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	6,444,366	68,560,157	-0.03%	2.92%
2025	6,403,235	70,545,858	-0.64%	2.9%
2026	6,358,515	72,563,773	-0.7%	2.86%
2027	6,310,991	74,604,804	-0.75%	2.81%
2028	6,261,580	76,670,483	-0.78%	2.77%
2029	6,210,816	78,773,192	-0.81%	2.74%
2030	6,158,806	80,913,118	-0.84%	2.72%
2031	6,106,271	83,087,927	-0.85%	2.69%
2032	6,054,057	85,293,126	-0.86%	2.65%
2033	6,001,675	87,520,491	-0.87%	2.61%
2034	5,948,975	89,788,673	-0.88%	2.59%
2035	5,896,427	92,091,418	-0.88%	2.56%
2036	5,843,557	94,420,808	-0.9%	2.53%
2037	5,790,371	96,775,766	-0.91%	2.49%
2038	5,737,870	99,156,465	-0.91%	2.46%
2039	5,685,753	101,567,525	-0.91%	2.43%
2040	5,633,818	103,999,350	-0.91%	2.39%
2041	5,582,636	106,448,475	-0.91%	2.35%
2042	5,532,405	108,926,272	-0.9%	2.33%
2043	5,483,086	111,433,788	-0.89%	2.3%
2044	5,434,397	113,966,263	-0.89%	2.27%
2045	5,386,376	116,525,463	-0.88%	2.25%
2046	5,338,852	119,109,670	-0.88%	2.22%
2047	5,291,441	121,721,018	-0.89%	2.19%
2048	5,244,419	124,351,294	-0.89%	2.16%
2049	5,197,955	126,981,394	-0.89%	2.12%
2050	5,151,745	129,621,083	-0.89%	2.08%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.