Population in Bulgaria compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	New Zealand	Bulgaria	New Zealand
1960	7,867,374	2,371,800	-	-
1961	7,943,118	2,419,700	0.96%	2.02%
1962	8,012,946	2,482,000	0.88%	2.57%
1963	8,078,145	2,531,800	0.81%	2.01%
1964	8,144,340	2,585,400	0.82%	2.12%
1965	8,204,168	2,628,400	0.73%	1.66%
1966	8,258,057	2,675,900	0.66%	1.81%
1967	8,310,226	2,724,100	0.63%	1.8%
1968	8,369,603	2,748,100	0.71%	0.88%
1969	8,434,172	2,772,800	0.77%	0.9%
1970	8,489,574	2,810,700	0.66%	1.37%
1971	8,536,395	2,853,000	0.55%	1.5%
1972	8,576,200	2,903,900	0.47%	1.78%
1973	8,620,967	2,961,300	0.52%	1.98%
1974	8,678,745	3,023,700	0.67%	2.11%
1975	8,720,742	3,083,100	0.48%	1.96%
1976	8,758,599	3,110,500	0.43%	0.89%
1977	8,804,183	3,120,200	0.52%	0.31%
1978	8,814,032	3,121,200	0.11%	0.03%
1979	8,825,940	3,109,000	0.14%	-0.39%
1980	8,861,535	3,112,900	0.4%	0.13%
1981	8,891,117	3,124,900	0.33%	0.39%
1982	8,917,457	3,156,100	0.3%	1%
1983	8,939,738	3,199,300	0.25%	1.37%
1984	8,960,679	3,227,100	0.23%	0.87%
1985	8,960,547	3,247,100	-0.001%	0.62%
1986	8,958,171	3,246,300	-0.03%	-0.02%
1987	8,971,359	3,274,400	0.15%	0.87%
1988	8,981,446	3,283,400	0.11%	0.27%
1989	8,876,972	3,299,200	-1.16%	0.48%
1990	8,718,289	3,329,800	-1.79%	0.93%
1991	8,632,367	3,495,100	-0.99%	4.96%
1992	8,540,164	3,531,700	-1.07%	1.05%
1993	8,472,313	3,572,200	-0.79%	1.15%
1994	8,443,591	3,620,000	-0.34%	1.34%
1995	8,406,067	3,673,400	-0.44%	1.48%
1996	8,362,826	3,732,000	-0.51%	1.6%
1997	8,312,068	3,781,300	-0.61%	1.32%
1998	8,256,786	3,815,000	-0.67%	0.89%
1999	8,210,624	3,835,100	-0.56%	0.53%
2000	8,170,172	3,857,700	-0.49%	0.59%
2001	8,009,142	3,880,500	-1.97%	0.59%
2002	7,837,161	3,948,500	-2.15%	1.75%
2003	7,775,327	4,027,200	-0.79%	1.99%
2004	7,716,860	4,087,500	-0.75%	1.5%
2005	7,658,972	4,133,900	-0.75%	1.14%
2006	7,601,022	4,184,600	-0.76%	1.23%
2007	7,545,338	4,223,800	-0.73%	0.94%
2008	7,492,561	4,259,800	-0.7%	0.85%
2009	7,444,443	4,302,600	-0.64%	1%
2010	7,395,599	4,350,700	-0.66%	1.12%
2011	7,348,328	4,384,000	-0.64%	0.77%
2012	7,305,888	4,408,100	-0.58%	0.55%
2013	7,160,005	4,442,100	-2%	0.77%
2014	7,073,572	4,516,500	-1.21%	1.67%
2015	6,984,225	4,609,400	-1.26%	2.06%
2016	6,894,139	4,714,100	-1.29%	2.27%
2017	6,803,468	4,813,600	-1.32%	2.11%
2018	6,710,798	4,900,600	-1.36%	1.81%
2019	6,616,726	4,979,200	-1.4%	1.6%
2020	6,550,696	5,090,200	-1%	2.23%
2021	6,507,301	5,111,300	-0.66%	0.41%
2022	6,465,097	5,117,100	-0.65%	0.11%
2023	6,446,596	5,245,000	-0.29%	2.5%
2024	6,444,366	5,338,500	-0.03%	1.78%
2025	6,403,235	5,377,360	-0.64%	0.73%
2026	6,358,515	5,413,790	-0.7%	0.68%
2027	6,310,991	5,447,979	-0.75%	0.63%
2028	6,261,580	5,479,675	-0.78%	0.58%
2029	6,210,816	5,509,133	-0.81%	0.54%
2030	6,158,806	5,536,522	-0.84%	0.5%
2031	6,106,271	5,562,256	-0.85%	0.46%
2032	6,054,057	5,586,456	-0.86%	0.44%
2033	6,001,675	5,609,501	-0.87%	0.41%
2034	5,948,975	5,631,457	-0.88%	0.39%
2035	5,896,427	5,652,480	-0.88%	0.37%
2036	5,843,557	5,673,146	-0.9%	0.37%
2037	5,790,371	5,693,185	-0.91%	0.35%
2038	5,737,870	5,713,185	-0.91%	0.35%
2039	5,685,753	5,732,750	-0.91%	0.34%
2040	5,633,818	5,751,482	-0.91%	0.33%
2041	5,582,636	5,770,413	-0.91%	0.33%
2042	5,532,405	5,789,187	-0.9%	0.33%
2043	5,483,086	5,806,468	-0.89%	0.3%
2044	5,434,397	5,822,166	-0.89%	0.27%
2045	5,386,376	5,836,730	-0.88%	0.25%
2046	5,338,852	5,849,932	-0.88%	0.23%
2047	5,291,441	5,861,661	-0.89%	0.2%
2048	5,244,419	5,872,796	-0.89%	0.19%
2049	5,197,955	5,882,711	-0.89%	0.17%
2050	5,151,745	5,892,766	-0.89%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2005 and ranked 124th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people and rank change from 124th to 122nd.