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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Maldives	Bulgaria	Maldives
1960	7,867,374	91,189	-	-
1961	7,943,118	93,450	0.96%	2.48%
1962	8,012,946	95,802	0.88%	2.52%
1963	8,078,145	98,222	0.81%	2.53%
1964	8,144,340	100,662	0.82%	2.48%
1965	8,204,168	104,102	0.73%	3.42%
1966	8,258,057	108,507	0.66%	4.23%
1967	8,310,226	112,528	0.63%	3.71%
1968	8,369,603	116,075	0.71%	3.15%
1969	8,434,172	119,564	0.77%	3.01%
1970	8,489,574	123,219	0.66%	3.06%
1971	8,536,395	127,035	0.55%	3.1%
1972	8,576,200	130,968	0.47%	3.1%
1973	8,620,967	134,952	0.52%	3.04%
1974	8,678,745	138,978	0.67%	2.98%
1975	8,720,742	143,158	0.48%	3.01%
1976	8,758,599	147,525	0.43%	3.05%
1977	8,804,183	151,930	0.52%	2.99%
1978	8,814,032	156,159	0.11%	2.78%
1979	8,825,940	160,360	0.14%	2.69%
1980	8,861,535	164,835	0.4%	2.79%
1981	8,891,117	169,532	0.33%	2.85%
1982	8,917,457	174,333	0.3%	2.83%
1983	8,939,738	179,128	0.25%	2.75%
1984	8,960,679	184,198	0.23%	2.83%
1985	8,960,547	190,169	-0.001%	3.24%
1986	8,958,171	196,935	-0.03%	3.56%
1987	8,971,359	203,944	0.15%	3.56%
1988	8,981,446	210,885	0.11%	3.4%
1989	8,876,972	217,738	-1.16%	3.25%
1990	8,718,289	224,762	-1.79%	3.23%
1991	8,632,367	231,802	-0.99%	3.13%
1992	8,540,164	238,543	-1.07%	2.91%
1993	8,472,313	244,884	-0.79%	2.66%
1994	8,443,591	250,822	-0.34%	2.42%
1995	8,406,067	256,649	-0.44%	2.32%
1996	8,362,826	262,347	-0.51%	2.22%
1997	8,312,068	267,707	-0.61%	2.04%
1998	8,256,786	272,723	-0.67%	1.87%
1999	8,210,624	277,412	-0.56%	1.72%
2000	8,170,172	282,019	-0.49%	1.66%
2001	8,009,142	286,767	-1.97%	1.68%
2002	7,837,161	291,616	-2.15%	1.69%
2003	7,775,327	296,491	-0.79%	1.67%
2004	7,716,860	301,413	-0.75%	1.66%
2005	7,658,972	306,429	-0.75%	1.66%
2006	7,601,022	313,851	-0.76%	2.42%
2007	7,545,338	324,479	-0.73%	3.39%
2008	7,492,561	336,170	-0.7%	3.6%
2009	7,444,443	348,275	-0.64%	3.6%
2010	7,395,599	360,792	-0.66%	3.59%
2011	7,348,328	373,674	-0.64%	3.57%
2012	7,305,888	386,818	-0.58%	3.52%
2013	7,160,005	400,070	-2%	3.43%
2014	7,073,572	413,617	-1.21%	3.39%
2015	6,984,225	428,154	-1.26%	3.51%
2016	6,894,139	443,308	-1.29%	3.54%
2017	6,803,468	458,287	-1.32%	3.38%
2018	6,710,798	473,099	-1.36%	3.23%
2019	6,616,726	487,731	-1.4%	3.09%
2020	6,550,696	502,118	-1%	2.95%
2021	6,507,301	516,154	-0.66%	2.8%
2022	6,465,097	524,106	-0.65%	1.54%
2023	6,446,596	525,994	-0.29%	0.36%
2024	6,444,366	527,799	-0.03%	0.34%
2025	6,403,235	529,677	-0.64%	0.36%
2026	6,358,515	531,514	-0.7%	0.35%
2027	6,310,991	533,433	-0.75%	0.36%
2028	6,261,580	535,502	-0.78%	0.39%
2029	6,210,816	537,574	-0.81%	0.39%
2030	6,158,806	539,667	-0.84%	0.39%
2031	6,106,271	541,929	-0.85%	0.42%
2032	6,054,057	544,288	-0.86%	0.44%
2033	6,001,675	546,723	-0.87%	0.45%
2034	5,948,975	549,162	-0.88%	0.45%
2035	5,896,427	551,599	-0.88%	0.44%
2036	5,843,557	554,092	-0.9%	0.45%
2037	5,790,371	556,637	-0.91%	0.46%
2038	5,737,870	559,231	-0.91%	0.47%
2039	5,685,753	561,958	-0.91%	0.49%
2040	5,633,818	564,800	-0.91%	0.51%
2041	5,582,636	567,606	-0.91%	0.5%
2042	5,532,405	570,381	-0.9%	0.49%
2043	5,483,086	573,138	-0.89%	0.48%
2044	5,434,397	575,811	-0.89%	0.47%
2045	5,386,376	578,459	-0.88%	0.46%
2046	5,338,852	581,026	-0.88%	0.44%
2047	5,291,441	583,393	-0.89%	0.41%
2048	5,244,419	585,720	-0.89%	0.4%
2049	5,197,955	587,988	-0.89%	0.39%
2050	5,151,745	589,960	-0.89%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th 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 Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.