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	6,444,366	31,934,230	-0.03%	2.47%
2025	6,403,235	32,711,547	-0.64%	2.43%
2026	6,358,515	33,494,340	-0.7%	2.39%
2027	6,310,991	34,281,129	-0.75%	2.35%
2028	6,261,580	35,077,094	-0.78%	2.32%
2029	6,210,816	35,883,465	-0.81%	2.3%
2030	6,158,806	36,699,008	-0.84%	2.27%
2031	6,106,271	37,529,369	-0.85%	2.26%
2032	6,054,057	38,376,612	-0.86%	2.26%
2033	6,001,675	39,244,388	-0.87%	2.26%
2034	5,948,975	40,132,807	-0.88%	2.26%
2035	5,896,427	41,033,849	-0.88%	2.25%
2036	5,843,557	41,948,468	-0.9%	2.23%
2037	5,790,371	42,880,003	-0.91%	2.22%
2038	5,737,870	43,824,363	-0.91%	2.2%
2039	5,685,753	44,778,750	-0.91%	2.18%
2040	5,633,818	45,743,921	-0.91%	2.16%
2041	5,582,636	46,717,434	-0.91%	2.13%
2042	5,532,405	47,702,165	-0.9%	2.11%
2043	5,483,086	48,700,670	-0.89%	2.09%
2044	5,434,397	49,709,049	-0.89%	2.07%
2045	5,386,376	50,716,074	-0.88%	2.03%
2046	5,338,852	51,718,057	-0.88%	1.98%
2047	5,291,441	52,721,465	-0.89%	1.94%
2048	5,244,419	53,730,594	-0.89%	1.91%
2049	5,197,955	54,739,405	-0.89%	1.88%
2050	5,151,745	55,746,988	-0.89%	1.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Ivory Coast gained 5,177,884 people (a 25.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Ivory Coast's population increased by 8,094,005 (a 32.1% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Ivory Coast was ranked 55th in 2005 and ranked 50th 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 Ivory Coast will increase by 67.2% to 55,746,988 people and rank change from 50th to 36th.