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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Luxembourg	Bulgaria	Luxembourg
1960	7,867,374	313,970	-	-
1961	7,943,118	316,845	0.96%	0.92%
1962	8,012,946	320,750	0.88%	1.23%
1963	8,078,145	324,100	0.81%	1.04%
1964	8,144,340	327,750	0.82%	1.13%
1965	8,204,168	331,500	0.73%	1.14%
1966	8,258,057	333,895	0.66%	0.72%
1967	8,310,226	334,995	0.63%	0.33%
1968	8,369,603	335,850	0.71%	0.26%
1969	8,434,172	337,500	0.77%	0.49%
1970	8,489,574	339,171	0.66%	0.5%
1971	8,536,395	342,421	0.55%	0.96%
1972	8,576,200	346,600	0.47%	1.22%
1973	8,620,967	350,450	0.52%	1.11%
1974	8,678,745	355,050	0.67%	1.31%
1975	8,720,742	358,950	0.48%	1.1%
1976	8,758,599	360,731	0.43%	0.5%
1977	8,804,183	361,358	0.52%	0.17%
1978	8,814,032	362,007	0.11%	0.18%
1979	8,825,940	362,856	0.14%	0.23%
1980	8,861,535	364,150	0.4%	0.36%
1981	8,891,117	365,225	0.33%	0.3%
1982	8,917,457	365,525	0.3%	0.08%
1983	8,939,738	365,622	0.25%	0.03%
1984	8,960,679	365,998	0.23%	0.1%
1985	8,960,547	366,706	-0.001%	0.19%
1986	8,958,171	368,355	-0.03%	0.45%
1987	8,971,359	370,750	0.15%	0.65%
1988	8,981,446	373,450	0.11%	0.73%
1989	8,876,972	377,100	-1.16%	0.98%
1990	8,718,289	381,850	-1.79%	1.26%
1991	8,632,367	387,000	-0.99%	1.35%
1992	8,540,164	392,175	-1.07%	1.34%
1993	8,472,313	397,475	-0.79%	1.35%
1994	8,443,591	402,925	-0.34%	1.37%
1995	8,406,067	408,625	-0.44%	1.41%
1996	8,362,826	414,225	-0.51%	1.37%
1997	8,312,068	419,450	-0.61%	1.26%
1998	8,256,786	424,700	-0.67%	1.25%
1999	8,210,624	430,475	-0.56%	1.36%
2000	8,170,172	436,300	-0.49%	1.35%
2001	8,009,142	441,525	-1.97%	1.2%
2002	7,837,161	446,175	-2.15%	1.05%
2003	7,775,327	451,630	-0.79%	1.22%
2004	7,716,860	458,095	-0.75%	1.43%
2005	7,658,972	465,158	-0.75%	1.54%
2006	7,601,022	472,637	-0.76%	1.61%
2007	7,545,338	479,993	-0.73%	1.56%
2008	7,492,561	488,650	-0.7%	1.8%
2009	7,444,443	497,783	-0.64%	1.87%
2010	7,395,599	506,953	-0.66%	1.84%
2011	7,348,328	518,347	-0.64%	2.25%
2012	7,305,888	530,946	-0.58%	2.43%
2013	7,160,005	543,360	-2%	2.34%
2014	7,073,572	556,319	-1.21%	2.38%
2015	6,984,225	569,604	-1.26%	2.39%
2016	6,894,139	582,014	-1.29%	2.18%
2017	6,803,468	596,336	-1.32%	2.46%
2018	6,710,798	607,950	-1.36%	1.95%
2019	6,616,726	620,001	-1.4%	1.98%
2020	6,550,696	630,419	-1%	1.68%
2021	6,507,301	640,064	-0.66%	1.53%
2022	6,465,097	653,103	-0.65%	2.04%
2023	6,446,596	666,430	-0.29%	2.04%
2024	6,444,366	677,717	-0.03%	1.69%
2025	6,403,235	685,180	-0.64%	1.1%
2026	6,358,515	692,217	-0.7%	1.03%
2027	6,310,991	699,102	-0.75%	0.99%
2028	6,261,580	705,956	-0.78%	0.98%
2029	6,210,816	712,502	-0.81%	0.93%
2030	6,158,806	718,627	-0.84%	0.86%
2031	6,106,271	724,433	-0.85%	0.81%
2032	6,054,057	730,118	-0.86%	0.78%
2033	6,001,675	735,604	-0.87%	0.75%
2034	5,948,975	740,767	-0.88%	0.7%
2035	5,896,427	745,776	-0.88%	0.68%
2036	5,843,557	750,596	-0.9%	0.65%
2037	5,790,371	755,119	-0.91%	0.6%
2038	5,737,870	759,551	-0.91%	0.59%
2039	5,685,753	763,923	-0.91%	0.58%
2040	5,633,818	767,972	-0.91%	0.53%
2041	5,582,636	771,757	-0.91%	0.49%
2042	5,532,405	775,418	-0.9%	0.47%
2043	5,483,086	778,811	-0.89%	0.44%
2044	5,434,397	781,936	-0.89%	0.4%
2045	5,386,376	784,957	-0.88%	0.39%
2046	5,338,852	787,788	-0.88%	0.36%
2047	5,291,441	790,356	-0.89%	0.33%
2048	5,244,419	792,821	-0.89%	0.31%
2049	5,197,955	795,064	-0.89%	0.28%
2050	5,151,745	796,958	-0.89%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Luxembourg gained 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Luxembourg's population increased by 121,228 (a 21.3% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2005 and ranked 164th 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 Luxembourg will increase by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th.