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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	France	Bulgaria	France
1960	7,867,374	47,412,964	-	-
1961	7,943,118	47,905,982	0.96%	1.04%
1962	8,012,946	48,389,516	0.88%	1.01%
1963	8,078,145	48,877,567	0.81%	1.01%
1964	8,144,340	49,401,492	0.82%	1.07%
1965	8,204,168	49,877,725	0.73%	0.96%
1966	8,258,057	50,311,637	0.66%	0.87%
1967	8,310,226	50,722,791	0.63%	0.82%
1968	8,369,603	51,112,980	0.71%	0.77%
1969	8,434,172	51,536,014	0.77%	0.83%
1970	8,489,574	52,007,169	0.66%	0.91%
1971	8,536,395	52,499,553	0.55%	0.95%
1972	8,576,200	52,962,356	0.47%	0.88%
1973	8,620,967	53,392,161	0.52%	0.81%
1974	8,678,745	53,746,571	0.67%	0.66%
1975	8,720,742	54,002,853	0.48%	0.48%
1976	8,758,599	54,232,383	0.43%	0.43%
1977	8,804,183	54,486,467	0.52%	0.47%
1978	8,814,032	54,734,030	0.11%	0.45%
1979	8,825,940	54,979,851	0.14%	0.45%
1980	8,861,535	55,274,184	0.4%	0.54%
1981	8,891,117	55,603,353	0.33%	0.6%
1982	8,917,457	55,806,789	0.3%	0.37%
1983	8,939,738	56,108,330	0.25%	0.54%
1984	8,960,679	56,383,085	0.23%	0.49%
1985	8,960,547	56,665,619	-0.001%	0.5%
1986	8,958,171	56,956,002	-0.03%	0.51%
1987	8,971,359	57,266,167	0.15%	0.54%
1988	8,981,446	57,598,186	0.11%	0.58%
1989	8,876,972	57,943,062	-1.16%	0.6%
1990	8,718,289	58,261,012	-1.79%	0.55%
1991	8,632,367	58,554,242	-0.99%	0.5%
1992	8,540,164	58,846,584	-1.07%	0.5%
1993	8,472,313	59,103,094	-0.79%	0.44%
1994	8,443,591	59,324,863	-0.34%	0.38%
1995	8,406,067	59,541,294	-0.44%	0.36%
1996	8,362,826	59,754,504	-0.51%	0.36%
1997	8,312,068	59,968,066	-0.61%	0.36%
1998	8,256,786	60,190,684	-0.67%	0.37%
1999	8,210,624	60,501,986	-0.56%	0.52%
2000	8,170,172	60,918,661	-0.49%	0.69%
2001	8,009,142	61,364,377	-1.97%	0.73%
2002	7,837,161	61,812,142	-2.15%	0.73%
2003	7,775,327	62,249,855	-0.79%	0.71%
2004	7,716,860	62,707,588	-0.75%	0.74%
2005	7,658,972	63,180,854	-0.75%	0.75%
2006	7,601,022	63,622,342	-0.76%	0.7%
2007	7,545,338	64,016,890	-0.73%	0.62%
2008	7,492,561	64,375,116	-0.7%	0.56%
2009	7,444,443	64,706,436	-0.64%	0.51%
2010	7,395,599	65,026,211	-0.66%	0.49%
2011	7,348,328	65,340,830	-0.64%	0.48%
2012	7,305,888	65,657,659	-0.58%	0.48%
2013	7,160,005	65,997,932	-2%	0.52%
2014	7,073,572	66,312,067	-1.21%	0.48%
2015	6,984,225	66,548,272	-1.26%	0.36%
2016	6,894,139	66,724,104	-1.29%	0.26%
2017	6,803,468	66,918,020	-1.32%	0.29%
2018	6,710,798	67,158,348	-1.36%	0.36%
2019	6,616,726	67,382,061	-1.4%	0.33%
2020	6,550,696	67,601,110	-1%	0.33%
2021	6,507,301	67,842,811	-0.66%	0.36%
2022	6,465,097	68,065,015	-0.65%	0.33%
2023	6,446,596	68,287,487	-0.29%	0.33%
2024	6,444,366	68,516,699	-0.03%	0.34%
2025	6,403,235	68,621,995	-0.64%	0.15%
2026	6,358,515	68,720,416	-0.7%	0.14%
2027	6,310,991	68,814,997	-0.75%	0.14%
2028	6,261,580	68,908,044	-0.78%	0.14%
2029	6,210,816	69,000,393	-0.81%	0.13%
2030	6,158,806	69,092,395	-0.84%	0.13%
2031	6,106,271	69,182,139	-0.85%	0.13%
2032	6,054,057	69,271,844	-0.86%	0.13%
2033	6,001,675	69,361,763	-0.87%	0.13%
2034	5,948,975	69,453,221	-0.88%	0.13%
2035	5,896,427	69,545,666	-0.88%	0.13%
2036	5,843,557	69,635,631	-0.9%	0.13%
2037	5,790,371	69,723,960	-0.91%	0.13%
2038	5,737,870	69,807,163	-0.91%	0.12%
2039	5,685,753	69,880,758	-0.91%	0.11%
2040	5,633,818	69,948,192	-0.91%	0.1%
2041	5,582,636	70,013,748	-0.91%	0.09%
2042	5,532,405	70,076,842	-0.9%	0.09%
2043	5,483,086	70,130,305	-0.89%	0.08%
2044	5,434,397	70,172,822	-0.89%	0.06%
2045	5,386,376	70,207,698	-0.88%	0.05%
2046	5,338,852	70,232,113	-0.88%	0.03%
2047	5,291,441	70,246,945	-0.89%	0.02%
2048	5,244,419	70,253,351	-0.89%	0.009%
2049	5,197,955	70,249,312	-0.89%	-0.006%
2050	5,151,745	70,237,272	-0.89%	-0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while France gained 3,367,418 people (a 5.33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while France's population increased by 2,152,782 (a 3.23% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. France was ranked 20th in 2005 and ranked 23rd 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 France will increase by 2.24% to 70,237,272 people and rank change from 23rd to 30th.