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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Sudan	Bulgaria	Sudan
1960	7,867,374	8,364,489	-	-
1961	7,943,118	8,634,941	0.96%	3.23%
1962	8,012,946	8,919,028	0.88%	3.29%
1963	8,078,145	9,218,077	0.81%	3.35%
1964	8,144,340	9,531,109	0.82%	3.4%
1965	8,204,168	9,858,030	0.73%	3.43%
1966	8,258,057	10,197,578	0.66%	3.44%
1967	8,310,226	10,550,597	0.63%	3.46%
1968	8,369,603	10,917,999	0.71%	3.48%
1969	8,434,172	11,298,936	0.77%	3.49%
1970	8,489,574	11,695,771	0.66%	3.51%
1971	8,536,395	12,105,539	0.55%	3.5%
1972	8,576,200	12,527,856	0.47%	3.49%
1973	8,620,967	13,049,315	0.52%	4.16%
1974	8,678,745	13,580,723	0.67%	4.07%
1975	8,720,742	14,064,798	0.48%	3.56%
1976	8,758,599	14,569,716	0.43%	3.59%
1977	8,804,183	15,086,614	0.52%	3.55%
1978	8,814,032	15,695,003	0.11%	4.03%
1979	8,825,940	16,355,352	0.14%	4.21%
1980	8,861,535	17,058,905	0.4%	4.3%
1981	8,891,117	17,780,572	0.33%	4.23%
1982	8,917,457	18,486,645	0.3%	3.97%
1983	8,939,738	19,109,770	0.25%	3.37%
1984	8,960,679	19,546,528	0.23%	2.29%
1985	8,960,547	19,905,872	-0.001%	1.84%
1986	8,958,171	20,288,238	-0.03%	1.92%
1987	8,971,359	20,704,904	0.15%	2.05%
1988	8,981,446	21,138,431	0.11%	2.09%
1989	8,876,972	21,578,022	-1.16%	2.08%
1990	8,718,289	22,021,481	-1.79%	2.06%
1991	8,632,367	22,470,676	-0.99%	2.04%
1992	8,540,164	22,927,355	-1.07%	2.03%
1993	8,472,313	23,445,592	-0.79%	2.26%
1994	8,443,591	24,043,948	-0.34%	2.55%
1995	8,406,067	24,672,143	-0.44%	2.61%
1996	8,362,826	25,231,528	-0.51%	2.27%
1997	8,312,068	25,799,821	-0.61%	2.25%
1998	8,256,786	26,458,999	-0.67%	2.55%
1999	8,210,624	27,130,613	-0.56%	2.54%
2000	8,170,172	27,816,745	-0.49%	2.53%
2001	8,009,142	28,516,770	-1.97%	2.52%
2002	7,837,161	29,228,727	-2.15%	2.5%
2003	7,775,327	29,896,035	-0.79%	2.28%
2004	7,716,860	30,556,637	-0.75%	2.21%
2005	7,658,972	31,262,444	-0.75%	2.31%
2006	7,601,022	31,992,435	-0.76%	2.34%
2007	7,545,338	32,764,135	-0.73%	2.41%
2008	7,492,561	33,623,980	-0.7%	2.62%
2009	7,444,443	34,569,113	-0.64%	2.81%
2010	7,395,599	35,414,399	-0.66%	2.45%
2011	7,348,328	36,140,806	-0.64%	2.05%
2012	7,305,888	36,923,178	-0.58%	2.16%
2013	7,160,005	37,785,849	-2%	2.34%
2014	7,073,572	38,823,318	-1.21%	2.75%
2015	6,984,225	40,024,431	-1.26%	3.09%
2016	6,894,139	41,259,892	-1.29%	3.09%
2017	6,803,468	42,714,306	-1.32%	3.53%
2018	6,710,798	44,230,596	-1.36%	3.55%
2019	6,616,726	45,548,175	-1.4%	2.98%
2020	6,550,696	46,789,231	-1%	2.72%
2021	6,507,301	48,066,924	-0.66%	2.73%
2022	6,465,097	49,383,346	-0.65%	2.74%
2023	6,446,596	50,042,791	-0.29%	1.34%
2024	6,441,421	50,448,963	-0.08%	0.81%
2025	6,400,309	51,662,152	-0.64%	2.4%
2026	6,355,610	53,282,718	-0.7%	3.14%
2027	6,308,107	54,724,215	-0.75%	2.71%
2028	6,258,719	55,993,833	-0.78%	2.32%
2029	6,207,977	57,275,443	-0.81%	2.29%
2030	6,155,992	58,571,624	-0.84%	2.26%
2031	6,103,481	59,872,936	-0.85%	2.22%
2032	6,051,290	61,179,476	-0.86%	2.18%
2033	5,998,932	62,497,205	-0.87%	2.15%
2034	5,946,256	63,822,356	-0.88%	2.12%
2035	5,893,732	65,148,317	-0.88%	2.08%
2036	5,840,887	66,470,018	-0.9%	2.03%
2037	5,787,725	67,791,240	-0.91%	1.99%
2038	5,735,248	69,107,712	-0.91%	1.94%
2039	5,683,154	70,416,631	-0.91%	1.89%
2040	5,631,243	71,730,604	-0.91%	1.87%
2041	5,580,085	73,056,213	-0.91%	1.85%
2042	5,529,877	74,387,562	-0.9%	1.82%
2043	5,480,581	75,723,670	-0.89%	1.8%
2044	5,431,913	77,066,454	-0.89%	1.77%
2045	5,383,915	78,415,205	-0.88%	1.75%
2046	5,336,412	79,767,271	-0.88%	1.72%
2047	5,289,023	81,115,241	-0.89%	1.69%
2048	5,242,022	82,463,202	-0.89%	1.66%
2049	5,195,580	83,828,356	-0.89%	1.66%
2050	5,149,391	85,206,384	-0.89%	1.64%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Sudan gained 9,267,457 people (a 29% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Sudan's population increased by 12,038,580 (a 29.2% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2006 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 59.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.