Population in Bulgaria compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Marshall Islands	Bulgaria	Marshall Islands
1960	7,867,374	14,703	-	-
1961	7,943,118	15,219	0.96%	3.51%
1962	8,012,946	15,755	0.88%	3.52%
1963	8,078,145	16,302	0.81%	3.47%
1964	8,144,340	16,852	0.82%	3.37%
1965	8,204,168	17,402	0.73%	3.26%
1966	8,258,057	17,927	0.66%	3.02%
1967	8,310,226	18,655	0.63%	4.06%
1968	8,369,603	19,862	0.71%	6.47%
1969	8,434,172	21,305	0.77%	7.27%
1970	8,489,574	22,530	0.66%	5.75%
1971	8,536,395	23,366	0.55%	3.71%
1972	8,576,200	23,992	0.47%	2.68%
1973	8,620,967	24,581	0.52%	2.45%
1974	8,678,745	25,296	0.67%	2.91%
1975	8,720,742	26,154	0.48%	3.39%
1976	8,758,599	27,021	0.43%	3.31%
1977	8,804,183	27,906	0.52%	3.28%
1978	8,814,032	28,809	0.11%	3.24%
1979	8,825,940	29,738	0.14%	3.22%
1980	8,861,535	30,774	0.4%	3.48%
1981	8,891,117	32,017	0.33%	4.04%
1982	8,917,457	33,397	0.3%	4.31%
1983	8,939,738	34,811	0.25%	4.23%
1984	8,960,679	36,264	0.23%	4.17%
1985	8,960,547	37,761	-0.001%	4.13%
1986	8,958,171	39,286	-0.03%	4.04%
1987	8,971,359	40,828	0.15%	3.93%
1988	8,981,446	42,321	0.11%	3.66%
1989	8,876,972	43,586	-1.16%	2.99%
1990	8,718,289	44,629	-1.79%	2.39%
1991	8,632,367	45,568	-0.99%	2.1%
1992	8,540,164	46,388	-1.07%	1.8%
1993	8,472,313	47,093	-0.79%	1.52%
1994	8,443,591	47,712	-0.34%	1.31%
1995	8,406,067	48,266	-0.44%	1.16%
1996	8,362,826	48,775	-0.51%	1.05%
1997	8,312,068	49,259	-0.61%	0.99%
1998	8,256,786	49,717	-0.67%	0.93%
1999	8,210,624	50,202	-0.56%	0.98%
2000	8,170,172	50,706	-0.49%	1%
2001	8,009,142	51,123	-1.97%	0.82%
2002	7,837,161	51,425	-2.15%	0.59%
2003	7,775,327	51,639	-0.79%	0.42%
2004	7,716,860	51,791	-0.75%	0.29%
2005	7,658,972	51,906	-0.75%	0.22%
2006	7,601,022	51,992	-0.76%	0.17%
2007	7,545,338	52,035	-0.73%	0.08%
2008	7,492,561	52,030	-0.7%	-0.01%
2009	7,444,443	52,019	-0.64%	-0.02%
2010	7,395,599	52,044	-0.66%	0.05%
2011	7,348,328	51,907	-0.64%	-0.26%
2012	7,305,888	51,419	-0.58%	-0.94%
2013	7,160,005	50,681	-2%	-1.44%
2014	7,073,572	49,796	-1.21%	-1.75%
2015	6,984,225	48,800	-1.26%	-2%
2016	6,894,139	47,709	-1.29%	-2.24%
2017	6,803,468	46,529	-1.32%	-2.47%
2018	6,710,798	45,285	-1.36%	-2.67%
2019	6,616,726	44,007	-1.4%	-2.82%
2020	6,550,696	42,706	-1%	-2.96%
2021	6,507,301	41,367	-0.66%	-3.14%
2022	6,465,097	40,077	-0.65%	-3.12%
2023	6,446,596	38,827	-0.29%	-3.12%
2024	6,444,366	37,548	-0.03%	-3.29%
2025	6,403,235	36,281	-0.64%	-3.37%
2026	6,358,515	35,078	-0.7%	-3.32%
2027	6,310,991	33,976	-0.75%	-3.14%
2028	6,261,580	32,977	-0.78%	-2.94%
2029	6,210,816	32,054	-0.81%	-2.8%
2030	6,158,806	31,191	-0.84%	-2.69%
2031	6,106,271	30,420	-0.85%	-2.47%
2032	6,054,057	29,740	-0.86%	-2.23%
2033	6,001,675	29,142	-0.87%	-2.01%
2034	5,948,975	28,608	-0.88%	-1.83%
2035	5,896,427	28,147	-0.88%	-1.61%
2036	5,843,557	27,751	-0.9%	-1.41%
2037	5,790,371	27,405	-0.91%	-1.25%
2038	5,737,870	27,092	-0.91%	-1.14%
2039	5,685,753	26,836	-0.91%	-0.94%
2040	5,633,818	26,598	-0.91%	-0.89%
2041	5,582,636	26,396	-0.91%	-0.76%
2042	5,532,405	26,217	-0.9%	-0.68%
2043	5,483,086	26,054	-0.89%	-0.62%
2044	5,434,397	25,913	-0.89%	-0.54%
2045	5,386,376	25,777	-0.88%	-0.52%
2046	5,338,852	25,653	-0.88%	-0.48%
2047	5,291,441	25,543	-0.89%	-0.43%
2048	5,244,419	25,429	-0.89%	-0.45%
2049	5,197,955	25,311	-0.89%	-0.46%
2050	5,151,745	25,195	-0.89%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.