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	385,663	-0.29%	0.96%
2024	6,441,421	386,506	-0.08%	0.22%
2025	6,400,309	391,286	-0.64%	1.24%
2026	6,355,610	395,277	-0.7%	1.02%
2027	6,308,107	398,729	-0.75%	0.87%
2028	6,258,719	401,867	-0.78%	0.79%
2029	6,207,977	404,639	-0.81%	0.69%
2030	6,155,992	407,090	-0.84%	0.61%
2031	6,103,481	409,307	-0.85%	0.54%
2032	6,051,290	411,279	-0.86%	0.48%
2033	5,998,932	413,059	-0.87%	0.43%
2034	5,946,256	414,660	-0.88%	0.39%
2035	5,893,732	416,153	-0.88%	0.36%
2036	5,840,887	417,573	-0.9%	0.34%
2037	5,787,725	418,847	-0.91%	0.31%
2038	5,735,248	419,997	-0.91%	0.27%
2039	5,683,154	421,032	-0.91%	0.25%
2040	5,631,243	421,924	-0.91%	0.21%
2041	5,580,085	422,688	-0.91%	0.18%
2042	5,529,877	423,370	-0.9%	0.16%
2043	5,480,581	424,023	-0.89%	0.15%
2044	5,431,913	424,570	-0.89%	0.13%
2045	5,383,915	424,909	-0.88%	0.08%
2046	5,336,412	425,115	-0.88%	0.05%
2047	5,289,023	425,264	-0.89%	0.03%
2048	5,242,022	425,359	-0.89%	0.02%
2049	5,195,580	425,409	-0.89%	0.01%
2050	5,149,391	425,404	-0.89%	-0.001%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Iceland gained 31,657 people (a 10.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Iceland's population increased by 59,875 (a 17.8% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Iceland was ranked 172nd in 2006 and ranked 173rd 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 Iceland will increase by 7.61% to 425,404 people and will still be ranked 173rd.