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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Mexico	Bulgaria	Mexico
1960	7,867,374	36,724,615	-	-
1961	7,943,118	37,890,118	0.96%	3.17%
1962	8,012,946	39,129,200	0.88%	3.27%
1963	8,078,145	40,424,065	0.81%	3.31%
1964	8,144,340	41,772,049	0.82%	3.33%
1965	8,204,168	43,174,477	0.73%	3.36%
1966	8,258,057	44,629,106	0.66%	3.37%
1967	8,310,226	46,129,608	0.63%	3.36%
1968	8,369,603	47,668,303	0.71%	3.34%
1969	8,434,172	49,233,194	0.77%	3.28%
1970	8,489,574	50,814,953	0.66%	3.21%
1971	8,536,395	52,412,558	0.55%	3.14%
1972	8,576,200	54,030,168	0.47%	3.09%
1973	8,620,967	55,667,284	0.52%	3.03%
1974	8,678,745	57,320,149	0.67%	2.97%
1975	8,720,742	58,982,400	0.48%	2.9%
1976	8,758,599	60,645,512	0.43%	2.82%
1977	8,804,183	62,308,493	0.52%	2.74%
1978	8,814,032	63,979,046	0.11%	2.68%
1979	8,825,940	65,648,865	0.14%	2.61%
1980	8,861,535	67,300,334	0.4%	2.52%
1981	8,891,117	68,892,108	0.33%	2.37%
1982	8,917,457	70,433,260	0.3%	2.24%
1983	8,939,738	71,971,240	0.25%	2.18%
1984	8,960,679	73,506,846	0.23%	2.13%
1985	8,960,547	75,043,414	-0.001%	2.09%
1986	8,958,171	76,585,637	-0.03%	2.06%
1987	8,971,359	78,136,651	0.15%	2.03%
1988	8,981,446	79,695,531	0.11%	2%
1989	8,876,972	81,247,182	-1.16%	1.95%
1990	8,718,289	82,820,170	-1.79%	1.94%
1991	8,632,367	84,430,572	-0.99%	1.94%
1992	8,540,164	86,044,809	-1.07%	1.91%
1993	8,472,313	87,653,807	-0.79%	1.87%
1994	8,443,591	89,259,205	-0.34%	1.83%
1995	8,406,067	90,862,455	-0.44%	1.8%
1996	8,362,826	92,452,702	-0.51%	1.75%
1997	8,312,068	94,021,207	-0.61%	1.7%
1998	8,256,786	95,575,245	-0.67%	1.65%
1999	8,210,624	97,115,707	-0.56%	1.61%
2000	8,170,172	98,625,552	-0.49%	1.55%
2001	8,009,142	100,099,099	-1.97%	1.49%
2002	7,837,161	101,548,624	-2.15%	1.45%
2003	7,775,327	102,978,515	-0.79%	1.41%
2004	7,716,860	104,394,131	-0.75%	1.37%
2005	7,658,972	105,811,504	-0.75%	1.36%
2006	7,601,022	107,253,666	-0.76%	1.36%
2007	7,545,338	108,774,360	-0.73%	1.42%
2008	7,492,561	110,374,288	-0.7%	1.47%
2009	7,444,443	111,999,721	-0.64%	1.47%
2010	7,395,599	113,623,895	-0.66%	1.45%
2011	7,348,328	115,243,504	-0.64%	1.43%
2012	7,305,888	116,818,208	-0.58%	1.37%
2013	7,160,005	118,343,573	-2%	1.31%
2014	7,073,572	119,784,261	-1.21%	1.22%
2015	6,984,225	121,072,306	-1.26%	1.08%
2016	6,894,139	122,251,351	-1.29%	0.97%
2017	6,803,468	123,400,057	-1.32%	0.94%
2018	6,710,798	124,573,711	-1.36%	0.95%
2019	6,616,726	125,762,982	-1.4%	0.95%
2020	6,550,696	126,799,054	-1%	0.82%
2021	6,507,301	127,648,148	-0.66%	0.67%
2022	6,465,097	128,613,117	-0.65%	0.76%
2023	6,446,596	129,739,759	-0.29%	0.88%
2024	6,441,421	130,861,007	-0.08%	0.86%
2025	6,400,309	131,946,905	-0.64%	0.83%
2026	6,355,610	132,997,664	-0.7%	0.8%
2027	6,308,107	134,017,711	-0.75%	0.77%
2028	6,258,719	135,008,697	-0.78%	0.74%
2029	6,207,977	135,970,893	-0.81%	0.71%
2030	6,155,992	136,904,747	-0.84%	0.69%
2031	6,103,481	137,811,068	-0.85%	0.66%
2032	6,051,290	138,690,189	-0.86%	0.64%
2033	5,998,932	139,542,087	-0.87%	0.61%
2034	5,946,256	140,362,026	-0.88%	0.59%
2035	5,893,732	141,150,818	-0.88%	0.56%
2036	5,840,887	141,909,168	-0.9%	0.54%
2037	5,787,725	142,637,546	-0.91%	0.51%
2038	5,735,248	143,336,222	-0.91%	0.49%
2039	5,683,154	143,998,296	-0.91%	0.46%
2040	5,631,243	144,624,328	-0.91%	0.43%
2041	5,580,085	145,217,780	-0.91%	0.41%
2042	5,529,877	145,777,459	-0.9%	0.39%
2043	5,480,581	146,300,011	-0.89%	0.36%
2044	5,431,913	146,787,722	-0.89%	0.33%
2045	5,383,915	147,240,096	-0.88%	0.31%
2046	5,336,412	147,654,160	-0.88%	0.28%
2047	5,289,023	148,030,153	-0.89%	0.25%
2048	5,242,022	148,372,233	-0.89%	0.23%
2049	5,195,580	148,677,894	-0.89%	0.21%
2050	5,149,391	148,946,272	-0.89%	0.18%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Mexico gained 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Mexico's population increased by 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2006 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.