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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Portugal	Bulgaria	Portugal
1960	7,867,374	8,857,716	-	-
1961	7,943,118	8,929,316	0.96%	0.81%
1962	8,012,946	8,993,985	0.88%	0.72%
1963	8,078,145	9,030,355	0.81%	0.4%
1964	8,144,340	9,035,365	0.82%	0.06%
1965	8,204,168	8,998,595	0.73%	-0.41%
1966	8,258,057	8,930,990	0.66%	-0.75%
1967	8,310,226	8,874,520	0.63%	-0.63%
1968	8,369,603	8,836,650	0.71%	-0.43%
1969	8,434,172	8,757,705	0.77%	-0.89%
1970	8,489,574	8,680,431	0.66%	-0.88%
1971	8,536,395	8,643,756	0.55%	-0.42%
1972	8,576,200	8,630,430	0.47%	-0.15%
1973	8,620,967	8,633,100	0.52%	0.03%
1974	8,678,745	8,754,365	0.67%	1.4%
1975	8,720,742	9,093,470	0.48%	3.87%
1976	8,758,599	9,355,810	0.43%	2.88%
1977	8,804,183	9,455,675	0.52%	1.07%
1978	8,814,032	9,558,250	0.11%	1.08%
1979	8,825,940	9,661,265	0.14%	1.08%
1980	8,861,535	9,766,312	0.4%	1.09%
1981	8,891,117	9,851,362	0.33%	0.87%
1982	8,917,457	9,911,771	0.3%	0.61%
1983	8,939,738	9,957,865	0.25%	0.47%
1984	8,960,679	9,996,232	0.23%	0.39%
1985	8,960,547	10,023,613	-0.001%	0.27%
1986	8,958,171	10,032,734	-0.03%	0.09%
1987	8,971,359	10,030,031	0.15%	-0.03%
1988	8,981,446	10,019,610	0.11%	-0.1%
1989	8,876,972	10,005,000	-1.16%	-0.15%
1990	8,718,289	9,983,218	-1.79%	-0.22%
1991	8,632,367	9,960,235	-0.99%	-0.23%
1992	8,540,164	9,952,494	-1.07%	-0.08%
1993	8,472,313	9,964,675	-0.79%	0.12%
1994	8,443,591	9,991,525	-0.34%	0.27%
1995	8,406,067	10,026,176	-0.44%	0.35%
1996	8,362,826	10,063,945	-0.51%	0.38%
1997	8,312,068	10,108,977	-0.61%	0.45%
1998	8,256,786	10,160,196	-0.67%	0.51%
1999	8,210,624	10,217,828	-0.56%	0.57%
2000	8,170,172	10,289,898	-0.49%	0.71%
2001	8,009,142	10,362,722	-1.97%	0.71%
2002	7,837,161	10,419,631	-2.15%	0.55%
2003	7,775,327	10,458,821	-0.79%	0.38%
2004	7,716,860	10,483,861	-0.75%	0.24%
2005	7,658,972	10,503,330	-0.75%	0.19%
2006	7,601,022	10,522,288	-0.76%	0.18%
2007	7,545,338	10,542,964	-0.73%	0.2%
2008	7,492,561	10,558,177	-0.7%	0.14%
2009	7,444,443	10,568,247	-0.64%	0.1%
2010	7,395,599	10,573,100	-0.66%	0.05%
2011	7,348,328	10,557,560	-0.64%	-0.15%
2012	7,305,888	10,514,844	-0.58%	-0.4%
2013	7,160,005	10,457,295	-2%	-0.55%
2014	7,073,572	10,401,062	-1.21%	-0.54%
2015	6,984,225	10,358,076	-1.26%	-0.41%
2016	6,894,139	10,325,452	-1.29%	-0.31%
2017	6,803,468	10,300,300	-1.32%	-0.24%
2018	6,710,798	10,283,822	-1.36%	-0.16%
2019	6,616,726	10,286,263	-1.4%	0.02%
2020	6,550,696	10,297,081	-1%	0.11%
2021	6,507,301	10,361,831	-0.66%	0.63%
2022	6,465,097	10,434,332	-0.65%	0.7%
2023	6,446,596	10,578,174	-0.29%	1.38%
2024	6,444,366	10,701,636	-0.03%	1.17%
2025	6,403,235	10,687,819	-0.64%	-0.13%
2026	6,358,515	10,670,917	-0.7%	-0.16%
2027	6,310,991	10,653,073	-0.75%	-0.17%
2028	6,261,580	10,632,868	-0.78%	-0.19%
2029	6,210,816	10,611,484	-0.81%	-0.2%
2030	6,158,806	10,591,436	-0.84%	-0.19%
2031	6,106,271	10,571,418	-0.85%	-0.19%
2032	6,054,057	10,549,456	-0.86%	-0.21%
2033	6,001,675	10,526,482	-0.87%	-0.22%
2034	5,948,975	10,502,882	-0.88%	-0.22%
2035	5,896,427	10,478,843	-0.88%	-0.23%
2036	5,843,557	10,454,630	-0.9%	-0.23%
2037	5,790,371	10,430,128	-0.91%	-0.23%
2038	5,737,870	10,404,947	-0.91%	-0.24%
2039	5,685,753	10,377,968	-0.91%	-0.26%
2040	5,633,818	10,349,515	-0.91%	-0.27%
2041	5,582,636	10,321,577	-0.91%	-0.27%
2042	5,532,405	10,294,106	-0.9%	-0.27%
2043	5,483,086	10,264,596	-0.89%	-0.29%
2044	5,434,397	10,233,543	-0.89%	-0.3%
2045	5,386,376	10,201,832	-0.88%	-0.31%
2046	5,338,852	10,168,932	-0.88%	-0.32%
2047	5,291,441	10,135,159	-0.89%	-0.33%
2048	5,244,419	10,101,419	-0.89%	-0.33%
2049	5,197,955	10,066,064	-0.89%	-0.35%
2050	5,151,745	10,029,252	-0.89%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.