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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Greece	Bulgaria	Greece
1960	7,867,374	8,331,725	-	-
1961	7,943,118	8,398,050	0.96%	0.8%
1962	8,012,946	8,448,233	0.88%	0.6%
1963	8,078,145	8,479,625	0.81%	0.37%
1964	8,144,340	8,510,429	0.82%	0.36%
1965	8,204,168	8,550,333	0.73%	0.47%
1966	8,258,057	8,613,651	0.66%	0.74%
1967	8,310,226	8,684,088	0.63%	0.82%
1968	8,369,603	8,740,765	0.71%	0.65%
1969	8,434,172	8,772,764	0.77%	0.37%
1970	8,489,574	8,792,806	0.66%	0.23%
1971	8,536,395	8,831,036	0.55%	0.43%
1972	8,576,200	8,888,628	0.47%	0.65%
1973	8,620,967	8,929,086	0.52%	0.46%
1974	8,678,745	8,962,022	0.67%	0.37%
1975	8,720,742	9,046,541	0.48%	0.94%
1976	8,758,599	9,188,150	0.43%	1.57%
1977	8,804,183	9,308,479	0.52%	1.31%
1978	8,814,032	9,429,959	0.11%	1.31%
1979	8,825,940	9,548,258	0.14%	1.25%
1980	8,861,535	9,642,505	0.4%	0.99%
1981	8,891,117	9,729,350	0.33%	0.9%
1982	8,917,457	9,789,513	0.3%	0.62%
1983	8,939,738	9,846,627	0.25%	0.58%
1984	8,960,679	9,895,801	0.23%	0.5%
1985	8,960,547	9,934,300	-0.001%	0.39%
1986	8,958,171	9,967,213	-0.03%	0.33%
1987	8,971,359	10,000,595	0.15%	0.33%
1988	8,981,446	10,036,983	0.11%	0.36%
1989	8,876,972	10,089,498	-1.16%	0.52%
1990	8,718,289	10,196,792	-1.79%	1.06%
1991	8,632,367	10,319,927	-0.99%	1.21%
1992	8,540,164	10,399,061	-1.07%	0.77%
1993	8,472,313	10,460,415	-0.79%	0.59%
1994	8,443,591	10,512,922	-0.34%	0.5%
1995	8,406,067	10,562,153	-0.44%	0.47%
1996	8,362,826	10,608,800	-0.51%	0.44%
1997	8,312,068	10,661,259	-0.61%	0.49%
1998	8,256,786	10,720,509	-0.67%	0.56%
1999	8,210,624	10,761,698	-0.56%	0.38%
2000	8,170,172	10,805,808	-0.49%	0.41%
2001	8,009,142	10,862,132	-1.97%	0.52%
2002	7,837,161	10,902,022	-2.15%	0.37%
2003	7,775,327	10,928,070	-0.79%	0.24%
2004	7,716,860	10,955,141	-0.75%	0.25%
2005	7,658,972	10,987,314	-0.75%	0.29%
2006	7,601,022	11,020,362	-0.76%	0.3%
2007	7,545,338	11,048,473	-0.73%	0.26%
2008	7,492,561	11,077,841	-0.7%	0.27%
2009	7,444,443	11,107,017	-0.64%	0.26%
2010	7,395,599	11,121,341	-0.66%	0.13%
2011	7,348,328	11,104,899	-0.64%	-0.15%
2012	7,305,888	11,045,011	-0.58%	-0.54%
2013	7,160,005	10,965,211	-2%	-0.72%
2014	7,073,572	10,892,413	-1.21%	-0.66%
2015	6,984,225	10,820,883	-1.26%	-0.66%
2016	6,894,139	10,775,971	-1.29%	-0.42%
2017	6,803,468	10,754,679	-1.32%	-0.2%
2018	6,710,798	10,732,882	-1.36%	-0.2%
2019	6,616,726	10,721,582	-1.4%	-0.11%
2020	6,550,696	10,698,599	-1%	-0.21%
2021	6,507,301	10,569,207	-0.66%	-1.21%
2022	6,465,097	10,436,882	-0.65%	-1.25%
2023	6,446,596	10,405,588	-0.29%	-0.3%
2024	6,444,366	10,388,805	-0.03%	-0.16%
2025	6,403,235	10,276,140	-0.64%	-1.08%
2026	6,358,515	10,232,997	-0.7%	-0.42%
2027	6,310,991	10,188,386	-0.75%	-0.44%
2028	6,261,580	10,143,203	-0.78%	-0.44%
2029	6,210,816	10,097,603	-0.81%	-0.45%
2030	6,158,806	10,051,921	-0.84%	-0.45%
2031	6,106,271	10,006,045	-0.85%	-0.46%
2032	6,054,057	9,959,048	-0.86%	-0.47%
2033	6,001,675	9,911,765	-0.87%	-0.47%
2034	5,948,975	9,865,342	-0.88%	-0.47%
2035	5,896,427	9,818,783	-0.88%	-0.47%
2036	5,843,557	9,772,426	-0.9%	-0.47%
2037	5,790,371	9,726,502	-0.91%	-0.47%
2038	5,737,870	9,680,639	-0.91%	-0.47%
2039	5,685,753	9,635,315	-0.91%	-0.47%
2040	5,633,818	9,590,401	-0.91%	-0.47%
2041	5,582,636	9,545,637	-0.91%	-0.47%
2042	5,532,405	9,501,568	-0.9%	-0.46%
2043	5,483,086	9,457,398	-0.89%	-0.46%
2044	5,434,397	9,411,943	-0.89%	-0.48%
2045	5,386,376	9,365,737	-0.88%	-0.49%
2046	5,338,852	9,319,023	-0.88%	-0.5%
2047	5,291,441	9,269,970	-0.89%	-0.53%
2048	5,244,419	9,218,699	-0.89%	-0.55%
2049	5,197,955	9,165,668	-0.89%	-0.58%
2050	5,151,745	9,111,122	-0.89%	-0.6%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Greece lost 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Greece's population decreased by -544,743 (a 5.03% decline).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Greece was ranked 74th in 2005 and ranked 95th 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 Greece will decrease by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people and rank change from 95th to 106th.