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	6,441,421	36,559,233	-0.08%	-0.35%
2025	6,400,309	36,181,399	-0.64%	-1.03%
2026	6,355,610	35,898,979	-0.7%	-0.78%
2027	6,308,107	35,758,415	-0.75%	-0.39%
2028	6,258,719	35,609,703	-0.78%	-0.42%
2029	6,207,977	35,452,249	-0.81%	-0.44%
2030	6,155,992	35,287,436	-0.84%	-0.46%
2031	6,103,481	35,116,185	-0.85%	-0.49%
2032	6,051,290	34,938,952	-0.86%	-0.5%
2033	5,998,932	34,757,421	-0.87%	-0.52%
2034	5,946,256	34,571,572	-0.88%	-0.53%
2035	5,893,732	34,381,734	-0.88%	-0.55%
2036	5,840,887	34,187,419	-0.9%	-0.57%
2037	5,787,725	33,988,985	-0.91%	-0.58%
2038	5,735,248	33,787,175	-0.91%	-0.59%
2039	5,683,154	33,581,427	-0.91%	-0.61%
2040	5,631,243	33,372,181	-0.91%	-0.62%
2041	5,580,085	33,160,435	-0.91%	-0.63%
2042	5,529,877	32,945,446	-0.9%	-0.65%
2043	5,480,581	32,726,827	-0.89%	-0.66%
2044	5,431,913	32,506,015	-0.89%	-0.67%
2045	5,383,915	32,282,692	-0.88%	-0.69%
2046	5,336,412	32,056,740	-0.88%	-0.7%
2047	5,289,023	31,828,421	-0.89%	-0.71%
2048	5,242,022	31,597,823	-0.89%	-0.72%
2049	5,195,580	31,364,596	-0.89%	-0.74%
2050	5,149,391	31,128,250	-0.89%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Poland lost 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Poland's population decreased by -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2006 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.