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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Denmark	Bulgaria	Denmark
1960	7,867,374	4,579,603	-	-
1961	7,943,118	4,611,687	0.96%	0.7%
1962	8,012,946	4,647,727	0.88%	0.78%
1963	8,078,145	4,684,483	0.81%	0.79%
1964	8,144,340	4,722,072	0.82%	0.8%
1965	8,204,168	4,759,012	0.73%	0.78%
1966	8,258,057	4,797,381	0.66%	0.81%
1967	8,310,226	4,835,354	0.63%	0.79%
1968	8,369,603	4,864,883	0.71%	0.61%
1969	8,434,172	4,891,860	0.77%	0.55%
1970	8,489,574	4,928,757	0.66%	0.75%
1971	8,536,395	4,963,126	0.55%	0.7%
1972	8,576,200	4,991,596	0.47%	0.57%
1973	8,620,967	5,021,861	0.52%	0.61%
1974	8,678,745	5,045,297	0.67%	0.47%
1975	8,720,742	5,059,862	0.48%	0.29%
1976	8,758,599	5,072,596	0.43%	0.25%
1977	8,804,183	5,088,419	0.52%	0.31%
1978	8,814,032	5,104,248	0.11%	0.31%
1979	8,825,940	5,116,801	0.14%	0.25%
1980	8,861,535	5,123,027	0.4%	0.12%
1981	8,891,117	5,121,572	0.33%	-0.03%
1982	8,917,457	5,117,810	0.3%	-0.07%
1983	8,939,738	5,114,297	0.25%	-0.07%
1984	8,960,679	5,111,619	0.23%	-0.05%
1985	8,960,547	5,113,691	-0.001%	0.04%
1986	8,958,171	5,120,534	-0.03%	0.13%
1987	8,971,359	5,127,024	0.15%	0.13%
1988	8,981,446	5,129,516	0.11%	0.05%
1989	8,876,972	5,132,594	-1.16%	0.06%
1990	8,718,289	5,140,939	-1.79%	0.16%
1991	8,632,367	5,154,298	-0.99%	0.26%
1992	8,540,164	5,171,370	-1.07%	0.33%
1993	8,472,313	5,188,628	-0.79%	0.33%
1994	8,443,591	5,206,180	-0.34%	0.34%
1995	8,406,067	5,233,373	-0.44%	0.52%
1996	8,362,826	5,263,074	-0.51%	0.57%
1997	8,312,068	5,284,991	-0.61%	0.42%
1998	8,256,786	5,304,219	-0.67%	0.36%
1999	8,210,624	5,321,799	-0.56%	0.33%
2000	8,170,172	5,339,616	-0.49%	0.33%
2001	8,009,142	5,358,783	-1.97%	0.36%
2002	7,837,161	5,375,931	-2.15%	0.32%
2003	7,775,327	5,390,574	-0.79%	0.27%
2004	7,716,860	5,404,523	-0.75%	0.26%
2005	7,658,972	5,419,432	-0.75%	0.28%
2006	7,601,022	5,437,272	-0.76%	0.33%
2007	7,545,338	5,461,438	-0.73%	0.44%
2008	7,492,561	5,493,621	-0.7%	0.59%
2009	7,444,443	5,523,095	-0.64%	0.54%
2010	7,395,599	5,547,683	-0.66%	0.45%
2011	7,348,328	5,570,572	-0.64%	0.41%
2012	7,305,888	5,591,572	-0.58%	0.38%
2013	7,160,005	5,614,932	-2%	0.42%
2014	7,073,572	5,643,475	-1.21%	0.51%
2015	6,984,225	5,683,483	-1.26%	0.71%
2016	6,894,139	5,728,010	-1.29%	0.78%
2017	6,803,468	5,764,980	-1.32%	0.65%
2018	6,710,798	5,793,636	-1.36%	0.5%
2019	6,616,726	5,814,422	-1.4%	0.36%
2020	6,550,696	5,831,404	-1%	0.29%
2021	6,507,301	5,856,733	-0.66%	0.43%
2022	6,465,097	5,903,037	-0.65%	0.79%
2023	6,446,596	5,946,952	-0.29%	0.74%
2024	6,444,366	5,976,992	-0.03%	0.51%
2025	6,403,235	6,002,090	-0.64%	0.42%
2026	6,358,515	6,023,091	-0.7%	0.35%
2027	6,310,991	6,041,010	-0.75%	0.3%
2028	6,261,580	6,056,755	-0.78%	0.26%
2029	6,210,816	6,070,186	-0.81%	0.22%
2030	6,158,806	6,081,559	-0.84%	0.19%
2031	6,106,271	6,091,513	-0.85%	0.16%
2032	6,054,057	6,099,943	-0.86%	0.14%
2033	6,001,675	6,107,156	-0.87%	0.12%
2034	5,948,975	6,113,785	-0.88%	0.11%
2035	5,896,427	6,119,365	-0.88%	0.09%
2036	5,843,557	6,123,874	-0.9%	0.07%
2037	5,790,371	6,127,386	-0.91%	0.06%
2038	5,737,870	6,130,437	-0.91%	0.05%
2039	5,685,753	6,132,752	-0.91%	0.04%
2040	5,633,818	6,134,223	-0.91%	0.02%
2041	5,582,636	6,135,120	-0.91%	0.01%
2042	5,532,405	6,135,315	-0.9%	0.003%
2043	5,483,086	6,135,244	-0.89%	-0.001%
2044	5,434,397	6,134,789	-0.89%	-0.007%
2045	5,386,376	6,134,218	-0.88%	-0.009%
2046	5,338,852	6,133,182	-0.88%	-0.02%
2047	5,291,441	6,131,427	-0.89%	-0.03%
2048	5,244,419	6,129,548	-0.89%	-0.03%
2049	5,197,955	6,127,293	-0.89%	-0.04%
2050	5,151,745	6,124,397	-0.89%	-0.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Denmark gained 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Denmark's population increased by 335,476 (a 5.9% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Denmark was ranked 108th in 2005 and ranked 114th 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 Denmark will increase by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people and rank change from 114th to 119th.