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	6,444,366	10,590,927	-0.03%	1.94%
2025	6,403,235	10,786,735	-0.64%	1.85%
2026	6,358,515	10,978,598	-0.7%	1.78%
2027	6,310,991	11,168,387	-0.75%	1.73%
2028	6,261,580	11,356,920	-0.78%	1.69%
2029	6,210,816	11,545,276	-0.81%	1.66%
2030	6,158,806	11,733,066	-0.84%	1.63%
2031	6,106,271	11,920,472	-0.85%	1.6%
2032	6,054,057	12,110,150	-0.86%	1.59%
2033	6,001,675	12,302,290	-0.87%	1.59%
2034	5,948,975	12,496,888	-0.88%	1.58%
2035	5,896,427	12,695,586	-0.88%	1.59%
2036	5,843,557	12,899,096	-0.9%	1.6%
2037	5,790,371	13,104,339	-0.91%	1.59%
2038	5,737,870	13,308,237	-0.91%	1.56%
2039	5,685,753	13,511,372	-0.91%	1.53%
2040	5,633,818	13,713,948	-0.91%	1.5%
2041	5,582,636	13,915,192	-0.91%	1.47%
2042	5,532,405	14,115,137	-0.9%	1.44%
2043	5,483,086	14,311,598	-0.89%	1.39%
2044	5,434,397	14,504,865	-0.89%	1.35%
2045	5,386,376	14,694,858	-0.88%	1.31%
2046	5,338,852	14,879,388	-0.88%	1.26%
2047	5,291,441	15,059,869	-0.89%	1.21%
2048	5,244,419	15,236,594	-0.89%	1.17%
2049	5,197,955	15,408,032	-0.89%	1.13%
2050	5,151,745	15,574,643	-0.89%	1.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Tajikistan gained 1,719,120 people (a 24.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Tajikistan's population increased by 2,297,014 (a 26.6% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Tajikistan was ranked 99th in 2005 and ranked 88th 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 Tajikistan will increase by 42.4% to 15,574,643 people and rank change from 88th to 83rd.