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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Montenegro	Bulgaria	Montenegro
1960	7,867,374	480,579	-	-
1961	7,943,118	491,140	0.96%	2.2%
1962	8,012,946	502,558	0.88%	2.32%
1963	8,078,145	513,409	0.81%	2.16%
1964	8,144,340	521,753	0.82%	1.63%
1965	8,204,168	526,327	0.73%	0.88%
1966	8,258,057	526,419	0.66%	0.02%
1967	8,310,226	522,796	0.63%	-0.69%
1968	8,369,603	517,481	0.71%	-1.02%
1969	8,434,172	513,340	0.77%	-0.8%
1970	8,489,574	512,407	0.66%	-0.18%
1971	8,536,395	515,449	0.55%	0.59%
1972	8,576,200	521,785	0.47%	1.23%
1973	8,620,967	530,220	0.52%	1.62%
1974	8,678,745	538,902	0.67%	1.64%
1975	8,720,742	546,487	0.48%	1.41%
1976	8,758,599	552,562	0.43%	1.11%
1977	8,804,183	557,576	0.52%	0.91%
1978	8,814,032	562,065	0.11%	0.81%
1979	8,825,940	566,888	0.14%	0.86%
1980	8,861,535	572,608	0.4%	1.01%
1981	8,891,117	579,445	0.33%	1.19%
1982	8,917,457	587,001	0.3%	1.3%
1983	8,939,738	594,506	0.25%	1.28%
1984	8,960,679	600,884	0.23%	1.07%
1985	8,960,547	605,398	-0.001%	0.75%
1986	8,958,171	607,711	-0.03%	0.38%
1987	8,971,359	608,144	0.15%	0.07%
1988	8,981,446	607,413	0.11%	-0.12%
1989	8,876,972	606,571	-1.16%	-0.14%
1990	8,718,289	606,372	-1.79%	-0.03%
1991	8,632,367	607,105	-0.99%	0.12%
1992	8,540,164	608,516	-1.07%	0.23%
1993	8,472,313	610,170	-0.79%	0.27%
1994	8,443,591	611,389	-0.34%	0.2%
1995	8,406,067	611,712	-0.44%	0.05%
1996	8,362,826	611,003	-0.51%	-0.12%
1997	8,312,068	609,520	-0.61%	-0.24%
1998	8,256,786	607,662	-0.67%	-0.3%
1999	8,210,624	606,001	-0.56%	-0.27%
2000	8,170,172	604,950	-0.49%	-0.17%
2001	8,009,142	607,389	-1.97%	0.4%
2002	7,837,161	609,828	-2.15%	0.4%
2003	7,775,327	612,267	-0.79%	0.4%
2004	7,716,860	613,353	-0.75%	0.18%
2005	7,658,972	614,261	-0.75%	0.15%
2006	7,601,022	615,025	-0.76%	0.12%
2007	7,545,338	615,875	-0.73%	0.14%
2008	7,492,561	616,969	-0.7%	0.18%
2009	7,444,443	618,294	-0.64%	0.21%
2010	7,395,599	619,428	-0.66%	0.18%
2011	7,348,328	620,345	-0.64%	0.15%
2012	7,305,888	621,418	-0.58%	0.17%
2013	7,160,005	622,587	-2%	0.19%
2014	7,073,572	623,744	-1.21%	0.19%
2015	6,984,225	624,651	-1.26%	0.15%
2016	6,894,139	625,353	-1.29%	0.11%
2017	6,803,468	625,982	-1.32%	0.1%
2018	6,710,798	626,438	-1.36%	0.07%
2019	6,616,726	626,753	-1.4%	0.05%
2020	6,550,696	626,590	-1%	-0.03%
2021	6,507,301	625,053	-0.66%	-0.25%
2022	6,465,097	623,591	-0.65%	-0.23%
2023	6,446,596	623,529	-0.29%	-0.01%
2024	6,444,366	623,831	-0.03%	0.05%
2025	6,403,235	618,209	-0.64%	-0.9%
2026	6,358,515	611,868	-0.7%	-1.03%
2027	6,310,991	608,570	-0.75%	-0.54%
2028	6,261,580	605,281	-0.78%	-0.54%
2029	6,210,816	601,917	-0.81%	-0.56%
2030	6,158,806	598,501	-0.84%	-0.57%
2031	6,106,271	595,047	-0.85%	-0.58%
2032	6,054,057	591,507	-0.86%	-0.59%
2033	6,001,675	587,900	-0.87%	-0.61%
2034	5,948,975	584,230	-0.88%	-0.62%
2035	5,896,427	580,502	-0.88%	-0.64%
2036	5,843,557	576,713	-0.9%	-0.65%
2037	5,790,371	572,889	-0.91%	-0.66%
2038	5,737,870	569,027	-0.91%	-0.67%
2039	5,685,753	565,147	-0.91%	-0.68%
2040	5,633,818	561,254	-0.91%	-0.69%
2041	5,582,636	557,345	-0.91%	-0.7%
2042	5,532,405	553,430	-0.9%	-0.7%
2043	5,483,086	549,485	-0.89%	-0.71%
2044	5,434,397	545,508	-0.89%	-0.72%
2045	5,386,376	541,510	-0.88%	-0.73%
2046	5,338,852	537,487	-0.88%	-0.74%
2047	5,291,441	533,411	-0.89%	-0.76%
2048	5,244,419	529,311	-0.89%	-0.77%
2049	5,197,955	525,208	-0.89%	-0.78%
2050	5,151,745	521,056	-0.89%	-0.79%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Montenegro gained 10,390 people (a 1.69% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Montenegro's population decreased by -6,442 (a 1.03% decline).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Montenegro was ranked 162nd in 2005 and ranked 166th 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 Montenegro will decrease by 15.7% to 521,056 people and rank change from 166th to 170th.