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	6,441,421	2,127,400	-0.08%	0.33%
2025	6,400,309	2,125,771	-0.64%	-0.08%
2026	6,355,610	2,123,263	-0.7%	-0.12%
2027	6,308,107	2,120,217	-0.75%	-0.14%
2028	6,258,719	2,116,494	-0.78%	-0.18%
2029	6,207,977	2,112,173	-0.81%	-0.2%
2030	6,155,992	2,107,590	-0.84%	-0.22%
2031	6,103,481	2,102,682	-0.85%	-0.23%
2032	6,051,290	2,097,639	-0.86%	-0.24%
2033	5,998,932	2,092,539	-0.87%	-0.24%
2034	5,946,256	2,087,474	-0.88%	-0.24%
2035	5,893,732	2,082,359	-0.88%	-0.25%
2036	5,840,887	2,076,980	-0.9%	-0.26%
2037	5,787,725	2,071,332	-0.91%	-0.27%
2038	5,735,248	2,065,836	-0.91%	-0.27%
2039	5,683,154	2,060,512	-0.91%	-0.26%
2040	5,631,243	2,055,171	-0.91%	-0.26%
2041	5,580,085	2,049,707	-0.91%	-0.27%
2042	5,529,877	2,043,776	-0.9%	-0.29%
2043	5,480,581	2,037,534	-0.89%	-0.31%
2044	5,431,913	2,031,130	-0.89%	-0.31%
2045	5,383,915	2,024,576	-0.88%	-0.32%
2046	5,336,412	2,017,955	-0.88%	-0.33%
2047	5,289,023	2,011,220	-0.89%	-0.33%
2048	5,242,022	2,004,390	-0.89%	-0.34%
2049	5,195,580	1,997,296	-0.89%	-0.35%
2050	5,149,391	1,989,697	-0.89%	-0.38%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Slovenia gained 58,174 people (a 2.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Slovenia's population increased by 58,221 (a 2.82% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Slovenia was ranked 141st in 2006 and ranked 147th 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 Slovenia will decrease by 6.29% to 1,989,697 people and will still be ranked 147th.