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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Slovenia	Bulgaria	Slovenia
1960	7,867,374	1,584,720	-	-
1961	7,943,118	1,594,131	0.96%	0.59%
1962	8,012,946	1,603,649	0.88%	0.6%
1963	8,078,145	1,616,971	0.81%	0.83%
1964	8,144,340	1,632,114	0.82%	0.94%
1965	8,204,168	1,649,160	0.73%	1.04%
1966	8,258,057	1,669,905	0.66%	1.26%
1967	8,310,226	1,689,528	0.63%	1.18%
1968	8,369,603	1,704,546	0.71%	0.89%
1969	8,434,172	1,713,874	0.77%	0.55%
1970	8,489,574	1,724,891	0.66%	0.64%
1971	8,536,395	1,738,335	0.55%	0.78%
1972	8,576,200	1,752,233	0.47%	0.8%
1973	8,620,967	1,766,697	0.52%	0.83%
1974	8,678,745	1,776,132	0.67%	0.53%
1975	8,720,742	1,793,581	0.48%	0.98%
1976	8,758,599	1,820,249	0.43%	1.49%
1977	8,804,183	1,842,377	0.52%	1.22%
1978	8,814,032	1,862,548	0.11%	1.09%
1979	8,825,940	1,882,599	0.14%	1.08%
1980	8,861,535	1,901,315	0.4%	0.99%
1981	8,891,117	1,906,531	0.33%	0.27%
1982	8,917,457	1,910,334	0.3%	0.2%
1983	8,939,738	1,922,321	0.25%	0.63%
1984	8,960,679	1,932,154	0.23%	0.51%
1985	8,960,547	1,941,641	-0.001%	0.49%
1986	8,958,171	1,965,964	-0.03%	1.25%
1987	8,971,359	1,989,776	0.15%	1.21%
1988	8,981,446	1,995,196	0.11%	0.27%
1989	8,876,972	1,996,351	-1.16%	0.06%
1990	8,718,289	1,998,161	-1.79%	0.09%
1991	8,632,367	1,999,429	-0.99%	0.06%
1992	8,540,164	1,996,498	-1.07%	-0.15%
1993	8,472,313	1,991,746	-0.79%	-0.24%
1994	8,443,591	1,989,443	-0.34%	-0.12%
1995	8,406,067	1,989,872	-0.44%	0.02%
1996	8,362,826	1,988,628	-0.51%	-0.06%
1997	8,312,068	1,985,956	-0.61%	-0.13%
1998	8,256,786	1,981,629	-0.67%	-0.22%
1999	8,210,624	1,983,045	-0.56%	0.07%
2000	8,170,172	1,988,925	-0.49%	0.3%
2001	8,009,142	1,992,060	-1.97%	0.16%
2002	7,837,161	1,994,530	-2.15%	0.12%
2003	7,775,327	1,995,733	-0.79%	0.06%
2004	7,716,860	1,997,012	-0.75%	0.06%
2005	7,658,972	2,000,474	-0.75%	0.17%
2006	7,601,022	2,006,868	-0.76%	0.32%
2007	7,545,338	2,018,122	-0.73%	0.56%
2008	7,492,561	2,021,316	-0.7%	0.16%
2009	7,444,443	2,039,669	-0.64%	0.91%
2010	7,395,599	2,048,583	-0.66%	0.44%
2011	7,348,328	2,052,843	-0.64%	0.21%
2012	7,305,888	2,057,159	-0.58%	0.21%
2013	7,160,005	2,059,953	-2%	0.14%
2014	7,073,572	2,061,980	-1.21%	0.1%
2015	6,984,225	2,063,531	-1.26%	0.08%
2016	6,894,139	2,065,042	-1.29%	0.07%
2017	6,803,468	2,066,388	-1.32%	0.07%
2018	6,710,798	2,073,894	-1.36%	0.36%
2019	6,616,726	2,088,385	-1.4%	0.7%
2020	6,550,696	2,102,419	-1%	0.67%
2021	6,507,301	2,108,079	-0.66%	0.27%
2022	6,465,097	2,112,076	-0.65%	0.19%
2023	6,446,596	2,120,461	-0.29%	0.4%
2024	6,444,366	2,126,324	-0.03%	0.28%
2025	6,403,235	2,124,696	-0.64%	-0.08%
2026	6,358,515	2,122,189	-0.7%	-0.12%
2027	6,310,991	2,119,145	-0.75%	-0.14%
2028	6,261,580	2,115,423	-0.78%	-0.18%
2029	6,210,816	2,111,105	-0.81%	-0.2%
2030	6,158,806	2,106,524	-0.84%	-0.22%
2031	6,106,271	2,101,619	-0.85%	-0.23%
2032	6,054,057	2,096,578	-0.86%	-0.24%
2033	6,001,675	2,091,480	-0.87%	-0.24%
2034	5,948,975	2,086,418	-0.88%	-0.24%
2035	5,896,427	2,081,306	-0.88%	-0.25%
2036	5,843,557	2,075,930	-0.9%	-0.26%
2037	5,790,371	2,070,284	-0.91%	-0.27%
2038	5,737,870	2,064,791	-0.91%	-0.27%
2039	5,685,753	2,059,470	-0.91%	-0.26%
2040	5,633,818	2,054,131	-0.91%	-0.26%
2041	5,582,636	2,048,670	-0.91%	-0.27%
2042	5,532,405	2,042,743	-0.9%	-0.29%
2043	5,483,086	2,036,503	-0.89%	-0.31%
2044	5,434,397	2,030,103	-0.89%	-0.31%
2045	5,386,376	2,023,552	-0.88%	-0.32%
2046	5,338,852	2,016,934	-0.88%	-0.33%
2047	5,291,441	2,010,203	-0.89%	-0.33%
2048	5,244,419	2,003,376	-0.89%	-0.34%
2049	5,197,955	1,996,286	-0.89%	-0.35%
2050	5,151,745	1,988,691	-0.89%	-0.38%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Slovenia gained 63,057 people (a 3.15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Slovenia's population increased by 61,165 (a 2.96% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Slovenia was ranked 142nd in 2005 and ranked 147th 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 Slovenia will decrease by 6.4% to 1,988,691 people and rank change from 147th to 148th.