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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Finland	Bulgaria	Finland
1960	7,867,374	4,429,634	-	-
1961	7,943,118	4,461,005	0.96%	0.71%
1962	8,012,946	4,491,443	0.88%	0.68%
1963	8,078,145	4,523,309	0.81%	0.71%
1964	8,144,340	4,548,543	0.82%	0.56%
1965	8,204,168	4,563,732	0.73%	0.33%
1966	8,258,057	4,580,869	0.66%	0.38%
1967	8,310,226	4,605,744	0.63%	0.54%
1968	8,369,603	4,626,469	0.71%	0.45%
1969	8,434,172	4,623,785	0.77%	-0.06%
1970	8,489,574	4,606,307	0.66%	-0.38%
1971	8,536,395	4,612,124	0.55%	0.13%
1972	8,576,200	4,639,657	0.47%	0.6%
1973	8,620,967	4,666,081	0.52%	0.57%
1974	8,678,745	4,690,574	0.67%	0.52%
1975	8,720,742	4,711,440	0.48%	0.44%
1976	8,758,599	4,725,664	0.43%	0.3%
1977	8,804,183	4,738,902	0.52%	0.28%
1978	8,814,032	4,752,528	0.11%	0.29%
1979	8,825,940	4,764,690	0.14%	0.26%
1980	8,861,535	4,779,535	0.4%	0.31%
1981	8,891,117	4,799,964	0.33%	0.43%
1982	8,917,457	4,826,933	0.3%	0.56%
1983	8,939,738	4,855,787	0.25%	0.6%
1984	8,960,679	4,881,803	0.23%	0.54%
1985	8,960,547	4,902,206	-0.001%	0.42%
1986	8,958,171	4,918,154	-0.03%	0.33%
1987	8,971,359	4,932,123	0.15%	0.28%
1988	8,981,446	4,946,481	0.11%	0.29%
1989	8,876,972	4,964,371	-1.16%	0.36%
1990	8,718,289	4,986,431	-1.79%	0.44%
1991	8,632,367	5,013,740	-0.99%	0.55%
1992	8,540,164	5,041,992	-1.07%	0.56%
1993	8,472,313	5,066,447	-0.79%	0.49%
1994	8,443,591	5,088,333	-0.34%	0.43%
1995	8,406,067	5,107,790	-0.44%	0.38%
1996	8,362,826	5,124,573	-0.51%	0.33%
1997	8,312,068	5,139,835	-0.61%	0.3%
1998	8,256,786	5,153,498	-0.67%	0.27%
1999	8,210,624	5,165,474	-0.56%	0.23%
2000	8,170,172	5,176,209	-0.49%	0.21%
2001	8,009,142	5,188,008	-1.97%	0.23%
2002	7,837,161	5,200,598	-2.15%	0.24%
2003	7,775,327	5,213,014	-0.79%	0.24%
2004	7,716,860	5,228,172	-0.75%	0.29%
2005	7,658,972	5,246,096	-0.75%	0.34%
2006	7,601,022	5,266,268	-0.76%	0.38%
2007	7,545,338	5,288,720	-0.73%	0.43%
2008	7,492,561	5,313,399	-0.7%	0.47%
2009	7,444,443	5,338,871	-0.64%	0.48%
2010	7,395,599	5,363,352	-0.66%	0.46%
2011	7,348,328	5,388,272	-0.64%	0.46%
2012	7,305,888	5,413,971	-0.58%	0.48%
2013	7,160,005	5,438,972	-2%	0.46%
2014	7,073,572	5,461,512	-1.21%	0.41%
2015	6,984,225	5,479,531	-1.26%	0.33%
2016	6,894,139	5,495,303	-1.29%	0.29%
2017	6,803,468	5,508,214	-1.32%	0.23%
2018	6,710,798	5,515,525	-1.36%	0.13%
2019	6,616,726	5,521,606	-1.4%	0.11%
2020	6,550,696	5,529,543	-1%	0.14%
2021	6,507,301	5,541,017	-0.66%	0.21%
2022	6,465,097	5,556,106	-0.65%	0.27%
2023	6,446,596	5,583,911	-0.29%	0.5%
2024	6,441,421	5,619,911	-0.08%	0.64%
2025	6,400,309	5,625,932	-0.64%	0.11%
2026	6,355,610	5,624,333	-0.7%	-0.03%
2027	6,308,107	5,618,598	-0.75%	-0.1%
2028	6,258,719	5,611,400	-0.78%	-0.13%
2029	6,207,977	5,603,365	-0.81%	-0.14%
2030	6,155,992	5,594,631	-0.84%	-0.16%
2031	6,103,481	5,585,302	-0.85%	-0.17%
2032	6,051,290	5,575,456	-0.86%	-0.18%
2033	5,998,932	5,565,204	-0.87%	-0.18%
2034	5,946,256	5,554,448	-0.88%	-0.19%
2035	5,893,732	5,543,219	-0.88%	-0.2%
2036	5,840,887	5,531,603	-0.9%	-0.21%
2037	5,787,725	5,519,668	-0.91%	-0.22%
2038	5,735,248	5,507,536	-0.91%	-0.22%
2039	5,683,154	5,495,296	-0.91%	-0.22%
2040	5,631,243	5,483,053	-0.91%	-0.22%
2041	5,580,085	5,470,834	-0.91%	-0.22%
2042	5,529,877	5,458,532	-0.9%	-0.22%
2043	5,480,581	5,446,086	-0.89%	-0.23%
2044	5,431,913	5,433,513	-0.89%	-0.23%
2045	5,383,915	5,420,858	-0.88%	-0.23%
2046	5,336,412	5,408,069	-0.88%	-0.24%
2047	5,289,023	5,395,098	-0.89%	-0.24%
2048	5,242,022	5,381,776	-0.89%	-0.25%
2049	5,195,580	5,368,125	-0.89%	-0.25%
2050	5,149,391	5,354,121	-0.89%	-0.26%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Finland gained 229,035 people (a 4.35% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Finland's population increased by 129,030 (a 2.35% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Finland was ranked 111th in 2006 and ranked 120th 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 Finland will decrease by 4.8% to 5,354,121 people and rank change from 120th to 127th.