The latest officially reported population of Bulgaria was 6,441,421 in 2024 vs 132,059,767 people in Ethiopia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bulgaria's population is 6,355,610 people compared to 138,940,022 in Ethiopia.
Population statistics:
- Ethiopia's population is 21.9 times bigger than Bulgaria's.
- Bulgaria is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Ethiopia is the 10th.
- The countries together account for 1.75% of the world: 0.08% for Bulgaria vs 1.68% for Ethiopia.
- For the last 10 years, Bulgaria has had an average growth rate of -0.96% per year vs +2.71% in Ethiopia.
- Since 2006, the population of Bulgaria has decreased from 7.6M people to 6.36M (16.4% decline), while Ethiopia has grown from 80.7M to 139M (72.2% growth).
- Ethiopia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 367M people, while Bulgaria's population already peaked in 1988 at 8.98M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Bulgaria vs Ethiopia: live population counter
Bulgaria
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Ethiopia
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
6355610
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138940022
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| Population rank | 112/197 | 10/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 1.68% |
| One net population change |
1.69 hours
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9.36 seconds
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| One birth every |
9.16 minutes
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7.68 seconds
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| One death every |
5.19 minutes
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41.1 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
16.7 hours
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17.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +524 | +30,069 |
| Daily growth/decline | -14 | +9,228 |
| Annual growth/decline | -5,175 | +3,368,075 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.08% | +2.62% |
| Population growth rate rank | 172/197 | 25/197 |
Bulgaria and Ethiopia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bulgaria
Population
Growth rate
Ethiopia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bulgaria
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Ethiopia
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Bulgaria
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Ethiopia
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| 1960 | 7,867,374 | 21,376,693 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,943,118 | 21,906,102 | 0.96% | 2.48% |
| 1962 | 8,012,946 | 22,465,126 | 0.88% | 2.55% |
| 1963 | 8,078,145 | 23,051,637 | 0.81% | 2.61% |
| 1964 | 8,144,340 | 23,666,548 | 0.82% | 2.67% |
| 1965 | 8,204,168 | 24,310,612 | 0.73% | 2.72% |
| 1966 | 8,258,057 | 24,952,689 | 0.66% | 2.64% |
| 1967 | 8,310,226 | 25,620,276 | 0.63% | 2.68% |
| 1968 | 8,369,603 | 26,337,930 | 0.71% | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 8,434,172 | 27,072,571 | 0.77% | 2.79% |
| 1970 | 8,489,574 | 27,829,128 | 0.66% | 2.79% |
| 1971 | 8,536,395 | 28,600,106 | 0.55% | 2.77% |
| 1972 | 8,576,200 | 29,374,608 | 0.47% | 2.71% |
| 1973 | 8,620,967 | 30,166,785 | 0.52% | 2.7% |
| 1974 | 8,678,745 | 30,957,273 | 0.67% | 2.62% |
| 1975 | 8,720,742 | 31,723,252 | 0.48% | 2.47% |
| 1976 | 8,758,599 | 32,534,418 | 0.43% | 2.56% |
| 1977 | 8,804,183 | 33,167,272 | 0.52% | 1.95% |
| 1978 | 8,814,032 | 33,734,592 | 0.11% | 1.71% |
| 1979 | 8,825,940 | 34,238,652 | 0.14% | 1.49% |
| 1980 | 8,861,535 | 34,428,514 | 0.4% | 0.55% |
| 1981 | 8,891,117 | 35,304,012 | 0.33% | 2.54% |
| 1982 | 8,917,457 | 36,701,290 | 0.3% | 3.96% |
| 1983 | 8,939,738 | 37,740,817 | 0.25% | 2.83% |
| 1984 | 8,960,679 | 38,735,722 | 0.23% | 2.64% |
| 1985 | 8,960,547 | 39,842,136 | -0.001% | 2.86% |
| 1986 | 8,958,171 | 41,037,656 | -0.03% | 3% |
| 1987 | 8,971,359 | 42,460,039 | 0.15% | 3.47% |
| 1988 | 8,981,446 | 44,150,825 | 0.11% | 3.98% |
| 1989 | 8,876,972 | 45,879,690 | -1.16% | 3.92% |
| 1990 | 8,718,289 | 47,609,755 | -1.79% | 3.77% |
| 1991 | 8,632,367 | 49,717,198 | -0.99% | 4.43% |
| 1992 | 8,540,164 | 51,853,747 | -1.07% | 4.3% |
| 1993 | 8,472,313 | 53,708,891 | -0.79% | 3.58% |
| 1994 | 8,443,591 | 55,611,508 | -0.34% | 3.54% |
| 1995 | 8,406,067 | 57,537,335 | -0.44% | 3.46% |
| 1996 | 8,362,826 | 59,467,635 | -0.51% | 3.35% |
| 1997 | 8,312,068 | 61,404,539 | -0.61% | 3.26% |
| 1998 | 8,256,786 | 63,363,524 | -0.67% | 3.19% |
| 1999 | 8,210,624 | 65,374,561 | -0.56% | 3.17% |
| 2000 | 8,170,172 | 67,411,494 | -0.49% | 3.12% |
| 2001 | 8,009,142 | 69,487,762 | -1.97% | 3.08% |
| 2002 | 7,837,161 | 71,635,517 | -2.15% | 3.09% |
| 2003 | 7,775,327 | 73,832,663 | -0.79% | 3.07% |
| 2004 | 7,716,860 | 76,077,206 | -0.75% | 3.04% |
| 2005 | 7,658,972 | 78,367,470 | -0.75% | 3.01% |
| 2006 | 7,601,022 | 80,703,490 | -0.76% | 2.98% |
| 2007 | 7,545,338 | 83,103,217 | -0.73% | 2.97% |
| 2008 | 7,492,561 | 85,543,668 | -0.7% | 2.94% |
| 2009 | 7,444,443 | 88,007,636 | -0.64% | 2.88% |
| 2010 | 7,395,599 | 90,538,514 | -0.66% | 2.88% |
| 2011 | 7,348,328 | 93,149,970 | -0.64% | 2.88% |
| 2012 | 7,305,888 | 95,798,767 | -0.58% | 2.84% |
| 2013 | 7,160,005 | 98,438,751 | -2% | 2.76% |
| 2014 | 7,073,572 | 101,115,610 | -1.21% | 2.72% |
| 2015 | 6,984,225 | 103,867,135 | -1.26% | 2.72% |
| 2016 | 6,894,139 | 106,718,162 | -1.29% | 2.74% |
| 2017 | 6,803,468 | 109,666,481 | -1.32% | 2.76% |
| 2018 | 6,710,798 | 112,664,152 | -1.36% | 2.73% |
| 2019 | 6,616,726 | 115,737,383 | -1.4% | 2.73% |
| 2020 | 6,550,696 | 118,917,671 | -1% | 2.75% |
| 2021 | 6,507,301 | 122,138,588 | -0.66% | 2.71% |
| 2022 | 6,465,097 | 125,384,287 | -0.65% | 2.66% |
| 2023 | 6,446,596 | 128,691,692 | -0.29% | 2.64% |
| 2024 | 6,441,421 | 132,059,767 | -0.08% | 2.62% |
| 2025 | 6,400,309 | 135,472,043 | -0.64% | 2.58% |
| 2026 | 6,355,610 | 138,902,180 | -0.7% | 2.53% |
| 2027 | 6,308,107 | 142,364,798 | -0.75% | 2.49% |
| 2028 | 6,258,719 | 145,841,255 | -0.78% | 2.44% |
| 2029 | 6,207,977 | 149,336,056 | -0.81% | 2.4% |
| 2030 | 6,155,992 | 152,855,352 | -0.84% | 2.36% |
| 2031 | 6,103,481 | 156,382,425 | -0.85% | 2.31% |
| 2032 | 6,051,290 | 159,923,895 | -0.86% | 2.26% |
| 2033 | 5,998,932 | 163,453,311 | -0.87% | 2.21% |
| 2034 | 5,946,256 | 166,978,790 | -0.88% | 2.16% |
| 2035 | 5,893,732 | 170,532,952 | -0.88% | 2.13% |
| 2036 | 5,840,887 | 174,097,772 | -0.9% | 2.09% |
| 2037 | 5,787,725 | 177,661,132 | -0.91% | 2.05% |
| 2038 | 5,735,248 | 181,235,892 | -0.91% | 2.01% |
| 2039 | 5,683,154 | 184,835,102 | -0.91% | 1.99% |
| 2040 | 5,631,243 | 188,450,900 | -0.91% | 1.96% |
| 2041 | 5,580,085 | 192,068,629 | -0.91% | 1.92% |
| 2042 | 5,529,877 | 195,695,295 | -0.9% | 1.89% |
| 2043 | 5,480,581 | 199,347,978 | -0.89% | 1.87% |
| 2044 | 5,431,913 | 203,014,368 | -0.89% | 1.84% |
| 2045 | 5,383,915 | 206,673,625 | -0.88% | 1.8% |
| 2046 | 5,336,412 | 210,337,847 | -0.88% | 1.77% |
| 2047 | 5,289,023 | 214,023,504 | -0.89% | 1.75% |
| 2048 | 5,242,022 | 217,710,204 | -0.89% | 1.72% |
| 2049 | 5,195,580 | 221,377,329 | -0.89% | 1.68% |
| 2050 | 5,149,391 | 225,021,865 | -0.89% | 1.65% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Ethiopia gained 26,014,672 people (a 32.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Ethiopia's population increased by 32,221,860 (a 30.2% growth).
Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Ethiopia was ranked 16th in 2006 and ranked 10th 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 Ethiopia will increase by 62% to 225,021,865 people and rank change from 10th to 7th.
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Population differences between Bulgaria and Ethiopia
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Bulgaria
|
Ethiopia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.1 years | 68.1 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 23.8 years |
| Median age | 45.5 years | 19.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 50.1:49.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 3.99 births per woman |
| Population density | 153.7 ppl/mi² | 303 ppl/mi² |
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