The latest officially reported population of Bulgaria was 6,441,421 in 2024 vs 1,245,779 people in Mauritius in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bulgaria's population is 6,355,610 people compared to 1,239,793 in Mauritius.
Population statistics:
- Bulgaria's population is 5.13 times bigger than Mauritius'.
- Bulgaria is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Mauritius is the 157th.
- The countries together account for 0.09% of the world: 0.08% for Bulgaria vs 0.01% for Mauritius.
- For the last 10 years, Bulgaria has had an average growth rate of -0.96% per year vs -0.09% in Mauritius.
- Since 2006, the population of Bulgaria has decreased from 7.6M people to 6.36M (16.4% decline), while Mauritius has grown from 1.23M to 1.24M (0.47% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 36.7% of the population in Bulgaria and 34.5% in Mauritius.
Bulgaria vs Mauritius: live population counter
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| Current population |
6355610
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1239793
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| Population rank | 112/197 | 157/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.01% |
| One net population change |
1.69 hours
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3.05 hours
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| One birth every |
9.16 minutes
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41.3 minutes
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| One death every |
5.19 minutes
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44.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.7 hours
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3.14 hours
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| Annual migration change | +524 | -2,787 |
| Daily growth/decline | -14 | -8 |
| Annual growth/decline | -5,175 | -2,868 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.08% | -0.23% |
| Population growth rate rank | 172/197 | 179/197 |
Bulgaria and Mauritius: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,867,374 | 680,331 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,943,118 | 680,757 | 0.96% | 0.06% |
| 1962 | 8,012,946 | 700,349 | 0.88% | 2.88% |
| 1963 | 8,078,145 | 718,861 | 0.81% | 2.64% |
| 1964 | 8,144,340 | 736,381 | 0.82% | 2.44% |
| 1965 | 8,204,168 | 753,000 | 0.73% | 2.26% |
| 1966 | 8,258,057 | 768,813 | 0.66% | 2.1% |
| 1967 | 8,310,226 | 783,917 | 0.63% | 1.96% |
| 1968 | 8,369,603 | 798,413 | 0.71% | 1.85% |
| 1969 | 8,434,172 | 812,405 | 0.77% | 1.75% |
| 1970 | 8,489,574 | 826,000 | 0.66% | 1.67% |
| 1971 | 8,536,395 | 839,230 | 0.55% | 1.6% |
| 1972 | 8,576,200 | 852,053 | 0.47% | 1.53% |
| 1973 | 8,620,967 | 864,819 | 0.52% | 1.5% |
| 1974 | 8,678,745 | 878,042 | 0.67% | 1.53% |
| 1975 | 8,720,742 | 892,000 | 0.48% | 1.59% |
| 1976 | 8,758,599 | 906,507 | 0.43% | 1.63% |
| 1977 | 8,804,183 | 921,379 | 0.52% | 1.64% |
| 1978 | 8,814,032 | 933,499 | 0.11% | 1.32% |
| 1979 | 8,825,940 | 949,888 | 0.14% | 1.76% |
| 1980 | 8,861,535 | 966,039 | 0.4% | 1.7% |
| 1981 | 8,891,117 | 980,462 | 0.33% | 1.49% |
| 1982 | 8,917,457 | 992,521 | 0.3% | 1.23% |
| 1983 | 8,939,738 | 1,001,691 | 0.25% | 0.92% |
| 1984 | 8,960,679 | 1,012,221 | 0.23% | 1.05% |
| 1985 | 8,960,547 | 1,020,528 | -0.001% | 0.82% |
| 1986 | 8,958,171 | 1,028,360 | -0.03% | 0.77% |
| 1987 | 8,971,359 | 1,036,082 | 0.15% | 0.75% |
| 1988 | 8,981,446 | 1,043,239 | 0.11% | 0.69% |
| 1989 | 8,876,972 | 1,051,260 | -1.16% | 0.77% |
| 1990 | 8,718,289 | 1,058,775 | -1.79% | 0.71% |
| 1991 | 8,632,367 | 1,070,266 | -0.99% | 1.09% |
| 1992 | 8,540,164 | 1,084,441 | -1.07% | 1.32% |
| 1993 | 8,472,313 | 1,097,374 | -0.79% | 1.19% |
| 1994 | 8,443,591 | 1,112,846 | -0.34% | 1.41% |
| 1995 | 8,406,067 | 1,122,457 | -0.44% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 8,362,826 | 1,133,996 | -0.51% | 1.03% |
| 1997 | 8,312,068 | 1,148,284 | -0.61% | 1.26% |
| 1998 | 8,256,786 | 1,160,421 | -0.67% | 1.06% |
| 1999 | 8,210,624 | 1,175,267 | -0.56% | 1.28% |
| 2000 | 8,170,172 | 1,186,873 | -0.49% | 0.99% |
| 2001 | 8,009,142 | 1,196,287 | -1.97% | 0.79% |
| 2002 | 7,837,161 | 1,204,621 | -2.15% | 0.7% |
| 2003 | 7,775,327 | 1,213,370 | -0.79% | 0.73% |
| 2004 | 7,716,860 | 1,221,003 | -0.75% | 0.63% |
| 2005 | 7,658,972 | 1,228,254 | -0.75% | 0.59% |
| 2006 | 7,601,022 | 1,233,996 | -0.76% | 0.47% |
| 2007 | 7,545,338 | 1,239,630 | -0.73% | 0.46% |
| 2008 | 7,492,561 | 1,244,121 | -0.7% | 0.36% |
| 2009 | 7,444,443 | 1,247,429 | -0.64% | 0.27% |
| 2010 | 7,395,599 | 1,250,400 | -0.66% | 0.24% |
| 2011 | 7,348,328 | 1,252,404 | -0.64% | 0.16% |
| 2012 | 7,305,888 | 1,255,882 | -0.58% | 0.28% |
| 2013 | 7,160,005 | 1,258,927 | -2% | 0.24% |
| 2014 | 7,073,572 | 1,261,208 | -1.21% | 0.18% |
| 2015 | 6,984,225 | 1,262,879 | -1.26% | 0.13% |
| 2016 | 6,894,139 | 1,263,747 | -1.29% | 0.07% |
| 2017 | 6,803,468 | 1,264,887 | -1.32% | 0.09% |
| 2018 | 6,710,798 | 1,265,577 | -1.36% | 0.05% |
| 2019 | 6,616,726 | 1,265,985 | -1.4% | 0.03% |
| 2020 | 6,550,696 | 1,266,014 | -1% | 0.002% |
| 2021 | 6,507,301 | 1,266,334 | -0.66% | 0.03% |
| 2022 | 6,465,097 | 1,262,523 | -0.65% | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 6,446,596 | 1,248,647 | -0.29% | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 6,441,421 | 1,245,779 | -0.08% | -0.23% |
| 2025 | 6,400,309 | 1,242,950 | -0.64% | -0.23% |
| 2026 | 6,355,610 | 1,239,793 | -0.7% | -0.25% |
| 2027 | 6,308,107 | 1,236,435 | -0.75% | -0.27% |
| 2028 | 6,258,719 | 1,232,914 | -0.78% | -0.28% |
| 2029 | 6,207,977 | 1,229,227 | -0.81% | -0.3% |
| 2030 | 6,155,992 | 1,225,457 | -0.84% | -0.31% |
| 2031 | 6,103,481 | 1,221,502 | -0.85% | -0.32% |
| 2032 | 6,051,290 | 1,217,208 | -0.86% | -0.35% |
| 2033 | 5,998,932 | 1,212,606 | -0.87% | -0.38% |
| 2034 | 5,946,256 | 1,207,685 | -0.88% | -0.41% |
| 2035 | 5,893,732 | 1,202,449 | -0.88% | -0.43% |
| 2036 | 5,840,887 | 1,196,894 | -0.9% | -0.46% |
| 2037 | 5,787,725 | 1,191,031 | -0.91% | -0.49% |
| 2038 | 5,735,248 | 1,184,867 | -0.91% | -0.52% |
| 2039 | 5,683,154 | 1,178,313 | -0.91% | -0.55% |
| 2040 | 5,631,243 | 1,171,352 | -0.91% | -0.59% |
| 2041 | 5,580,085 | 1,164,041 | -0.91% | -0.62% |
| 2042 | 5,529,877 | 1,156,420 | -0.9% | -0.65% |
| 2043 | 5,480,581 | 1,148,461 | -0.89% | -0.69% |
| 2044 | 5,431,913 | 1,140,167 | -0.89% | -0.72% |
| 2045 | 5,383,915 | 1,131,600 | -0.88% | -0.75% |
| 2046 | 5,336,412 | 1,122,728 | -0.88% | -0.78% |
| 2047 | 5,289,023 | 1,113,607 | -0.89% | -0.81% |
| 2048 | 5,242,022 | 1,104,261 | -0.89% | -0.84% |
| 2049 | 5,195,580 | 1,094,728 | -0.89% | -0.86% |
| 2050 | 5,149,391 | 1,085,083 | -0.89% | -0.88% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Mauritius gained 29,751 people (a 2.41% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Mauritius' population decreased by -23,954 (a 1.9% decline).
Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2006 and ranked 157th 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 Mauritius will decrease by 12.5% to 1,085,083 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Sofia | 1.4M |
| Plovdiv | 387K |
| Varna | 371K |
| Burgas | 226K |
| Stara Zagora | 154K |
| Ruse | 121K |
| Dobrich | 99.7K |
| Pleven | 99.2K |
| Shumen | 94.1K |
| Haskovo | 90.8K |
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| City | Population |
| Port Louis | 149K |
| Quatre Bornes | 81.8K |
| Curepipe | 77.5K |
| Triolet | 23.4K |
| Goodlands | 20.7K |
| Centre de Flacq | 15.8K |
| Mahebourg | 15.8K |
| Bambous | 15.3K |
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Population differences between Bulgaria and Mauritius
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| Life expectancy | 76.1 years | 75.4 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 39.2 years |
| Median age | 45.5 years | 38.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 1.39 births per woman |
| Population density | 153.7 ppl/mi² | 1,616 ppl/mi² |
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