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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Ireland	Bulgaria	Ireland
1960	7,867,374	2,828,600	-	-
1961	7,943,118	2,824,400	0.96%	-0.15%
1962	8,012,946	2,836,050	0.88%	0.41%
1963	8,078,145	2,852,650	0.81%	0.59%
1964	8,144,340	2,866,550	0.82%	0.49%
1965	8,204,168	2,877,300	0.73%	0.38%
1966	8,258,057	2,888,800	0.66%	0.4%
1967	8,310,226	2,902,450	0.63%	0.47%
1968	8,369,603	2,915,550	0.71%	0.45%
1969	8,434,172	2,932,650	0.77%	0.59%
1970	8,489,574	2,957,250	0.66%	0.84%
1971	8,536,395	2,992,050	0.55%	1.18%
1972	8,576,200	3,036,850	0.47%	1.5%
1973	8,620,967	3,085,950	0.52%	1.62%
1974	8,678,745	3,137,500	0.67%	1.67%
1975	8,720,742	3,189,550	0.48%	1.66%
1976	8,758,599	3,238,050	0.43%	1.52%
1977	8,804,183	3,282,200	0.52%	1.36%
1978	8,814,032	3,329,100	0.11%	1.43%
1979	8,825,940	3,373,750	0.14%	1.34%
1980	8,861,535	3,412,800	0.4%	1.16%
1981	8,891,117	3,453,000	0.33%	1.18%
1982	8,917,457	3,485,800	0.3%	0.95%
1983	8,939,738	3,510,600	0.25%	0.71%
1984	8,960,679	3,532,423	0.23%	0.62%
1985	8,960,547	3,538,082	-0.001%	0.16%
1986	8,958,171	3,539,690	-0.03%	0.05%
1987	8,971,359	3,540,057	0.15%	0.01%
1988	8,981,446	3,524,949	0.11%	-0.43%
1989	8,876,972	3,511,009	-1.16%	-0.4%
1990	8,718,289	3,513,974	-1.79%	0.08%
1991	8,632,367	3,534,235	-0.99%	0.58%
1992	8,540,164	3,558,430	-1.07%	0.68%
1993	8,472,313	3,576,261	-0.79%	0.5%
1994	8,443,591	3,590,386	-0.34%	0.39%
1995	8,406,067	3,608,841	-0.44%	0.51%
1996	8,362,826	3,637,510	-0.51%	0.79%
1997	8,312,068	3,674,171	-0.61%	1.01%
1998	8,256,786	3,712,696	-0.67%	1.05%
1999	8,210,624	3,754,786	-0.56%	1.13%
2000	8,170,172	3,805,174	-0.49%	1.34%
2001	8,009,142	3,866,243	-1.97%	1.6%
2002	7,837,161	3,931,947	-2.15%	1.7%
2003	7,775,327	3,996,521	-0.79%	1.64%
2004	7,716,860	4,070,262	-0.75%	1.85%
2005	7,658,972	4,159,914	-0.75%	2.2%
2006	7,601,022	4,273,591	-0.76%	2.73%
2007	7,545,338	4,398,942	-0.73%	2.93%
2008	7,492,561	4,489,544	-0.7%	2.06%
2009	7,444,443	4,535,375	-0.64%	1.02%
2010	7,395,599	4,560,155	-0.66%	0.55%
2011	7,348,328	4,580,084	-0.64%	0.44%
2012	7,305,888	4,599,533	-0.58%	0.42%
2013	7,160,005	4,623,816	-2%	0.53%
2014	7,073,572	4,657,740	-1.21%	0.73%
2015	6,984,225	4,701,957	-1.26%	0.95%
2016	6,894,139	4,762,722	-1.29%	1.29%
2017	6,803,468	4,827,445	-1.32%	1.36%
2018	6,710,798	4,898,022	-1.36%	1.46%
2019	6,616,726	4,976,456	-1.4%	1.6%
2020	6,550,696	5,039,747	-1%	1.27%
2021	6,507,301	5,110,585	-0.66%	1.41%
2022	6,465,097	5,212,836	-0.65%	2%
2023	6,446,596	5,307,600	-0.29%	1.82%
2024	6,444,366	5,380,257	-0.03%	1.37%
2025	6,403,235	5,434,538	-0.64%	1.01%
2026	6,358,515	5,484,615	-0.7%	0.92%
2027	6,310,991	5,531,657	-0.75%	0.86%
2028	6,261,580	5,576,425	-0.78%	0.81%
2029	6,210,816	5,618,258	-0.81%	0.75%
2030	6,158,806	5,656,768	-0.84%	0.69%
2031	6,106,271	5,693,185	-0.85%	0.64%
2032	6,054,057	5,728,435	-0.86%	0.62%
2033	6,001,675	5,761,833	-0.87%	0.58%
2034	5,948,975	5,793,145	-0.88%	0.54%
2035	5,896,427	5,822,398	-0.88%	0.5%
2036	5,843,557	5,850,388	-0.9%	0.48%
2037	5,790,371	5,878,309	-0.91%	0.48%
2038	5,737,870	5,905,728	-0.91%	0.47%
2039	5,685,753	5,931,438	-0.91%	0.44%
2040	5,633,818	5,956,212	-0.91%	0.42%
2041	5,582,636	5,980,704	-0.91%	0.41%
2042	5,532,405	6,002,968	-0.9%	0.37%
2043	5,483,086	6,022,662	-0.89%	0.33%
2044	5,434,397	6,041,053	-0.89%	0.31%
2045	5,386,376	6,057,952	-0.88%	0.28%
2046	5,338,852	6,072,174	-0.88%	0.23%
2047	5,291,441	6,084,484	-0.89%	0.2%
2048	5,244,419	6,096,077	-0.89%	0.19%
2049	5,197,955	6,105,740	-0.89%	0.16%
2050	5,151,745	6,112,322	-0.89%	0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Ireland gained 542,043 people (a 13% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Ireland's population increased by 772,806 (a 16.4% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2005 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people and rank change from 121st to 120th.