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	6,444,366	5,129,910	-0.03%	0.48%
2025	6,403,235	5,152,946	-0.64%	0.45%
2026	6,358,515	5,174,780	-0.7%	0.42%
2027	6,310,991	5,195,555	-0.75%	0.4%
2028	6,261,580	5,215,247	-0.78%	0.38%
2029	6,210,816	5,233,877	-0.81%	0.36%
2030	6,158,806	5,251,495	-0.84%	0.34%
2031	6,106,271	5,268,137	-0.85%	0.32%
2032	6,054,057	5,283,807	-0.86%	0.3%
2033	6,001,675	5,298,514	-0.87%	0.28%
2034	5,948,975	5,312,162	-0.88%	0.26%
2035	5,896,427	5,324,698	-0.88%	0.24%
2036	5,843,557	5,336,133	-0.9%	0.21%
2037	5,790,371	5,346,408	-0.91%	0.19%
2038	5,737,870	5,355,519	-0.91%	0.17%
2039	5,685,753	5,363,363	-0.91%	0.15%
2040	5,633,818	5,369,806	-0.91%	0.12%
2041	5,582,636	5,374,934	-0.91%	0.1%
2042	5,532,405	5,378,670	-0.9%	0.07%
2043	5,483,086	5,380,915	-0.89%	0.04%
2044	5,434,397	5,381,720	-0.89%	0.01%
2045	5,386,376	5,381,014	-0.88%	-0.01%
2046	5,338,852	5,378,757	-0.88%	-0.04%
2047	5,291,441	5,374,945	-0.89%	-0.07%
2048	5,244,419	5,369,577	-0.89%	-0.1%
2049	5,197,955	5,362,651	-0.89%	-0.13%
2050	5,151,745	5,354,148	-0.89%	-0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Costa Rica gained 556,798 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Costa Rica's population increased by 352,446 (a 7.32% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Costa Rica was ranked 120th in 2005 and ranked 126th 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 Costa Rica will increase by 3.55% to 5,354,148 people and rank change from 126th to 127th.