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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Sweden	Bulgaria	Sweden
1960	7,867,374	7,484,656	-	-
1961	7,943,118	7,519,998	0.96%	0.47%
1962	8,012,946	7,561,588	0.88%	0.55%
1963	8,078,145	7,604,328	0.81%	0.57%
1964	8,144,340	7,661,354	0.82%	0.75%
1965	8,204,168	7,733,853	0.73%	0.95%
1966	8,258,057	7,807,797	0.66%	0.96%
1967	8,310,226	7,867,931	0.63%	0.77%
1968	8,369,603	7,912,273	0.71%	0.56%
1969	8,434,172	7,968,072	0.77%	0.71%
1970	8,489,574	8,042,801	0.66%	0.94%
1971	8,536,395	8,098,334	0.55%	0.69%
1972	8,576,200	8,122,300	0.47%	0.3%
1973	8,620,967	8,136,312	0.52%	0.17%
1974	8,678,745	8,159,955	0.67%	0.29%
1975	8,720,742	8,192,437	0.48%	0.4%
1976	8,758,599	8,222,286	0.43%	0.36%
1977	8,804,183	8,251,540	0.52%	0.36%
1978	8,814,032	8,275,599	0.11%	0.29%
1979	8,825,940	8,293,678	0.14%	0.22%
1980	8,861,535	8,310,531	0.4%	0.2%
1981	8,891,117	8,320,503	0.33%	0.12%
1982	8,917,457	8,325,263	0.3%	0.06%
1983	8,939,738	8,329,033	0.25%	0.05%
1984	8,960,679	8,336,605	0.23%	0.09%
1985	8,960,547	8,350,386	-0.001%	0.17%
1986	8,958,171	8,369,829	-0.03%	0.23%
1987	8,971,359	8,397,804	0.15%	0.33%
1988	8,981,446	8,436,489	0.11%	0.46%
1989	8,876,972	8,492,964	-1.16%	0.67%
1990	8,718,289	8,558,835	-1.79%	0.78%
1991	8,632,367	8,617,375	-0.99%	0.68%
1992	8,540,164	8,668,067	-1.07%	0.59%
1993	8,472,313	8,718,561	-0.79%	0.58%
1994	8,443,591	8,780,745	-0.34%	0.71%
1995	8,406,067	8,826,939	-0.44%	0.53%
1996	8,362,826	8,840,998	-0.51%	0.16%
1997	8,312,068	8,846,062	-0.61%	0.06%
1998	8,256,786	8,850,974	-0.67%	0.06%
1999	8,210,624	8,857,874	-0.56%	0.08%
2000	8,170,172	8,872,109	-0.49%	0.16%
2001	8,009,142	8,895,960	-1.97%	0.27%
2002	7,837,161	8,924,958	-2.15%	0.33%
2003	7,775,327	8,958,229	-0.79%	0.37%
2004	7,716,860	8,993,531	-0.75%	0.39%
2005	7,658,972	9,029,572	-0.75%	0.4%
2006	7,601,022	9,080,505	-0.76%	0.56%
2007	7,545,338	9,148,092	-0.73%	0.74%
2008	7,492,561	9,219,637	-0.7%	0.78%
2009	7,444,443	9,298,515	-0.64%	0.86%
2010	7,395,599	9,378,126	-0.66%	0.86%
2011	7,348,328	9,449,213	-0.64%	0.76%
2012	7,305,888	9,519,374	-0.58%	0.74%
2013	7,160,005	9,600,379	-2%	0.85%
2014	7,073,572	9,696,110	-1.21%	1%
2015	6,984,225	9,799,186	-1.26%	1.06%
2016	6,894,139	9,923,085	-1.29%	1.26%
2017	6,803,468	10,057,698	-1.32%	1.36%
2018	6,710,798	10,175,214	-1.36%	1.17%
2019	6,616,726	10,278,887	-1.4%	1.02%
2020	6,550,696	10,353,442	-1%	0.73%
2021	6,507,301	10,415,811	-0.66%	0.6%
2022	6,465,097	10,486,941	-0.65%	0.68%
2023	6,446,596	10,536,632	-0.29%	0.47%
2024	6,444,366	10,569,709	-0.03%	0.31%
2025	6,403,235	10,619,177	-0.64%	0.47%
2026	6,358,515	10,663,427	-0.7%	0.42%
2027	6,310,991	10,703,497	-0.75%	0.38%
2028	6,261,580	10,740,420	-0.78%	0.34%
2029	6,210,816	10,773,692	-0.81%	0.31%
2030	6,158,806	10,803,699	-0.84%	0.28%
2031	6,106,271	10,830,583	-0.85%	0.25%
2032	6,054,057	10,855,855	-0.86%	0.23%
2033	6,001,675	10,880,544	-0.87%	0.23%
2034	5,948,975	10,903,924	-0.88%	0.21%
2035	5,896,427	10,926,433	-0.88%	0.21%
2036	5,843,557	10,949,062	-0.9%	0.21%
2037	5,790,371	10,971,259	-0.91%	0.2%
2038	5,737,870	10,993,203	-0.91%	0.2%
2039	5,685,753	11,015,926	-0.91%	0.21%
2040	5,633,818	11,039,663	-0.91%	0.22%
2041	5,582,636	11,063,604	-0.91%	0.22%
2042	5,532,405	11,088,299	-0.9%	0.22%
2043	5,483,086	11,113,927	-0.89%	0.23%
2044	5,434,397	11,139,125	-0.89%	0.23%
2045	5,386,376	11,163,492	-0.88%	0.22%
2046	5,338,852	11,186,803	-0.88%	0.21%
2047	5,291,441	11,209,183	-0.89%	0.2%
2048	5,244,419	11,230,526	-0.89%	0.19%
2049	5,197,955	11,250,663	-0.89%	0.18%
2050	5,151,745	11,269,877	-0.89%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Sweden gained 769,614 people (a 8.52% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Sweden's population increased by 855,536 (a 8.73% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Sweden was ranked 88th in 2005 and ranked 93rd 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 Sweden will increase by 5.77% to 11,269,877 people and will still be ranked 93rd.