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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Egypt	Bulgaria	Egypt
1960	7,867,374	26,896,479	-	-
1961	7,943,118	27,600,898	0.96%	2.62%
1962	8,012,946	28,337,013	0.88%	2.67%
1963	8,078,145	29,091,869	0.81%	2.66%
1964	8,144,340	29,858,922	0.82%	2.64%
1965	8,204,168	30,629,174	0.73%	2.58%
1966	8,258,057	31,406,541	0.66%	2.54%
1967	8,310,226	32,196,360	0.63%	2.51%
1968	8,369,603	32,998,319	0.71%	2.49%
1969	8,434,172	33,811,615	0.77%	2.46%
1970	8,489,574	34,623,990	0.66%	2.4%
1971	8,536,395	35,433,368	0.55%	2.34%
1972	8,576,200	36,258,328	0.47%	2.33%
1973	8,620,967	37,102,043	0.52%	2.33%
1974	8,678,745	37,969,667	0.67%	2.34%
1975	8,720,742	38,875,327	0.48%	2.39%
1976	8,758,599	39,795,557	0.43%	2.37%
1977	8,804,183	40,748,870	0.52%	2.4%
1978	8,814,032	41,761,431	0.11%	2.48%
1979	8,825,940	42,818,628	0.14%	2.53%
1980	8,861,535	43,950,413	0.4%	2.64%
1981	8,891,117	45,147,224	0.33%	2.72%
1982	8,917,457	46,407,611	0.3%	2.79%
1983	8,939,738	47,786,402	0.25%	2.97%
1984	8,960,679	49,247,334	0.23%	3.06%
1985	8,960,547	50,734,968	-0.001%	3.02%
1986	8,958,171	52,206,295	-0.03%	2.9%
1987	8,971,359	53,674,435	0.15%	2.81%
1988	8,981,446	55,187,681	0.11%	2.82%
1989	8,876,972	56,710,642	-1.16%	2.76%
1990	8,718,289	58,396,618	-1.79%	2.97%
1991	8,632,367	60,028,997	-0.99%	2.8%
1992	8,540,164	61,480,660	-1.07%	2.42%
1993	8,472,313	62,915,681	-0.79%	2.33%
1994	8,443,591	64,285,589	-0.34%	2.18%
1995	8,406,067	65,652,622	-0.44%	2.13%
1996	8,362,826	67,028,048	-0.51%	2.1%
1997	8,312,068	68,431,740	-0.61%	2.09%
1998	8,256,786	69,943,294	-0.67%	2.21%
1999	8,210,624	71,520,954	-0.56%	2.26%
2000	8,170,172	73,083,284	-0.49%	2.18%
2001	8,009,142	74,652,029	-1.97%	2.15%
2002	7,837,161	76,239,137	-2.15%	2.13%
2003	7,775,327	77,853,548	-0.79%	2.12%
2004	7,716,860	79,477,443	-0.75%	2.09%
2005	7,658,972	81,101,004	-0.75%	2.04%
2006	7,601,022	82,700,403	-0.76%	1.97%
2007	7,545,338	84,276,225	-0.73%	1.91%
2008	7,492,561	85,864,789	-0.7%	1.88%
2009	7,444,443	87,501,636	-0.64%	1.91%
2010	7,395,599	89,196,072	-0.66%	1.94%
2011	7,348,328	91,093,059	-0.64%	2.13%
2012	7,305,888	93,161,001	-0.58%	2.27%
2013	7,160,005	95,333,553	-2%	2.33%
2014	7,073,572	97,528,654	-1.21%	2.3%
2015	6,984,225	99,597,342	-1.26%	2.12%
2016	6,894,139	101,644,589	-1.29%	2.06%
2017	6,803,468	103,696,057	-1.32%	2.02%
2018	6,710,798	105,682,094	-1.36%	1.92%
2019	6,616,726	107,553,158	-1.4%	1.77%
2020	6,550,696	109,315,124	-1%	1.64%
2021	6,507,301	110,957,008	-0.66%	1.5%
2022	6,465,097	112,618,250	-0.65%	1.5%
2023	6,446,596	114,535,772	-0.29%	1.7%
2024	6,444,366	116,538,258	-0.03%	1.75%
2025	6,403,235	118,365,997	-0.64%	1.57%
2026	6,358,515	120,101,181	-0.7%	1.47%
2027	6,310,991	121,847,622	-0.75%	1.45%
2028	6,261,580	123,608,457	-0.78%	1.45%
2029	6,210,816	125,373,058	-0.81%	1.43%
2030	6,158,806	127,139,323	-0.84%	1.41%
2031	6,106,271	128,912,256	-0.85%	1.39%
2032	6,054,057	130,695,084	-0.86%	1.38%
2033	6,001,675	132,485,612	-0.87%	1.37%
2034	5,948,975	134,287,838	-0.88%	1.36%
2035	5,896,427	136,097,214	-0.88%	1.35%
2036	5,843,557	137,913,263	-0.9%	1.33%
2037	5,790,371	139,738,699	-0.91%	1.32%
2038	5,737,870	141,565,835	-0.91%	1.31%
2039	5,685,753	143,393,267	-0.91%	1.29%
2040	5,633,818	145,213,662	-0.91%	1.27%
2041	5,582,636	147,018,554	-0.91%	1.24%
2042	5,532,405	148,800,785	-0.9%	1.21%
2043	5,483,086	150,547,655	-0.89%	1.17%
2044	5,434,397	152,255,332	-0.89%	1.13%
2045	5,386,376	153,919,190	-0.88%	1.09%
2046	5,338,852	155,535,951	-0.88%	1.05%
2047	5,291,441	157,114,404	-0.89%	1.01%
2048	5,244,419	158,657,392	-0.89%	0.98%
2049	5,197,955	160,161,615	-0.89%	0.95%
2050	5,151,745	161,630,197	-0.89%	0.92%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Egypt gained 18,496,338 people (a 22.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Egypt's population increased by 20,162,491 (a 20.2% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Egypt was ranked 14th in 2005 and ranked 13th 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 Egypt will increase by 35% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.