Population in Bulgaria compared to Costa Rica: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and Costa Rica: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Costa Rica	Bulgaria	Costa Rica
1960	7,867,374	1,327,496	-	-
1961	7,943,118	1,377,920	0.96%	3.8%
1962	8,012,946	1,429,445	0.88%	3.74%
1963	8,078,145	1,481,604	0.81%	3.65%
1964	8,144,340	1,533,960	0.82%	3.53%
1965	8,204,168	1,586,208	0.73%	3.41%
1966	8,258,057	1,638,116	0.66%	3.27%
1967	8,310,226	1,689,523	0.63%	3.14%
1968	8,369,603	1,739,731	0.71%	2.97%
1969	8,434,172	1,789,276	0.77%	2.85%
1970	8,489,574	1,838,949	0.66%	2.78%
1971	8,536,395	1,888,539	0.55%	2.7%
1972	8,576,200	1,938,248	0.47%	2.63%
1973	8,620,967	1,988,343	0.52%	2.58%
1974	8,678,745	2,039,643	0.67%	2.58%
1975	8,720,742	2,092,719	0.48%	2.6%
1976	8,758,599	2,147,774	0.43%	2.63%
1977	8,804,183	2,205,025	0.52%	2.67%
1978	8,814,032	2,264,510	0.11%	2.7%
1979	8,825,940	2,326,490	0.14%	2.74%
1980	8,861,535	2,390,633	0.4%	2.76%
1981	8,891,117	2,456,637	0.33%	2.76%
1982	8,917,457	2,524,806	0.3%	2.77%
1983	8,939,738	2,595,153	0.25%	2.79%
1984	8,960,679	2,667,595	0.23%	2.79%
1985	8,960,547	2,741,894	-0.001%	2.79%
1986	8,958,171	2,817,216	-0.03%	2.75%
1987	8,971,359	2,892,699	0.15%	2.68%
1988	8,981,446	2,968,103	0.11%	2.61%
1989	8,876,972	3,043,827	-1.16%	2.55%
1990	8,718,289	3,121,706	-1.79%	2.56%
1991	8,632,367	3,202,176	-0.99%	2.58%
1992	8,540,164	3,284,258	-1.07%	2.56%
1993	8,472,313	3,367,434	-0.79%	2.53%
1994	8,443,591	3,451,122	-0.34%	2.49%
1995	8,406,067	3,535,176	-0.44%	2.44%
1996	8,362,826	3,619,013	-0.51%	2.37%
1997	8,312,068	3,701,711	-0.61%	2.29%
1998	8,256,786	3,782,838	-0.67%	2.19%
1999	8,210,624	3,862,101	-0.56%	2.1%
2000	8,170,172	3,937,739	-0.49%	1.96%
2001	8,009,142	4,008,947	-1.97%	1.81%
2002	7,837,161	4,075,705	-2.15%	1.67%
2003	7,775,327	4,138,784	-0.79%	1.55%
2004	7,716,860	4,200,078	-0.75%	1.48%
2005	7,658,972	4,261,240	-0.75%	1.46%
2006	7,601,022	4,321,340	-0.76%	1.41%
2007	7,545,338	4,380,248	-0.73%	1.36%
2008	7,492,561	4,440,056	-0.7%	1.37%
2009	7,444,443	4,499,791	-0.64%	1.35%
2010	7,395,599	4,555,962	-0.66%	1.25%
2011	7,348,328	4,609,833	-0.64%	1.18%
2012	7,305,888	4,663,934	-0.58%	1.17%
2013	7,160,005	4,716,147	-2%	1.12%
2014	7,073,572	4,767,119	-1.21%	1.08%
2015	6,984,225	4,818,038	-1.26%	1.07%
2016	6,894,139	4,866,998	-1.29%	1.02%
2017	6,803,468	4,913,177	-1.32%	0.95%
2018	6,710,798	4,957,818	-1.36%	0.91%
2019	6,616,726	4,999,553	-1.4%	0.84%
2020	6,550,696	5,034,320	-1%	0.7%
2021	6,507,301	5,059,988	-0.66%	0.51%
2022	6,465,097	5,081,765	-0.65%	0.43%
2023	6,446,596	5,105,525	-0.29%	0.47%
2024	6,441,421	5,129,910	-0.08%	0.48%
2025	6,400,309	5,152,946	-0.64%	0.45%
2026	6,355,610	5,174,780	-0.7%	0.42%
2027	6,308,107	5,195,555	-0.75%	0.4%
2028	6,258,719	5,215,247	-0.78%	0.38%
2029	6,207,977	5,233,877	-0.81%	0.36%
2030	6,155,992	5,251,495	-0.84%	0.34%
2031	6,103,481	5,268,137	-0.85%	0.32%
2032	6,051,290	5,283,807	-0.86%	0.3%
2033	5,998,932	5,298,514	-0.87%	0.28%
2034	5,946,256	5,312,162	-0.88%	0.26%
2035	5,893,732	5,324,698	-0.88%	0.24%
2036	5,840,887	5,336,133	-0.9%	0.21%
2037	5,787,725	5,346,408	-0.91%	0.19%
2038	5,735,248	5,355,519	-0.91%	0.17%
2039	5,683,154	5,363,363	-0.91%	0.15%
2040	5,631,243	5,369,806	-0.91%	0.12%
2041	5,580,085	5,374,934	-0.91%	0.1%
2042	5,529,877	5,378,670	-0.9%	0.07%
2043	5,480,581	5,380,915	-0.89%	0.04%
2044	5,431,913	5,381,720	-0.89%	0.01%
2045	5,383,915	5,381,014	-0.88%	-0.01%
2046	5,336,412	5,378,757	-0.88%	-0.04%
2047	5,289,023	5,374,945	-0.89%	-0.07%
2048	5,242,022	5,369,577	-0.89%	-0.1%
2049	5,195,580	5,362,651	-0.89%	-0.13%
2050	5,149,391	5,354,148	-0.89%	-0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Costa Rica gained 545,658 people (a 12.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Costa Rica's population increased by 308,009 (a 6.33% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Costa Rica was ranked 119th in 2006 and ranked 126th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Bulgaria's population will shrink by 19% to 5,149,391 people with a rank change from 112th to 128th. The population of Costa Rica will increase by 3.46% to 5,354,148 people and will still be ranked 126th.