.63%
1993	8,472,313	14,102,276	-0.79%	1.57%
1994	8,443,591	14,316,256	-0.34%	1.52%
1995	8,406,067	14,527,381	-0.44%	1.47%
1996	8,362,826	14,734,046	-0.51%	1.42%
1997	8,312,068	14,932,434	-0.61%	1.35%
1998	8,256,786	15,127,799	-0.67%	1.31%
1999	8,210,624	15,319,313	-0.56%	1.27%
2000	8,170,172	15,503,635	-0.49%	1.2%
2001	8,009,142	15,683,849	-1.97%	1.16%
2002	7,837,161	15,857,925	-2.15%	1.11%
2003	7,775,327	16,024,752	-0.79%	1.05%
2004	7,716,860	16,187,322	-0.75%	1.01%
2005	7,658,972	16,348,778	-0.75%	1%
2006	7,601,022	16,509,195	-0.76%	0.98%
2007	7,545,338	16,671,581	-0.73%	0.98%
2008	7,492,561	16,838,988	-0.7%	1%
2009	7,444,443	17,009,731	-0.64%	1.01%
2010	7,395,599	17,181,464	-0.66%	1.01%
2011	7,348,328	17,351,816	-0.64%	0.99%
2012	7,305,888	17,519,119	-0.58%	0.96%
2013	7,160,005	17,687,006	-2%	0.96%
2014	7,073,572	17,864,195	-1.21%	1%
2015	6,984,225	18,047,625	-1.26%	1.03%
2016	6,894,139	18,267,221	-1.29%	1.22%
2017	6,803,468	18,558,868	-1.32%	1.6%
2018	6,710,798	18,893,191	-1.36%	1.8%
2019	6,616,726	19,197,744	-1.4%	1.61%
2020	6,550,696	19,370,624	-1%	0.9%
2021	6,507,301	19,456,334	-0.66%	0.44%
2022	6,465,097	19,553,036	-0.65%	0.5%
2023	6,446,596	19,658,835	-0.29%	0.54%
2024	6,444,366	19,764,771	-0.03%	0.54%
2025	6,403,235	19,859,915	-0.64%	0.48%
2026	6,358,515	19,945,846	-0.7%	0.43%
2027	6,310,991	20,026,149	-0.75%	0.4%
2028	6,261,580	20,100,930	-0.78%	0.37%
2029	6,210,816	20,169,619	-0.81%	0.34%
2030	6,158,806	20,233,182	-0.84%	0.32%
2031	6,106,271	20,290,979	-0.85%	0.29%
2032	6,054,057	20,341,797	-0.86%	0.25%
2033	6,001,675	20,385,069	-0.87%	0.21%
2034	5,948,975	20,422,546	-0.88%	0.18%
2035	5,896,427	20,455,937	-0.88%	0.16%
2036	5,843,557	20,485,080	-0.9%	0.14%
2037	5,790,371	20,507,949	-0.91%	0.11%
2038	5,737,870	20,524,482	-0.91%	0.08%
2039	5,685,753	20,535,707	-0.91%	0.05%
2040	5,633,818	20,542,096	-0.91%	0.03%
2041	5,582,636	20,543,284	-0.91%	0.006%
2042	5,532,405	20,539,909	-0.9%	-0.02%
2043	5,483,086	20,532,920	-0.89%	-0.03%
2044	5,434,397	20,519,677	-0.89%	-0.06%
2045	5,386,376	20,499,138	-0.88%	-0.1%
2046	5,338,852	20,473,283	-0.88%	-0.13%
2047	5,291,441	20,443,720	-0.89%	-0.14%
2048	5,244,419	20,408,327	-0.89%	-0.17%
2049	5,197,955	20,366,435	-0.89%	-0.21%
2050	5,151,745	20,320,302	-0.89%	-0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Chile gained 1,698,847 people (a 10.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Chile's population increased by 1,881,316 (a 10.4% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Chile was ranked 60th in 2005 and ranked 67th 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 Chile will increase by 1.96% to 20,320,302 people and rank change from 67th to 75th.