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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Lebanon	Bulgaria	Lebanon
1960	7,867,374	1,794,406	-	-
1961	7,943,118	1,850,084	0.96%	3.1%
1962	8,012,946	1,909,578	0.88%	3.22%
1963	8,078,145	1,970,316	0.81%	3.18%
1964	8,144,340	2,030,543	0.82%	3.06%
1965	8,204,168	2,088,831	0.73%	2.87%
1966	8,258,057	2,148,260	0.66%	2.85%
1967	8,310,226	2,206,731	0.63%	2.72%
1968	8,369,603	2,266,368	0.71%	2.7%
1969	8,434,172	2,328,159	0.77%	2.73%
1970	8,489,574	2,386,114	0.66%	2.49%
1971	8,536,395	2,446,314	0.55%	2.52%
1972	8,576,200	2,509,729	0.47%	2.59%
1973	8,620,967	2,572,935	0.52%	2.52%
1974	8,678,745	2,635,185	0.67%	2.42%
1975	8,720,742	2,693,191	0.48%	2.2%
1976	8,758,599	2,726,469	0.43%	1.24%
1977	8,804,183	2,762,155	0.52%	1.31%
1978	8,814,032	2,822,682	0.11%	2.19%
1979	8,825,940	2,882,635	0.14%	2.12%
1980	8,861,535	2,944,763	0.4%	2.16%
1981	8,891,117	3,008,981	0.33%	2.18%
1982	8,917,457	3,054,931	0.3%	1.53%
1983	8,939,738	3,094,996	0.25%	1.31%
1984	8,960,679	3,152,744	0.23%	1.87%
1985	8,960,547	3,217,376	-0.001%	2.05%
1986	8,958,171	3,300,365	-0.03%	2.58%
1987	8,971,359	3,385,555	0.15%	2.58%
1988	8,981,446	3,454,649	0.11%	2.04%
1989	8,876,972	3,525,285	-1.16%	2.04%
1990	8,718,289	3,595,175	-1.79%	1.98%
1991	8,632,367	3,668,912	-0.99%	2.05%
1992	8,540,164	3,747,371	-1.07%	2.14%
1993	8,472,313	3,820,647	-0.79%	1.96%
1994	8,443,591	3,889,799	-0.34%	1.81%
1995	8,406,067	3,960,735	-0.44%	1.82%
1996	8,362,826	4,034,781	-0.51%	1.87%
1997	8,312,068	4,108,405	-0.61%	1.82%
1998	8,256,786	4,181,281	-0.67%	1.77%
1999	8,210,624	4,255,277	-0.56%	1.77%
2000	8,170,172	4,329,340	-0.49%	1.74%
2001	8,009,142	4,401,918	-1.97%	1.68%
2002	7,837,161	4,463,504	-2.15%	1.4%
2003	7,775,327	4,525,508	-0.79%	1.39%
2004	7,716,860	4,599,279	-0.75%	1.63%
2005	7,658,972	4,671,102	-0.75%	1.56%
2006	7,601,022	4,751,136	-0.76%	1.71%
2007	7,545,338	4,844,118	-0.73%	1.96%
2008	7,492,561	4,925,354	-0.7%	1.68%
2009	7,444,443	4,992,287	-0.64%	1.36%
2010	7,395,599	5,041,288	-0.66%	0.98%
2011	7,348,328	5,096,020	-0.64%	1.09%
2012	7,305,888	5,235,742	-0.58%	2.74%
2013	7,160,005	5,743,436	-2%	9.7%
2014	7,073,572	6,346,990	-1.21%	10.5%
2015	6,984,225	6,472,469	-1.26%	1.98%
2016	6,894,139	6,323,060	-1.29%	-2.31%
2017	6,803,468	6,160,128	-1.32%	-2.58%
2018	6,710,798	5,984,119	-1.36%	-2.86%
2019	6,616,726	5,794,594	-1.4%	-3.17%
2020	6,550,696	5,702,398	-1%	-1.59%
2021	6,507,301	5,718,122	-0.66%	0.28%
2022	6,465,097	5,744,489	-0.65%	0.46%
2023	6,446,596	5,773,493	-0.29%	0.5%
2024	6,441,421	5,805,962	-0.08%	0.56%
2025	6,400,309	5,849,420	-0.64%	0.75%
2026	6,355,610	5,897,459	-0.7%	0.82%
2027	6,308,107	5,947,070	-0.75%	0.84%
2028	6,258,719	5,997,844	-0.78%	0.85%
2029	6,207,977	6,050,384	-0.81%	0.88%
2030	6,155,992	6,103,809	-0.84%	0.88%
2031	6,103,481	6,158,003	-0.85%	0.89%
2032	6,051,290	6,210,753	-0.86%	0.86%
2033	5,998,932	6,259,744	-0.87%	0.79%
2034	5,946,256	6,308,826	-0.88%	0.78%
2035	5,893,732	6,357,723	-0.88%	0.78%
2036	5,840,887	6,407,678	-0.9%	0.79%
2037	5,787,725	6,461,872	-0.91%	0.85%
2038	5,735,248	6,516,253	-0.91%	0.84%
2039	5,683,154	6,569,272	-0.91%	0.81%
2040	5,631,243	6,620,323	-0.91%	0.78%
2041	5,580,085	6,669,091	-0.91%	0.74%
2042	5,529,877	6,714,435	-0.9%	0.68%
2043	5,480,581	6,754,071	-0.89%	0.59%
2044	5,431,913	6,794,014	-0.89%	0.59%
2045	5,383,915	6,834,985	-0.88%	0.6%
2046	5,336,412	6,871,777	-0.88%	0.54%
2047	5,289,023	6,909,022	-0.89%	0.54%
2048	5,242,022	6,944,194	-0.89%	0.51%
2049	5,195,580	6,972,877	-0.89%	0.41%
2050	5,149,391	6,999,259	-0.89%	0.38%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Lebanon gained 1,571,924 people (a 33.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Lebanon's population decreased by -425,059 (a 6.72% decline).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Lebanon was ranked 115th in 2006 and still ranked 115th 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 Lebanon will increase by 18.7% to 6,999,259 people and will still be ranked 115th.