Population in Bulgaria compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Netherlands	Bulgaria	Netherlands
1960	7,867,374	11,486,631	-	-
1961	7,943,118	11,638,712	0.96%	1.32%
1962	8,012,946	11,805,689	0.88%	1.43%
1963	8,078,145	11,965,966	0.81%	1.36%
1964	8,144,340	12,127,120	0.82%	1.35%
1965	8,204,168	12,294,732	0.73%	1.38%
1966	8,258,057	12,456,251	0.66%	1.31%
1967	8,310,226	12,598,201	0.63%	1.14%
1968	8,369,603	12,729,721	0.71%	1.04%
1969	8,434,172	12,877,984	0.77%	1.16%
1970	8,489,574	13,038,526	0.66%	1.25%
1971	8,536,395	13,194,497	0.55%	1.2%
1972	8,576,200	13,328,593	0.47%	1.02%
1973	8,620,967	13,439,322	0.52%	0.83%
1974	8,678,745	13,545,056	0.67%	0.79%
1975	8,720,742	13,666,335	0.48%	0.9%
1976	8,758,599	13,774,037	0.43%	0.79%
1977	8,804,183	13,856,185	0.52%	0.6%
1978	8,814,032	13,941,700	0.11%	0.62%
1979	8,825,940	14,038,270	0.14%	0.69%
1980	8,861,535	14,149,800	0.4%	0.79%
1981	8,891,117	14,247,208	0.33%	0.69%
1982	8,917,457	14,312,690	0.3%	0.46%
1983	8,939,738	14,367,070	0.25%	0.38%
1984	8,960,679	14,424,211	0.23%	0.4%
1985	8,960,547	14,491,632	-0.001%	0.47%
1986	8,958,171	14,572,278	-0.03%	0.56%
1987	8,971,359	14,665,037	0.15%	0.64%
1988	8,981,446	14,760,094	0.11%	0.65%
1989	8,876,972	14,848,907	-1.16%	0.6%
1990	8,718,289	14,951,510	-1.79%	0.69%
1991	8,632,367	15,069,798	-0.99%	0.79%
1992	8,540,164	15,184,166	-1.07%	0.76%
1993	8,472,313	15,290,368	-0.79%	0.7%
1994	8,443,591	15,382,838	-0.34%	0.6%
1995	8,406,067	15,459,006	-0.44%	0.5%
1996	8,362,826	15,530,498	-0.51%	0.46%
1997	8,312,068	15,610,650	-0.61%	0.52%
1998	8,256,786	15,707,209	-0.67%	0.62%
1999	8,210,624	15,812,088	-0.56%	0.67%
2000	8,170,172	15,925,513	-0.49%	0.72%
2001	8,009,142	16,046,180	-1.97%	0.76%
2002	7,837,161	16,148,929	-2.15%	0.64%
2003	7,775,327	16,225,302	-0.79%	0.47%
2004	7,716,860	16,281,779	-0.75%	0.35%
2005	7,658,972	16,319,868	-0.75%	0.23%
2006	7,601,022	16,346,101	-0.76%	0.16%
2007	7,545,338	16,381,696	-0.73%	0.22%
2008	7,492,561	16,445,593	-0.7%	0.39%
2009	7,444,443	16,530,388	-0.64%	0.52%
2010	7,395,599	16,615,394	-0.66%	0.51%
2011	7,348,328	16,693,074	-0.64%	0.47%
2012	7,305,888	16,754,962	-0.58%	0.37%
2013	7,160,005	16,804,432	-2%	0.3%
2014	7,073,572	16,865,008	-1.21%	0.36%
2015	6,984,225	16,939,923	-1.26%	0.44%
2016	6,894,139	17,030,314	-1.29%	0.53%
2017	6,803,468	17,131,296	-1.32%	0.59%
2018	6,710,798	17,231,624	-1.36%	0.59%
2019	6,616,726	17,344,874	-1.4%	0.66%
2020	6,550,696	17,441,500	-1%	0.56%
2021	6,507,301	17,533,044	-0.66%	0.52%
2022	6,465,097	17,700,982	-0.65%	0.96%
2023	6,446,596	17,877,117	-0.29%	1%
2024	6,444,366	17,994,237	-0.03%	0.66%
2025	6,403,235	18,110,800	-0.64%	0.65%
2026	6,358,515	18,211,436	-0.7%	0.56%
2027	6,310,991	18,299,531	-0.75%	0.48%
2028	6,261,580	18,379,573	-0.78%	0.44%
2029	6,210,816	18,452,044	-0.81%	0.39%
2030	6,158,806	18,515,913	-0.84%	0.35%
2031	6,106,271	18,571,934	-0.85%	0.3%
2032	6,054,057	18,621,087	-0.86%	0.26%
2033	6,001,675	18,664,975	-0.87%	0.24%
2034	5,948,975	18,702,456	-0.88%	0.2%
2035	5,896,427	18,733,223	-0.88%	0.16%
2036	5,843,557	18,760,054	-0.9%	0.14%
2037	5,790,371	18,781,793	-0.91%	0.12%
2038	5,737,870	18,798,283	-0.91%	0.09%
2039	5,685,753	18,810,276	-0.91%	0.06%
2040	5,633,818	18,817,745	-0.91%	0.04%
2041	5,582,636	18,820,870	-0.91%	0.02%
2042	5,532,405	18,819,607	-0.9%	-0.007%
2043	5,483,086	18,815,261	-0.89%	-0.02%
2044	5,434,397	18,807,564	-0.89%	-0.04%
2045	5,386,376	18,797,005	-0.88%	-0.06%
2046	5,338,852	18,785,724	-0.88%	-0.06%
2047	5,291,441	18,771,651	-0.89%	-0.07%
2048	5,244,419	18,754,325	-0.89%	-0.09%
2049	5,197,955	18,735,299	-0.89%	-0.1%
2050	5,151,745	18,714,579	-0.89%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.