The latest officially reported population of Bulgaria was 6,441,421 in 2024 vs 123,975,371 people in Japan in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bulgaria's population is 6,355,610 people compared to 122,647,678 in Japan.
Population statistics:
- Japan's population is 19.3 times bigger than Bulgaria's.
- Bulgaria is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Japan is the 12th.
- The countries together account for 1.56% of the world: 0.08% for Bulgaria vs 1.48% for Japan.
- For the last 10 years, Bulgaria has had an average growth rate of -0.96% per year vs -0.25% in Japan.
- Since 2006, the population of Bulgaria has decreased from 7.6M people to 6.36M (16.4% decline), while Japan has declined from 128M to 123M (4.07% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 36.7% of the population in Bulgaria and 29.1% in Japan.
Bulgaria vs Japan: live population counter
Bulgaria
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
6355610
|
122647678
|
| Population rank | 112/197 | 12/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 1.48% |
| One net population change |
1.69 hours
|
58.3 seconds
|
| One birth every |
9.16 minutes
|
42.2 seconds
|
| One death every |
5.19 minutes
|
19.5 seconds
|
| One migration net change every |
16.7 hours
|
3.43 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | +524 | +153,357 |
| Daily growth/decline | -14 | -1,483 |
| Annual growth/decline | -5,175 | -541,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.08% | -0.43% |
| Population growth rate rank | 172/197 | 185/197 |
Bulgaria and Japan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bulgaria
Population
Growth rate
Japan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bulgaria
|
Japan
|
Bulgaria
|
Japan
|
|
| 1960 | 7,867,374 | 93,216,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,943,118 | 94,055,000 | 0.96% | 0.9% |
| 1962 | 8,012,946 | 94,933,000 | 0.88% | 0.93% |
| 1963 | 8,078,145 | 95,900,000 | 0.81% | 1.02% |
| 1964 | 8,144,340 | 96,903,000 | 0.82% | 1.05% |
| 1965 | 8,204,168 | 97,952,000 | 0.73% | 1.08% |
| 1966 | 8,258,057 | 98,851,000 | 0.66% | 0.92% |
| 1967 | 8,310,226 | 99,879,000 | 0.63% | 1.04% |
| 1968 | 8,369,603 | 101,011,000 | 0.71% | 1.13% |
| 1969 | 8,434,172 | 102,219,000 | 0.77% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 8,489,574 | 103,403,000 | 0.66% | 1.16% |
| 1971 | 8,536,395 | 105,697,000 | 0.55% | 2.22% |
| 1972 | 8,576,200 | 107,188,000 | 0.47% | 1.41% |
| 1973 | 8,620,967 | 108,707,000 | 0.52% | 1.42% |
| 1974 | 8,678,745 | 110,162,000 | 0.67% | 1.34% |
| 1975 | 8,720,742 | 111,573,000 | 0.48% | 1.28% |
| 1976 | 8,758,599 | 112,775,000 | 0.43% | 1.08% |
| 1977 | 8,804,183 | 113,872,000 | 0.52% | 0.97% |
| 1978 | 8,814,032 | 114,913,000 | 0.11% | 0.91% |
| 1979 | 8,825,940 | 115,890,000 | 0.14% | 0.85% |
| 1980 | 8,861,535 | 116,807,000 | 0.4% | 0.79% |
| 1981 | 8,891,117 | 117,661,000 | 0.33% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 8,917,457 | 118,480,000 | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| 1983 | 8,939,738 | 119,307,000 | 0.25% | 0.7% |
| 1984 | 8,960,679 | 120,083,000 | 0.23% | 0.65% |
| 1985 | 8,960,547 | 120,837,000 | -0.001% | 0.63% |
| 1986 | 8,958,171 | 121,482,000 | -0.03% | 0.53% |
| 1987 | 8,971,359 | 122,069,000 | 0.15% | 0.48% |
| 1988 | 8,981,446 | 122,578,000 | 0.11% | 0.42% |
| 1989 | 8,876,972 | 123,069,000 | -1.16% | 0.4% |
| 1990 | 8,718,289 | 123,478,000 | -1.79% | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 8,632,367 | 123,964,000 | -0.99% | 0.39% |
| 1992 | 8,540,164 | 124,425,000 | -1.07% | 0.37% |
| 1993 | 8,472,313 | 124,829,000 | -0.79% | 0.32% |
| 1994 | 8,443,591 | 125,178,000 | -0.34% | 0.28% |
| 1995 | 8,406,067 | 125,472,000 | -0.44% | 0.23% |
| 1996 | 8,362,826 | 125,757,000 | -0.51% | 0.23% |
| 1997 | 8,312,068 | 126,057,000 | -0.61% | 0.24% |
| 1998 | 8,256,786 | 126,400,000 | -0.67% | 0.27% |
| 1999 | 8,210,624 | 126,631,000 | -0.56% | 0.18% |
| 2000 | 8,170,172 | 126,843,000 | -0.49% | 0.17% |
| 2001 | 8,009,142 | 127,149,000 | -1.97% | 0.24% |
| 2002 | 7,837,161 | 127,445,000 | -2.15% | 0.23% |
| 2003 | 7,775,327 | 127,718,000 | -0.79% | 0.21% |
| 2004 | 7,716,860 | 127,761,000 | -0.75% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 7,658,972 | 127,773,000 | -0.75% | 0.009% |
| 2006 | 7,601,022 | 127,854,000 | -0.76% | 0.06% |
| 2007 | 7,545,338 | 128,001,000 | -0.73% | 0.11% |
| 2008 | 7,492,561 | 128,063,000 | -0.7% | 0.05% |
| 2009 | 7,444,443 | 128,047,000 | -0.64% | -0.01% |
| 2010 | 7,395,599 | 128,070,000 | -0.66% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 7,348,328 | 127,833,000 | -0.64% | -0.19% |
| 2012 | 7,305,888 | 127,629,000 | -0.58% | -0.16% |
| 2013 | 7,160,005 | 127,445,000 | -2% | -0.14% |
| 2014 | 7,073,572 | 127,276,000 | -1.21% | -0.13% |
| 2015 | 6,984,225 | 127,141,000 | -1.26% | -0.11% |
| 2016 | 6,894,139 | 127,076,000 | -1.29% | -0.05% |
| 2017 | 6,803,468 | 126,972,000 | -1.32% | -0.08% |
| 2018 | 6,710,798 | 126,811,000 | -1.36% | -0.13% |
| 2019 | 6,616,726 | 126,633,000 | -1.4% | -0.14% |
| 2020 | 6,550,696 | 126,261,000 | -1% | -0.29% |
| 2021 | 6,507,301 | 125,681,593 | -0.66% | -0.46% |
| 2022 | 6,465,097 | 125,124,989 | -0.65% | -0.44% |
| 2023 | 6,446,596 | 124,516,650 | -0.29% | -0.49% |
| 2024 | 6,441,421 | 123,975,371 | -0.08% | -0.43% |
| 2025 | 6,400,309 | 123,324,642 | -0.64% | -0.52% |
| 2026 | 6,355,610 | 122,647,678 | -0.7% | -0.55% |
| 2027 | 6,308,107 | 121,951,038 | -0.75% | -0.57% |
| 2028 | 6,258,719 | 121,241,776 | -0.78% | -0.58% |
| 2029 | 6,207,977 | 120,524,230 | -0.81% | -0.59% |
| 2030 | 6,155,992 | 119,798,959 | -0.84% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 6,103,481 | 119,065,610 | -0.85% | -0.61% |
| 2032 | 6,051,290 | 118,326,333 | -0.86% | -0.62% |
| 2033 | 5,998,932 | 117,583,337 | -0.87% | -0.63% |
| 2034 | 5,946,256 | 116,836,274 | -0.88% | -0.64% |
| 2035 | 5,893,732 | 116,084,328 | -0.88% | -0.64% |
| 2036 | 5,840,887 | 115,332,395 | -0.9% | -0.65% |
| 2037 | 5,787,725 | 114,582,890 | -0.91% | -0.65% |
| 2038 | 5,735,248 | 113,837,760 | -0.91% | -0.65% |
| 2039 | 5,683,154 | 113,097,352 | -0.91% | -0.65% |
| 2040 | 5,631,243 | 112,359,802 | -0.91% | -0.65% |
| 2041 | 5,580,085 | 111,622,622 | -0.91% | -0.66% |
| 2042 | 5,529,877 | 110,891,223 | -0.9% | -0.66% |
| 2043 | 5,480,581 | 110,169,955 | -0.89% | -0.65% |
| 2044 | 5,431,913 | 109,455,823 | -0.89% | -0.65% |
| 2045 | 5,383,915 | 108,747,012 | -0.88% | -0.65% |
| 2046 | 5,336,412 | 108,044,346 | -0.88% | -0.65% |
| 2047 | 5,289,023 | 107,350,486 | -0.89% | -0.64% |
| 2048 | 5,242,022 | 106,665,616 | -0.89% | -0.64% |
| 2049 | 5,195,580 | 105,986,908 | -0.89% | -0.64% |
| 2050 | 5,149,391 | 105,312,022 | -0.89% | -0.64% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Japan lost 778,000 people (a 0.61% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Japan's population decreased by -4,428,322 (a 3.48% decline).
Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Japan was ranked 10th in 2006 and ranked 12th 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 Japan will decrease by 14.1% to 105,312,022 people and rank change from 12th to 17th.
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Population differences between Bulgaria and Japan
|
Bulgaria
|
Japan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.1 years | 85.1 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 48.3 years |
| Median age | 45.5 years | 50.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 153.7 ppl/mi² | 881 ppl/mi² |
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