The latest officially reported population of Bulgaria was 6,444,366 in 2024 vs 1,400,638 people in East Timor in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bulgaria's population is 6,403,235 people compared to 1,433,311 in East Timor.
Population statistics:
- Bulgaria's population is 4.47 times bigger than East Timor's.
- Bulgaria is ranked the 111th most populous country in the world, while East Timor is the 152nd.
- The countries together account for 0.09% of the world: 0.08% for Bulgaria vs 0.02% for East Timor.
- For the last 10 years, Bulgaria has had an average growth rate of -0.95% per year vs +1.74% in East Timor.
- Since 2005, the population of Bulgaria has decreased from 7.66M people to 6.4M (16.4% decline), while East Timor has grown from 948K to 1.43M (51.1% growth).
- East Timor is projected to reach its peak in 2076 at 2.09M people, while Bulgaria's population already peaked in 1988 at 8.98M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Bulgaria vs East Timor: live population counter
Bulgaria
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East Timor
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
6403235
|
1433311
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| Population rank | 111/197 | 152/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
3.93 hours
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32.1 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.16 minutes
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17.2 minutes
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| One death every |
5.19 minutes
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52.2 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.7 hours
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3.43 hours
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| Annual migration change | +524 | -2,552 |
| Daily growth/decline | -6 | +45 |
| Annual growth/decline | -2,230 | +16,352 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.03% | +1.18% |
| Population growth rate rank | 168/197 | 93/197 |
Bulgaria and East Timor: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bulgaria
Population
Growth rate
East Timor
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bulgaria
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East Timor
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Bulgaria
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East Timor
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|
| 1960 | 7,867,374 | 468,118 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,943,118 | 475,291 | 0.96% | 1.53% |
| 1962 | 8,012,946 | 482,774 | 0.88% | 1.57% |
| 1963 | 8,078,145 | 490,564 | 0.81% | 1.61% |
| 1964 | 8,144,340 | 498,659 | 0.82% | 1.65% |
| 1965 | 8,204,168 | 507,034 | 0.73% | 1.68% |
| 1966 | 8,258,057 | 515,696 | 0.66% | 1.71% |
| 1967 | 8,310,226 | 524,648 | 0.63% | 1.74% |
| 1968 | 8,369,603 | 533,875 | 0.71% | 1.76% |
| 1969 | 8,434,172 | 543,356 | 0.77% | 1.78% |
| 1970 | 8,489,574 | 553,069 | 0.66% | 1.79% |
| 1971 | 8,536,395 | 562,966 | 0.55% | 1.79% |
| 1972 | 8,576,200 | 572,962 | 0.47% | 1.78% |
| 1973 | 8,620,967 | 582,855 | 0.52% | 1.73% |
| 1974 | 8,678,745 | 590,827 | 0.67% | 1.37% |
| 1975 | 8,720,742 | 598,158 | 0.48% | 1.24% |
| 1976 | 8,758,599 | 607,620 | 0.43% | 1.58% |
| 1977 | 8,804,183 | 618,315 | 0.52% | 1.76% |
| 1978 | 8,814,032 | 628,775 | 0.11% | 1.69% |
| 1979 | 8,825,940 | 638,719 | 0.14% | 1.58% |
| 1980 | 8,861,535 | 649,871 | 0.4% | 1.75% |
| 1981 | 8,891,117 | 660,493 | 0.33% | 1.63% |
| 1982 | 8,917,457 | 669,149 | 0.3% | 1.31% |
| 1983 | 8,939,738 | 677,707 | 0.25% | 1.28% |
| 1984 | 8,960,679 | 686,777 | 0.23% | 1.34% |
| 1985 | 8,960,547 | 696,665 | -0.001% | 1.44% |
| 1986 | 8,958,171 | 707,185 | -0.03% | 1.51% |
| 1987 | 8,971,359 | 718,476 | 0.15% | 1.6% |
| 1988 | 8,981,446 | 730,745 | 0.11% | 1.71% |
| 1989 | 8,876,972 | 744,856 | -1.16% | 1.93% |
| 1990 | 8,718,289 | 760,345 | -1.79% | 2.08% |
| 1991 | 8,632,367 | 778,278 | -0.99% | 2.36% |
| 1992 | 8,540,164 | 799,318 | -1.07% | 2.7% |
| 1993 | 8,472,313 | 821,437 | -0.79% | 2.77% |
| 1994 | 8,443,591 | 844,493 | -0.34% | 2.81% |
| 1995 | 8,406,067 | 868,146 | -0.44% | 2.8% |
| 1996 | 8,362,826 | 892,282 | -0.51% | 2.78% |
| 1997 | 8,312,068 | 917,184 | -0.61% | 2.79% |
| 1998 | 8,256,786 | 942,530 | -0.67% | 2.76% |
| 1999 | 8,210,624 | 834,697 | -0.56% | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 8,170,172 | 745,088 | -0.49% | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 8,009,142 | 812,249 | -1.97% | 9.01% |
| 2002 | 7,837,161 | 879,159 | -2.15% | 8.24% |
| 2003 | 7,775,327 | 916,878 | -0.79% | 4.29% |
| 2004 | 7,716,860 | 929,074 | -0.75% | 1.33% |
| 2005 | 7,658,972 | 948,311 | -0.75% | 2.07% |
| 2006 | 7,601,022 | 976,597 | -0.76% | 2.98% |
| 2007 | 7,545,338 | 1,004,889 | -0.73% | 2.9% |
| 2008 | 7,492,561 | 1,032,429 | -0.7% | 2.74% |
| 2009 | 7,444,443 | 1,058,782 | -0.64% | 2.55% |
| 2010 | 7,395,599 | 1,084,679 | -0.66% | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 7,348,328 | 1,110,207 | -0.64% | 2.35% |
| 2012 | 7,305,888 | 1,134,885 | -0.58% | 2.22% |
| 2013 | 7,160,005 | 1,158,695 | -2% | 2.1% |
| 2014 | 7,073,572 | 1,181,903 | -1.21% | 2% |
| 2015 | 6,984,225 | 1,205,131 | -1.26% | 1.97% |
| 2016 | 6,894,139 | 1,228,312 | -1.29% | 1.92% |
| 2017 | 6,803,468 | 1,251,703 | -1.32% | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 6,710,798 | 1,275,959 | -1.36% | 1.94% |
| 2019 | 6,616,726 | 1,300,945 | -1.4% | 1.96% |
| 2020 | 6,550,696 | 1,326,053 | -1% | 1.93% |
| 2021 | 6,507,301 | 1,350,139 | -0.66% | 1.82% |
| 2022 | 6,465,097 | 1,369,295 | -0.65% | 1.42% |
| 2023 | 6,446,596 | 1,384,286 | -0.29% | 1.09% |
| 2024 | 6,444,366 | 1,400,638 | -0.03% | 1.18% |
| 2025 | 6,403,235 | 1,418,519 | -0.64% | 1.28% |
| 2026 | 6,358,515 | 1,436,934 | -0.7% | 1.3% |
| 2027 | 6,310,991 | 1,456,334 | -0.75% | 1.35% |
| 2028 | 6,261,580 | 1,476,850 | -0.78% | 1.41% |
| 2029 | 6,210,816 | 1,498,119 | -0.81% | 1.44% |
| 2030 | 6,158,806 | 1,519,802 | -0.84% | 1.45% |
| 2031 | 6,106,271 | 1,540,659 | -0.85% | 1.37% |
| 2032 | 6,054,057 | 1,559,710 | -0.86% | 1.24% |
| 2033 | 6,001,675 | 1,578,114 | -0.87% | 1.18% |
| 2034 | 5,948,975 | 1,597,444 | -0.88% | 1.22% |
| 2035 | 5,896,427 | 1,618,799 | -0.88% | 1.34% |
| 2036 | 5,843,557 | 1,639,721 | -0.9% | 1.29% |
| 2037 | 5,790,371 | 1,659,327 | -0.91% | 1.2% |
| 2038 | 5,737,870 | 1,678,953 | -0.91% | 1.18% |
| 2039 | 5,685,753 | 1,698,891 | -0.91% | 1.19% |
| 2040 | 5,633,818 | 1,718,249 | -0.91% | 1.14% |
| 2041 | 5,582,636 | 1,736,476 | -0.91% | 1.06% |
| 2042 | 5,532,405 | 1,755,847 | -0.9% | 1.12% |
| 2043 | 5,483,086 | 1,776,066 | -0.89% | 1.15% |
| 2044 | 5,434,397 | 1,793,758 | -0.89% | 1% |
| 2045 | 5,386,376 | 1,809,637 | -0.88% | 0.89% |
| 2046 | 5,338,852 | 1,825,551 | -0.88% | 0.88% |
| 2047 | 5,291,441 | 1,841,558 | -0.89% | 0.88% |
| 2048 | 5,244,419 | 1,858,311 | -0.89% | 0.91% |
| 2049 | 5,197,955 | 1,873,846 | -0.89% | 0.84% |
| 2050 | 5,151,745 | 1,889,246 | -0.89% | 0.82% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while East Timor gained 256,820 people (a 27.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while East Timor's population increased by 228,180 (a 18.9% growth).
Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. East Timor was ranked 154th in 2005 and ranked 152nd 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 East Timor will increase by 31.8% to 1,889,246 people and rank change from 152nd to 149th.
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Population differences between Bulgaria and East Timor
|
Bulgaria
|
East Timor
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76 years | 68.1 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 26.6 years |
| Median age | 45.5 years | 22.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 50.4:49.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 2.71 births per woman |
| Population density | 153.7 ppl/mi² | 244 ppl/mi² |
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