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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Colombia	Bulgaria	Colombia
1960	7,867,374	15,606,209	-	-
1961	7,943,118	16,095,203	0.96%	3.13%
1962	8,012,946	16,599,029	0.88%	3.13%
1963	8,078,145	17,113,823	0.81%	3.1%
1964	8,144,340	17,637,411	0.82%	3.06%
1965	8,204,168	18,169,050	0.73%	3.01%
1966	8,258,057	18,702,688	0.66%	2.94%
1967	8,310,226	19,235,618	0.63%	2.85%
1968	8,369,603	19,766,796	0.71%	2.76%
1969	8,434,172	20,291,942	0.77%	2.66%
1970	8,489,574	20,811,782	0.66%	2.56%
1971	8,536,395	21,319,096	0.55%	2.44%
1972	8,576,200	21,819,563	0.47%	2.35%
1973	8,620,967	22,325,374	0.52%	2.32%
1974	8,678,745	22,833,469	0.67%	2.28%
1975	8,720,742	23,344,644	0.48%	2.24%
1976	8,758,599	23,858,810	0.43%	2.2%
1977	8,804,183	24,393,494	0.52%	2.24%
1978	8,814,032	24,950,337	0.11%	2.28%
1979	8,825,940	25,515,626	0.14%	2.27%
1980	8,861,535	26,104,498	0.4%	2.31%
1981	8,891,117	26,713,267	0.33%	2.33%
1982	8,917,457	27,338,331	0.3%	2.34%
1983	8,939,738	27,988,173	0.25%	2.38%
1984	8,960,679	28,642,690	0.23%	2.34%
1985	8,960,547	29,268,470	-0.001%	2.18%
1986	8,958,171	29,879,112	-0.03%	2.09%
1987	8,971,359	30,499,467	0.15%	2.08%
1988	8,981,446	31,130,524	0.11%	2.07%
1989	8,876,972	31,776,279	-1.16%	2.07%
1990	8,718,289	32,440,069	-1.79%	2.09%
1991	8,632,367	33,098,372	-0.99%	2.03%
1992	8,540,164	33,760,571	-1.07%	2%
1993	8,472,313	34,441,473	-0.79%	2.02%
1994	8,443,591	35,127,410	-0.34%	1.99%
1995	8,406,067	35,804,662	-0.44%	1.93%
1996	8,362,826	36,462,745	-0.51%	1.84%
1997	8,312,068	37,121,149	-0.61%	1.81%
1998	8,256,786	37,792,165	-0.67%	1.81%
1999	8,210,624	38,454,863	-0.56%	1.75%
2000	8,170,172	39,089,934	-0.49%	1.65%
2001	8,009,142	39,709,262	-1.97%	1.58%
2002	7,837,161	40,324,680	-2.15%	1.55%
2003	7,775,327	40,937,429	-0.79%	1.52%
2004	7,716,860	41,543,171	-0.75%	1.48%
2005	7,658,972	42,128,977	-0.75%	1.41%
2006	7,601,022	42,691,084	-0.76%	1.33%
2007	7,545,338	43,235,374	-0.73%	1.27%
2008	7,492,561	43,758,808	-0.7%	1.21%
2009	7,444,443	44,271,541	-0.64%	1.17%
2010	7,395,599	44,777,319	-0.66%	1.14%
2011	7,348,328	45,259,614	-0.64%	1.08%
2012	7,305,888	45,715,810	-0.58%	1.01%
2013	7,160,005	46,151,584	-2%	0.95%
2014	7,073,572	46,565,429	-1.21%	0.9%
2015	6,984,225	46,969,940	-1.26%	0.87%
2016	6,894,139	47,437,512	-1.29%	1%
2017	6,803,468	48,131,078	-1.32%	1.46%
2018	6,710,798	49,024,465	-1.36%	1.86%
2019	6,616,726	49,907,985	-1.4%	1.8%
2020	6,550,696	50,629,997	-1%	1.45%
2021	6,507,301	51,188,173	-0.66%	1.1%
2022	6,465,097	51,737,944	-0.65%	1.07%
2023	6,446,596	52,321,152	-0.29%	1.13%
2024	6,444,366	52,886,363	-0.03%	1.08%
2025	6,403,235	53,425,632	-0.64%	1.02%
2026	6,358,515	53,936,234	-0.7%	0.96%
2027	6,310,991	54,422,275	-0.75%	0.9%
2028	6,261,580	54,885,123	-0.78%	0.85%
2029	6,210,816	55,322,627	-0.81%	0.8%
2030	6,158,806	55,736,477	-0.84%	0.75%
2031	6,106,271	56,125,966	-0.85%	0.7%
2032	6,054,057	56,490,496	-0.86%	0.65%
2033	6,001,675	56,832,264	-0.87%	0.61%
2034	5,948,975	57,151,619	-0.88%	0.56%
2035	5,896,427	57,445,755	-0.88%	0.51%
2036	5,843,557	57,716,869	-0.9%	0.47%
2037	5,790,371	57,965,300	-0.91%	0.43%
2038	5,737,870	58,190,082	-0.91%	0.39%
2039	5,685,753	58,394,310	-0.91%	0.35%
2040	5,633,818	58,576,452	-0.91%	0.31%
2041	5,582,636	58,736,886	-0.91%	0.27%
2042	5,532,405	58,878,126	-0.9%	0.24%
2043	5,483,086	59,000,362	-0.89%	0.21%
2044	5,434,397	59,104,592	-0.89%	0.18%
2045	5,386,376	59,190,826	-0.88%	0.15%
2046	5,338,852	59,259,758	-0.88%	0.12%
2047	5,291,441	59,313,132	-0.89%	0.09%
2048	5,244,419	59,351,262	-0.89%	0.06%
2049	5,197,955	59,375,012	-0.89%	0.04%
2050	5,151,745	59,385,355	-0.89%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Colombia gained 4,840,963 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Colombia's population increased by 6,865,847 (a 14.6% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Colombia was ranked 29th in 2005 and ranked 28th 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 Colombia will increase by 10.3% to 59,385,355 people and rank change from 28th to 34th.