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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Iceland	Bulgaria	Iceland
1960	7,867,374	175,574	-	-
1961	7,943,118	179,029	0.96%	1.97%
1962	8,012,946	182,378	0.88%	1.87%
1963	8,078,145	185,653	0.81%	1.8%
1964	8,144,340	188,983	0.82%	1.79%
1965	8,204,168	192,286	0.73%	1.75%
1966	8,258,057	195,570	0.66%	1.71%
1967	8,310,226	198,751	0.63%	1.63%
1968	8,369,603	201,488	0.71%	1.38%
1969	8,434,172	203,369	0.77%	0.93%
1970	8,489,574	204,438	0.66%	0.53%
1971	8,536,395	206,098	0.55%	0.81%
1972	8,576,200	209,137	0.47%	1.47%
1973	8,620,967	212,317	0.52%	1.52%
1974	8,678,745	215,209	0.67%	1.36%
1975	8,720,742	217,979	0.48%	1.29%
1976	8,758,599	220,154	0.43%	1%
1977	8,804,183	221,799	0.52%	0.75%
1978	8,814,032	223,537	0.11%	0.78%
1979	8,825,940	225,735	0.14%	0.98%
1980	8,861,535	228,138	0.4%	1.06%
1981	8,891,117	230,755	0.33%	1.15%
1982	8,917,457	233,860	0.3%	1.35%
1983	8,939,738	236,977	0.25%	1.33%
1984	8,960,679	239,511	0.23%	1.07%
1985	8,960,547	241,405	-0.001%	0.79%
1986	8,958,171	243,180	-0.03%	0.74%
1987	8,971,359	245,859	0.15%	1.1%
1988	8,981,446	249,740	0.11%	1.58%
1989	8,876,972	252,852	-1.16%	1.25%
1990	8,718,289	254,826	-1.79%	0.78%
1991	8,632,367	257,797	-0.99%	1.17%
1992	8,540,164	261,057	-1.07%	1.26%
1993	8,472,313	263,725	-0.79%	1.02%
1994	8,443,591	266,021	-0.34%	0.87%
1995	8,406,067	267,468	-0.44%	0.54%
1996	8,362,826	268,916	-0.51%	0.54%
1997	8,312,068	271,128	-0.61%	0.82%
1998	8,256,786	274,047	-0.67%	1.08%
1999	8,210,624	277,381	-0.56%	1.22%
2000	8,170,172	281,205	-0.49%	1.38%
2001	8,009,142	284,968	-1.97%	1.34%
2002	7,837,161	287,523	-2.15%	0.9%
2003	7,775,327	289,521	-0.79%	0.69%
2004	7,716,860	292,074	-0.75%	0.88%
2005	7,658,972	296,734	-0.75%	1.6%
2006	7,601,022	303,782	-0.76%	2.38%
2007	7,545,338	311,566	-0.73%	2.56%
2008	7,492,561	317,414	-0.7%	1.88%
2009	7,444,443	318,499	-0.64%	0.34%
2010	7,395,599	318,041	-0.66%	-0.14%
2011	7,348,328	319,014	-0.64%	0.31%
2012	7,305,888	320,716	-0.58%	0.53%
2013	7,160,005	323,764	-2%	0.95%
2014	7,073,572	327,386	-1.21%	1.12%
2015	6,984,225	330,815	-1.26%	1.05%
2016	6,894,139	335,439	-1.29%	1.4%
2017	6,803,468	343,400	-1.32%	2.37%
2018	6,710,798	352,721	-1.36%	2.71%
2019	6,616,726	360,563	-1.4%	2.22%
2020	6,550,696	366,463	-1%	1.64%
2021	6,507,301	372,520	-0.66%	1.65%
2022	6,465,097	382,003	-0.65%	2.55%
2023	6,446,596	393,349	-0.29%	2.97%
2024	6,444,366	404,610	-0.03%	2.86%
2025	6,403,235	409,614	-0.64%	1.24%
2026	6,358,515	413,792	-0.7%	1.02%
2027	6,310,991	417,406	-0.75%	0.87%
2028	6,261,580	420,691	-0.78%	0.79%
2029	6,210,816	423,592	-0.81%	0.69%
2030	6,158,806	426,158	-0.84%	0.61%
2031	6,106,271	428,479	-0.85%	0.54%
2032	6,054,057	430,544	-0.86%	0.48%
2033	6,001,675	432,406	-0.87%	0.43%
2034	5,948,975	434,083	-0.88%	0.39%
2035	5,896,427	435,646	-0.88%	0.36%
2036	5,843,557	437,132	-0.9%	0.34%
2037	5,790,371	438,466	-0.91%	0.31%
2038	5,737,870	439,670	-0.91%	0.27%
2039	5,685,753	440,754	-0.91%	0.25%
2040	5,633,818	441,687	-0.91%	0.21%
2041	5,582,636	442,487	-0.91%	0.18%
2042	5,532,405	443,200	-0.9%	0.16%
2043	5,483,086	443,884	-0.89%	0.15%
2044	5,434,397	444,457	-0.89%	0.13%
2045	5,386,376	444,812	-0.88%	0.08%
2046	5,338,852	445,028	-0.88%	0.05%
2047	5,291,441	445,183	-0.89%	0.03%
2048	5,244,419	445,283	-0.89%	0.02%
2049	5,197,955	445,335	-0.89%	0.01%
2050	5,151,745	445,330	-0.89%	-0.001%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Iceland gained 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Iceland's population increased by 82,155 (a 24.8% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2005 and still ranked 172nd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.84% to 445,330 people and rank change from 172nd to 173rd.