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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Germany	Bulgaria	Germany
1960	7,867,374	72,814,900	-	-
1961	7,943,118	73,377,632	0.96%	0.77%
1962	8,012,946	74,025,784	0.88%	0.88%
1963	8,078,145	74,714,353	0.81%	0.93%
1964	8,144,340	75,318,337	0.82%	0.81%
1965	8,204,168	75,963,695	0.73%	0.86%
1966	8,258,057	76,600,311	0.66%	0.84%
1967	8,310,226	76,951,336	0.63%	0.46%
1968	8,369,603	77,294,314	0.71%	0.45%
1969	8,434,172	77,909,682	0.77%	0.8%
1970	8,489,574	78,169,289	0.66%	0.33%
1971	8,536,395	78,312,842	0.55%	0.18%
1972	8,576,200	78,688,452	0.47%	0.48%
1973	8,620,967	78,936,666	0.52%	0.32%
1974	8,678,745	78,967,433	0.67%	0.04%
1975	8,720,742	78,673,554	0.48%	-0.37%
1976	8,758,599	78,336,950	0.43%	-0.43%
1977	8,804,183	78,159,814	0.52%	-0.23%
1978	8,814,032	78,091,820	0.11%	-0.09%
1979	8,825,940	78,126,350	0.14%	0.04%
1980	8,861,535	78,288,576	0.4%	0.21%
1981	8,891,117	78,407,907	0.33%	0.15%
1982	8,917,457	78,333,366	0.3%	-0.1%
1983	8,939,738	78,128,282	0.25%	-0.26%
1984	8,960,679	77,858,685	0.23%	-0.35%
1985	8,960,547	77,684,873	-0.001%	-0.22%
1986	8,958,171	77,720,436	-0.03%	0.05%
1987	8,971,359	77,839,920	0.15%	0.15%
1988	8,981,446	78,144,619	0.11%	0.39%
1989	8,876,972	78,751,283	-1.16%	0.78%
1990	8,718,289	79,433,029	-1.79%	0.87%
1991	8,632,367	80,013,896	-0.99%	0.73%
1992	8,540,164	80,624,598	-1.07%	0.76%
1993	8,472,313	81,156,363	-0.79%	0.66%
1994	8,443,591	81,438,348	-0.34%	0.35%
1995	8,406,067	81,678,051	-0.44%	0.29%
1996	8,362,826	81,914,831	-0.51%	0.29%
1997	8,312,068	82,034,771	-0.61%	0.15%
1998	8,256,786	82,047,195	-0.67%	0.02%
1999	8,210,624	82,100,243	-0.56%	0.06%
2000	8,170,172	82,211,508	-0.49%	0.14%
2001	8,009,142	82,349,925	-1.97%	0.17%
2002	7,837,161	82,488,495	-2.15%	0.17%
2003	7,775,327	82,534,176	-0.79%	0.06%
2004	7,716,860	82,516,260	-0.75%	-0.02%
2005	7,658,972	82,469,422	-0.75%	-0.06%
2006	7,601,022	82,376,451	-0.76%	-0.11%
2007	7,545,338	82,266,372	-0.73%	-0.13%
2008	7,492,561	82,110,097	-0.7%	-0.19%
2009	7,444,443	81,902,307	-0.64%	-0.25%
2010	7,395,599	81,776,930	-0.66%	-0.15%
2011	7,348,328	80,274,983	-0.64%	-1.84%
2012	7,305,888	80,425,823	-0.58%	0.19%
2013	7,160,005	80,645,605	-2%	0.27%
2014	7,073,572	80,982,500	-1.21%	0.42%
2015	6,984,225	81,686,611	-1.26%	0.87%
2016	6,894,139	82,348,669	-1.29%	0.81%
2017	6,803,468	82,657,002	-1.32%	0.37%
2018	6,710,798	82,905,782	-1.36%	0.3%
2019	6,616,726	83,092,962	-1.4%	0.23%
2020	6,550,696	83,160,871	-1%	0.08%
2021	6,507,301	83,196,078	-0.66%	0.04%
2022	6,465,097	83,797,985	-0.65%	0.72%
2023	6,446,596	83,901,923	-0.29%	0.12%
2024	6,444,366	83,510,950	-0.03%	-0.47%
2025	6,403,235	83,039,665	-0.64%	-0.56%
2026	6,358,515	82,614,154	-0.7%	-0.51%
2027	6,310,991	82,415,087	-0.75%	-0.24%
2028	6,261,580	82,204,095	-0.78%	-0.26%
2029	6,210,816	81,983,207	-0.81%	-0.27%
2030	6,158,806	81,761,486	-0.84%	-0.27%
2031	6,106,271	81,535,782	-0.85%	-0.28%
2032	6,054,057	81,309,833	-0.86%	-0.28%
2033	6,001,675	81,088,671	-0.87%	-0.27%
2034	5,948,975	80,874,239	-0.88%	-0.26%
2035	5,896,427	80,664,119	-0.88%	-0.26%
2036	5,843,557	80,440,400	-0.9%	-0.28%
2037	5,790,371	80,216,687	-0.91%	-0.28%
2038	5,737,870	79,996,530	-0.91%	-0.27%
2039	5,685,753	79,775,309	-0.91%	-0.28%
2040	5,633,818	79,559,716	-0.91%	-0.27%
2041	5,582,636	79,356,179	-0.91%	-0.26%
2042	5,532,405	79,162,051	-0.9%	-0.24%
2043	5,483,086	78,957,628	-0.89%	-0.26%
2044	5,434,397	78,737,840	-0.89%	-0.28%
2045	5,386,376	78,512,825	-0.88%	-0.29%
2046	5,338,852	78,288,289	-0.88%	-0.29%
2047	5,291,441	78,060,952	-0.89%	-0.29%
2048	5,244,419	77,820,753	-0.89%	-0.31%
2049	5,197,955	77,573,634	-0.89%	-0.32%
2050	5,151,745	77,330,385	-0.89%	-0.31%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Germany lost 782,811 people (a 0.95% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Germany's population increased by 1,353,054 (a 1.66% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Germany was ranked 13th in 2005 and ranked 19th 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 Germany will decrease by 6.88% to 77,330,385 people and rank change from 19th to 24th.