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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Hungary	Bulgaria	Hungary
1960	7,867,374	9,983,512	-	-
1961	7,943,118	10,027,958	0.96%	0.45%
1962	8,012,946	10,060,825	0.88%	0.33%
1963	8,078,145	10,087,947	0.81%	0.27%
1964	8,144,340	10,119,835	0.82%	0.32%
1965	8,204,168	10,147,935	0.73%	0.28%
1966	8,258,057	10,178,653	0.66%	0.3%
1967	8,310,226	10,216,604	0.63%	0.37%
1968	8,369,603	10,255,815	0.71%	0.38%
1969	8,434,172	10,298,723	0.77%	0.42%
1970	8,489,574	10,337,910	0.66%	0.38%
1971	8,536,395	10,367,537	0.55%	0.29%
1972	8,576,200	10,398,489	0.47%	0.3%
1973	8,620,967	10,432,055	0.52%	0.32%
1974	8,678,745	10,478,720	0.67%	0.45%
1975	8,720,742	10,540,525	0.48%	0.59%
1976	8,758,599	10,598,677	0.43%	0.55%
1977	8,804,183	10,648,031	0.52%	0.47%
1978	8,814,032	10,684,822	0.11%	0.35%
1979	8,825,940	10,704,152	0.14%	0.18%
1980	8,861,535	10,711,122	0.4%	0.07%
1981	8,891,117	10,711,848	0.33%	0.007%
1982	8,917,457	10,705,535	0.3%	-0.06%
1983	8,939,738	10,689,463	0.25%	-0.15%
1984	8,960,679	10,668,095	0.23%	-0.2%
1985	8,960,547	10,648,713	-0.001%	-0.18%
1986	8,958,171	10,630,564	-0.03%	-0.17%
1987	8,971,359	10,612,741	0.15%	-0.17%
1988	8,981,446	10,596,487	0.11%	-0.15%
1989	8,876,972	10,481,719	-1.16%	-1.08%
1990	8,718,289	10,373,988	-1.79%	-1.03%
1991	8,632,367	10,373,400	-0.99%	-0.006%
1992	8,540,164	10,369,341	-1.07%	-0.04%
1993	8,472,313	10,357,523	-0.79%	-0.11%
1994	8,443,591	10,343,355	-0.34%	-0.14%
1995	8,406,067	10,328,965	-0.44%	-0.14%
1996	8,362,826	10,311,238	-0.51%	-0.17%
1997	8,312,068	10,290,486	-0.61%	-0.2%
1998	8,256,786	10,266,570	-0.67%	-0.23%
1999	8,210,624	10,237,530	-0.56%	-0.28%
2000	8,170,172	10,210,971	-0.49%	-0.26%
2001	8,009,142	10,187,576	-1.97%	-0.23%
2002	7,837,161	10,158,608	-2.15%	-0.28%
2003	7,775,327	10,129,552	-0.79%	-0.29%
2004	7,716,860	10,107,146	-0.75%	-0.22%
2005	7,658,972	10,087,065	-0.75%	-0.2%
2006	7,601,022	10,071,370	-0.76%	-0.16%
2007	7,545,338	10,055,780	-0.73%	-0.15%
2008	7,492,561	10,038,188	-0.7%	-0.17%
2009	7,444,443	10,022,650	-0.64%	-0.15%
2010	7,395,599	10,000,023	-0.66%	-0.23%
2011	7,348,328	9,971,727	-0.64%	-0.28%
2012	7,305,888	9,920,362	-0.58%	-0.52%
2013	7,160,005	9,872,734	-2%	-0.48%
2014	7,073,572	9,833,038	-1.21%	-0.4%
2015	6,984,225	9,797,755	-1.26%	-0.36%
2016	6,894,139	9,759,755	-1.29%	-0.39%
2017	6,803,468	9,726,756	-1.32%	-0.34%
2018	6,710,798	9,706,964	-1.36%	-0.2%
2019	6,616,726	9,694,824	-1.4%	-0.13%
2020	6,550,696	9,670,419	-1%	-0.25%
2021	6,507,301	9,630,932	-0.66%	-0.41%
2022	6,465,097	9,605,074	-0.65%	-0.27%
2023	6,446,596	9,592,186	-0.29%	-0.13%
2024	6,441,421	9,562,065	-0.08%	-0.31%
2025	6,400,309	9,518,732	-0.64%	-0.45%
2026	6,355,610	9,472,812	-0.7%	-0.48%
2027	6,308,107	9,440,619	-0.75%	-0.34%
2028	6,258,719	9,407,662	-0.78%	-0.35%
2029	6,207,977	9,373,290	-0.81%	-0.37%
2030	6,155,992	9,337,723	-0.84%	-0.38%
2031	6,103,481	9,301,448	-0.85%	-0.39%
2032	6,051,290	9,264,499	-0.86%	-0.4%
2033	5,998,932	9,227,024	-0.87%	-0.4%
2034	5,946,256	9,189,104	-0.88%	-0.41%
2035	5,893,732	9,150,738	-0.88%	-0.42%
2036	5,840,887	9,112,410	-0.9%	-0.42%
2037	5,787,725	9,074,020	-0.91%	-0.42%
2038	5,735,248	9,035,854	-0.91%	-0.42%
2039	5,683,154	8,998,108	-0.91%	-0.42%
2040	5,631,243	8,960,722	-0.91%	-0.42%
2041	5,580,085	8,924,117	-0.91%	-0.41%
2042	5,529,877	8,888,128	-0.9%	-0.4%
2043	5,480,581	8,852,952	-0.89%	-0.4%
2044	5,431,913	8,818,541	-0.89%	-0.39%
2045	5,383,915	8,784,424	-0.88%	-0.39%
2046	5,336,412	8,750,745	-0.88%	-0.38%
2047	5,289,023	8,717,755	-0.89%	-0.38%
2048	5,242,022	8,685,518	-0.89%	-0.37%
2049	5,195,580	8,653,796	-0.89%	-0.37%
2050	5,149,391	8,622,486	-0.89%	-0.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Hungary lost 311,615 people (a 3.09% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Hungary's population decreased by -286,943 (a 2.94% decline).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Hungary was ranked 81st in 2006 and ranked 98th 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 Hungary will decrease by 8.98% to 8,622,486 people and rank change from 98th to 111th.