Population in Bulgaria compared to the Seychelles: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and the Seychelles: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Seychelles	Bulgaria	Seychelles
1960	7,867,374	41,700	-	-
1961	7,943,118	42,889	0.96%	2.85%
1962	8,012,946	44,042	0.88%	2.69%
1963	8,078,145	45,176	0.81%	2.57%
1964	8,144,340	46,322	0.82%	2.54%
1965	8,204,168	47,500	0.73%	2.54%
1966	8,258,057	48,699	0.66%	2.52%
1967	8,310,226	49,911	0.63%	2.49%
1968	8,369,603	51,134	0.71%	2.45%
1969	8,434,172	52,365	0.77%	2.41%
1970	8,489,574	53,600	0.66%	2.36%
1971	8,536,395	54,695	0.55%	2.04%
1972	8,576,200	56,029	0.47%	2.44%
1973	8,620,967	56,892	0.52%	1.54%
1974	8,678,745	57,937	0.67%	1.84%
1975	8,720,742	59,292	0.48%	2.34%
1976	8,758,599	60,504	0.43%	2.04%
1977	8,804,183	61,786	0.52%	2.12%
1978	8,814,032	62,150	0.11%	0.59%
1979	8,825,940	62,686	0.14%	0.86%
1980	8,861,535	63,261	0.4%	0.92%
1981	8,891,117	64,035	0.33%	1.22%
1982	8,917,457	64,413	0.3%	0.59%
1983	8,939,738	64,335	0.25%	-0.12%
1984	8,960,679	64,717	0.23%	0.59%
1985	8,960,547	65,244	-0.001%	0.81%
1986	8,958,171	65,652	-0.03%	0.63%
1987	8,971,359	68,499	0.15%	4.34%
1988	8,981,446	68,755	0.11%	0.37%
1989	8,876,972	69,167	-1.16%	0.6%
1990	8,718,289	69,507	-1.79%	0.49%
1991	8,632,367	70,439	-0.99%	1.34%
1992	8,540,164	70,763	-1.07%	0.46%
1993	8,472,313	72,253	-0.79%	2.11%
1994	8,443,591	74,205	-0.34%	2.7%
1995	8,406,067	75,304	-0.44%	1.48%
1996	8,362,826	76,417	-0.51%	1.48%
1997	8,312,068	77,319	-0.61%	1.18%
1998	8,256,786	78,846	-0.67%	1.97%
1999	8,210,624	80,410	-0.56%	1.98%
2000	8,170,172	81,131	-0.49%	0.9%
2001	8,009,142	81,202	-1.97%	0.09%
2002	7,837,161	83,723	-2.15%	3.1%
2003	7,775,327	82,781	-0.79%	-1.13%
2004	7,716,860	82,475	-0.75%	-0.37%
2005	7,658,972	82,858	-0.75%	0.46%
2006	7,601,022	84,600	-0.76%	2.1%
2007	7,545,338	85,033	-0.73%	0.51%
2008	7,492,561	86,956	-0.7%	2.26%
2009	7,444,443	87,298	-0.64%	0.39%
2010	7,395,599	89,770	-0.66%	2.83%
2011	7,348,328	87,441	-0.64%	-2.59%
2012	7,305,888	88,303	-0.58%	0.99%
2013	7,160,005	89,949	-2%	1.86%
2014	7,073,572	91,359	-1.21%	1.57%
2015	6,984,225	93,419	-1.26%	2.25%
2016	6,894,139	94,677	-1.29%	1.35%
2017	6,803,468	95,843	-1.32%	1.23%
2018	6,710,798	96,762	-1.36%	0.96%
2019	6,616,726	97,625	-1.4%	0.89%
2020	6,550,696	98,462	-1%	0.86%
2021	6,507,301	99,258	-0.66%	0.81%
2022	6,465,097	119,878	-0.65%	20.8%
2023	6,446,596	119,773	-0.29%	-0.09%
2024	6,444,366	121,354	-0.03%	1.32%
2025	6,403,235	123,549	-0.64%	1.81%
2026	6,358,515	125,581	-0.7%	1.64%
2027	6,310,991	127,380	-0.75%	1.43%
2028	6,261,580	128,883	-0.78%	1.18%
2029	6,210,816	130,011	-0.81%	0.87%
2030	6,158,806	130,635	-0.84%	0.48%
2031	6,106,271	130,989	-0.85%	0.27%
2032	6,054,057	131,305	-0.86%	0.24%
2033	6,001,675	131,578	-0.87%	0.21%
2034	5,948,975	131,816	-0.88%	0.18%
2035	5,896,427	132,027	-0.88%	0.16%
2036	5,843,557	132,202	-0.9%	0.13%
2037	5,790,371	132,348	-0.91%	0.11%
2038	5,737,870	132,467	-0.91%	0.09%
2039	5,685,753	132,552	-0.91%	0.06%
2040	5,633,818	132,631	-0.91%	0.06%
2041	5,582,636	132,681	-0.91%	0.04%
2042	5,532,405	132,700	-0.9%	0.01%
2043	5,483,086	132,698	-0.89%	-0.001%
2044	5,434,397	132,665	-0.89%	-0.03%
2045	5,386,376	132,613	-0.88%	-0.04%
2046	5,338,852	132,531	-0.88%	-0.06%
2047	5,291,441	132,415	-0.89%	-0.09%
2048	5,244,419	132,264	-0.89%	-0.11%
2049	5,197,955	132,085	-0.89%	-0.14%
2050	5,151,745	131,885	-0.89%	-0.15%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while the Seychelles gained 10,561 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while the Seychelles' population increased by 31,762 (a 34% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2005 and ranked 181st 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 the Seychelles will increase by 5.36% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.