Population in Bulgaria compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	DR Congo	Bulgaria	DR Congo
1960	7,867,374	15,264,846	-	-
1961	7,943,118	15,662,374	0.96%	2.6%
1962	8,012,946	16,075,724	0.88%	2.64%
1963	8,078,145	16,507,599	0.81%	2.69%
1964	8,144,340	16,955,327	0.82%	2.71%
1965	8,204,168	17,427,802	0.73%	2.79%
1966	8,258,057	17,931,929	0.66%	2.89%
1967	8,310,226	18,462,782	0.63%	2.96%
1968	8,369,603	19,012,189	0.71%	2.98%
1969	8,434,172	19,570,445	0.77%	2.94%
1970	8,489,574	20,137,436	0.66%	2.9%
1971	8,536,395	20,695,569	0.55%	2.77%
1972	8,576,200	21,251,160	0.47%	2.68%
1973	8,620,967	21,827,665	0.52%	2.71%
1974	8,678,745	22,418,878	0.67%	2.71%
1975	8,720,742	23,021,101	0.48%	2.69%
1976	8,758,599	23,624,031	0.43%	2.62%
1977	8,804,183	24,229,061	0.52%	2.56%
1978	8,814,032	24,992,689	0.11%	3.15%
1979	8,825,940	25,886,782	0.14%	3.58%
1980	8,861,535	26,711,099	0.4%	3.18%
1981	8,891,117	27,500,515	0.33%	2.96%
1982	8,917,457	28,338,190	0.3%	3.05%
1983	8,939,738	29,250,963	0.25%	3.22%
1984	8,960,679	30,245,081	0.23%	3.4%
1985	8,960,547	31,264,816	-0.001%	3.37%
1986	8,958,171	32,265,196	-0.03%	3.2%
1987	8,971,359	33,298,904	0.15%	3.2%
1988	8,981,446	34,382,752	0.11%	3.25%
1989	8,876,972	35,486,866	-1.16%	3.21%
1990	8,718,289	36,684,063	-1.79%	3.37%
1991	8,632,367	37,925,817	-0.99%	3.38%
1992	8,540,164	39,228,910	-1.07%	3.44%
1993	8,472,313	40,656,336	-0.79%	3.64%
1994	8,443,591	42,626,876	-0.34%	4.85%
1995	8,406,067	44,433,704	-0.44%	4.24%
1996	8,362,826	45,296,124	-0.51%	1.94%
1997	8,312,068	46,029,902	-0.61%	1.62%
1998	8,256,786	47,297,600	-0.67%	2.75%
1999	8,210,624	48,912,971	-0.56%	3.42%
2000	8,170,172	50,507,442	-0.49%	3.26%
2001	8,009,142	52,132,646	-1.97%	3.22%
2002	7,837,161	53,750,524	-2.15%	3.1%
2003	7,775,327	55,343,867	-0.79%	2.96%
2004	7,716,860	56,997,741	-0.75%	2.99%
2005	7,658,972	58,775,724	-0.75%	3.12%
2006	7,601,022	60,615,908	-0.76%	3.13%
2007	7,545,338	62,477,752	-0.73%	3.07%
2008	7,492,561	64,390,664	-0.7%	3.06%
2009	7,444,443	66,412,044	-0.64%	3.14%
2010	7,395,599	68,563,038	-0.66%	3.24%
2011	7,348,328	70,849,311	-0.64%	3.33%
2012	7,305,888	73,254,618	-0.58%	3.39%
2013	7,160,005	75,789,395	-2%	3.46%
2014	7,073,572	78,403,242	-1.21%	3.45%
2015	6,984,225	81,035,531	-1.26%	3.36%
2016	6,894,139	83,956,415	-1.29%	3.6%
2017	6,803,468	87,083,398	-1.32%	3.72%
2018	6,710,798	90,047,644	-1.36%	3.4%
2019	6,616,726	92,947,442	-1.4%	3.22%
2020	6,550,696	95,989,998	-1%	3.27%
2021	6,507,301	99,148,932	-0.66%	3.29%
2022	6,465,097	102,396,968	-0.65%	3.28%
2023	6,446,596	105,789,731	-0.29%	3.31%
2024	6,444,366	109,276,265	-0.03%	3.3%
2025	6,403,235	112,832,475	-0.64%	3.25%
2026	6,358,515	116,452,162	-0.7%	3.21%
2027	6,310,991	120,129,744	-0.75%	3.16%
2028	6,261,580	123,871,555	-0.78%	3.11%
2029	6,210,816	127,674,141	-0.81%	3.07%
2030	6,158,806	131,532,201	-0.84%	3.02%
2031	6,106,271	135,447,495	-0.85%	2.98%
2032	6,054,057	139,408,613	-0.86%	2.92%
2033	6,001,675	143,414,031	-0.87%	2.87%
2034	5,948,975	147,468,142	-0.88%	2.83%
2035	5,896,427	151,560,102	-0.88%	2.77%
2036	5,843,557	155,689,453	-0.9%	2.72%
2037	5,790,371	159,848,574	-0.91%	2.67%
2038	5,737,870	164,045,610	-0.91%	2.63%
2039	5,685,753	168,296,695	-0.91%	2.59%
2040	5,633,818	172,595,578	-0.91%	2.55%
2041	5,582,636	176,946,261	-0.91%	2.52%
2042	5,532,405	181,350,407	-0.9%	2.49%
2043	5,483,086	185,805,168	-0.89%	2.46%
2044	5,434,397	190,312,004	-0.89%	2.43%
2045	5,386,376	194,865,386	-0.88%	2.39%
2046	5,338,852	199,464,487	-0.88%	2.36%
2047	5,291,441	204,105,925	-0.89%	2.33%
2048	5,244,419	208,783,692	-0.89%	2.29%
2049	5,197,955	213,497,692	-0.89%	2.26%
2050	5,151,745	218,246,073	-0.89%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th 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 DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.