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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Nauru	Bulgaria	Nauru
1960	7,867,374	4,607	-	-
1961	7,943,118	4,774	0.96%	3.62%
1962	8,012,946	4,979	0.88%	4.29%
1963	8,078,145	5,226	0.81%	4.96%
1964	8,144,340	5,515	0.82%	5.53%
1965	8,204,168	5,832	0.73%	5.75%
1966	8,258,057	6,043	0.66%	3.62%
1967	8,310,226	6,135	0.63%	1.52%
1968	8,369,603	6,328	0.71%	3.15%
1969	8,434,172	6,581	0.77%	4%
1970	8,489,574	6,710	0.66%	1.96%
1971	8,536,395	6,762	0.55%	0.77%
1972	8,576,200	6,812	0.47%	0.74%
1973	8,620,967	6,866	0.52%	0.79%
1974	8,678,745	6,923	0.67%	0.83%
1975	8,720,742	6,987	0.48%	0.92%
1976	8,758,599	7,064	0.43%	1.1%
1977	8,804,183	7,163	0.52%	1.4%
1978	8,814,032	7,298	0.11%	1.88%
1979	8,825,940	7,468	0.14%	2.33%
1980	8,861,535	7,649	0.4%	2.42%
1981	8,891,117	7,839	0.33%	2.48%
1982	8,917,457	8,040	0.3%	2.56%
1983	8,939,738	8,216	0.25%	2.19%
1984	8,960,679	8,377	0.23%	1.96%
1985	8,960,547	8,551	-0.001%	2.08%
1986	8,958,171	8,742	-0.03%	2.23%
1987	8,971,359	8,946	0.15%	2.33%
1988	8,981,446	9,165	0.11%	2.45%
1989	8,876,972	9,390	-1.16%	2.45%
1990	8,718,289	9,622	-1.79%	2.47%
1991	8,632,367	9,850	-0.99%	2.37%
1992	8,540,164	10,021	-1.07%	1.74%
1993	8,472,313	10,102	-0.79%	0.81%
1994	8,443,591	10,137	-0.34%	0.35%
1995	8,406,067	10,165	-0.44%	0.28%
1996	8,362,826	10,183	-0.51%	0.18%
1997	8,312,068	10,197	-0.61%	0.14%
1998	8,256,786	10,198	-0.67%	0.01%
1999	8,210,624	10,187	-0.56%	-0.11%
2000	8,170,172	10,168	-0.49%	-0.19%
2001	8,009,142	10,130	-1.97%	-0.37%
2002	7,837,161	10,082	-2.15%	-0.47%
2003	7,775,327	10,059	-0.79%	-0.23%
2004	7,716,860	10,060	-0.75%	0.01%
2005	7,658,972	10,049	-0.75%	-0.11%
2006	7,601,022	10,034	-0.76%	-0.15%
2007	7,545,338	10,020	-0.73%	-0.14%
2008	7,492,561	10,009	-0.7%	-0.11%
2009	7,444,443	10,016	-0.64%	0.07%
2010	7,395,599	10,043	-0.66%	0.27%
2011	7,348,328	10,098	-0.64%	0.55%
2012	7,305,888	10,267	-0.58%	1.67%
2013	7,160,005	10,517	-2%	2.43%
2014	7,073,572	10,742	-1.21%	2.14%
2015	6,984,225	10,954	-1.26%	1.97%
2016	6,894,139	11,150	-1.29%	1.79%
2017	6,803,468	11,324	-1.32%	1.56%
2018	6,710,798	11,477	-1.36%	1.35%
2019	6,616,726	11,587	-1.4%	0.96%
2020	6,550,696	11,643	-1%	0.48%
2021	6,507,301	11,709	-0.66%	0.57%
2022	6,465,097	11,801	-0.65%	0.79%
2023	6,446,596	11,875	-0.29%	0.63%
2024	6,444,366	11,947	-0.03%	0.61%
2025	6,403,235	12,030	-0.64%	0.7%
2026	6,358,515	12,103	-0.7%	0.61%
2027	6,310,991	12,196	-0.75%	0.77%
2028	6,261,580	12,296	-0.78%	0.82%
2029	6,210,816	12,403	-0.81%	0.87%
2030	6,158,806	12,519	-0.84%	0.94%
2031	6,106,271	12,645	-0.85%	1%
2032	6,054,057	12,785	-0.86%	1.11%
2033	6,001,675	12,921	-0.87%	1.06%
2034	5,948,975	13,071	-0.88%	1.16%
2035	5,896,427	13,230	-0.88%	1.22%
2036	5,843,557	13,391	-0.9%	1.21%
2037	5,790,371	13,541	-0.91%	1.12%
2038	5,737,870	13,697	-0.91%	1.16%
2039	5,685,753	13,857	-0.91%	1.17%
2040	5,633,818	14,041	-0.91%	1.33%
2041	5,582,636	14,220	-0.91%	1.27%
2042	5,532,405	14,402	-0.9%	1.28%
2043	5,483,086	14,579	-0.89%	1.23%
2044	5,434,397	14,754	-0.89%	1.2%
2045	5,386,376	14,920	-0.88%	1.13%
2046	5,338,852	15,098	-0.88%	1.19%
2047	5,291,441	15,268	-0.89%	1.12%
2048	5,244,419	15,431	-0.89%	1.07%
2049	5,197,955	15,595	-0.89%	1.06%
2050	5,151,745	15,751	-0.89%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.