The latest officially reported population of Bulgaria was 6,444,366 in 2024 vs 50,015,092 people in Uganda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Bulgaria's population is 6,403,235 people compared to 52,490,669 in Uganda.
Population statistics:
- Uganda's population is 8.2 times bigger than Bulgaria's.
- Bulgaria is ranked the 111th most populous country in the world, while Uganda is the 30th.
- The countries together account for 0.71% of the world: 0.08% for Bulgaria vs 0.63% for Uganda.
- For the last 10 years, Bulgaria has had an average growth rate of -0.95% per year vs +3.21% in Uganda.
- Since 2005, the population of Bulgaria has decreased from 7.66M people to 6.4M (16.4% decline), while Uganda has grown from 28M to 52.5M (87.7% growth).
- Uganda is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 121M people, while Bulgaria's population already peaked in 1988 at 8.98M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Bulgaria vs Uganda: live population counter
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| Current population |
6403235
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52490669
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| Population rank | 111/197 | 30/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.08% | 0.63% |
| One net population change |
3.93 hours
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23.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
9.16 minutes
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18.4 seconds
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| One death every |
5.19 minutes
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2.23 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
16.7 hours
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4.46 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +524 | -117,924 |
| Daily growth/decline | -6 | +3,722 |
| Annual growth/decline | -2,230 | +1,358,491 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.03% | +2.79% |
| Population growth rate rank | 168/197 | 23/197 |
Bulgaria and Uganda: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 7,867,374 | 7,640,973 | - | - |
| 1961 | 7,943,118 | 7,862,217 | 0.96% | 2.9% |
| 1962 | 8,012,946 | 8,092,231 | 0.88% | 2.93% |
| 1963 | 8,078,145 | 8,333,663 | 0.81% | 2.98% |
| 1964 | 8,144,340 | 8,586,363 | 0.82% | 3.03% |
| 1965 | 8,204,168 | 8,849,203 | 0.73% | 3.06% |
| 1966 | 8,258,057 | 9,122,864 | 0.66% | 3.09% |
| 1967 | 8,310,226 | 9,408,924 | 0.63% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 8,369,603 | 9,708,632 | 0.71% | 3.19% |
| 1969 | 8,434,172 | 10,014,858 | 0.77% | 3.15% |
| 1970 | 8,489,574 | 10,321,603 | 0.66% | 3.06% |
| 1971 | 8,536,395 | 10,618,206 | 0.55% | 2.87% |
| 1972 | 8,576,200 | 10,885,796 | 0.47% | 2.52% |
| 1973 | 8,620,967 | 11,144,236 | 0.52% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 8,678,745 | 11,424,846 | 0.67% | 2.52% |
| 1975 | 8,720,742 | 11,725,240 | 0.48% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 8,758,599 | 12,037,294 | 0.43% | 2.66% |
| 1977 | 8,804,183 | 12,359,669 | 0.52% | 2.68% |
| 1978 | 8,814,032 | 12,692,113 | 0.11% | 2.69% |
| 1979 | 8,825,940 | 13,002,163 | 0.14% | 2.44% |
| 1980 | 8,861,535 | 13,275,741 | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| 1981 | 8,891,117 | 13,556,452 | 0.33% | 2.11% |
| 1982 | 8,917,457 | 13,873,631 | 0.3% | 2.34% |
| 1983 | 8,939,738 | 14,221,881 | 0.25% | 2.51% |
| 1984 | 8,960,679 | 14,607,677 | 0.23% | 2.71% |
| 1985 | 8,960,547 | 15,023,681 | -0.001% | 2.85% |
| 1986 | 8,958,171 | 15,467,579 | -0.03% | 2.95% |
| 1987 | 8,971,359 | 15,954,170 | 0.15% | 3.15% |
| 1988 | 8,981,446 | 16,470,483 | 0.11% | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 8,876,972 | 17,010,698 | -1.16% | 3.28% |
| 1990 | 8,718,289 | 17,569,897 | -1.79% | 3.29% |
| 1991 | 8,632,367 | 18,155,901 | -0.99% | 3.34% |
| 1992 | 8,540,164 | 18,785,032 | -1.07% | 3.47% |
| 1993 | 8,472,313 | 19,445,161 | -0.79% | 3.51% |
| 1994 | 8,443,591 | 20,108,801 | -0.34% | 3.41% |
| 1995 | 8,406,067 | 20,665,667 | -0.44% | 2.77% |
| 1996 | 8,362,826 | 21,231,550 | -0.51% | 2.74% |
| 1997 | 8,312,068 | 21,856,046 | -0.61% | 2.94% |
| 1998 | 8,256,786 | 22,515,806 | -0.67% | 3.02% |
| 1999 | 8,210,624 | 23,257,281 | -0.56% | 3.29% |
| 2000 | 8,170,172 | 24,000,150 | -0.49% | 3.19% |
| 2001 | 8,009,142 | 24,745,676 | -1.97% | 3.11% |
| 2002 | 7,837,161 | 25,532,870 | -2.15% | 3.18% |
| 2003 | 7,775,327 | 26,352,124 | -0.79% | 3.21% |
| 2004 | 7,716,860 | 27,154,515 | -0.75% | 3.04% |
| 2005 | 7,658,972 | 27,963,289 | -0.75% | 2.98% |
| 2006 | 7,601,022 | 28,794,003 | -0.76% | 2.97% |
| 2007 | 7,545,338 | 29,653,430 | -0.73% | 2.98% |
| 2008 | 7,492,561 | 30,539,553 | -0.7% | 2.99% |
| 2009 | 7,444,443 | 31,451,151 | -0.64% | 2.98% |
| 2010 | 7,395,599 | 32,390,802 | -0.66% | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 7,348,328 | 33,354,543 | -0.64% | 2.98% |
| 2012 | 7,305,888 | 34,337,438 | -0.58% | 2.95% |
| 2013 | 7,160,005 | 35,337,042 | -2% | 2.91% |
| 2014 | 7,073,572 | 36,395,539 | -1.21% | 3% |
| 2015 | 6,984,225 | 37,531,446 | -1.26% | 3.12% |
| 2016 | 6,894,139 | 38,799,152 | -1.29% | 3.38% |
| 2017 | 6,803,468 | 40,177,388 | -1.32% | 3.55% |
| 2018 | 6,710,798 | 41,565,831 | -1.36% | 3.46% |
| 2019 | 6,616,726 | 42,999,637 | -1.4% | 3.45% |
| 2020 | 6,550,696 | 44,457,152 | -1% | 3.39% |
| 2021 | 6,507,301 | 45,910,930 | -0.66% | 3.27% |
| 2022 | 6,465,097 | 47,312,719 | -0.65% | 3.05% |
| 2023 | 6,446,596 | 48,656,601 | -0.29% | 2.84% |
| 2024 | 6,444,366 | 50,015,092 | -0.03% | 2.79% |
| 2025 | 6,403,235 | 51,384,895 | -0.64% | 2.74% |
| 2026 | 6,358,515 | 52,761,471 | -0.7% | 2.68% |
| 2027 | 6,310,991 | 54,144,274 | -0.75% | 2.62% |
| 2028 | 6,261,580 | 55,532,564 | -0.78% | 2.56% |
| 2029 | 6,210,816 | 56,922,797 | -0.81% | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 6,158,806 | 58,312,944 | -0.84% | 2.44% |
| 2031 | 6,106,271 | 59,703,537 | -0.85% | 2.38% |
| 2032 | 6,054,057 | 61,089,060 | -0.86% | 2.32% |
| 2033 | 6,001,675 | 62,464,116 | -0.87% | 2.25% |
| 2034 | 5,948,975 | 63,833,872 | -0.88% | 2.19% |
| 2035 | 5,896,427 | 65,205,570 | -0.88% | 2.15% |
| 2036 | 5,843,557 | 66,573,737 | -0.9% | 2.1% |
| 2037 | 5,790,371 | 67,942,634 | -0.91% | 2.06% |
| 2038 | 5,737,870 | 69,312,210 | -0.91% | 2.02% |
| 2039 | 5,685,753 | 70,669,875 | -0.91% | 1.96% |
| 2040 | 5,633,818 | 72,020,414 | -0.91% | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 5,582,636 | 73,372,658 | -0.91% | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 5,532,405 | 74,730,004 | -0.9% | 1.85% |
| 2043 | 5,483,086 | 76,090,991 | -0.89% | 1.82% |
| 2044 | 5,434,397 | 77,449,517 | -0.89% | 1.79% |
| 2045 | 5,386,376 | 78,797,995 | -0.88% | 1.74% |
| 2046 | 5,338,852 | 80,139,174 | -0.88% | 1.7% |
| 2047 | 5,291,441 | 81,478,503 | -0.89% | 1.67% |
| 2048 | 5,244,419 | 82,812,102 | -0.89% | 1.64% |
| 2049 | 5,197,955 | 84,130,056 | -0.89% | 1.59% |
| 2050 | 5,151,745 | 85,431,202 | -0.89% | 1.55% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).
Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.
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Population differences between Bulgaria and Uganda
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| Life expectancy | 76 years | 68.7 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 21.6 years |
| Median age | 45.5 years | 17.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 4.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 153.7 ppl/mi² | 646 ppl/mi² |
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