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	6,441,421	11,427,557	-0.08%	0.85%
2025	6,400,309	11,520,480	-0.64%	0.81%
2026	6,355,610	11,609,496	-0.7%	0.77%
2027	6,308,107	11,695,935	-0.75%	0.74%
2028	6,258,719	11,779,929	-0.78%	0.72%
2029	6,207,977	11,860,814	-0.81%	0.69%
2030	6,155,992	11,938,853	-0.84%	0.66%
2031	6,103,481	12,014,148	-0.85%	0.63%
2032	6,051,290	12,086,669	-0.86%	0.6%
2033	5,998,932	12,156,523	-0.87%	0.58%
2034	5,946,256	12,224,121	-0.88%	0.56%
2035	5,893,732	12,289,431	-0.88%	0.53%
2036	5,840,887	12,352,228	-0.9%	0.51%
2037	5,787,725	12,412,542	-0.91%	0.49%
2038	5,735,248	12,470,656	-0.91%	0.47%
2039	5,683,154	12,526,156	-0.91%	0.45%
2040	5,631,243	12,579,320	-0.91%	0.42%
2041	5,580,085	12,630,679	-0.91%	0.41%
2042	5,529,877	12,680,019	-0.9%	0.39%
2043	5,480,581	12,727,289	-0.89%	0.37%
2044	5,431,913	12,772,651	-0.89%	0.36%
2045	5,383,915	12,816,003	-0.88%	0.34%
2046	5,336,412	12,856,883	-0.88%	0.32%
2047	5,289,023	12,895,158	-0.89%	0.3%
2048	5,242,022	12,931,165	-0.89%	0.28%
2049	5,195,580	12,964,841	-0.89%	0.26%
2050	5,149,391	12,996,290	-0.89%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while the Dominican Republic gained 1,210,247 people (a 13% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while the Dominican Republic's population increased by 1,059,010 (a 10% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th in 2006 and ranked 84th 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 the Dominican Republic will increase by 11.9% to 12,996,290 people and rank change from 84th to 90th.