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	6,441,421	115,843,670	-0.08%	0.83%
2025	6,400,309	116,786,968	-0.64%	0.81%
2026	6,355,610	117,724,479	-0.7%	0.8%
2027	6,308,107	118,656,426	-0.75%	0.79%
2028	6,258,719	119,583,984	-0.78%	0.78%
2029	6,207,977	120,502,132	-0.81%	0.77%
2030	6,155,992	121,408,897	-0.84%	0.75%
2031	6,103,481	122,301,606	-0.85%	0.74%
2032	6,051,290	123,180,341	-0.86%	0.72%
2033	5,998,932	124,049,036	-0.87%	0.71%
2034	5,946,256	124,904,124	-0.88%	0.69%
2035	5,893,732	125,740,977	-0.88%	0.67%
2036	5,840,887	126,558,232	-0.9%	0.65%
2037	5,787,725	127,352,607	-0.91%	0.63%
2038	5,735,248	128,118,535	-0.91%	0.6%
2039	5,683,154	128,850,047	-0.91%	0.57%
2040	5,631,243	129,546,666	-0.91%	0.54%
2041	5,580,085	130,209,810	-0.91%	0.51%
2042	5,529,877	130,837,005	-0.9%	0.48%
2043	5,480,581	131,427,404	-0.89%	0.45%
2044	5,431,913	131,979,673	-0.89%	0.42%
2045	5,383,915	132,492,038	-0.88%	0.39%
2046	5,336,412	132,962,001	-0.88%	0.35%
2047	5,289,023	133,385,290	-0.89%	0.32%
2048	5,242,022	133,759,436	-0.89%	0.28%
2049	5,195,580	134,089,011	-0.89%	0.25%
2050	5,149,391	134,373,439	-0.89%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while the Philippines gained 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while the Philippines' population increased by 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2006 and ranked 14th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Bulgaria's population will shrink by 19% to 5,149,391 people with a rank change from 112th to 128th. The population of the Philippines will increase by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.