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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Latvia	Bulgaria	Latvia
1960	7,867,374	2,120,979	-	-
1961	7,943,118	2,152,681	0.96%	1.49%
1962	8,012,946	2,181,586	0.88%	1.34%
1963	8,078,145	2,210,919	0.81%	1.34%
1964	8,144,340	2,240,623	0.82%	1.34%
1965	8,204,168	2,265,919	0.73%	1.13%
1966	8,258,057	2,283,217	0.66%	0.76%
1967	8,310,226	2,301,220	0.63%	0.79%
1968	8,369,603	2,323,619	0.71%	0.97%
1969	8,434,172	2,343,173	0.77%	0.84%
1970	8,489,574	2,359,164	0.66%	0.68%
1971	8,536,395	2,376,389	0.55%	0.73%
1972	8,576,200	2,395,674	0.47%	0.81%
1973	8,620,967	2,415,819	0.52%	0.84%
1974	8,678,745	2,437,186	0.67%	0.88%
1975	8,720,742	2,456,130	0.48%	0.78%
1976	8,758,599	2,470,989	0.43%	0.6%
1977	8,804,183	2,485,073	0.52%	0.57%
1978	8,814,032	2,497,921	0.11%	0.52%
1979	8,825,940	2,505,953	0.14%	0.32%
1980	8,861,535	2,511,701	0.4%	0.23%
1981	8,891,117	2,519,421	0.33%	0.31%
1982	8,917,457	2,531,080	0.3%	0.46%
1983	8,939,738	2,546,011	0.25%	0.59%
1984	8,960,679	2,562,047	0.23%	0.63%
1985	8,960,547	2,578,873	-0.001%	0.66%
1986	8,958,171	2,599,892	-0.03%	0.82%
1987	8,971,359	2,626,583	0.15%	1.03%
1988	8,981,446	2,653,434	0.11%	1.02%
1989	8,876,972	2,666,955	-1.16%	0.51%
1990	8,718,289	2,663,151	-1.79%	-0.14%
1991	8,632,367	2,650,581	-0.99%	-0.47%
1992	8,540,164	2,614,338	-1.07%	-1.37%
1993	8,472,313	2,563,290	-0.79%	-1.95%
1994	8,443,591	2,520,742	-0.34%	-1.66%
1995	8,406,067	2,485,056	-0.44%	-1.42%
1996	8,362,826	2,457,222	-0.51%	-1.12%
1997	8,312,068	2,432,851	-0.61%	-0.99%
1998	8,256,786	2,410,019	-0.67%	-0.94%
1999	8,210,624	2,390,482	-0.56%	-0.81%
2000	8,170,172	2,367,550	-0.49%	-0.96%
2001	8,009,142	2,337,170	-1.97%	-1.28%
2002	7,837,161	2,310,173	-2.15%	-1.16%
2003	7,775,327	2,287,955	-0.79%	-0.96%
2004	7,716,860	2,263,122	-0.75%	-1.09%
2005	7,658,972	2,238,799	-0.75%	-1.07%
2006	7,601,022	2,218,357	-0.76%	-0.91%
2007	7,545,338	2,200,325	-0.73%	-0.81%
2008	7,492,561	2,177,322	-0.7%	-1.05%
2009	7,444,443	2,141,669	-0.64%	-1.64%
2010	7,395,599	2,097,555	-0.66%	-2.06%
2011	7,348,328	2,059,709	-0.64%	-1.8%
2012	7,305,888	2,034,319	-0.58%	-1.23%
2013	7,160,005	2,012,647	-2%	-1.07%
2014	7,073,572	1,993,782	-1.21%	-0.94%
2015	6,984,225	1,977,527	-1.26%	-0.82%
2016	6,894,139	1,959,537	-1.29%	-0.91%
2017	6,803,468	1,942,248	-1.32%	-0.88%
2018	6,710,798	1,927,174	-1.36%	-0.78%
2019	6,616,726	1,913,822	-1.4%	-0.69%
2020	6,550,696	1,900,449	-1%	-0.7%
2021	6,507,301	1,884,490	-0.66%	-0.84%
2022	6,465,097	1,879,383	-0.65%	-0.27%
2023	6,446,596	1,877,445	-0.29%	-0.1%
2024	6,444,366	1,862,441	-0.03%	-0.8%
2025	6,403,235	1,844,219	-0.64%	-0.98%
2026	6,358,515	1,826,681	-0.7%	-0.95%
2027	6,310,991	1,812,384	-0.75%	-0.78%
2028	6,261,580	1,797,965	-0.78%	-0.8%
2029	6,210,816	1,783,455	-0.81%	-0.81%
2030	6,158,806	1,768,667	-0.84%	-0.83%
2031	6,106,271	1,753,985	-0.85%	-0.83%
2032	6,054,057	1,739,582	-0.86%	-0.82%
2033	6,001,675	1,725,261	-0.87%	-0.82%
2034	5,948,975	1,711,332	-0.88%	-0.81%
2035	5,896,427	1,697,827	-0.88%	-0.79%
2036	5,843,557	1,684,492	-0.9%	-0.79%
2037	5,790,371	1,671,323	-0.91%	-0.78%
2038	5,737,870	1,658,336	-0.91%	-0.78%
2039	5,685,753	1,645,282	-0.91%	-0.79%
2040	5,633,818	1,632,376	-0.91%	-0.78%
2041	5,582,636	1,619,616	-0.91%	-0.78%
2042	5,532,405	1,607,019	-0.9%	-0.78%
2043	5,483,086	1,594,558	-0.89%	-0.78%
2044	5,434,397	1,582,077	-0.89%	-0.78%
2045	5,386,376	1,569,454	-0.88%	-0.8%
2046	5,338,852	1,556,840	-0.88%	-0.8%
2047	5,291,441	1,544,315	-0.89%	-0.8%
2048	5,244,419	1,531,684	-0.89%	-0.82%
2049	5,197,955	1,518,941	-0.89%	-0.83%
2050	5,151,745	1,506,179	-0.89%	-0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Latvia lost 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Latvia's population decreased by -133,308 (a 6.74% decline).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Latvia was ranked 139th in 2005 and ranked 149th 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 Latvia will decrease by 18.3% to 1,506,179 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.