The latest officially reported population of Bulgaria was 6,444,366 in 2024 vs 2,857,822 people in Qatar in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bulgaria's population is 6,403,235 people compared to 2,964,497 in Qatar.
Population statistics:
- Bulgaria's population is 2.16 times bigger than Qatar's.
- Bulgaria is ranked the 111th most populous country in the world, while Qatar is the 137th.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.08% for Bulgaria vs 0.04% for Qatar.
- For the last 10 years, Bulgaria has had an average growth rate of -0.95% per year vs +3.86% in Qatar.
- Since 2005, the population of Bulgaria has decreased from 7.66M people to 6.4M (16.4% decline), while Qatar has grown from 825K to 2.96M (259.2% growth).
- Qatar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 6.82M people, while Bulgaria's population already peaked in 1988 at 8.98M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Bulgaria vs Qatar: live population counter
Bulgaria
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Qatar
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| Current population |
6403235
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2964497
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| Population rank | 111/197 | 137/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
3.93 hours
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2.6 minutes
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| One birth every |
9.16 minutes
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20 minutes
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| One death every |
5.19 minutes
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3.55 hours
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| One migration net change every |
16.7 hours
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11.4 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +524 | +46,105 |
| Daily growth/decline | -6 | +553 |
| Annual growth/decline | -2,230 | +201,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.03% | +7.6% |
| Population growth rate rank | 168/197 | 1/197 |
Bulgaria and Qatar: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bulgaria
Population
Growth rate
Qatar
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bulgaria
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Qatar
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Bulgaria
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Qatar
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| 1960 | 7,867,374 | 36,010 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,943,118 | 39,680 | 0.96% | 10.2% |
| 1962 | 8,012,946 | 44,630 | 0.88% | 12.5% |
| 1963 | 8,078,145 | 50,380 | 0.81% | 12.9% |
| 1964 | 8,144,340 | 56,867 | 0.82% | 12.9% |
| 1965 | 8,204,168 | 64,065 | 0.73% | 12.7% |
| 1966 | 8,258,057 | 72,192 | 0.66% | 12.7% |
| 1967 | 8,310,226 | 81,439 | 0.63% | 12.8% |
| 1968 | 8,369,603 | 91,749 | 0.71% | 12.7% |
| 1969 | 8,434,172 | 103,025 | 0.77% | 12.3% |
| 1970 | 8,489,574 | 116,350 | 0.66% | 12.9% |
| 1971 | 8,536,395 | 131,346 | 0.55% | 12.9% |
| 1972 | 8,576,200 | 146,506 | 0.47% | 11.5% |
| 1973 | 8,620,967 | 161,841 | 0.52% | 10.5% |
| 1974 | 8,678,745 | 177,362 | 0.67% | 9.59% |
| 1975 | 8,720,742 | 193,087 | 0.48% | 8.87% |
| 1976 | 8,758,599 | 209,052 | 0.43% | 8.27% |
| 1977 | 8,804,183 | 225,285 | 0.52% | 7.77% |
| 1978 | 8,814,032 | 241,808 | 0.11% | 7.33% |
| 1979 | 8,825,940 | 258,670 | 0.14% | 6.97% |
| 1980 | 8,861,535 | 275,913 | 0.4% | 6.67% |
| 1981 | 8,891,117 | 293,553 | 0.33% | 6.39% |
| 1982 | 8,917,457 | 311,537 | 0.3% | 6.13% |
| 1983 | 8,939,738 | 329,709 | 0.25% | 5.83% |
| 1984 | 8,960,679 | 347,878 | 0.23% | 5.51% |
| 1985 | 8,960,547 | 365,940 | -0.001% | 5.19% |
| 1986 | 8,958,171 | 382,422 | -0.03% | 4.5% |
| 1987 | 8,971,359 | 397,005 | 0.15% | 3.81% |
| 1988 | 8,981,446 | 411,264 | 0.11% | 3.59% |
| 1989 | 8,876,972 | 425,646 | -1.16% | 3.5% |
| 1990 | 8,718,289 | 440,175 | -1.79% | 3.41% |
| 1991 | 8,632,367 | 454,853 | -0.99% | 3.33% |
| 1992 | 8,540,164 | 469,657 | -1.07% | 3.25% |
| 1993 | 8,472,313 | 484,545 | -0.79% | 3.17% |
| 1994 | 8,443,591 | 499,459 | -0.34% | 3.08% |
| 1995 | 8,406,067 | 514,325 | -0.44% | 2.98% |
| 1996 | 8,362,826 | 529,019 | -0.51% | 2.86% |
| 1997 | 8,312,068 | 550,500 | -0.61% | 4.06% |
| 1998 | 8,256,786 | 580,540 | -0.67% | 5.46% |
| 1999 | 8,210,624 | 612,500 | -0.56% | 5.51% |
| 2000 | 8,170,172 | 644,989 | -0.49% | 5.3% |
| 2001 | 8,009,142 | 677,925 | -1.97% | 5.11% |
| 2002 | 7,837,161 | 711,205 | -2.15% | 4.91% |
| 2003 | 7,775,327 | 744,682 | -0.79% | 4.71% |
| 2004 | 7,716,860 | 773,332 | -0.75% | 3.85% |
| 2005 | 7,658,972 | 825,408 | -0.75% | 6.73% |
| 2006 | 7,601,022 | 972,831 | -0.76% | 17.9% |
| 2007 | 7,545,338 | 1,208,595 | -0.73% | 24.2% |
| 2008 | 7,492,561 | 1,426,938 | -0.7% | 18.1% |
| 2009 | 7,444,443 | 1,608,903 | -0.64% | 12.8% |
| 2010 | 7,395,599 | 1,616,832 | -0.66% | 0.49% |
| 2011 | 7,348,328 | 1,624,761 | -0.64% | 0.49% |
| 2012 | 7,305,888 | 1,722,438 | -0.58% | 6.01% |
| 2013 | 7,160,005 | 1,916,426 | -2% | 11.3% |
| 2014 | 7,073,572 | 2,151,745 | -1.21% | 12.3% |
| 2015 | 6,984,225 | 2,344,557 | -1.26% | 8.96% |
| 2016 | 6,894,139 | 2,477,113 | -1.29% | 5.65% |
| 2017 | 6,803,468 | 2,545,820 | -1.32% | 2.77% |
| 2018 | 6,710,798 | 2,580,734 | -1.36% | 1.37% |
| 2019 | 6,616,726 | 2,638,657 | -1.4% | 2.24% |
| 2020 | 6,550,696 | 2,794,148 | -1% | 5.89% |
| 2021 | 6,507,301 | 2,504,910 | -0.66% | -10.4% |
| 2022 | 6,465,097 | 2,657,333 | -0.65% | 6.08% |
| 2023 | 6,446,596 | 2,656,032 | -0.29% | -0.05% |
| 2024 | 6,444,366 | 2,857,822 | -0.03% | 7.6% |
| 2025 | 6,403,235 | 2,921,065 | -0.64% | 2.21% |
| 2026 | 6,358,515 | 2,975,134 | -0.7% | 1.85% |
| 2027 | 6,310,991 | 3,019,526 | -0.75% | 1.49% |
| 2028 | 6,261,580 | 3,057,695 | -0.78% | 1.26% |
| 2029 | 6,210,816 | 3,092,803 | -0.81% | 1.15% |
| 2030 | 6,158,806 | 3,125,174 | -0.84% | 1.05% |
| 2031 | 6,106,271 | 3,156,754 | -0.85% | 1.01% |
| 2032 | 6,054,057 | 3,189,188 | -0.86% | 1.03% |
| 2033 | 6,001,675 | 3,222,500 | -0.87% | 1.04% |
| 2034 | 5,948,975 | 3,256,691 | -0.88% | 1.06% |
| 2035 | 5,896,427 | 3,291,711 | -0.88% | 1.08% |
| 2036 | 5,843,557 | 3,327,585 | -0.9% | 1.09% |
| 2037 | 5,790,371 | 3,364,333 | -0.91% | 1.1% |
| 2038 | 5,737,870 | 3,401,906 | -0.91% | 1.12% |
| 2039 | 5,685,753 | 3,440,293 | -0.91% | 1.13% |
| 2040 | 5,633,818 | 3,479,439 | -0.91% | 1.14% |
| 2041 | 5,582,636 | 3,519,302 | -0.91% | 1.15% |
| 2042 | 5,532,405 | 3,559,840 | -0.9% | 1.15% |
| 2043 | 5,483,086 | 3,601,019 | -0.89% | 1.16% |
| 2044 | 5,434,397 | 3,642,784 | -0.89% | 1.16% |
| 2045 | 5,386,376 | 3,685,111 | -0.88% | 1.16% |
| 2046 | 5,338,852 | 3,727,959 | -0.88% | 1.16% |
| 2047 | 5,291,441 | 3,771,287 | -0.89% | 1.16% |
| 2048 | 5,244,419 | 3,815,108 | -0.89% | 1.16% |
| 2049 | 5,197,955 | 3,859,368 | -0.89% | 1.16% |
| 2050 | 5,151,745 | 3,904,074 | -0.89% | 1.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).
Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.
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Population differences between Bulgaria and Qatar
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Bulgaria
|
Qatar
|
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|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76 years | 82.7 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 33.3 years |
| Median age | 45.5 years | 34.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 71.3:28.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman |
| Population density | 153.7 ppl/mi² | 644 ppl/mi² |
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