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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Estonia	Bulgaria	Estonia
1960	7,867,374	1,211,537	-	-
1961	7,943,118	1,225,077	0.96%	1.12%
1962	8,012,946	1,241,623	0.88%	1.35%
1963	8,078,145	1,258,857	0.81%	1.39%
1964	8,144,340	1,277,086	0.82%	1.45%
1965	8,204,168	1,294,566	0.73%	1.37%
1966	8,258,057	1,308,597	0.66%	1.08%
1967	8,310,226	1,318,946	0.63%	0.79%
1968	8,369,603	1,331,214	0.71%	0.93%
1969	8,434,172	1,345,249	0.77%	1.05%
1970	8,489,574	1,360,076	0.66%	1.1%
1971	8,536,395	1,376,955	0.55%	1.24%
1972	8,576,200	1,392,518	0.47%	1.13%
1973	8,620,967	1,405,951	0.52%	0.96%
1974	8,678,745	1,418,169	0.67%	0.87%
1975	8,720,742	1,429,352	0.48%	0.79%
1976	8,758,599	1,439,576	0.43%	0.72%
1977	8,804,183	1,450,211	0.52%	0.74%
1978	8,814,032	1,460,188	0.11%	0.69%
1979	8,825,940	1,468,333	0.14%	0.56%
1980	8,861,535	1,477,219	0.4%	0.61%
1981	8,891,117	1,487,666	0.33%	0.71%
1982	8,917,457	1,498,414	0.3%	0.72%
1983	8,939,738	1,508,745	0.25%	0.69%
1984	8,960,679	1,518,617	0.23%	0.65%
1985	8,960,547	1,528,781	-0.001%	0.67%
1986	8,958,171	1,540,190	-0.03%	0.75%
1987	8,971,359	1,552,221	0.15%	0.78%
1988	8,981,446	1,561,900	0.11%	0.62%
1989	8,876,972	1,568,131	-1.16%	0.4%
1990	8,718,289	1,569,174	-1.79%	0.07%
1991	8,632,367	1,561,314	-0.99%	-0.5%
1992	8,540,164	1,533,091	-1.07%	-1.81%
1993	8,472,313	1,494,128	-0.79%	-2.54%
1994	8,443,591	1,462,514	-0.34%	-2.12%
1995	8,406,067	1,436,634	-0.44%	-1.77%
1996	8,362,826	1,415,594	-0.51%	-1.46%
1997	8,312,068	1,399,535	-0.61%	-1.13%
1998	8,256,786	1,386,156	-0.67%	-0.96%
1999	8,210,624	1,390,244	-0.56%	0.29%
2000	8,170,172	1,396,985	-0.49%	0.48%
2001	8,009,142	1,388,115	-1.97%	-0.63%
2002	7,837,161	1,379,350	-2.15%	-0.63%
2003	7,775,327	1,370,720	-0.79%	-0.63%
2004	7,716,860	1,362,550	-0.75%	-0.6%
2005	7,658,972	1,354,775	-0.75%	-0.57%
2006	7,601,022	1,346,810	-0.76%	-0.59%
2007	7,545,338	1,340,680	-0.73%	-0.46%
2008	7,492,561	1,337,090	-0.7%	-0.27%
2009	7,444,443	1,334,515	-0.64%	-0.19%
2010	7,395,599	1,331,475	-0.66%	-0.23%
2011	7,348,328	1,327,439	-0.64%	-0.3%
2012	7,305,888	1,322,696	-0.58%	-0.36%
2013	7,160,005	1,317,997	-2%	-0.36%
2014	7,073,572	1,314,545	-1.21%	-0.26%
2015	6,984,225	1,315,407	-1.26%	0.07%
2016	6,894,139	1,315,790	-1.29%	0.03%
2017	6,803,468	1,317,384	-1.32%	0.12%
2018	6,710,798	1,321,977	-1.36%	0.35%
2019	6,616,726	1,326,898	-1.4%	0.37%
2020	6,550,696	1,329,522	-1%	0.2%
2021	6,507,301	1,330,932	-0.66%	0.11%
2022	6,465,097	1,348,840	-0.65%	1.35%
2023	6,446,596	1,370,286	-0.29%	1.59%
2024	6,441,421	1,372,341	-0.08%	0.15%
2025	6,400,309	1,355,886	-0.64%	-1.2%
2026	6,355,610	1,342,600	-0.7%	-0.98%
2027	6,308,107	1,335,442	-0.75%	-0.53%
2028	6,258,719	1,328,286	-0.78%	-0.54%
2029	6,207,977	1,321,161	-0.81%	-0.54%
2030	6,155,992	1,314,069	-0.84%	-0.54%
2031	6,103,481	1,306,958	-0.85%	-0.54%
2032	6,051,290	1,299,888	-0.86%	-0.54%
2033	5,998,932	1,292,910	-0.87%	-0.54%
2034	5,946,256	1,286,022	-0.88%	-0.53%
2035	5,893,732	1,279,261	-0.88%	-0.53%
2036	5,840,887	1,272,639	-0.9%	-0.52%
2037	5,787,725	1,266,148	-0.91%	-0.51%
2038	5,735,248	1,259,837	-0.91%	-0.5%
2039	5,683,154	1,253,640	-0.91%	-0.49%
2040	5,631,243	1,247,514	-0.91%	-0.49%
2041	5,580,085	1,241,398	-0.91%	-0.49%
2042	5,529,877	1,235,251	-0.9%	-0.5%
2043	5,480,581	1,229,108	-0.89%	-0.5%
2044	5,431,913	1,222,903	-0.89%	-0.5%
2045	5,383,915	1,216,642	-0.88%	-0.51%
2046	5,336,412	1,210,354	-0.88%	-0.52%
2047	5,289,023	1,204,004	-0.89%	-0.52%
2048	5,242,022	1,197,645	-0.89%	-0.53%
2049	5,195,580	1,191,150	-0.89%	-0.54%
2050	5,149,391	1,184,441	-0.89%	-0.56%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Estonia lost 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Estonia's population increased by 26,810 (a 2.04% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Estonia was ranked 149th in 2006 and ranked 155th 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 Estonia will decrease by 11.8% to 1,184,441 people and rank change from 155th to 159th.