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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Iran	Bulgaria	Iran
1960	7,867,374	21,470,434	-	-
1961	7,943,118	22,125,726	0.96%	3.05%
1962	8,012,946	22,807,907	0.88%	3.08%
1963	8,078,145	23,519,005	0.81%	3.12%
1964	8,144,340	24,262,859	0.82%	3.16%
1965	8,204,168	25,036,978	0.73%	3.19%
1966	8,258,057	25,829,270	0.66%	3.16%
1967	8,310,226	26,628,432	0.63%	3.09%
1968	8,369,603	27,437,391	0.71%	3.04%
1969	8,434,172	28,273,482	0.77%	3.05%
1970	8,489,574	29,145,100	0.66%	3.08%
1971	8,536,395	30,029,071	0.55%	3.03%
1972	8,576,200	30,921,179	0.47%	2.97%
1973	8,620,967	31,839,838	0.52%	2.97%
1974	8,678,745	32,796,463	0.67%	3%
1975	8,720,742	33,802,973	0.48%	3.07%
1976	8,758,599	34,837,271	0.43%	3.06%
1977	8,804,183	35,933,181	0.52%	3.15%
1978	8,814,032	37,126,535	0.11%	3.32%
1979	8,825,940	38,424,952	0.14%	3.5%
1980	8,861,535	39,842,324	0.4%	3.69%
1981	8,891,117	41,989,312	0.33%	5.39%
1982	8,917,457	44,272,141	0.3%	5.44%
1983	8,939,738	46,029,535	0.25%	3.97%
1984	8,960,679	47,793,998	0.23%	3.83%
1985	8,960,547	49,582,289	-0.001%	3.74%
1986	8,958,171	51,446,045	-0.03%	3.76%
1987	8,971,359	53,323,493	0.15%	3.65%
1988	8,981,446	55,072,694	0.11%	3.28%
1989	8,876,972	56,704,914	-1.16%	2.96%
1990	8,718,289	58,380,092	-1.79%	2.95%
1991	8,632,367	59,986,931	-0.99%	2.75%
1992	8,540,164	61,184,983	-1.07%	2%
1993	8,472,313	61,403,543	-0.79%	0.36%
1994	8,443,591	61,520,598	-0.34%	0.19%
1995	8,406,067	62,205,567	-0.44%	1.11%
1996	8,362,826	62,881,300	-0.51%	1.09%
1997	8,312,068	63,639,638	-0.61%	1.21%
1998	8,256,786	64,519,859	-0.67%	1.38%
1999	8,210,624	65,445,391	-0.56%	1.43%
2000	8,170,172	66,418,659	-0.49%	1.49%
2001	8,009,142	67,452,005	-1.97%	1.56%
2002	7,837,161	68,011,317	-2.15%	0.83%
2003	7,775,327	68,769,340	-0.79%	1.11%
2004	7,716,860	70,256,316	-0.75%	2.16%
2005	7,658,972	71,828,455	-0.75%	2.24%
2006	7,601,022	73,392,747	-0.76%	2.18%
2007	7,545,338	74,602,648	-0.73%	1.65%
2008	7,492,561	75,514,204	-0.7%	1.22%
2009	7,444,443	76,457,825	-0.64%	1.25%
2010	7,395,599	77,420,842	-0.66%	1.26%
2011	7,348,328	78,383,598	-0.64%	1.24%
2012	7,305,888	79,370,580	-0.58%	1.26%
2013	7,160,005	80,414,686	-2%	1.32%
2014	7,073,572	81,502,045	-1.21%	1.35%
2015	6,984,225	82,619,362	-1.26%	1.37%
2016	6,894,139	83,812,228	-1.29%	1.44%
2017	6,803,468	85,026,754	-1.32%	1.45%
2018	6,710,798	86,117,998	-1.36%	1.28%
2019	6,616,726	87,051,648	-1.4%	1.08%
2020	6,550,696	87,723,443	-1%	0.77%
2021	6,507,301	88,455,488	-0.66%	0.83%
2022	6,465,097	89,524,246	-0.65%	1.21%
2023	6,446,596	90,608,707	-0.29%	1.21%
2024	6,441,421	91,567,738	-0.08%	1.06%
2025	6,400,309	92,417,685	-0.64%	0.93%
2026	6,355,610	93,168,494	-0.7%	0.81%
2027	6,308,107	93,838,646	-0.75%	0.72%
2028	6,258,719	94,440,024	-0.78%	0.64%
2029	6,207,977	94,985,102	-0.81%	0.58%
2030	6,155,992	95,486,672	-0.84%	0.53%
2031	6,103,481	95,960,723	-0.85%	0.5%
2032	6,051,290	96,415,457	-0.86%	0.47%
2033	5,998,932	96,850,659	-0.87%	0.45%
2034	5,946,256	97,271,044	-0.88%	0.43%
2035	5,893,732	97,679,258	-0.88%	0.42%
2036	5,840,887	98,075,324	-0.9%	0.41%
2037	5,787,725	98,458,805	-0.91%	0.39%
2038	5,735,248	98,828,318	-0.91%	0.38%
2039	5,683,154	99,182,806	-0.91%	0.36%
2040	5,631,243	99,524,286	-0.91%	0.34%
2041	5,580,085	99,853,719	-0.91%	0.33%
2042	5,529,877	100,167,076	-0.9%	0.31%
2043	5,480,581	100,462,092	-0.89%	0.29%
2044	5,431,913	100,737,592	-0.89%	0.27%
2045	5,383,915	100,990,622	-0.88%	0.25%
2046	5,336,412	101,219,689	-0.88%	0.23%
2047	5,289,023	101,424,009	-0.89%	0.2%
2048	5,242,022	101,601,932	-0.89%	0.18%
2049	5,195,580	101,748,544	-0.89%	0.14%
2050	5,149,391	101,862,002	-0.89%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Iran gained 10,419,481 people (a 14.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Iran's population increased by 9,363,590 (a 11.2% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Iran was ranked 17th in 2006 and still ranked 17th 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 Iran will increase by 9.32% to 101,862,002 people and rank change from 17th to 18th.