The latest officially reported population of Bulgaria was 6,441,421 in 2024 vs 19,009,151 people in Somalia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bulgaria's population is 6,355,610 people compared to 20,313,043 in Somalia.
Population statistics:
- Somalia's population is 3.2 times bigger than Bulgaria's.
- Bulgaria is ranked the 112th most populous country in the world, while Somalia is the 66th.
- The countries together account for 0.32% of the world: 0.08% for Bulgaria vs 0.25% for Somalia.
- For the last 10 years, Bulgaria has had an average growth rate of -0.96% per year vs +3.61% in Somalia.
- Since 2006, the population of Bulgaria has decreased from 7.6M people to 6.36M (16.4% decline), while Somalia has grown from 11M to 20.3M (85.1% growth).
- Somalia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 67.4M 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 Somalia: live population counter
Bulgaria
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Somalia
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
6355610
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20313043
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| Population rank | 112/197 | 66/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.25% |
| One net population change |
1.69 hours
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48.5 seconds
|
| One birth every |
9.16 minutes
|
40 seconds
|
| One death every |
5.19 minutes
|
2.91 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.7 hours
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19.6 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | +524 | +26,859 |
| Daily growth/decline | -14 | +1,782 |
| Annual growth/decline | -5,175 | +650,536 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.08% | +3.54% |
| Population growth rate rank | 172/197 | 8/197 |
Bulgaria and Somalia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Bulgaria
Population
Growth rate
Somalia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Bulgaria
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Somalia
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Bulgaria
|
Somalia
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| 1960 | 7,867,374 | 2,876,331 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,943,118 | 2,952,054 | 0.96% | 2.63% |
| 1962 | 8,012,946 | 3,030,091 | 0.88% | 2.64% |
| 1963 | 8,078,145 | 3,110,361 | 0.81% | 2.65% |
| 1964 | 8,144,340 | 3,192,796 | 0.82% | 2.65% |
| 1965 | 8,204,168 | 3,277,874 | 0.73% | 2.66% |
| 1966 | 8,258,057 | 3,365,106 | 0.66% | 2.66% |
| 1967 | 8,310,226 | 3,454,537 | 0.63% | 2.66% |
| 1968 | 8,369,603 | 3,546,590 | 0.71% | 2.66% |
| 1969 | 8,434,172 | 3,641,015 | 0.77% | 2.66% |
| 1970 | 8,489,574 | 3,738,448 | 0.66% | 2.68% |
| 1971 | 8,536,395 | 3,837,691 | 0.55% | 2.65% |
| 1972 | 8,576,200 | 3,939,436 | 0.47% | 2.65% |
| 1973 | 8,620,967 | 4,045,592 | 0.52% | 2.69% |
| 1974 | 8,678,745 | 4,151,842 | 0.67% | 2.63% |
| 1975 | 8,720,742 | 4,257,535 | 0.48% | 2.55% |
| 1976 | 8,758,599 | 4,365,812 | 0.43% | 2.54% |
| 1977 | 8,804,183 | 4,484,050 | 0.52% | 2.71% |
| 1978 | 8,814,032 | 4,814,892 | 0.11% | 7.38% |
| 1979 | 8,825,940 | 5,449,117 | 0.14% | 13.2% |
| 1980 | 8,861,535 | 5,936,154 | 0.4% | 8.94% |
| 1981 | 8,891,117 | 5,982,849 | 0.33% | 0.79% |
| 1982 | 8,917,457 | 6,003,840 | 0.3% | 0.35% |
| 1983 | 8,939,738 | 6,198,430 | 0.25% | 3.24% |
| 1984 | 8,960,679 | 6,428,389 | 0.23% | 3.71% |
| 1985 | 8,960,547 | 6,693,289 | -0.001% | 4.12% |
| 1986 | 8,958,171 | 6,974,788 | -0.03% | 4.21% |
| 1987 | 8,971,359 | 7,228,302 | 0.15% | 3.63% |
| 1988 | 8,981,446 | 7,235,360 | 0.11% | 0.1% |
| 1989 | 8,876,972 | 7,114,817 | -1.16% | -1.67% |
| 1990 | 8,718,289 | 7,082,811 | -1.79% | -0.45% |
| 1991 | 8,632,367 | 6,813,760 | -0.99% | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 8,540,164 | 6,495,107 | -1.07% | -4.68% |
| 1993 | 8,472,313 | 6,681,399 | -0.79% | 2.87% |
| 1994 | 8,443,591 | 7,026,797 | -0.34% | 5.17% |
| 1995 | 8,406,067 | 7,285,007 | -0.44% | 3.67% |
| 1996 | 8,362,826 | 7,554,474 | -0.51% | 3.7% |
| 1997 | 8,312,068 | 7,824,525 | -0.61% | 3.57% |
| 1998 | 8,256,786 | 8,155,417 | -0.67% | 4.23% |
| 1999 | 8,210,624 | 8,492,059 | -0.56% | 4.13% |
| 2000 | 8,170,172 | 8,838,713 | -0.49% | 4.08% |
| 2001 | 8,009,142 | 9,198,493 | -1.97% | 4.07% |
| 2002 | 7,837,161 | 9,550,063 | -2.15% | 3.82% |
| 2003 | 7,775,327 | 9,909,157 | -0.79% | 3.76% |
| 2004 | 7,716,860 | 10,280,998 | -0.75% | 3.75% |
| 2005 | 7,658,972 | 10,644,228 | -0.75% | 3.53% |
| 2006 | 7,601,022 | 10,975,502 | -0.76% | 3.11% |
| 2007 | 7,545,338 | 11,322,582 | -0.73% | 3.16% |
| 2008 | 7,492,561 | 11,663,084 | -0.7% | 3.01% |
| 2009 | 7,444,443 | 11,961,201 | -0.64% | 2.56% |
| 2010 | 7,395,599 | 12,261,756 | -0.66% | 2.51% |
| 2011 | 7,348,328 | 12,348,830 | -0.64% | 0.71% |
| 2012 | 7,305,888 | 12,461,160 | -0.58% | 0.91% |
| 2013 | 7,160,005 | 12,869,594 | -2% | 3.28% |
| 2014 | 7,073,572 | 13,339,491 | -1.21% | 3.65% |
| 2015 | 6,984,225 | 13,806,963 | -1.26% | 3.5% |
| 2016 | 6,894,139 | 14,348,740 | -1.29% | 3.92% |
| 2017 | 6,803,468 | 14,916,629 | -1.32% | 3.96% |
| 2018 | 6,710,798 | 15,452,487 | -1.36% | 3.59% |
| 2019 | 6,616,726 | 16,030,971 | -1.4% | 3.74% |
| 2020 | 6,550,696 | 16,651,191 | -1% | 3.87% |
| 2021 | 6,507,301 | 17,271,431 | -0.66% | 3.72% |
| 2022 | 6,465,097 | 17,801,897 | -0.65% | 3.07% |
| 2023 | 6,446,596 | 18,358,615 | -0.29% | 3.13% |
| 2024 | 6,441,421 | 19,009,151 | -0.08% | 3.54% |
| 2025 | 6,400,309 | 19,654,737 | -0.64% | 3.4% |
| 2026 | 6,355,610 | 20,305,905 | -0.7% | 3.31% |
| 2027 | 6,308,107 | 20,959,056 | -0.75% | 3.22% |
| 2028 | 6,258,719 | 21,601,810 | -0.78% | 3.07% |
| 2029 | 6,207,977 | 22,247,714 | -0.81% | 2.99% |
| 2030 | 6,155,992 | 22,915,042 | -0.84% | 3% |
| 2031 | 6,103,481 | 23,589,793 | -0.85% | 2.94% |
| 2032 | 6,051,290 | 24,258,789 | -0.86% | 2.84% |
| 2033 | 5,998,932 | 24,921,830 | -0.87% | 2.73% |
| 2034 | 5,946,256 | 25,593,666 | -0.88% | 2.7% |
| 2035 | 5,893,732 | 26,294,943 | -0.88% | 2.74% |
| 2036 | 5,840,887 | 27,009,199 | -0.9% | 2.72% |
| 2037 | 5,787,725 | 27,731,170 | -0.91% | 2.67% |
| 2038 | 5,735,248 | 28,455,755 | -0.91% | 2.61% |
| 2039 | 5,683,154 | 29,167,897 | -0.91% | 2.5% |
| 2040 | 5,631,243 | 29,896,286 | -0.91% | 2.5% |
| 2041 | 5,580,085 | 30,635,956 | -0.91% | 2.47% |
| 2042 | 5,529,877 | 31,350,028 | -0.9% | 2.33% |
| 2043 | 5,480,581 | 32,057,980 | -0.89% | 2.26% |
| 2044 | 5,431,913 | 32,780,417 | -0.89% | 2.25% |
| 2045 | 5,383,915 | 33,510,163 | -0.88% | 2.23% |
| 2046 | 5,336,412 | 34,248,030 | -0.88% | 2.2% |
| 2047 | 5,289,023 | 34,996,366 | -0.89% | 2.19% |
| 2048 | 5,242,022 | 35,743,960 | -0.89% | 2.14% |
| 2049 | 5,195,580 | 36,474,683 | -0.89% | 2.04% |
| 2050 | 5,149,391 | 37,206,497 | -0.89% | 2.01% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).
Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.
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Population differences between Bulgaria and Somalia
|
Bulgaria
|
Somalia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 76.1 years | 59.3 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 21.2 years |
| Median age | 45.5 years | 16.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 50.1:49.9 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 6.13 births per woman |
| Population density | 153.7 ppl/mi² | 78.5 ppl/mi² |
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