Population in Bulgaria compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	South Africa	Bulgaria	South Africa
1960	7,867,374	16,440,172	-	-
1961	7,943,118	16,908,035	0.96%	2.85%
1962	8,012,946	17,418,522	0.88%	3.02%
1963	8,078,145	17,954,564	0.81%	3.08%
1964	8,144,340	18,511,361	0.82%	3.1%
1965	8,204,168	19,089,380	0.73%	3.12%
1966	8,258,057	19,690,087	0.66%	3.15%
1967	8,310,226	20,314,066	0.63%	3.17%
1968	8,369,603	20,957,287	0.71%	3.17%
1969	8,434,172	21,614,676	0.77%	3.14%
1970	8,489,574	22,279,984	0.66%	3.08%
1971	8,536,395	22,942,143	0.55%	2.97%
1972	8,576,200	23,609,456	0.47%	2.91%
1973	8,620,967	24,294,263	0.52%	2.9%
1974	8,678,745	24,989,108	0.67%	2.86%
1975	8,720,742	25,690,940	0.48%	2.81%
1976	8,758,599	26,395,450	0.43%	2.74%
1977	8,804,183	27,118,952	0.52%	2.74%
1978	8,814,032	27,869,507	0.11%	2.77%
1979	8,825,940	28,634,162	0.14%	2.74%
1980	8,861,535	29,518,857	0.4%	3.09%
1981	8,891,117	30,541,044	0.33%	3.46%
1982	8,917,457	31,615,339	0.3%	3.52%
1983	8,939,738	32,739,304	0.25%	3.56%
1984	8,960,679	33,892,788	0.23%	3.52%
1985	8,960,547	35,042,093	-0.001%	3.39%
1986	8,958,171	36,180,515	-0.03%	3.25%
1987	8,971,359	37,326,190	0.15%	3.17%
1988	8,981,446	38,480,649	0.11%	3.09%
1989	8,876,972	39,628,575	-1.16%	2.98%
1990	8,718,289	40,746,268	-1.79%	2.82%
1991	8,632,367	41,687,898	-0.99%	2.31%
1992	8,540,164	42,443,509	-1.07%	1.81%
1993	8,472,313	43,297,156	-0.79%	2.01%
1994	8,443,591	44,004,139	-0.34%	1.63%
1995	8,406,067	44,541,554	-0.44%	1.22%
1996	8,362,826	45,123,018	-0.51%	1.31%
1997	8,312,068	45,666,838	-0.61%	1.21%
1998	8,256,786	46,223,880	-0.67%	1.22%
1999	8,210,624	46,730,335	-0.56%	1.1%
2000	8,170,172	47,159,719	-0.49%	0.92%
2001	8,009,142	47,566,800	-1.97%	0.86%
2002	7,837,161	48,019,415	-2.15%	0.95%
2003	7,775,327	48,500,348	-0.79%	1%
2004	7,716,860	48,991,421	-0.75%	1.01%
2005	7,658,972	49,490,033	-0.75%	1.02%
2006	7,601,022	49,998,277	-0.76%	1.03%
2007	7,545,338	50,528,584	-0.73%	1.06%
2008	7,492,561	51,114,599	-0.7%	1.16%
2009	7,444,443	51,728,516	-0.64%	1.2%
2010	7,395,599	52,344,051	-0.66%	1.19%
2011	7,348,328	52,995,205	-0.64%	1.24%
2012	7,305,888	53,782,567	-0.58%	1.49%
2013	7,160,005	54,678,791	-2%	1.67%
2014	7,073,572	55,594,838	-1.21%	1.68%
2015	6,984,225	56,723,537	-1.26%	2.03%
2016	6,894,139	57,259,551	-1.29%	0.94%
2017	6,803,468	57,635,162	-1.32%	0.66%
2018	6,710,798	58,613,001	-1.36%	1.7%
2019	6,616,726	59,587,885	-1.4%	1.66%
2020	6,550,696	60,562,381	-1%	1.64%
2021	6,507,301	61,502,603	-0.66%	1.55%
2022	6,465,097	62,378,410	-0.65%	1.42%
2023	6,446,596	63,212,384	-0.29%	1.34%
2024	6,441,421	64,007,187	-0.08%	1.26%
2025	6,400,309	64,747,317	-0.64%	1.16%
2026	6,355,610	65,453,086	-0.7%	1.09%
2027	6,308,107	66,143,018	-0.75%	1.05%
2028	6,258,719	66,830,384	-0.78%	1.04%
2029	6,207,977	67,506,850	-0.81%	1.01%
2030	6,155,992	68,161,357	-0.84%	0.97%
2031	6,103,481	68,798,574	-0.85%	0.93%
2032	6,051,290	69,426,441	-0.86%	0.91%
2033	5,998,932	70,040,484	-0.87%	0.88%
2034	5,946,256	70,641,572	-0.88%	0.86%
2035	5,893,732	71,234,749	-0.88%	0.84%
2036	5,840,887	71,816,372	-0.9%	0.82%
2037	5,787,725	72,387,807	-0.91%	0.8%
2038	5,735,248	72,949,611	-0.91%	0.78%
2039	5,683,154	73,496,152	-0.91%	0.75%
2040	5,631,243	74,035,615	-0.91%	0.73%
2041	5,580,085	74,575,444	-0.91%	0.73%
2042	5,529,877	75,111,899	-0.9%	0.72%
2043	5,480,581	75,641,512	-0.89%	0.71%
2044	5,431,913	76,164,461	-0.89%	0.69%
2045	5,383,915	76,681,448	-0.88%	0.68%
2046	5,336,412	77,199,542	-0.88%	0.68%
2047	5,289,023	77,716,650	-0.89%	0.67%
2048	5,242,022	78,215,323	-0.89%	0.64%
2049	5,195,580	78,699,584	-0.89%	0.62%
2050	5,149,391	79,177,329	-0.89%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.