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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Liechtenstein	Bulgaria	Liechtenstein
1960	7,867,374	16,451	-	-
1961	7,943,118	16,877	0.96%	2.59%
1962	8,012,946	17,443	0.88%	3.35%
1963	8,078,145	18,093	0.81%	3.73%
1964	8,144,340	18,755	0.82%	3.66%
1965	8,204,168	19,195	0.73%	2.35%
1966	8,258,057	19,610	0.66%	2.16%
1967	8,310,226	20,175	0.63%	2.88%
1968	8,369,603	20,835	0.71%	3.27%
1969	8,434,172	21,084	0.77%	1.2%
1970	8,489,574	21,140	0.66%	0.27%
1971	8,536,395	21,600	0.55%	2.18%
1972	8,576,200	22,132	0.47%	2.46%
1973	8,620,967	22,785	0.52%	2.95%
1974	8,678,745	23,451	0.67%	2.92%
1975	8,720,742	23,846	0.48%	1.68%
1976	8,758,599	24,058	0.43%	0.89%
1977	8,804,183	24,442	0.52%	1.6%
1978	8,814,032	25,028	0.11%	2.4%
1979	8,825,940	25,575	0.14%	2.19%
1980	8,861,535	25,512	0.4%	-0.25%
1981	8,891,117	25,673	0.33%	0.63%
1982	8,917,457	26,255	0.3%	2.27%
1983	8,939,738	26,446	0.25%	0.73%
1984	8,960,679	26,596	0.23%	0.57%
1985	8,960,547	26,878	-0.001%	1.06%
1986	8,958,171	27,238	-0.03%	1.34%
1987	8,971,359	27,557	0.15%	1.17%
1988	8,981,446	27,948	0.11%	1.42%
1989	8,876,972	28,317	-1.16%	1.32%
1990	8,718,289	28,742	-1.79%	1.5%
1991	8,632,367	29,209	-0.99%	1.62%
1992	8,540,164	29,627	-1.07%	1.43%
1993	8,472,313	30,089	-0.79%	1.56%
1994	8,443,591	30,470	-0.34%	1.27%
1995	8,406,067	30,776	-0.44%	1%
1996	8,362,826	31,033	-0.51%	0.84%
1997	8,312,068	31,232	-0.61%	0.64%
1998	8,256,786	31,668	-0.67%	1.4%
1999	8,210,624	32,221	-0.56%	1.75%
2000	8,170,172	32,645	-0.49%	1.32%
2001	8,009,142	33,194	-1.97%	1.68%
2002	7,837,161	33,694	-2.15%	1.51%
2003	7,775,327	34,079	-0.79%	1.14%
2004	7,716,860	34,447	-0.75%	1.08%
2005	7,658,972	34,753	-0.75%	0.89%
2006	7,601,022	35,037	-0.76%	0.82%
2007	7,545,338	35,262	-0.73%	0.64%
2008	7,492,561	35,473	-0.7%	0.6%
2009	7,444,443	35,742	-0.64%	0.76%
2010	7,395,599	36,022	-0.66%	0.78%
2011	7,348,328	36,312	-0.64%	0.81%
2012	7,305,888	36,657	-0.58%	0.95%
2013	7,160,005	36,984	-2%	0.89%
2014	7,073,572	37,248	-1.21%	0.71%
2015	6,984,225	37,494	-1.26%	0.66%
2016	6,894,139	37,716	-1.29%	0.59%
2017	6,803,468	37,962	-1.32%	0.65%
2018	6,710,798	38,246	-1.36%	0.75%
2019	6,616,726	38,563	-1.4%	0.83%
2020	6,550,696	38,901	-1%	0.88%
2021	6,507,301	39,182	-0.66%	0.72%
2022	6,465,097	39,493	-0.65%	0.79%
2023	6,446,596	39,846	-0.29%	0.89%
2024	6,441,421	40,450	-0.08%	1.52%
2025	6,400,309	40,712	-0.64%	0.65%
2026	6,355,610	40,949	-0.7%	0.58%
2027	6,308,107	41,185	-0.75%	0.57%
2028	6,258,719	41,396	-0.78%	0.51%
2029	6,207,977	41,602	-0.81%	0.5%
2030	6,155,992	41,799	-0.84%	0.47%
2031	6,103,481	41,992	-0.85%	0.46%
2032	6,051,290	42,165	-0.86%	0.41%
2033	5,998,932	42,323	-0.87%	0.38%
2034	5,946,256	42,470	-0.88%	0.35%
2035	5,893,732	42,613	-0.88%	0.34%
2036	5,840,887	42,736	-0.9%	0.29%
2037	5,787,725	42,844	-0.91%	0.25%
2038	5,735,248	42,957	-0.91%	0.26%
2039	5,683,154	43,058	-0.91%	0.24%
2040	5,631,243	43,147	-0.91%	0.2%
2041	5,580,085	43,228	-0.91%	0.19%
2042	5,529,877	43,302	-0.9%	0.17%
2043	5,480,581	43,370	-0.89%	0.16%
2044	5,431,913	43,427	-0.89%	0.13%
2045	5,383,915	43,474	-0.88%	0.11%
2046	5,336,412	43,516	-0.88%	0.1%
2047	5,289,023	43,556	-0.89%	0.09%
2048	5,242,022	43,584	-0.89%	0.06%
2049	5,195,580	43,608	-0.89%	0.06%
2050	5,149,391	43,622	-0.89%	0.03%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Liechtenstein gained 2,679 people (a 7.65% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Liechtenstein's population increased by 3,235 (a 8.58% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Liechtenstein was ranked 191st in 2006 and ranked 190th 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 Liechtenstein will increase by 6.52% to 43,622 people and will still be ranked 190th.