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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Tanzania	Bulgaria	Tanzania
1960	7,867,374	9,901,419	-	-
1961	7,943,118	10,187,886	0.96%	2.89%
1962	8,012,946	10,487,756	0.88%	2.94%
1963	8,078,145	10,799,528	0.81%	2.97%
1964	8,144,340	11,127,826	0.82%	3.04%
1965	8,204,168	11,470,728	0.73%	3.08%
1966	8,258,057	11,827,459	0.66%	3.11%
1967	8,310,226	12,200,109	0.63%	3.15%
1968	8,369,603	12,602,076	0.71%	3.29%
1969	8,434,172	13,036,700	0.77%	3.45%
1970	8,489,574	13,492,677	0.66%	3.5%
1971	8,536,395	13,971,451	0.55%	3.55%
1972	8,576,200	14,479,308	0.47%	3.63%
1973	8,620,967	15,010,101	0.52%	3.67%
1974	8,678,745	15,561,630	0.67%	3.67%
1975	8,720,742	16,138,361	0.48%	3.71%
1976	8,758,599	16,736,211	0.43%	3.7%
1977	8,804,183	17,352,929	0.52%	3.68%
1978	8,814,032	17,976,566	0.11%	3.59%
1979	8,825,940	18,592,038	0.14%	3.42%
1980	8,861,535	19,189,769	0.4%	3.21%
1981	8,891,117	19,784,703	0.33%	3.1%
1982	8,917,457	20,398,571	0.3%	3.1%
1983	8,939,738	21,079,874	0.25%	3.34%
1984	8,960,679	21,779,066	0.23%	3.32%
1985	8,960,547	22,501,693	-0.001%	3.32%
1986	8,958,171	23,258,959	-0.03%	3.37%
1987	8,971,359	24,030,378	0.15%	3.32%
1988	8,981,446	24,769,686	0.11%	3.08%
1989	8,876,972	25,438,759	-1.16%	2.7%
1990	8,718,289	26,110,207	-1.79%	2.64%
1991	8,632,367	26,780,436	-0.99%	2.57%
1992	8,540,164	27,457,588	-1.07%	2.53%
1993	8,472,313	28,332,692	-0.79%	3.19%
1994	8,443,591	29,442,356	-0.34%	3.92%
1995	8,406,067	30,383,497	-0.44%	3.2%
1996	8,362,826	30,945,762	-0.51%	1.85%
1997	8,312,068	31,578,089	-0.61%	2.04%
1998	8,256,786	32,420,458	-0.67%	2.67%
1999	8,210,624	33,300,330	-0.56%	2.71%
2000	8,170,172	34,260,139	-0.49%	2.88%
2001	8,009,142	35,198,299	-1.97%	2.74%
2002	7,837,161	36,121,304	-2.15%	2.62%
2003	7,775,327	37,089,555	-0.79%	2.68%
2004	7,716,860	38,109,668	-0.75%	2.75%
2005	7,658,972	39,182,076	-0.75%	2.81%
2006	7,601,022	40,294,902	-0.76%	2.84%
2007	7,545,338	41,435,512	-0.73%	2.83%
2008	7,492,561	42,570,728	-0.7%	2.74%
2009	7,444,443	43,633,982	-0.64%	2.5%
2010	7,395,599	44,758,488	-0.66%	2.58%
2011	7,348,328	46,029,367	-0.64%	2.84%
2012	7,305,888	47,374,260	-0.58%	2.92%
2013	7,160,005	48,824,128	-2%	3.06%
2014	7,073,572	50,351,512	-1.21%	3.13%
2015	6,984,225	52,020,962	-1.26%	3.32%
2016	6,894,139	53,824,013	-1.29%	3.47%
2017	6,803,468	55,652,890	-1.32%	3.4%
2018	6,710,798	57,437,145	-1.36%	3.21%
2019	6,616,726	59,174,891	-1.4%	3.03%
2020	6,550,696	60,972,798	-1%	3.04%
2021	6,507,301	62,830,412	-0.66%	3.05%
2022	6,465,097	64,711,821	-0.65%	2.99%
2023	6,446,596	66,617,606	-0.29%	2.95%
2024	6,441,421	68,560,157	-0.08%	2.92%
2025	6,400,309	70,545,858	-0.64%	2.9%
2026	6,355,610	72,563,773	-0.7%	2.86%
2027	6,308,107	74,604,804	-0.75%	2.81%
2028	6,258,719	76,670,483	-0.78%	2.77%
2029	6,207,977	78,773,192	-0.81%	2.74%
2030	6,155,992	80,913,118	-0.84%	2.72%
2031	6,103,481	83,087,927	-0.85%	2.69%
2032	6,051,290	85,293,126	-0.86%	2.65%
2033	5,998,932	87,520,491	-0.87%	2.61%
2034	5,946,256	89,788,673	-0.88%	2.59%
2035	5,893,732	92,091,418	-0.88%	2.56%
2036	5,840,887	94,420,808	-0.9%	2.53%
2037	5,787,725	96,775,766	-0.91%	2.49%
2038	5,735,248	99,156,465	-0.91%	2.46%
2039	5,683,154	101,567,525	-0.91%	2.43%
2040	5,631,243	103,999,350	-0.91%	2.39%
2041	5,580,085	106,448,475	-0.91%	2.35%
2042	5,529,877	108,926,272	-0.9%	2.33%
2043	5,480,581	111,433,788	-0.89%	2.3%
2044	5,431,913	113,966,263	-0.89%	2.27%
2045	5,383,915	116,525,463	-0.88%	2.25%
2046	5,336,412	119,109,670	-0.88%	2.22%
2047	5,289,023	121,721,018	-0.89%	2.19%
2048	5,242,022	124,351,294	-0.89%	2.16%
2049	5,195,580	126,981,394	-0.89%	2.12%
2050	5,149,391	129,621,083	-0.89%	2.08%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.