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	6,441,421	116,538,258	-0.08%	1.75%
2025	6,400,309	118,365,997	-0.64%	1.57%
2026	6,355,610	120,101,181	-0.7%	1.47%
2027	6,308,107	121,847,622	-0.75%	1.45%
2028	6,258,719	123,608,457	-0.78%	1.45%
2029	6,207,977	125,373,058	-0.81%	1.43%
2030	6,155,992	127,139,323	-0.84%	1.41%
2031	6,103,481	128,912,256	-0.85%	1.39%
2032	6,051,290	130,695,084	-0.86%	1.38%
2033	5,998,932	132,485,612	-0.87%	1.37%
2034	5,946,256	134,287,838	-0.88%	1.36%
2035	5,893,732	136,097,214	-0.88%	1.35%
2036	5,840,887	137,913,263	-0.9%	1.33%
2037	5,787,725	139,738,699	-0.91%	1.32%
2038	5,735,248	141,565,835	-0.91%	1.31%
2039	5,683,154	143,393,267	-0.91%	1.29%
2040	5,631,243	145,213,662	-0.91%	1.27%
2041	5,580,085	147,018,554	-0.91%	1.24%
2042	5,529,877	148,800,785	-0.9%	1.21%
2043	5,480,581	150,547,655	-0.89%	1.17%
2044	5,431,913	152,255,332	-0.89%	1.13%
2045	5,383,915	153,919,190	-0.88%	1.09%
2046	5,336,412	155,535,951	-0.88%	1.05%
2047	5,289,023	157,114,404	-0.89%	1.01%
2048	5,242,022	158,657,392	-0.89%	0.98%
2049	5,195,580	160,161,615	-0.89%	0.95%
2050	5,149,391	161,630,197	-0.89%	0.92%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Egypt gained 18,944,186 people (a 22.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Egypt's population increased by 18,475,678 (a 18.2% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Egypt was ranked 13th in 2006 and still ranked 13th 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 Egypt will increase by 34.6% to 161,630,197 people and rank change from 13th to 11th.