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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Ecuador	Bulgaria	Ecuador
1960	7,867,374	4,590,891	-	-
1961	7,943,118	4,722,331	0.96%	2.86%
1962	8,012,946	4,859,269	0.88%	2.9%
1963	8,078,145	5,001,716	0.81%	2.93%
1964	8,144,340	5,149,918	0.82%	2.96%
1965	8,204,168	5,303,963	0.73%	2.99%
1966	8,258,057	5,463,748	0.66%	3.01%
1967	8,310,226	5,629,057	0.63%	3.03%
1968	8,369,603	5,799,680	0.71%	3.03%
1969	8,434,172	5,975,236	0.77%	3.03%
1970	8,489,574	6,155,387	0.66%	3.01%
1971	8,536,395	6,340,052	0.55%	3%
1972	8,576,200	6,529,034	0.47%	2.98%
1973	8,620,967	6,722,033	0.52%	2.96%
1974	8,678,745	6,918,573	0.67%	2.92%
1975	8,720,742	7,118,251	0.48%	2.89%
1976	8,758,599	7,320,912	0.43%	2.85%
1977	8,804,183	7,526,819	0.52%	2.81%
1978	8,814,032	7,736,167	0.11%	2.78%
1979	8,825,940	7,948,869	0.14%	2.75%
1980	8,861,535	8,165,877	0.4%	2.73%
1981	8,891,117	8,386,910	0.33%	2.71%
1982	8,917,457	8,611,298	0.3%	2.68%
1983	8,939,738	8,840,417	0.25%	2.66%
1984	8,960,679	9,074,782	0.23%	2.65%
1985	8,960,547	9,311,154	-0.001%	2.6%
1986	8,958,171	9,545,998	-0.03%	2.52%
1987	8,971,359	9,779,290	0.15%	2.44%
1988	8,981,446	10,010,808	0.11%	2.37%
1989	8,876,972	10,241,852	-1.16%	2.31%
1990	8,718,289	10,473,673	-1.79%	2.26%
1991	8,632,367	10,702,380	-0.99%	2.18%
1992	8,540,164	10,930,128	-1.07%	2.13%
1993	8,472,313	11,154,274	-0.79%	2.05%
1994	8,443,591	11,372,197	-0.34%	1.95%
1995	8,406,067	11,590,514	-0.44%	1.92%
1996	8,362,826	11,810,950	-0.51%	1.9%
1997	8,312,068	12,031,127	-0.61%	1.86%
1998	8,256,786	12,251,184	-0.67%	1.83%
1999	8,210,624	12,470,795	-0.56%	1.79%
2000	8,170,172	12,689,206	-0.49%	1.75%
2001	8,009,142	12,910,740	-1.97%	1.75%
2002	7,837,161	13,138,472	-2.15%	1.76%
2003	7,775,327	13,372,306	-0.79%	1.78%
2004	7,716,860	13,608,701	-0.75%	1.77%
2005	7,658,972	13,846,163	-0.75%	1.74%
2006	7,601,022	14,086,131	-0.76%	1.73%
2007	7,545,338	14,328,773	-0.73%	1.72%
2008	7,492,561	14,575,202	-0.7%	1.72%
2009	7,444,443	14,825,954	-0.64%	1.72%
2010	7,395,599	15,076,695	-0.66%	1.69%
2011	7,348,328	15,326,227	-0.64%	1.66%
2012	7,305,888	15,572,194	-0.58%	1.6%
2013	7,160,005	15,807,128	-2%	1.51%
2014	7,073,572	16,035,124	-1.21%	1.44%
2015	6,984,225	16,266,225	-1.26%	1.44%
2016	6,894,139	16,505,139	-1.29%	1.47%
2017	6,803,468	16,759,519	-1.32%	1.54%
2018	6,710,798	17,049,547	-1.36%	1.73%
2019	6,616,726	17,340,021	-1.4%	1.7%
2020	6,550,696	17,546,065	-1%	1.19%
2021	6,507,301	17,682,454	-0.66%	0.78%
2022	6,465,097	17,823,897	-0.65%	0.8%
2023	6,446,596	17,980,083	-0.29%	0.88%
2024	6,441,421	18,135,478	-0.08%	0.86%
2025	6,400,309	18,289,898	-0.64%	0.85%
2026	6,355,610	18,444,505	-0.7%	0.85%
2027	6,308,107	18,600,319	-0.75%	0.84%
2028	6,258,719	18,757,228	-0.78%	0.84%
2029	6,207,977	18,914,103	-0.81%	0.84%
2030	6,155,992	19,069,715	-0.84%	0.82%
2031	6,103,481	19,222,817	-0.85%	0.8%
2032	6,051,290	19,372,495	-0.86%	0.78%
2033	5,998,932	19,518,750	-0.87%	0.75%
2034	5,946,256	19,661,347	-0.88%	0.73%
2035	5,893,732	19,800,128	-0.88%	0.71%
2036	5,840,887	19,935,162	-0.9%	0.68%
2037	5,787,725	20,066,382	-0.91%	0.66%
2038	5,735,248	20,193,573	-0.91%	0.63%
2039	5,683,154	20,316,268	-0.91%	0.61%
2040	5,631,243	20,434,223	-0.91%	0.58%
2041	5,580,085	20,547,455	-0.91%	0.55%
2042	5,529,877	20,655,763	-0.9%	0.53%
2043	5,480,581	20,759,127	-0.89%	0.5%
2044	5,431,913	20,857,468	-0.89%	0.47%
2045	5,383,915	20,950,629	-0.88%	0.45%
2046	5,336,412	21,038,532	-0.88%	0.42%
2047	5,289,023	21,121,169	-0.89%	0.39%
2048	5,242,022	21,198,613	-0.89%	0.37%
2049	5,195,580	21,270,658	-0.89%	0.34%
2050	5,149,391	21,337,231	-0.89%	0.31%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Ecuador gained 2,419,008 people (a 17.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Ecuador's population increased by 1,941,068 (a 11.8% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Ecuador was ranked 65th in 2006 and ranked 71st 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 Ecuador will increase by 15.7% to 21,337,231 people and rank change from 71st to 74th.