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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Philippines	Bulgaria	Philippines
1960	7,867,374	27,891,897	-	-
1961	7,943,118	28,792,621	0.96%	3.23%
1962	8,012,946	29,723,536	0.88%	3.23%
1963	8,078,145	30,674,731	0.81%	3.2%
1964	8,144,340	31,643,032	0.82%	3.16%
1965	8,204,168	32,625,316	0.73%	3.1%
1966	8,258,057	33,617,170	0.66%	3.04%
1967	8,310,226	34,621,320	0.63%	2.99%
1968	8,369,603	35,638,342	0.71%	2.94%
1969	8,434,172	36,660,799	0.77%	2.87%
1970	8,489,574	37,622,204	0.66%	2.62%
1971	8,536,395	38,518,659	0.55%	2.38%
1972	8,576,200	39,408,560	0.47%	2.31%
1973	8,620,967	40,294,130	0.52%	2.25%
1974	8,678,745	41,174,341	0.67%	2.18%
1975	8,720,742	42,120,826	0.48%	2.3%
1976	8,758,599	43,201,488	0.43%	2.57%
1977	8,804,183	44,367,962	0.52%	2.7%
1978	8,814,032	45,575,281	0.11%	2.72%
1979	8,825,940	46,807,103	0.14%	2.7%
1980	8,861,535	48,043,740	0.4%	2.64%
1981	8,891,117	49,311,727	0.33%	2.64%
1982	8,917,457	50,695,707	0.3%	2.81%
1983	8,939,738	52,194,620	0.25%	2.96%
1984	8,960,679	53,726,181	0.23%	2.93%
1985	8,960,547	55,213,006	-0.001%	2.77%
1986	8,958,171	56,645,077	-0.03%	2.59%
1987	8,971,359	58,157,496	0.15%	2.67%
1988	8,981,446	59,739,052	0.11%	2.72%
1989	8,876,972	61,265,260	-1.16%	2.55%
1990	8,718,289	62,854,666	-1.79%	2.59%
1991	8,632,367	64,382,249	-0.99%	2.43%
1992	8,540,164	65,926,125	-1.07%	2.4%
1993	8,472,313	67,530,621	-0.79%	2.43%
1994	8,443,591	69,019,291	-0.34%	2.2%
1995	8,406,067	70,546,246	-0.44%	2.21%
1996	8,362,826	72,190,242	-0.51%	2.33%
1997	8,312,068	73,908,810	-0.61%	2.38%
1998	8,256,786	75,791,024	-0.67%	2.55%
1999	8,210,624	77,753,257	-0.56%	2.59%
2000	8,170,172	79,625,397	-0.49%	2.41%
2001	8,009,142	81,401,488	-1.97%	2.23%
2002	7,837,161	83,068,889	-2.15%	2.05%
2003	7,775,327	84,731,835	-0.79%	2%
2004	7,716,860	86,394,504	-0.75%	1.96%
2005	7,658,972	88,015,962	-0.75%	1.88%
2006	7,601,022	89,508,986	-0.76%	1.7%
2007	7,545,338	91,075,184	-0.73%	1.75%
2008	7,492,561	92,699,095	-0.7%	1.78%
2009	7,444,443	94,384,250	-0.64%	1.82%
2010	7,395,599	96,337,125	-0.66%	2.07%
2011	7,348,328	98,248,614	-0.64%	1.98%
2012	7,305,888	100,175,512	-0.58%	1.96%
2013	7,160,005	102,076,336	-2%	1.9%
2014	7,073,572	103,767,130	-1.21%	1.66%
2015	6,984,225	105,312,992	-1.26%	1.49%
2016	6,894,139	106,735,719	-1.29%	1.35%
2017	6,803,468	108,119,693	-1.32%	1.3%
2018	6,710,798	109,465,287	-1.36%	1.24%
2019	6,616,726	110,804,683	-1.4%	1.22%
2020	6,550,696	112,081,264	-1%	1.15%
2021	6,507,301	113,100,950	-0.66%	0.91%
2022	6,465,097	113,964,338	-0.65%	0.76%
2023	6,446,596	114,891,199	-0.29%	0.81%
2024	6,444,366	115,843,670	-0.03%	0.83%
2025	6,403,235	116,786,968	-0.64%	0.81%
2026	6,358,515	117,724,479	-0.7%	0.8%
2027	6,310,991	118,656,426	-0.75%	0.79%
2028	6,261,580	119,583,984	-0.78%	0.78%
2029	6,210,816	120,502,132	-0.81%	0.77%
2030	6,158,806	121,408,897	-0.84%	0.75%
2031	6,106,271	122,301,606	-0.85%	0.74%
2032	6,054,057	123,180,341	-0.86%	0.72%
2033	6,001,675	124,049,036	-0.87%	0.71%
2034	5,948,975	124,904,124	-0.88%	0.69%
2035	5,896,427	125,740,977	-0.88%	0.67%
2036	5,843,557	126,558,232	-0.9%	0.65%
2037	5,790,371	127,352,607	-0.91%	0.63%
2038	5,737,870	128,118,535	-0.91%	0.6%
2039	5,685,753	128,850,047	-0.91%	0.57%
2040	5,633,818	129,546,666	-0.91%	0.54%
2041	5,582,636	130,209,810	-0.91%	0.51%
2042	5,532,405	130,837,005	-0.9%	0.48%
2043	5,483,086	131,427,404	-0.89%	0.45%
2044	5,434,397	131,979,673	-0.89%	0.42%
2045	5,386,376	132,492,038	-0.88%	0.39%
2046	5,338,852	132,962,001	-0.88%	0.35%
2047	5,291,441	133,385,290	-0.89%	0.32%
2048	5,244,419	133,759,436	-0.89%	0.28%
2049	5,197,955	134,089,011	-0.89%	0.25%
2050	5,151,745	134,373,439	-0.89%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while the Philippines gained 17,297,030 people (a 19.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while the Philippines' population increased by 12,227,058 (a 11.6% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2005 and ranked 14th 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 Philippines will increase by 14.3% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.