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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Samoa	Bulgaria	Samoa
1960	7,867,374	112,490	-	-
1961	7,943,118	115,496	0.96%	2.67%
1962	8,012,946	118,597	0.88%	2.68%
1963	8,078,145	121,764	0.81%	2.67%
1964	8,144,340	124,894	0.82%	2.57%
1965	8,204,168	127,978	0.73%	2.47%
1966	8,258,057	131,073	0.66%	2.42%
1967	8,310,226	133,764	0.63%	2.05%
1968	8,369,603	136,020	0.71%	1.69%
1969	8,434,172	138,233	0.77%	1.63%
1970	8,489,574	140,400	0.66%	1.57%
1971	8,536,395	142,503	0.55%	1.5%
1972	8,576,200	144,538	0.47%	1.43%
1973	8,620,967	146,516	0.52%	1.37%
1974	8,678,745	149,431	0.67%	1.99%
1975	8,720,742	153,344	0.48%	2.62%
1976	8,758,599	157,113	0.43%	2.46%
1977	8,804,183	159,753	0.52%	1.68%
1978	8,814,032	161,375	0.11%	1.02%
1979	8,825,940	162,882	0.14%	0.93%
1980	8,861,535	164,322	0.4%	0.88%
1981	8,891,117	165,678	0.33%	0.83%
1982	8,917,457	166,484	0.3%	0.49%
1983	8,939,738	166,714	0.25%	0.14%
1984	8,960,679	166,796	0.23%	0.05%
1985	8,960,547	166,849	-0.001%	0.03%
1986	8,958,171	167,061	-0.03%	0.13%
1987	8,971,359	167,661	0.15%	0.36%
1988	8,981,446	168,346	0.11%	0.41%
1989	8,876,972	168,768	-1.16%	0.25%
1990	8,718,289	169,042	-1.79%	0.16%
1991	8,632,367	169,368	-0.99%	0.19%
1992	8,540,164	170,331	-1.07%	0.57%
1993	8,472,313	171,774	-0.79%	0.85%
1994	8,443,591	173,159	-0.34%	0.81%
1995	8,406,067	174,571	-0.44%	0.82%
1996	8,362,826	176,071	-0.51%	0.86%
1997	8,312,068	177,547	-0.61%	0.84%
1998	8,256,786	178,905	-0.67%	0.76%
1999	8,210,624	180,275	-0.56%	0.77%
2000	8,170,172	181,685	-0.49%	0.78%
2001	8,009,142	183,166	-1.97%	0.82%
2002	7,837,161	184,471	-2.15%	0.71%
2003	7,775,327	185,430	-0.79%	0.52%
2004	7,716,860	186,249	-0.75%	0.44%
2005	7,658,972	186,978	-0.75%	0.39%
2006	7,601,022	187,709	-0.76%	0.39%
2007	7,545,338	188,753	-0.73%	0.56%
2008	7,492,561	190,107	-0.7%	0.72%
2009	7,444,443	191,513	-0.64%	0.74%
2010	7,395,599	193,023	-0.66%	0.79%
2011	7,348,328	194,713	-0.64%	0.88%
2012	7,305,888	196,498	-0.58%	0.92%
2013	7,160,005	198,268	-2%	0.9%
2014	7,073,572	200,037	-1.21%	0.89%
2015	6,984,225	201,782	-1.26%	0.87%
2016	6,894,139	203,499	-1.29%	0.85%
2017	6,803,468	205,415	-1.32%	0.94%
2018	6,710,798	207,582	-1.36%	1.05%
2019	6,616,726	209,780	-1.4%	1.06%
2020	6,550,696	211,944	-1%	1.03%
2021	6,507,301	213,779	-0.66%	0.87%
2022	6,465,097	215,261	-0.65%	0.69%
2023	6,446,596	216,663	-0.29%	0.65%
2024	6,444,366	218,019	-0.03%	0.63%
2025	6,403,235	219,302	-0.64%	0.59%
2026	6,358,515	220,530	-0.7%	0.56%
2027	6,310,991	221,772	-0.75%	0.56%
2028	6,261,580	223,104	-0.78%	0.6%
2029	6,210,816	224,504	-0.81%	0.63%
2030	6,158,806	225,968	-0.84%	0.65%
2031	6,106,271	227,581	-0.85%	0.71%
2032	6,054,057	229,298	-0.86%	0.75%
2033	6,001,675	231,110	-0.87%	0.79%
2034	5,948,975	233,061	-0.88%	0.84%
2035	5,896,427	235,172	-0.88%	0.91%
2036	5,843,557	237,415	-0.9%	0.95%
2037	5,790,371	239,730	-0.91%	0.98%
2038	5,737,870	242,155	-0.91%	1.01%
2039	5,685,753	244,653	-0.91%	1.03%
2040	5,633,818	247,196	-0.91%	1.04%
2041	5,582,636	249,796	-0.91%	1.05%
2042	5,532,405	252,427	-0.9%	1.05%
2043	5,483,086	255,023	-0.89%	1.03%
2044	5,434,397	257,609	-0.89%	1.01%
2045	5,386,376	260,250	-0.88%	1.03%
2046	5,338,852	262,849	-0.88%	1%
2047	5,291,441	265,365	-0.89%	0.96%
2048	5,244,419	267,836	-0.89%	0.93%
2049	5,197,955	270,291	-0.89%	0.92%
2050	5,151,745	272,711	-0.89%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.