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	39,850	-0.29%	0.9%
2024	6,444,366	40,197	-0.03%	0.87%
2025	6,403,235	40,457	-0.64%	0.65%
2026	6,358,515	40,693	-0.7%	0.58%
2027	6,310,991	40,927	-0.75%	0.57%
2028	6,261,580	41,138	-0.78%	0.51%
2029	6,210,816	41,342	-0.81%	0.5%
2030	6,158,806	41,538	-0.84%	0.47%
2031	6,106,271	41,729	-0.85%	0.46%
2032	6,054,057	41,901	-0.86%	0.41%
2033	6,001,675	42,058	-0.87%	0.38%
2034	5,948,975	42,205	-0.88%	0.35%
2035	5,896,427	42,347	-0.88%	0.34%
2036	5,843,557	42,469	-0.9%	0.29%
2037	5,790,371	42,576	-0.91%	0.25%
2038	5,737,870	42,688	-0.91%	0.26%
2039	5,685,753	42,789	-0.91%	0.24%
2040	5,633,818	42,877	-0.91%	0.2%
2041	5,582,636	42,957	-0.91%	0.19%
2042	5,532,405	43,031	-0.9%	0.17%
2043	5,483,086	43,098	-0.89%	0.16%
2044	5,434,397	43,156	-0.89%	0.13%
2045	5,386,376	43,202	-0.88%	0.11%
2046	5,338,852	43,243	-0.88%	0.1%
2047	5,291,441	43,284	-0.89%	0.09%
2048	5,244,419	43,311	-0.89%	0.06%
2049	5,197,955	43,335	-0.89%	0.06%
2050	5,151,745	43,349	-0.89%	0.03%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Liechtenstein gained 2,741 people (a 7.89% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Liechtenstein's population increased by 3,152 (a 8.41% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Liechtenstein was ranked 191st in 2005 and ranked 190th 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 Liechtenstein will increase by 6.65% to 43,349 people and will still be ranked 190th.