Population in Bulgaria compared to Poland: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and Poland: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Poland	Bulgaria	Poland
1960	7,867,374	29,637,450	-	-
1961	7,943,118	29,964,000	0.96%	1.1%
1962	8,012,946	30,308,500	0.88%	1.15%
1963	8,078,145	30,712,000	0.81%	1.33%
1964	8,144,340	31,139,450	0.82%	1.39%
1965	8,204,168	31,444,950	0.73%	0.98%
1966	8,258,057	31,681,000	0.66%	0.75%
1967	8,310,226	31,987,155	0.63%	0.97%
1968	8,369,603	32,294,655	0.71%	0.96%
1969	8,434,172	32,548,300	0.77%	0.79%
1970	8,489,574	32,664,300	0.66%	0.36%
1971	8,536,395	32,783,500	0.55%	0.36%
1972	8,576,200	33,055,650	0.47%	0.83%
1973	8,620,967	33,357,200	0.52%	0.91%
1974	8,678,745	33,678,899	0.67%	0.96%
1975	8,720,742	34,015,199	0.48%	1%
1976	8,758,599	34,356,300	0.43%	1%
1977	8,804,183	34,689,050	0.52%	0.97%
1978	8,814,032	34,965,600	0.11%	0.8%
1979	8,825,940	35,247,217	0.14%	0.81%
1980	8,861,535	35,574,150	0.4%	0.93%
1981	8,891,117	35,898,587	0.33%	0.91%
1982	8,917,457	36,230,481	0.3%	0.92%
1983	8,939,738	36,571,808	0.25%	0.94%
1984	8,960,679	36,904,134	0.23%	0.91%
1985	8,960,547	37,201,885	-0.001%	0.81%
1986	8,958,171	37,456,119	-0.03%	0.68%
1987	8,971,359	37,668,045	0.15%	0.57%
1988	8,981,446	37,824,487	0.11%	0.42%
1989	8,876,972	37,961,529	-1.16%	0.36%
1990	8,718,289	38,110,782	-1.79%	0.39%
1991	8,632,367	38,246,193	-0.99%	0.36%
1992	8,540,164	38,363,667	-1.07%	0.31%
1993	8,472,313	38,461,408	-0.79%	0.25%
1994	8,443,591	38,542,652	-0.34%	0.21%
1995	8,406,067	38,594,998	-0.44%	0.14%
1996	8,362,826	38,624,370	-0.51%	0.08%
1997	8,312,068	38,649,660	-0.61%	0.07%
1998	8,256,786	38,663,481	-0.67%	0.04%
1999	8,210,624	38,660,271	-0.56%	-0.008%
2000	8,170,172	38,258,629	-0.49%	-1.04%
2001	8,009,142	38,248,076	-1.97%	-0.03%
2002	7,837,161	38,230,364	-2.15%	-0.05%
2003	7,775,327	38,204,570	-0.79%	-0.07%
2004	7,716,860	38,182,222	-0.75%	-0.06%
2005	7,658,972	38,165,445	-0.75%	-0.04%
2006	7,601,022	38,141,267	-0.76%	-0.06%
2007	7,545,338	38,120,560	-0.73%	-0.05%
2008	7,492,561	38,125,759	-0.7%	0.01%
2009	7,444,443	38,151,603	-0.64%	0.07%
2010	7,395,599	38,042,794	-0.66%	-0.29%
2011	7,348,328	38,063,255	-0.64%	0.05%
2012	7,305,888	38,063,164	-0.58%	-0%
2013	7,160,005	38,040,196	-2%	-0.06%
2014	7,073,572	38,011,735	-1.21%	-0.07%
2015	6,984,225	37,986,412	-1.26%	-0.07%
2016	6,894,139	37,970,087	-1.29%	-0.04%
2017	6,803,468	37,974,826	-1.32%	0.01%
2018	6,710,798	37,974,750	-1.36%	-0%
2019	6,616,726	37,965,475	-1.4%	-0.02%
2020	6,550,696	37,515,748	-1%	-1.18%
2021	6,507,301	36,981,559	-0.66%	-1.42%
2022	6,465,097	36,821,749	-0.65%	-0.43%
2023	6,446,596	36,687,353	-0.29%	-0.36%
2024	6,444,366	36,554,707	-0.03%	-0.36%
2025	6,403,235	36,176,920	-0.64%	-1.03%
2026	6,358,515	35,894,534	-0.7%	-0.78%
2027	6,310,991	35,753,988	-0.75%	-0.39%
2028	6,261,580	35,605,295	-0.78%	-0.42%
2029	6,210,816	35,447,860	-0.81%	-0.44%
2030	6,158,806	35,283,068	-0.84%	-0.46%
2031	6,106,271	35,111,838	-0.85%	-0.49%
2032	6,054,057	34,934,626	-0.86%	-0.5%
2033	6,001,675	34,753,118	-0.87%	-0.52%
2034	5,948,975	34,567,292	-0.88%	-0.53%
2035	5,896,427	34,377,478	-0.88%	-0.55%
2036	5,843,557	34,183,187	-0.9%	-0.57%
2037	5,790,371	33,984,777	-0.91%	-0.58%
2038	5,737,870	33,782,992	-0.91%	-0.59%
2039	5,685,753	33,577,269	-0.91%	-0.61%
2040	5,633,818	33,368,049	-0.91%	-0.62%
2041	5,582,636	33,156,329	-0.91%	-0.63%
2042	5,532,405	32,941,367	-0.9%	-0.65%
2043	5,483,086	32,722,775	-0.89%	-0.66%
2044	5,434,397	32,501,991	-0.89%	-0.67%
2045	5,386,376	32,278,695	-0.88%	-0.69%
2046	5,338,852	32,052,771	-0.88%	-0.7%
2047	5,291,441	31,824,481	-0.89%	-0.71%
2048	5,244,419	31,593,911	-0.89%	-0.72%
2049	5,197,955	31,360,713	-0.89%	-0.74%
2050	5,151,745	31,124,396	-0.89%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.