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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Malaysia	Bulgaria	Malaysia
1960	7,867,374	7,956,197	-	-
1961	7,943,118	8,164,443	0.96%	2.62%
1962	8,012,946	8,380,172	0.88%	2.64%
1963	8,078,145	8,602,160	0.81%	2.65%
1964	8,144,340	8,828,406	0.82%	2.63%
1965	8,204,168	9,056,408	0.73%	2.58%
1966	8,258,057	9,284,688	0.66%	2.52%
1967	8,310,226	9,507,099	0.63%	2.4%
1968	8,369,603	9,725,281	0.71%	2.29%
1969	8,434,172	9,947,597	0.77%	2.29%
1970	8,489,574	10,178,802	0.66%	2.32%
1971	8,536,395	10,423,453	0.55%	2.4%
1972	8,576,200	10,676,835	0.47%	2.43%
1973	8,620,967	10,935,621	0.52%	2.42%
1974	8,678,745	11,200,906	0.67%	2.43%
1975	8,720,742	11,471,914	0.48%	2.42%
1976	8,758,599	11,750,097	0.43%	2.42%
1977	8,804,183	12,035,713	0.52%	2.43%
1978	8,814,032	12,328,157	0.11%	2.43%
1979	8,825,940	12,627,862	0.14%	2.43%
1980	8,861,535	12,983,363	0.4%	2.82%
1981	8,891,117	13,399,203	0.33%	3.2%
1982	8,917,457	13,832,798	0.3%	3.24%
1983	8,939,738	14,285,907	0.25%	3.28%
1984	8,960,679	14,759,009	0.23%	3.31%
1985	8,960,547	15,252,258	-0.001%	3.34%
1986	8,958,171	15,760,419	-0.03%	3.33%
1987	8,971,359	16,276,737	0.15%	3.28%
1988	8,981,446	16,796,605	0.11%	3.19%
1989	8,876,972	17,314,997	-1.16%	3.09%
1990	8,718,289	17,833,171	-1.79%	2.99%
1991	8,632,367	18,342,464	-0.99%	2.86%
1992	8,540,164	18,834,572	-1.07%	2.68%
1993	8,472,313	19,322,664	-0.79%	2.59%
1994	8,443,591	19,820,446	-0.34%	2.58%
1995	8,406,067	20,330,599	-0.44%	2.57%
1996	8,362,826	20,850,087	-0.51%	2.56%
1997	8,312,068	21,375,218	-0.61%	2.52%
1998	8,256,786	21,906,713	-0.67%	2.49%
1999	8,210,624	22,435,531	-0.56%	2.41%
2000	8,170,172	22,967,816	-0.49%	2.37%
2001	8,009,142	23,526,538	-1.97%	2.43%
2002	7,837,161	24,102,477	-2.15%	2.45%
2003	7,775,327	24,679,602	-0.79%	2.39%
2004	7,716,860	25,256,772	-0.75%	2.34%
2005	7,658,972	25,836,071	-0.75%	2.29%
2006	7,601,022	26,417,909	-0.76%	2.25%
2007	7,545,338	26,998,389	-0.73%	2.2%
2008	7,492,561	27,570,059	-0.7%	2.12%
2009	7,444,443	28,124,778	-0.64%	2.01%
2010	7,395,599	28,655,776	-0.66%	1.89%
2011	7,348,328	29,162,039	-0.64%	1.77%
2012	7,305,888	29,662,831	-0.58%	1.72%
2013	7,160,005	30,174,265	-2%	1.72%
2014	7,073,572	30,696,137	-1.21%	1.73%
2015	6,984,225	31,232,798	-1.26%	1.75%
2016	6,894,139	31,789,685	-1.29%	1.78%
2017	6,803,468	32,355,644	-1.32%	1.78%
2018	6,710,798	32,910,967	-1.36%	1.72%
2019	6,616,726	33,440,596	-1.4%	1.61%
2020	6,550,696	33,889,558	-1%	1.34%
2021	6,507,301	34,282,399	-0.66%	1.16%
2022	6,465,097	34,695,493	-0.65%	1.2%
2023	6,446,596	35,126,298	-0.29%	1.24%
2024	6,441,421	35,557,673	-0.08%	1.23%
2025	6,400,309	35,977,838	-0.64%	1.18%
2026	6,355,610	36,385,119	-0.7%	1.13%
2027	6,308,107	36,785,089	-0.75%	1.1%
2028	6,258,719	37,182,773	-0.78%	1.08%
2029	6,207,977	37,574,292	-0.81%	1.05%
2030	6,155,992	37,961,722	-0.84%	1.03%
2031	6,103,481	38,347,786	-0.85%	1.02%
2032	6,051,290	38,728,383	-0.86%	0.99%
2033	5,998,932	39,097,871	-0.87%	0.95%
2034	5,946,256	39,457,849	-0.88%	0.92%
2035	5,893,732	39,814,834	-0.88%	0.9%
2036	5,840,887	40,166,904	-0.9%	0.88%
2037	5,787,725	40,512,289	-0.91%	0.86%
2038	5,735,248	40,853,318	-0.91%	0.84%
2039	5,683,154	41,185,892	-0.91%	0.81%
2040	5,631,243	41,509,646	-0.91%	0.79%
2041	5,580,085	41,828,594	-0.91%	0.77%
2042	5,529,877	42,144,474	-0.9%	0.76%
2043	5,480,581	42,455,952	-0.89%	0.74%
2044	5,431,913	42,754,140	-0.89%	0.7%
2045	5,383,915	43,038,205	-0.88%	0.66%
2046	5,336,412	43,313,754	-0.88%	0.64%
2047	5,289,023	43,580,459	-0.89%	0.62%
2048	5,242,022	43,831,577	-0.89%	0.58%
2049	5,195,580	44,065,538	-0.89%	0.53%
2050	5,149,391	44,289,765	-0.89%	0.51%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Malaysia gained 5,371,776 people (a 20.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Malaysia's population increased by 4,599,805 (a 14.5% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Malaysia was ranked 44th in 2006 and ranked 45th 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 Malaysia will increase by 21.7% to 44,289,765 people and rank change from 45th to 49th.