Population in Bulgaria compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	UAE	Bulgaria	UAE
1960	7,867,374	131,334	-	-
1961	7,943,118	137,989	0.96%	5.07%
1962	8,012,946	144,946	0.88%	5.04%
1963	8,078,145	152,211	0.81%	5.01%
1964	8,144,340	159,692	0.82%	4.91%
1965	8,204,168	167,103	0.73%	4.64%
1966	8,258,057	173,976	0.66%	4.11%
1967	8,310,226	179,700	0.63%	3.29%
1968	8,369,603	199,416	0.71%	11%
1969	8,434,172	239,660	0.77%	20.2%
1970	8,489,574	286,536	0.66%	19.6%
1971	8,536,395	335,027	0.55%	16.9%
1972	8,576,200	385,014	0.47%	14.9%
1973	8,620,967	436,399	0.52%	13.3%
1974	8,678,745	489,087	0.67%	12.1%
1975	8,720,742	542,856	0.48%	11%
1976	8,758,599	615,866	0.43%	13.4%
1977	8,804,183	710,209	0.52%	15.3%
1978	8,814,032	809,274	0.11%	13.9%
1979	8,825,940	912,010	0.14%	12.7%
1980	8,861,535	1,015,700	0.4%	11.4%
1981	8,891,117	1,099,855	0.33%	8.29%
1982	8,917,457	1,166,370	0.3%	6.05%
1983	8,939,738	1,235,305	0.25%	5.91%
1984	8,960,679	1,305,996	0.23%	5.72%
1985	8,960,547	1,377,911	-0.001%	5.51%
1986	8,958,171	1,467,383	-0.03%	6.49%
1987	8,971,359	1,574,244	0.15%	7.28%
1988	8,981,446	1,681,788	0.11%	6.83%
1989	8,876,972	1,789,851	-1.16%	6.43%
1990	8,718,289	1,898,220	-1.79%	6.05%
1991	8,632,367	2,006,626	-0.99%	5.71%
1992	8,540,164	2,114,730	-1.07%	5.39%
1993	8,472,313	2,222,093	-0.79%	5.08%
1994	8,443,591	2,328,188	-0.34%	4.77%
1995	8,406,067	2,434,662	-0.44%	4.57%
1996	8,362,826	2,597,564	-0.51%	6.69%
1997	8,312,068	2,817,410	-0.61%	8.46%
1998	8,256,786	3,040,421	-0.67%	7.92%
1999	8,210,624	3,266,009	-0.56%	7.42%
2000	8,170,172	3,493,575	-0.49%	6.97%
2001	8,009,142	3,723,590	-1.97%	6.58%
2002	7,837,161	3,956,826	-2.15%	6.26%
2003	7,775,327	4,192,457	-0.79%	5.96%
2004	7,716,860	4,428,967	-0.75%	5.64%
2005	7,658,972	4,664,790	-0.75%	5.32%
2006	7,601,022	5,009,100	-0.76%	7.38%
2007	7,545,338	5,624,635	-0.73%	12.3%
2008	7,492,561	6,302,664	-0.7%	12.1%
2009	7,444,443	6,707,058	-0.64%	6.42%
2010	7,395,599	6,869,838	-0.66%	2.43%
2011	7,348,328	7,104,538	-0.64%	3.42%
2012	7,305,888	7,391,448	-0.58%	4.04%
2013	7,160,005	7,693,031	-2%	4.08%
2014	7,073,572	8,059,440	-1.21%	4.76%
2015	6,984,225	8,505,237	-1.26%	5.53%
2016	6,894,139	8,935,095	-1.29%	5.05%
2017	6,803,468	9,223,225	-1.32%	3.22%
2018	6,710,798	9,346,701	-1.36%	1.34%
2019	6,616,726	9,445,785	-1.4%	1.06%
2020	6,550,696	9,401,038	-1%	-0.47%
2021	6,507,301	9,575,152	-0.66%	1.85%
2022	6,465,097	10,074,977	-0.65%	5.22%
2023	6,446,596	10,483,751	-0.29%	4.06%
2024	6,444,366	10,876,981	-0.03%	3.75%
2025	6,403,235	11,191,510	-0.64%	2.89%
2026	6,358,515	11,417,074	-0.7%	2.02%
2027	6,310,991	11,595,528	-0.75%	1.56%
2028	6,261,580	11,750,055	-0.78%	1.33%
2029	6,210,816	11,890,496	-0.81%	1.2%
2030	6,158,806	12,024,613	-0.84%	1.13%
2031	6,106,271	12,159,255	-0.85%	1.12%
2032	6,054,057	12,298,043	-0.86%	1.14%
2033	6,001,675	12,440,531	-0.87%	1.16%
2034	5,948,975	12,586,327	-0.88%	1.17%
2035	5,896,427	12,734,906	-0.88%	1.18%
2036	5,843,557	12,885,831	-0.9%	1.19%
2037	5,790,371	13,038,803	-0.91%	1.19%
2038	5,737,870	13,193,613	-0.91%	1.19%
2039	5,685,753	13,349,897	-0.91%	1.18%
2040	5,633,818	13,507,317	-0.91%	1.18%
2041	5,582,636	13,665,875	-0.91%	1.17%
2042	5,532,405	13,825,473	-0.9%	1.17%
2043	5,483,086	13,986,029	-0.89%	1.16%
2044	5,434,397	14,147,509	-0.89%	1.15%
2045	5,386,376	14,309,823	-0.88%	1.15%
2046	5,338,852	14,473,950	-0.88%	1.15%
2047	5,291,441	14,641,700	-0.89%	1.16%
2048	5,244,419	14,812,411	-0.89%	1.17%
2049	5,197,955	14,984,754	-0.89%	1.16%
2050	5,151,745	15,158,142	-0.89%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.