Population in Bulgaria compared to the Dominican Republic: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and the Dominican Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Dominican Republic	Bulgaria	Dominican Republic
1960	7,867,374	3,268,336	-	-
1961	7,943,118	3,373,233	0.96%	3.21%
1962	8,012,946	3,479,936	0.88%	3.16%
1963	8,078,145	3,588,287	0.81%	3.11%
1964	8,144,340	3,698,559	0.82%	3.07%
1965	8,204,168	3,808,963	0.73%	2.99%
1966	8,258,057	3,921,847	0.66%	2.96%
1967	8,310,226	4,038,928	0.63%	2.99%
1968	8,369,603	4,157,189	0.71%	2.93%
1969	8,434,172	4,277,035	0.77%	2.88%
1970	8,489,574	4,399,290	0.66%	2.86%
1971	8,536,395	4,524,234	0.55%	2.84%
1972	8,576,200	4,651,883	0.47%	2.82%
1973	8,620,967	4,782,227	0.52%	2.8%
1974	8,678,745	4,914,197	0.67%	2.76%
1975	8,720,742	5,046,776	0.48%	2.7%
1976	8,758,599	5,180,404	0.43%	2.65%
1977	8,804,183	5,315,443	0.52%	2.61%
1978	8,814,032	5,451,882	0.11%	2.57%
1979	8,825,940	5,589,690	0.14%	2.53%
1980	8,861,535	5,729,037	0.4%	2.49%
1981	8,891,117	5,868,453	0.33%	2.43%
1982	8,917,457	6,007,114	0.3%	2.36%
1983	8,939,738	6,147,248	0.25%	2.33%
1984	8,960,679	6,289,040	0.23%	2.31%
1985	8,960,547	6,430,404	-0.001%	2.25%
1986	8,958,171	6,571,208	-0.03%	2.19%
1987	8,971,359	6,712,515	0.15%	2.15%
1988	8,981,446	6,855,734	0.11%	2.13%
1989	8,876,972	7,002,295	-1.16%	2.14%
1990	8,718,289	7,151,166	-1.79%	2.13%
1991	8,632,367	7,299,853	-0.99%	2.08%
1992	8,540,164	7,447,474	-1.07%	2.02%
1993	8,472,313	7,594,572	-0.79%	1.98%
1994	8,443,591	7,741,694	-0.34%	1.94%
1995	8,406,067	7,888,115	-0.44%	1.89%
1996	8,362,826	8,032,894	-0.51%	1.84%
1997	8,312,068	8,174,078	-0.61%	1.76%
1998	8,256,786	8,310,362	-0.67%	1.67%
1999	8,210,624	8,446,208	-0.56%	1.63%
2000	8,170,172	8,584,190	-0.49%	1.63%
2001	8,009,142	8,720,283	-1.97%	1.59%
2002	7,837,161	8,852,235	-2.15%	1.51%
2003	7,775,327	8,980,620	-0.79%	1.45%
2004	7,716,860	9,104,892	-0.75%	1.38%
2005	7,658,972	9,225,034	-0.75%	1.32%
2006	7,601,022	9,341,183	-0.76%	1.26%
2007	7,545,338	9,455,658	-0.73%	1.23%
2008	7,492,561	9,573,130	-0.7%	1.24%
2009	7,444,443	9,695,265	-0.64%	1.28%
2010	7,395,599	9,820,175	-0.66%	1.29%
2011	7,348,328	9,945,621	-0.64%	1.28%
2012	7,305,888	10,070,411	-0.58%	1.25%
2013	7,160,005	10,193,833	-2%	1.23%
2014	7,073,572	10,315,528	-1.21%	1.19%
2015	6,984,225	10,434,829	-1.26%	1.16%
2016	6,894,139	10,551,430	-1.29%	1.12%
2017	6,803,468	10,666,843	-1.32%	1.09%
2018	6,710,798	10,782,053	-1.36%	1.08%
2019	6,616,726	10,894,043	-1.4%	1.04%
2020	6,550,696	11,008,300	-1%	1.05%
2021	6,507,301	11,123,476	-0.66%	1.05%
2022	6,465,097	11,230,734	-0.65%	0.96%
2023	6,446,596	11,331,265	-0.29%	0.9%
2024	6,444,366	11,427,557	-0.03%	0.85%
2025	6,403,235	11,520,480	-0.64%	0.81%
2026	6,358,515	11,609,496	-0.7%	0.77%
2027	6,310,991	11,695,935	-0.75%	0.74%
2028	6,261,580	11,779,929	-0.78%	0.72%
2029	6,210,816	11,860,814	-0.81%	0.69%
2030	6,158,806	11,938,853	-0.84%	0.66%
2031	6,106,271	12,014,148	-0.85%	0.63%
2032	6,054,057	12,086,669	-0.86%	0.6%
2033	6,001,675	12,156,523	-0.87%	0.58%
2034	5,948,975	12,224,121	-0.88%	0.56%
2035	5,896,427	12,289,431	-0.88%	0.53%
2036	5,843,557	12,352,228	-0.9%	0.51%
2037	5,790,371	12,412,542	-0.91%	0.49%
2038	5,737,870	12,470,656	-0.91%	0.47%
2039	5,685,753	12,526,156	-0.91%	0.45%
2040	5,633,818	12,579,320	-0.91%	0.42%
2041	5,582,636	12,630,679	-0.91%	0.41%
2042	5,532,405	12,680,019	-0.9%	0.39%
2043	5,483,086	12,727,289	-0.89%	0.37%
2044	5,434,397	12,772,651	-0.89%	0.36%
2045	5,386,376	12,816,003	-0.88%	0.34%
2046	5,338,852	12,856,883	-0.88%	0.32%
2047	5,291,441	12,895,158	-0.89%	0.3%
2048	5,244,419	12,931,165	-0.89%	0.28%
2049	5,197,955	12,964,841	-0.89%	0.26%
2050	5,151,745	12,996,290	-0.89%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while the Dominican Republic gained 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while the Dominican Republic's population increased by 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th in 2005 and ranked 84th 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 the Dominican Republic will increase by 12.1% to 12,996,290 people and rank change from 84th to 90th.