Population in Bulgaria compared to Ivory Coast: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and Ivory Coast: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Ivory Coast	Bulgaria	Ivory Coast
1960	7,867,374	3,673,666	-	-
1961	7,943,118	3,810,151	0.96%	3.72%
1962	8,012,946	3,956,939	0.88%	3.85%
1963	8,078,145	4,112,061	0.81%	3.92%
1964	8,144,340	4,273,952	0.82%	3.94%
1965	8,204,168	4,442,377	0.73%	3.94%
1966	8,258,057	4,617,519	0.66%	3.94%
1967	8,310,226	4,799,744	0.63%	3.95%
1968	8,369,603	4,990,021	0.71%	3.96%
1969	8,434,172	5,192,221	0.77%	4.05%
1970	8,489,574	5,411,567	0.66%	4.22%
1971	8,536,395	5,650,868	0.55%	4.42%
1972	8,576,200	5,909,716	0.47%	4.58%
1973	8,620,967	6,184,944	0.52%	4.66%
1974	8,678,745	6,474,057	0.67%	4.67%
1975	8,720,742	6,776,297	0.48%	4.67%
1976	8,758,599	7,057,958	0.43%	4.16%
1977	8,804,183	7,321,950	0.52%	3.74%
1978	8,814,032	7,603,130	0.11%	3.84%
1979	8,825,940	7,902,267	0.14%	3.93%
1980	8,861,535	8,220,714	0.4%	4.03%
1981	8,891,117	8,556,596	0.33%	4.09%
1982	8,917,457	8,907,936	0.3%	4.11%
1983	8,939,738	9,272,744	0.25%	4.1%
1984	8,960,679	9,650,516	0.23%	4.07%
1985	8,960,547	10,040,483	-0.001%	4.04%
1986	8,958,171	10,440,917	-0.03%	3.99%
1987	8,971,359	10,851,475	0.15%	3.93%
1988	8,981,446	11,275,189	0.11%	3.9%
1989	8,876,972	11,719,771	-1.16%	3.94%
1990	8,718,289	12,189,778	-1.79%	4.01%
1991	8,632,367	12,683,870	-0.99%	4.05%
1992	8,540,164	13,200,310	-1.07%	4.07%
1993	8,472,313	13,735,951	-0.79%	4.06%
1994	8,443,591	14,287,201	-0.34%	4.01%
1995	8,406,067	14,855,565	-0.44%	3.98%
1996	8,362,826	15,442,312	-0.51%	3.95%
1997	8,312,068	16,047,170	-0.61%	3.92%
1998	8,256,786	16,663,948	-0.67%	3.84%
1999	8,210,624	17,215,935	-0.56%	3.31%
2000	8,170,172	17,699,004	-0.49%	2.81%
2001	8,009,142	18,178,913	-1.97%	2.71%
2002	7,837,161	18,654,771	-2.15%	2.62%
2003	7,775,327	19,125,542	-0.79%	2.52%
2004	7,716,860	19,595,000	-0.75%	2.45%
2005	7,658,972	20,068,458	-0.75%	2.42%
2006	7,601,022	20,546,802	-0.76%	2.38%
2007	7,545,338	21,030,558	-0.73%	2.35%
2008	7,492,561	21,514,439	-0.7%	2.3%
2009	7,444,443	21,997,940	-0.64%	2.25%
2010	7,395,599	22,488,065	-0.66%	2.23%
2011	7,348,328	22,982,000	-0.64%	2.2%
2012	7,305,888	23,467,078	-0.58%	2.11%
2013	7,160,005	23,939,775	-2%	2.01%
2014	7,073,572	24,527,395	-1.21%	2.45%
2015	6,984,225	25,246,342	-1.26%	2.93%
2016	6,894,139	25,989,405	-1.29%	2.94%
2017	6,803,468	26,733,372	-1.32%	2.86%
2018	6,710,798	27,464,173	-1.36%	2.73%
2019	6,616,726	28,193,009	-1.4%	2.65%
2020	6,550,696	28,915,449	-1%	2.56%
2021	6,507,301	29,639,736	-0.66%	2.5%
2022	6,465,097	30,395,002	-0.65%	2.55%
2023	6,446,596	31,165,654	-0.29%	2.54%
2024	6,441,421	31,934,230	-0.08%	2.47%
2025	6,400,309	32,711,547	-0.64%	2.43%
2026	6,355,610	33,494,340	-0.7%	2.39%
2027	6,308,107	34,281,129	-0.75%	2.35%
2028	6,258,719	35,077,094	-0.78%	2.32%
2029	6,207,977	35,883,465	-0.81%	2.3%
2030	6,155,992	36,699,008	-0.84%	2.27%
2031	6,103,481	37,529,369	-0.85%	2.26%
2032	6,051,290	38,376,612	-0.86%	2.26%
2033	5,998,932	39,244,388	-0.87%	2.26%
2034	5,946,256	40,132,807	-0.88%	2.26%
2035	5,893,732	41,033,849	-0.88%	2.25%
2036	5,840,887	41,948,468	-0.9%	2.23%
2037	5,787,725	42,880,003	-0.91%	2.22%
2038	5,735,248	43,824,363	-0.91%	2.2%
2039	5,683,154	44,778,750	-0.91%	2.18%
2040	5,631,243	45,743,921	-0.91%	2.16%
2041	5,580,085	46,717,434	-0.91%	2.13%
2042	5,529,877	47,702,165	-0.9%	2.11%
2043	5,480,581	48,700,670	-0.89%	2.09%
2044	5,431,913	49,709,049	-0.89%	2.07%
2045	5,383,915	50,716,074	-0.88%	2.03%
2046	5,336,412	51,718,057	-0.88%	1.98%
2047	5,289,023	52,721,465	-0.89%	1.94%
2048	5,242,022	53,730,594	-0.89%	1.91%
2049	5,195,580	54,739,405	-0.89%	1.88%
2050	5,149,391	55,746,988	-0.89%	1.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Ivory Coast gained 5,442,603 people (a 26.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Ivory Coast's population increased by 7,513,533 (a 28.9% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Ivory Coast was ranked 53rd in 2006 and ranked 50th 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 Ivory Coast will increase by 66.4% to 55,746,988 people and rank change from 50th to 36th.