Population in Bulgaria compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	North Korea	Bulgaria	North Korea
1960	7,867,374	11,722,953	-	-
1961	7,943,118	11,990,713	0.96%	2.28%
1962	8,012,946	12,262,882	0.88%	2.27%
1963	8,078,145	12,567,057	0.81%	2.48%
1964	8,144,340	12,889,770	0.82%	2.57%
1965	8,204,168	13,219,369	0.73%	2.56%
1966	8,258,057	13,569,094	0.66%	2.65%
1967	8,310,226	13,958,350	0.63%	2.87%
1968	8,369,603	14,365,596	0.71%	2.92%
1969	8,434,172	14,767,615	0.77%	2.8%
1970	8,489,574	15,172,775	0.66%	2.74%
1971	8,536,395	15,572,457	0.55%	2.63%
1972	8,576,200	15,975,069	0.47%	2.59%
1973	8,620,967	16,350,367	0.52%	2.35%
1974	8,678,745	16,673,121	0.67%	1.97%
1975	8,720,742	16,971,055	0.48%	1.79%
1976	8,758,599	17,243,450	0.43%	1.61%
1977	8,804,183	17,492,798	0.52%	1.45%
1978	8,814,032	17,735,995	0.11%	1.39%
1979	8,825,940	17,983,470	0.14%	1.4%
1980	8,861,535	18,236,786	0.4%	1.41%
1981	8,891,117	18,501,295	0.33%	1.45%
1982	8,917,457	18,776,357	0.3%	1.49%
1983	8,939,738	19,054,034	0.25%	1.48%
1984	8,960,679	19,335,043	0.23%	1.47%
1985	8,960,547	19,620,388	-0.001%	1.48%
1986	8,958,171	19,910,855	-0.03%	1.48%
1987	8,971,359	20,205,483	0.15%	1.48%
1988	8,981,446	20,503,161	0.11%	1.47%
1989	8,876,972	20,804,367	-1.16%	1.47%
1990	8,718,289	21,112,137	-1.79%	1.48%
1991	8,632,367	21,428,638	-0.99%	1.5%
1992	8,540,164	21,750,911	-1.07%	1.5%
1993	8,472,313	22,073,352	-0.79%	1.48%
1994	8,443,591	22,393,975	-0.34%	1.45%
1995	8,406,067	22,669,304	-0.44%	1.23%
1996	8,362,826	22,895,746	-0.51%	1%
1997	8,312,068	23,110,830	-0.61%	0.94%
1998	8,256,786	23,311,564	-0.67%	0.87%
1999	8,210,624	23,497,599	-0.56%	0.8%
2000	8,170,172	23,665,910	-0.49%	0.72%
2001	8,009,142	23,815,358	-1.97%	0.63%
2002	7,837,161	23,943,973	-2.15%	0.54%
2003	7,775,327	24,090,380	-0.79%	0.61%
2004	7,716,860	24,254,943	-0.75%	0.68%
2005	7,658,972	24,396,433	-0.75%	0.58%
2006	7,601,022	24,524,507	-0.76%	0.52%
2007	7,545,338	24,646,383	-0.73%	0.5%
2008	7,492,561	24,764,618	-0.7%	0.48%
2009	7,444,443	24,878,332	-0.64%	0.46%
2010	7,395,599	24,987,258	-0.66%	0.44%
2011	7,348,328	25,097,874	-0.64%	0.44%
2012	7,305,888	25,211,728	-0.58%	0.45%
2013	7,160,005	25,329,451	-2%	0.47%
2014	7,073,572	25,451,262	-1.21%	0.48%
2015	6,984,225	25,575,350	-1.26%	0.49%
2016	6,894,139	25,698,326	-1.29%	0.48%
2017	6,803,468	25,817,709	-1.32%	0.46%
2018	6,710,798	25,931,147	-1.36%	0.44%
2019	6,616,726	26,037,632	-1.4%	0.41%
2020	6,550,696	26,136,312	-1%	0.38%
2021	6,507,301	26,232,534	-0.66%	0.37%
2022	6,465,097	26,328,845	-0.65%	0.37%
2023	6,446,596	26,418,204	-0.29%	0.34%
2024	6,444,366	26,498,823	-0.03%	0.31%
2025	6,403,235	26,571,033	-0.64%	0.27%
2026	6,358,515	26,633,682	-0.7%	0.24%
2027	6,310,991	26,686,492	-0.75%	0.2%
2028	6,261,580	26,729,261	-0.78%	0.16%
2029	6,210,816	26,762,008	-0.81%	0.12%
2030	6,158,806	26,784,894	-0.84%	0.09%
2031	6,106,271	26,797,946	-0.85%	0.05%
2032	6,054,057	26,801,071	-0.86%	0.01%
2033	6,001,675	26,795,061	-0.87%	-0.02%
2034	5,948,975	26,780,481	-0.88%	-0.05%
2035	5,896,427	26,757,705	-0.88%	-0.09%
2036	5,843,557	26,727,309	-0.9%	-0.11%
2037	5,790,371	26,689,907	-0.91%	-0.14%
2038	5,737,870	26,646,323	-0.91%	-0.16%
2039	5,685,753	26,596,967	-0.91%	-0.19%
2040	5,633,818	26,542,417	-0.91%	-0.21%
2041	5,582,636	26,483,475	-0.91%	-0.22%
2042	5,532,405	26,420,812	-0.9%	-0.24%
2043	5,483,086	26,354,324	-0.89%	-0.25%
2044	5,434,397	26,284,000	-0.89%	-0.27%
2045	5,386,376	26,210,196	-0.88%	-0.28%
2046	5,338,852	26,132,922	-0.88%	-0.29%
2047	5,291,441	26,052,086	-0.89%	-0.31%
2048	5,244,419	25,967,581	-0.89%	-0.32%
2049	5,197,955	25,879,244	-0.89%	-0.34%
2050	5,151,745	25,787,120	-0.89%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.