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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Tajikistan	Bulgaria	Tajikistan
1960	7,867,374	2,112,131	-	-
1961	7,943,118	2,181,805	0.96%	3.3%
1962	8,012,946	2,255,026	0.88%	3.36%
1963	8,078,145	2,331,736	0.81%	3.4%
1964	8,144,340	2,411,260	0.82%	3.41%
1965	8,204,168	2,492,998	0.73%	3.39%
1966	8,258,057	2,577,184	0.66%	3.38%
1967	8,310,226	2,664,130	0.63%	3.37%
1968	8,369,603	2,753,848	0.71%	3.37%
1969	8,434,172	2,845,273	0.77%	3.32%
1970	8,489,574	2,936,779	0.66%	3.22%
1971	8,536,395	3,028,837	0.55%	3.13%
1972	8,576,200	3,123,691	0.47%	3.13%
1973	8,620,967	3,222,290	0.52%	3.16%
1974	8,678,745	3,324,499	0.67%	3.17%
1975	8,720,742	3,430,425	0.48%	3.19%
1976	8,758,599	3,540,076	0.43%	3.2%
1977	8,804,183	3,653,265	0.52%	3.2%
1978	8,814,032	3,768,508	0.11%	3.15%
1979	8,825,940	3,882,691	0.14%	3.03%
1980	8,861,535	3,995,256	0.4%	2.9%
1981	8,891,117	4,109,022	0.33%	2.85%
1982	8,917,457	4,227,171	0.3%	2.88%
1983	8,939,738	4,350,874	0.25%	2.93%
1984	8,960,679	4,480,026	0.23%	2.97%
1985	8,960,547	4,619,003	-0.001%	3.1%
1986	8,958,171	4,772,139	-0.03%	3.32%
1987	8,971,359	4,939,059	0.15%	3.5%
1988	8,981,446	5,114,989	0.11%	3.56%
1989	8,876,972	5,267,249	-1.16%	2.98%
1990	8,718,289	5,398,768	-1.79%	2.5%
1991	8,632,367	5,541,205	-0.99%	2.64%
1992	8,540,164	5,649,400	-1.07%	1.95%
1993	8,472,313	5,724,993	-0.79%	1.34%
1994	8,443,591	5,825,368	-0.34%	1.75%
1995	8,406,067	5,948,584	-0.44%	2.12%
1996	8,362,826	6,066,523	-0.51%	1.98%
1997	8,312,068	6,139,829	-0.61%	1.21%
1998	8,256,786	6,176,397	-0.67%	0.6%
1999	8,210,624	6,208,370	-0.56%	0.52%
2000	8,170,172	6,284,735	-0.49%	1.23%
2001	8,009,142	6,407,377	-1.97%	1.95%
2002	7,837,161	6,531,669	-2.15%	1.94%
2003	7,775,327	6,658,575	-0.79%	1.94%
2004	7,716,860	6,790,547	-0.75%	1.98%
2005	7,658,972	6,924,720	-0.75%	1.98%
2006	7,601,022	7,057,566	-0.76%	1.92%
2007	7,545,338	7,194,477	-0.73%	1.94%
2008	7,492,561	7,338,403	-0.7%	2%
2009	7,444,443	7,490,230	-0.64%	2.07%
2010	7,395,599	7,652,141	-0.66%	2.16%
2011	7,348,328	7,824,785	-0.64%	2.26%
2012	7,305,888	8,014,084	-0.58%	2.42%
2013	7,160,005	8,216,724	-2%	2.53%
2014	7,073,572	8,425,552	-1.21%	2.54%
2015	6,984,225	8,643,840	-1.26%	2.59%
2016	6,894,139	8,865,631	-1.29%	2.57%
2017	6,803,468	9,085,946	-1.32%	2.49%
2018	6,710,798	9,307,333	-1.36%	2.44%
2019	6,616,726	9,529,966	-1.4%	2.39%
2020	6,550,696	9,749,310	-1%	2.3%
2021	6,507,301	9,966,908	-0.66%	2.23%
2022	6,465,097	10,182,222	-0.65%	2.16%
2023	6,446,596	10,389,799	-0.29%	2.04%
2024	6,441,421	10,590,927	-0.08%	1.94%
2025	6,400,309	10,786,735	-0.64%	1.85%
2026	6,355,610	10,978,598	-0.7%	1.78%
2027	6,308,107	11,168,387	-0.75%	1.73%
2028	6,258,719	11,356,920	-0.78%	1.69%
2029	6,207,977	11,545,276	-0.81%	1.66%
2030	6,155,992	11,733,066	-0.84%	1.63%
2031	6,103,481	11,920,472	-0.85%	1.6%
2032	6,051,290	12,110,150	-0.86%	1.59%
2033	5,998,932	12,302,290	-0.87%	1.59%
2034	5,946,256	12,496,888	-0.88%	1.58%
2035	5,893,732	12,695,586	-0.88%	1.59%
2036	5,840,887	12,899,096	-0.9%	1.6%
2037	5,787,725	13,104,339	-0.91%	1.59%
2038	5,735,248	13,308,237	-0.91%	1.56%
2039	5,683,154	13,511,372	-0.91%	1.53%
2040	5,631,243	13,713,948	-0.91%	1.5%
2041	5,580,085	13,915,192	-0.91%	1.47%
2042	5,529,877	14,115,137	-0.9%	1.44%
2043	5,480,581	14,311,598	-0.89%	1.39%
2044	5,431,913	14,504,865	-0.89%	1.35%
2045	5,383,915	14,694,858	-0.88%	1.31%
2046	5,336,412	14,879,388	-0.88%	1.26%
2047	5,289,023	15,059,869	-0.89%	1.21%
2048	5,242,022	15,236,594	-0.89%	1.17%
2049	5,195,580	15,408,032	-0.89%	1.13%
2050	5,149,391	15,574,643	-0.89%	1.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Tajikistan gained 1,808,065 people (a 25.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,115,041 (a 23.9% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Tajikistan was ranked 98th in 2006 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 41.8% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.