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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	United States	Bulgaria	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	7,867,374	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	7,943,118	183,691,481	0.96%	1.67%
1962	8,012,946	186,537,737	0.88%	1.55%
1963	8,078,145	189,241,798	0.81%	1.45%
1964	8,144,340	191,888,791	0.82%	1.4%
1965	8,204,168	194,302,963	0.73%	1.26%
1966	8,258,057	196,560,338	0.66%	1.16%
1967	8,310,226	198,712,056	0.63%	1.09%
1968	8,369,603	200,706,052	0.71%	1%
1969	8,434,172	202,676,946	0.77%	0.98%
1970	8,489,574	205,052,174	0.66%	1.17%
1971	8,536,395	207,660,677	0.55%	1.27%
1972	8,576,200	209,896,021	0.47%	1.08%
1973	8,620,967	211,908,788	0.52%	0.96%
1974	8,678,745	213,853,928	0.67%	0.92%
1975	8,720,742	215,973,199	0.48%	0.99%
1976	8,758,599	218,035,164	0.43%	0.95%
1977	8,804,183	220,239,425	0.52%	1.01%
1978	8,814,032	222,584,545	0.11%	1.06%
1979	8,825,940	225,055,487	0.14%	1.11%
1980	8,861,535	226,542,250	0.4%	0.66%
1981	8,891,117	229,465,744	0.33%	1.29%
1982	8,917,457	231,664,432	0.3%	0.96%
1983	8,939,738	233,792,014	0.25%	0.92%
1984	8,960,679	235,824,908	0.23%	0.87%
1985	8,960,547	237,923,734	-0.001%	0.89%
1986	8,958,171	240,132,831	-0.03%	0.93%
1987	8,971,359	242,288,936	0.15%	0.9%
1988	8,981,446	244,499,004	0.11%	0.91%
1989	8,876,972	246,819,222	-1.16%	0.95%
1990	8,718,289	250,131,894	-1.79%	1.34%
1991	8,632,367	253,492,503	-0.99%	1.34%
1992	8,540,164	256,894,189	-1.07%	1.34%
1993	8,472,313	260,255,352	-0.79%	1.31%
1994	8,443,591	263,435,673	-0.34%	1.22%
1995	8,406,067	266,557,091	-0.44%	1.18%
1996	8,362,826	269,667,391	-0.51%	1.17%
1997	8,312,068	272,911,760	-0.61%	1.2%
1998	8,256,786	276,115,288	-0.67%	1.17%
1999	8,210,624	279,294,713	-0.56%	1.15%
2000	8,170,172	282,162,411	-0.49%	1.03%
2001	8,009,142	284,968,955	-1.97%	0.99%
2002	7,837,161	287,625,193	-2.15%	0.93%
2003	7,775,327	290,107,933	-0.79%	0.86%
2004	7,716,860	292,805,298	-0.75%	0.93%
2005	7,658,972	295,516,599	-0.75%	0.93%
2006	7,601,022	298,379,912	-0.76%	0.97%
2007	7,545,338	301,231,207	-0.73%	0.96%
2008	7,492,561	304,093,966	-0.7%	0.95%
2009	7,444,443	306,771,529	-0.64%	0.88%
2010	7,395,599	309,327,143	-0.66%	0.83%
2011	7,348,328	311,583,481	-0.64%	0.73%
2012	7,305,888	313,877,662	-0.58%	0.74%
2013	7,160,005	316,059,947	-2%	0.7%
2014	7,073,572	318,386,329	-1.21%	0.74%
2015	6,984,225	320,738,994	-1.26%	0.74%
2016	6,894,139	323,071,755	-1.29%	0.73%
2017	6,803,468	325,122,128	-1.32%	0.63%
2018	6,710,798	326,838,199	-1.36%	0.53%
2019	6,616,726	328,329,953	-1.4%	0.46%
2020	6,550,696	331,526,933	-1%	0.97%
2021	6,507,301	331,893,745	-0.66%	0.11%
2022	6,465,097	333,271,411	-0.65%	0.42%
2023	6,446,596	334,914,895	-0.29%	0.49%
2024	6,441,421	340,110,988	-0.08%	1.55%
2025	6,400,309	341,931,772	-0.64%	0.54%
2026	6,355,610	343,664,369	-0.7%	0.51%
2027	6,308,107	345,331,185	-0.75%	0.49%
2028	6,258,719	346,981,137	-0.78%	0.48%
2029	6,207,977	348,601,982	-0.81%	0.47%
2030	6,155,992	350,176,974	-0.84%	0.45%
2031	6,103,481	351,725,612	-0.85%	0.44%
2032	6,051,290	353,249,060	-0.86%	0.43%
2033	5,998,932	354,749,644	-0.87%	0.42%
2034	5,946,256	356,234,239	-0.88%	0.42%
2035	5,893,732	357,694,316	-0.88%	0.41%
2036	5,840,887	359,119,002	-0.9%	0.4%
2037	5,787,725	360,517,853	-0.91%	0.39%
2038	5,735,248	361,895,407	-0.91%	0.38%
2039	5,683,154	363,229,908	-0.91%	0.37%
2040	5,631,243	364,512,364	-0.91%	0.35%
2041	5,580,085	365,753,139	-0.91%	0.34%
2042	5,529,877	366,969,419	-0.9%	0.33%
2043	5,480,581	368,146,925	-0.89%	0.32%
2044	5,431,913	369,258,123	-0.89%	0.3%
2045	5,383,915	370,318,770	-0.88%	0.29%
2046	5,336,412	371,328,255	-0.88%	0.27%
2047	5,289,023	372,299,116	-0.89%	0.26%
2048	5,242,022	373,230,539	-0.89%	0.25%
2049	5,195,580	374,119,803	-0.89%	0.24%
2050	5,149,391	374,986,259	-0.89%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.