The latest officially reported population of Bulgaria was 6,441,421 in 2024 vs 179,744 people in Saint Lucia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bulgaria's population is 6,355,610 people compared to 180,492 in Saint Lucia.
Population statistics:
- Bulgaria's population is 35.2 times bigger than Saint Lucia's.
- Bulgaria is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Saint Lucia is the 178th.
- The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.08% for Bulgaria vs 0.002% for Saint Lucia.
- For the last 10 years, Bulgaria has had an average growth rate of -0.96% per year vs +0.33% in Saint Lucia.
- Since 2006, the population of Bulgaria has decreased from 7.6M people to 6.36M (16.4% decline), while Saint Lucia has grown from 167K to 180K (8.31% growth).
- Saint Lucia is projected to reach its peak in 2032 at 181K 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 Saint Lucia: live population counter
Bulgaria
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Saint Lucia
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
6355610
|
180492
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| Population rank | 112/197 | 178/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.002% |
| One net population change |
1.69 hours
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19.1 hours
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| One birth every |
9.16 minutes
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4.34 hours
|
| One death every |
5.19 minutes
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5.67 hours
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| One migration net change every |
16.7 hours
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1.86 months
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| Annual migration change | +524 | -7 |
| Daily growth/decline | -14 | +1 |
| Annual growth/decline | -5,175 | +459 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.08% | +0.26% |
| Population growth rate rank | 172/197 | 154/197 |
Bulgaria and Saint Lucia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bulgaria
Population
Growth rate
Saint Lucia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bulgaria
|
Saint Lucia
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Bulgaria
|
Saint Lucia
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| 1960 | 7,867,374 | 92,585 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,943,118 | 93,490 | 0.96% | 0.98% |
| 1962 | 8,012,946 | 94,505 | 0.88% | 1.09% |
| 1963 | 8,078,145 | 95,519 | 0.81% | 1.07% |
| 1964 | 8,144,340 | 96,505 | 0.82% | 1.03% |
| 1965 | 8,204,168 | 97,493 | 0.73% | 1.02% |
| 1966 | 8,258,057 | 98,463 | 0.66% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 8,310,226 | 99,504 | 0.63% | 1.06% |
| 1968 | 8,369,603 | 100,675 | 0.71% | 1.18% |
| 1969 | 8,434,172 | 101,879 | 0.77% | 1.2% |
| 1970 | 8,489,574 | 103,165 | 0.66% | 1.26% |
| 1971 | 8,536,395 | 104,564 | 0.55% | 1.36% |
| 1972 | 8,576,200 | 106,002 | 0.47% | 1.38% |
| 1973 | 8,620,967 | 107,498 | 0.52% | 1.41% |
| 1974 | 8,678,745 | 109,076 | 0.67% | 1.47% |
| 1975 | 8,720,742 | 110,725 | 0.48% | 1.51% |
| 1976 | 8,758,599 | 112,425 | 0.43% | 1.54% |
| 1977 | 8,804,183 | 114,135 | 0.52% | 1.52% |
| 1978 | 8,814,032 | 115,834 | 0.11% | 1.49% |
| 1979 | 8,825,940 | 117,528 | 0.14% | 1.46% |
| 1980 | 8,861,535 | 119,290 | 0.4% | 1.5% |
| 1981 | 8,891,117 | 121,166 | 0.33% | 1.57% |
| 1982 | 8,917,457 | 123,087 | 0.3% | 1.59% |
| 1983 | 8,939,738 | 125,044 | 0.25% | 1.59% |
| 1984 | 8,960,679 | 127,067 | 0.23% | 1.62% |
| 1985 | 8,960,547 | 129,159 | -0.001% | 1.65% |
| 1986 | 8,958,171 | 131,239 | -0.03% | 1.61% |
| 1987 | 8,971,359 | 133,227 | 0.15% | 1.51% |
| 1988 | 8,981,446 | 135,000 | 0.11% | 1.33% |
| 1989 | 8,876,972 | 136,512 | -1.16% | 1.12% |
| 1990 | 8,718,289 | 137,857 | -1.79% | 0.99% |
| 1991 | 8,632,367 | 139,520 | -0.99% | 1.21% |
| 1992 | 8,540,164 | 141,617 | -1.07% | 1.5% |
| 1993 | 8,472,313 | 143,726 | -0.79% | 1.49% |
| 1994 | 8,443,591 | 145,890 | -0.34% | 1.51% |
| 1995 | 8,406,067 | 148,208 | -0.44% | 1.59% |
| 1996 | 8,362,826 | 150,436 | -0.51% | 1.5% |
| 1997 | 8,312,068 | 152,569 | -0.61% | 1.42% |
| 1998 | 8,256,786 | 154,677 | -0.67% | 1.38% |
| 1999 | 8,210,624 | 156,702 | -0.56% | 1.31% |
| 2000 | 8,170,172 | 158,616 | -0.49% | 1.22% |
| 2001 | 8,009,142 | 160,237 | -1.97% | 1.02% |
| 2002 | 7,837,161 | 161,641 | -2.15% | 0.88% |
| 2003 | 7,775,327 | 162,976 | -0.79% | 0.83% |
| 2004 | 7,716,860 | 164,239 | -0.75% | 0.77% |
| 2005 | 7,658,972 | 165,450 | -0.75% | 0.74% |
| 2006 | 7,601,022 | 166,639 | -0.76% | 0.72% |
| 2007 | 7,545,338 | 167,758 | -0.73% | 0.67% |
| 2008 | 7,492,561 | 168,808 | -0.7% | 0.63% |
| 2009 | 7,444,443 | 169,869 | -0.64% | 0.63% |
| 2010 | 7,395,599 | 170,906 | -0.66% | 0.61% |
| 2011 | 7,348,328 | 171,801 | -0.64% | 0.52% |
| 2012 | 7,305,888 | 172,587 | -0.58% | 0.46% |
| 2013 | 7,160,005 | 173,369 | -2% | 0.45% |
| 2014 | 7,073,572 | 174,138 | -1.21% | 0.44% |
| 2015 | 6,984,225 | 174,905 | -1.26% | 0.44% |
| 2016 | 6,894,139 | 175,646 | -1.29% | 0.42% |
| 2017 | 6,803,468 | 176,342 | -1.32% | 0.4% |
| 2018 | 6,710,798 | 177,017 | -1.36% | 0.38% |
| 2019 | 6,616,726 | 177,661 | -1.4% | 0.36% |
| 2020 | 6,550,696 | 178,250 | -1% | 0.33% |
| 2021 | 6,507,301 | 178,522 | -0.66% | 0.15% |
| 2022 | 6,465,097 | 178,781 | -0.65% | 0.15% |
| 2023 | 6,446,596 | 179,285 | -0.29% | 0.28% |
| 2024 | 6,441,421 | 179,744 | -0.08% | 0.26% |
| 2025 | 6,400,309 | 180,148 | -0.64% | 0.23% |
| 2026 | 6,355,610 | 180,489 | -0.7% | 0.19% |
| 2027 | 6,308,107 | 180,771 | -0.75% | 0.16% |
| 2028 | 6,258,719 | 181,003 | -0.78% | 0.13% |
| 2029 | 6,207,977 | 181,198 | -0.81% | 0.11% |
| 2030 | 6,155,992 | 181,360 | -0.84% | 0.09% |
| 2031 | 6,103,481 | 181,463 | -0.85% | 0.06% |
| 2032 | 6,051,290 | 181,495 | -0.86% | 0.02% |
| 2033 | 5,998,932 | 181,458 | -0.87% | -0.02% |
| 2034 | 5,946,256 | 181,354 | -0.88% | -0.06% |
| 2035 | 5,893,732 | 181,177 | -0.88% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 5,840,887 | 180,948 | -0.9% | -0.13% |
| 2037 | 5,787,725 | 180,636 | -0.91% | -0.17% |
| 2038 | 5,735,248 | 180,230 | -0.91% | -0.22% |
| 2039 | 5,683,154 | 179,781 | -0.91% | -0.25% |
| 2040 | 5,631,243 | 179,296 | -0.91% | -0.27% |
| 2041 | 5,580,085 | 178,760 | -0.91% | -0.3% |
| 2042 | 5,529,877 | 178,187 | -0.9% | -0.32% |
| 2043 | 5,480,581 | 177,593 | -0.89% | -0.33% |
| 2044 | 5,431,913 | 176,937 | -0.89% | -0.37% |
| 2045 | 5,383,915 | 176,243 | -0.88% | -0.39% |
| 2046 | 5,336,412 | 175,520 | -0.88% | -0.41% |
| 2047 | 5,289,023 | 174,726 | -0.89% | -0.45% |
| 2048 | 5,242,022 | 173,877 | -0.89% | -0.49% |
| 2049 | 5,195,580 | 172,991 | -0.89% | -0.51% |
| 2050 | 5,149,391 | 172,081 | -0.89% | -0.53% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Saint Lucia gained 9,007 people (a 5.41% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Saint Lucia's population increased by 4,846 (a 2.76% growth).
Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Saint Lucia was ranked 177th in 2006 and ranked 178th 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 Saint Lucia will decrease by 4.66% to 172,081 people and rank change from 178th to 179th.
Biggest cities by population
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Bulgaria
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Sofia | 1.4M |
| Plovdiv | 387K |
| Varna | 371K |
| Burgas | 226K |
| Stara Zagora | 154K |
| Ruse | 121K |
| Dobrich | 99.7K |
| Pleven | 99.2K |
| Shumen | 94.1K |
| Haskovo | 90.8K |
|
Saint Lucia
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Castries | 70K |
| Vieux Fort | 15.8K |
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Population differences between Bulgaria and Saint Lucia
|
Bulgaria
|
Saint Lucia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.1 years | 73.2 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 36.5 years |
| Median age | 45.5 years | 35.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 1.38 births per woman |
| Population density | 153.7 ppl/mi² | 763 ppl/mi² |
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