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	6,444,366	50,448,963	-0.03%	0.81%
2025	6,403,235	51,662,152	-0.64%	2.4%
2026	6,358,515	53,282,718	-0.7%	3.14%
2027	6,310,991	54,724,215	-0.75%	2.71%
2028	6,261,580	55,993,833	-0.78%	2.32%
2029	6,210,816	57,275,443	-0.81%	2.29%
2030	6,158,806	58,571,624	-0.84%	2.26%
2031	6,106,271	59,872,936	-0.85%	2.22%
2032	6,054,057	61,179,476	-0.86%	2.18%
2033	6,001,675	62,497,205	-0.87%	2.15%
2034	5,948,975	63,822,356	-0.88%	2.12%
2035	5,896,427	65,148,317	-0.88%	2.08%
2036	5,843,557	66,470,018	-0.9%	2.03%
2037	5,790,371	67,791,240	-0.91%	1.99%
2038	5,737,870	69,107,712	-0.91%	1.94%
2039	5,685,753	70,416,631	-0.91%	1.89%
2040	5,633,818	71,730,604	-0.91%	1.87%
2041	5,582,636	73,056,213	-0.91%	1.85%
2042	5,532,405	74,387,562	-0.9%	1.82%
2043	5,483,086	75,723,670	-0.89%	1.8%
2044	5,434,397	77,066,454	-0.89%	1.77%
2045	5,386,376	78,415,205	-0.88%	1.75%
2046	5,338,852	79,767,271	-0.88%	1.72%
2047	5,291,441	81,115,241	-0.89%	1.69%
2048	5,244,419	82,463,202	-0.89%	1.66%
2049	5,197,955	83,828,356	-0.89%	1.66%
2050	5,151,745	85,206,384	-0.89%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.