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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Curacao	Bulgaria	Curacao
1960	7,867,374	124,826	-	-
1961	7,943,118	126,125	0.96%	1.04%
1962	8,012,946	128,414	0.88%	1.81%
1963	8,078,145	130,860	0.81%	1.9%
1964	8,144,340	133,148	0.82%	1.75%
1965	8,204,168	135,266	0.73%	1.59%
1966	8,258,057	136,682	0.66%	1.05%
1967	8,310,226	138,140	0.63%	1.07%
1968	8,369,603	140,298	0.71%	1.56%
1969	8,434,172	142,581	0.77%	1.63%
1970	8,489,574	144,739	0.66%	1.51%
1971	8,536,395	147,389	0.55%	1.83%
1972	8,576,200	147,710	0.47%	0.22%
1973	8,620,967	146,912	0.52%	-0.54%
1974	8,678,745	148,351	0.67%	0.98%
1975	8,720,742	149,129	0.48%	0.52%
1976	8,758,599	149,399	0.43%	0.18%
1977	8,804,183	149,459	0.52%	0.04%
1978	8,814,032	148,341	0.11%	-0.75%
1979	8,825,940	147,851	0.14%	-0.33%
1980	8,861,535	148,041	0.4%	0.13%
1981	8,891,117	148,629	0.33%	0.4%
1982	8,917,457	150,101	0.3%	0.99%
1983	8,939,738	151,159	0.25%	0.7%
1984	8,960,679	151,940	0.23%	0.52%
1985	8,960,547	152,711	-0.001%	0.51%
1986	8,958,171	152,662	-0.03%	-0.03%
1987	8,971,359	151,456	0.15%	-0.79%
1988	8,981,446	149,254	0.11%	-1.45%
1989	8,876,972	146,937	-1.16%	-1.55%
1990	8,718,289	145,400	-1.79%	-1.05%
1991	8,632,367	144,403	-0.99%	-0.69%
1992	8,540,164	143,912	-1.07%	-0.34%
1993	8,472,313	144,299	-0.79%	0.27%
1994	8,443,591	144,630	-0.34%	0.23%
1995	8,406,067	145,139	-0.44%	0.35%
1996	8,362,826	146,306	-0.51%	0.8%
1997	8,312,068	146,956	-0.61%	0.44%
1998	8,256,786	144,472	-0.67%	-1.69%
1999	8,210,624	139,428	-0.56%	-3.49%
2000	8,170,172	133,860	-0.49%	-3.99%
2001	8,009,142	129,047	-1.97%	-3.6%
2002	7,837,161	129,205	-2.15%	0.12%
2003	7,775,327	131,897	-0.79%	2.08%
2004	7,716,860	134,192	-0.75%	1.74%
2005	7,658,972	137,658	-0.75%	2.58%
2006	7,601,022	141,239	-0.76%	2.6%
2007	7,545,338	144,056	-0.73%	1.99%
2008	7,492,561	145,880	-0.7%	1.27%
2009	7,444,443	146,833	-0.64%	0.65%
2010	7,395,599	148,703	-0.66%	1.27%
2011	7,348,328	150,831	-0.64%	1.43%
2012	7,305,888	152,088	-0.58%	0.83%
2013	7,160,005	153,822	-2%	1.14%
2014	7,073,572	155,909	-1.21%	1.36%
2015	6,984,225	157,980	-1.26%	1.33%
2016	6,894,139	159,664	-1.29%	1.07%
2017	6,803,468	160,175	-1.32%	0.32%
2018	6,710,798	159,336	-1.36%	-0.52%
2019	6,616,726	157,441	-1.4%	-1.19%
2020	6,550,696	154,947	-1%	-1.58%
2021	6,507,301	152,369	-0.66%	-1.66%
2022	6,465,097	149,996	-0.65%	-1.56%
2023	6,446,596	155,800	-0.29%	3.87%
2024	6,444,366	155,900	-0.03%	0.06%
2025	6,403,235	155,910	-0.64%	0.007%
2026	6,358,515	155,878	-0.7%	-0.02%
2027	6,310,991	155,806	-0.75%	-0.05%
2028	6,261,580	155,710	-0.78%	-0.06%
2029	6,210,816	155,558	-0.81%	-0.1%
2030	6,158,806	155,356	-0.84%	-0.13%
2031	6,106,271	155,112	-0.85%	-0.16%
2032	6,054,057	154,845	-0.86%	-0.17%
2033	6,001,675	154,546	-0.87%	-0.19%
2034	5,948,975	154,200	-0.88%	-0.22%
2035	5,896,427	153,844	-0.88%	-0.23%
2036	5,843,557	153,444	-0.9%	-0.26%
2037	5,790,371	153,028	-0.91%	-0.27%
2038	5,737,870	152,600	-0.91%	-0.28%
2039	5,685,753	152,140	-0.91%	-0.3%
2040	5,633,818	151,635	-0.91%	-0.33%
2041	5,582,636	151,130	-0.91%	-0.33%
2042	5,532,405	150,608	-0.9%	-0.35%
2043	5,483,086	150,071	-0.89%	-0.36%
2044	5,434,397	149,519	-0.89%	-0.37%
2045	5,386,376	148,941	-0.88%	-0.39%
2046	5,338,852	148,367	-0.88%	-0.39%
2047	5,291,441	147,763	-0.89%	-0.41%
2048	5,244,419	147,130	-0.89%	-0.43%
2049	5,197,955	146,495	-0.89%	-0.43%
2050	5,151,745	145,829	-0.89%	-0.45%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Curacao gained 20,322 people (a 14.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Curacao's population decreased by -2,070 (a 1.31% decline).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Curacao was ranked 179th in 2005 and still ranked 179th 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 Curacao will decrease by 6.47% to 145,829 people and rank change from 179th to 180th.