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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Russia	Bulgaria	Russia
1960	7,867,374	119,897,000	-	-
1961	7,943,118	121,236,000	0.96%	1.12%
1962	8,012,946	122,591,000	0.88%	1.12%
1963	8,078,145	123,960,000	0.81%	1.12%
1964	8,144,340	125,345,000	0.82%	1.12%
1965	8,204,168	126,745,000	0.73%	1.12%
1966	8,258,057	127,468,000	0.66%	0.57%
1967	8,310,226	128,196,000	0.63%	0.57%
1968	8,369,603	128,928,000	0.71%	0.57%
1969	8,434,172	129,664,000	0.77%	0.57%
1970	8,489,574	130,404,000	0.66%	0.57%
1971	8,536,395	131,155,000	0.55%	0.58%
1972	8,576,200	131,909,000	0.47%	0.57%
1973	8,620,967	132,669,000	0.52%	0.58%
1974	8,678,745	133,432,000	0.67%	0.58%
1975	8,720,742	134,200,000	0.48%	0.58%
1976	8,758,599	135,147,000	0.43%	0.71%
1977	8,804,183	136,100,000	0.52%	0.71%
1978	8,814,032	137,060,000	0.11%	0.71%
1979	8,825,940	138,027,000	0.14%	0.71%
1980	8,861,535	139,010,000	0.4%	0.71%
1981	8,891,117	139,941,000	0.33%	0.67%
1982	8,917,457	140,823,000	0.3%	0.63%
1983	8,939,738	141,668,000	0.25%	0.6%
1984	8,960,679	142,745,000	0.23%	0.76%
1985	8,960,547	143,858,000	-0.001%	0.78%
1986	8,958,171	144,894,000	-0.03%	0.72%
1987	8,971,359	145,908,000	0.15%	0.7%
1988	8,981,446	146,857,000	0.11%	0.65%
1989	8,876,972	147,721,000	-1.16%	0.59%
1990	8,718,289	147,969,406	-1.79%	0.17%
1991	8,632,367	148,394,216	-0.99%	0.29%
1992	8,540,164	148,538,197	-1.07%	0.1%
1993	8,472,313	148,458,777	-0.79%	-0.05%
1994	8,443,591	148,407,912	-0.34%	-0.03%
1995	8,406,067	148,375,787	-0.44%	-0.02%
1996	8,362,826	148,160,129	-0.51%	-0.15%
1997	8,312,068	147,915,361	-0.61%	-0.17%
1998	8,256,786	147,670,784	-0.67%	-0.17%
1999	8,210,624	147,214,776	-0.56%	-0.31%
2000	8,170,172	146,596,869	-0.49%	-0.42%
2001	8,009,142	145,976,482	-1.97%	-0.42%
2002	7,837,161	145,306,497	-2.15%	-0.46%
2003	7,775,327	144,648,618	-0.79%	-0.45%
2004	7,716,860	144,067,316	-0.75%	-0.4%
2005	7,658,972	143,518,814	-0.75%	-0.38%
2006	7,601,022	143,049,637	-0.76%	-0.33%
2007	7,545,338	142,805,114	-0.73%	-0.17%
2008	7,492,561	142,742,366	-0.7%	-0.04%
2009	7,444,443	142,785,348	-0.64%	0.03%
2010	7,395,599	142,849,468	-0.66%	0.04%
2011	7,348,328	143,018,195	-0.64%	0.12%
2012	7,305,888	143,378,447	-0.58%	0.25%
2013	7,160,005	143,805,638	-2%	0.3%
2014	7,073,572	144,237,223	-1.21%	0.3%
2015	6,984,225	144,640,716	-1.26%	0.28%
2016	6,894,139	145,015,460	-1.29%	0.26%
2017	6,803,468	145,293,260	-1.32%	0.19%
2018	6,710,798	145,398,106	-1.36%	0.07%
2019	6,616,726	145,453,291	-1.4%	0.04%
2020	6,550,696	145,245,148	-1%	-0.14%
2021	6,507,301	144,746,762	-0.66%	-0.34%
2022	6,465,097	144,236,933	-0.65%	-0.35%
2023	6,446,596	143,826,130	-0.29%	-0.28%
2024	6,444,366	143,533,851	-0.03%	-0.2%
2025	6,403,235	142,718,132	-0.64%	-0.57%
2026	6,358,515	142,120,553	-0.7%	-0.42%
2027	6,310,991	141,773,330	-0.75%	-0.24%
2028	6,261,580	141,402,326	-0.78%	-0.26%
2029	6,210,816	141,021,009	-0.81%	-0.27%
2030	6,158,806	140,628,883	-0.84%	-0.28%
2031	6,106,271	140,218,596	-0.85%	-0.29%
2032	6,054,057	139,807,207	-0.86%	-0.29%
2033	6,001,675	139,414,947	-0.87%	-0.28%
2034	5,948,975	139,034,543	-0.88%	-0.27%
2035	5,896,427	138,666,694	-0.88%	-0.26%
2036	5,843,557	138,311,757	-0.9%	-0.26%
2037	5,790,371	137,968,177	-0.91%	-0.25%
2038	5,737,870	137,643,032	-0.91%	-0.24%
2039	5,685,753	137,336,299	-0.91%	-0.22%
2040	5,633,818	137,053,347	-0.91%	-0.21%
2041	5,582,636	136,795,588	-0.91%	-0.19%
2042	5,532,405	136,558,692	-0.9%	-0.17%
2043	5,483,086	136,335,849	-0.89%	-0.16%
2044	5,434,397	136,124,845	-0.89%	-0.15%
2045	5,386,376	135,933,758	-0.88%	-0.14%
2046	5,338,852	135,756,848	-0.88%	-0.13%
2047	5,291,441	135,574,181	-0.89%	-0.13%
2048	5,244,419	135,372,557	-0.89%	-0.15%
2049	5,197,955	135,156,911	-0.89%	-0.16%
2050	5,151,745	134,923,391	-0.89%	-0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Russia gained 1,121,902 people (a 0.78% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Russia's population decreased by -1,922,584 (a 1.33% decline).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Russia was ranked 9th in 2005 and still ranked 9th 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 Russia will decrease by 5.46% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.