Population in Bulgaria compared to El Salvador: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and El Salvador: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	El Salvador	Bulgaria	El Salvador
1960	7,867,374	2,791,459	-	-
1961	7,943,118	2,870,016	0.96%	2.81%
1962	8,012,946	2,949,204	0.88%	2.76%
1963	8,078,145	3,028,679	0.81%	2.69%
1964	8,144,340	3,111,883	0.82%	2.75%
1965	8,204,168	3,199,466	0.73%	2.81%
1966	8,258,057	3,290,961	0.66%	2.86%
1967	8,310,226	3,385,184	0.63%	2.86%
1968	8,369,603	3,480,773	0.71%	2.82%
1969	8,434,172	3,576,485	0.77%	2.75%
1970	8,489,574	3,668,796	0.66%	2.58%
1971	8,536,395	3,757,523	0.55%	2.42%
1972	8,576,200	3,846,830	0.47%	2.38%
1973	8,620,967	3,938,068	0.52%	2.37%
1974	8,678,745	4,029,671	0.67%	2.33%
1975	8,720,742	4,120,449	0.48%	2.25%
1976	8,758,599	4,210,310	0.43%	2.18%
1977	8,804,183	4,301,256	0.52%	2.16%
1978	8,814,032	4,394,114	0.11%	2.16%
1979	8,825,940	4,480,388	0.14%	1.96%
1980	8,861,535	4,540,382	0.4%	1.34%
1981	8,891,117	4,570,599	0.33%	0.67%
1982	8,917,457	4,622,477	0.3%	1.14%
1983	8,939,738	4,707,367	0.25%	1.84%
1984	8,960,679	4,798,003	0.23%	1.93%
1985	8,960,547	4,894,706	-0.001%	2.02%
1986	8,958,171	4,992,769	-0.03%	2%
1987	8,971,359	5,092,441	0.15%	2%
1988	8,981,446	5,195,833	0.11%	2.03%
1989	8,876,972	5,298,979	-1.16%	1.99%
1990	8,718,289	5,399,726	-1.79%	1.9%
1991	8,632,367	5,495,077	-0.99%	1.77%
1992	8,540,164	5,585,609	-1.07%	1.65%
1993	8,472,313	5,659,957	-0.79%	1.33%
1994	8,443,591	5,714,129	-0.34%	0.96%
1995	8,406,067	5,762,131	-0.44%	0.84%
1996	8,362,826	5,805,286	-0.51%	0.75%
1997	8,312,068	5,844,578	-0.61%	0.68%
1998	8,256,786	5,880,781	-0.67%	0.62%
1999	8,210,624	5,913,900	-0.56%	0.56%
2000	8,170,172	5,943,366	-0.49%	0.5%
2001	8,009,142	5,968,060	-1.97%	0.42%
2002	7,837,161	5,986,631	-2.15%	0.31%
2003	7,775,327	5,998,599	-0.79%	0.2%
2004	7,716,860	6,004,671	-0.75%	0.1%
2005	7,658,972	6,005,578	-0.75%	0.02%
2006	7,601,022	6,002,319	-0.76%	-0.05%
2007	7,545,338	6,009,824	-0.73%	0.13%
2008	7,492,561	6,029,297	-0.7%	0.32%
2009	7,444,443	6,048,279	-0.64%	0.31%
2010	7,395,599	6,068,249	-0.66%	0.33%
2011	7,348,328	6,090,127	-0.64%	0.36%
2012	7,305,888	6,113,975	-0.58%	0.39%
2013	7,160,005	6,138,839	-2%	0.41%
2014	7,073,572	6,162,955	-1.21%	0.39%
2015	6,984,225	6,183,676	-1.26%	0.34%
2016	6,894,139	6,200,800	-1.29%	0.28%
2017	6,803,468	6,213,533	-1.32%	0.21%
2018	6,710,798	6,219,807	-1.36%	0.1%
2019	6,616,726	6,222,318	-1.4%	0.04%
2020	6,550,696	6,234,673	-1%	0.2%
2021	6,507,301	6,255,782	-0.66%	0.34%
2022	6,465,097	6,280,319	-0.65%	0.39%
2023	6,446,596	6,309,624	-0.29%	0.47%
2024	6,444,366	6,338,193	-0.03%	0.45%
2025	6,403,235	6,365,499	-0.64%	0.43%
2026	6,358,515	6,391,250	-0.7%	0.4%
2027	6,310,991	6,416,437	-0.75%	0.39%
2028	6,261,580	6,440,931	-0.78%	0.38%
2029	6,210,816	6,464,413	-0.81%	0.36%
2030	6,158,806	6,486,202	-0.84%	0.34%
2031	6,106,271	6,506,399	-0.85%	0.31%
2032	6,054,057	6,525,787	-0.86%	0.3%
2033	6,001,675	6,544,657	-0.87%	0.29%
2034	5,948,975	6,562,182	-0.88%	0.27%
2035	5,896,427	6,578,179	-0.88%	0.24%
2036	5,843,557	6,593,325	-0.9%	0.23%
2037	5,790,371	6,607,014	-0.91%	0.21%
2038	5,737,870	6,619,816	-0.91%	0.19%
2039	5,685,753	6,631,169	-0.91%	0.17%
2040	5,633,818	6,640,751	-0.91%	0.14%
2041	5,582,636	6,649,288	-0.91%	0.13%
2042	5,532,405	6,656,208	-0.9%	0.1%
2043	5,483,086	6,661,886	-0.89%	0.09%
2044	5,434,397	6,665,748	-0.89%	0.06%
2045	5,386,376	6,668,028	-0.88%	0.03%
2046	5,338,852	6,669,403	-0.88%	0.02%
2047	5,291,441	6,669,832	-0.89%	0.006%
2048	5,244,419	6,669,220	-0.89%	-0.009%
2049	5,197,955	6,666,756	-0.89%	-0.04%
2050	5,151,745	6,663,341	-0.89%	-0.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while El Salvador gained 178,098 people (a 2.97% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while El Salvador's population increased by 202,508 (a 3.27% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. El Salvador was ranked 102nd in 2005 and ranked 112th 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 El Salvador will increase by 4.34% to 6,663,341 people and rank change from 112th to 116th.