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	6,444,366	340,110,988	-0.03%	1.55%
2025	6,403,235	341,931,772	-0.64%	0.54%
2026	6,358,515	343,664,369	-0.7%	0.51%
2027	6,310,991	345,331,185	-0.75%	0.49%
2028	6,261,580	346,981,137	-0.78%	0.48%
2029	6,210,816	348,601,982	-0.81%	0.47%
2030	6,158,806	350,176,974	-0.84%	0.45%
2031	6,106,271	351,725,612	-0.85%	0.44%
2032	6,054,057	353,249,060	-0.86%	0.43%
2033	6,001,675	354,749,644	-0.87%	0.42%
2034	5,948,975	356,234,239	-0.88%	0.42%
2035	5,896,427	357,694,316	-0.88%	0.41%
2036	5,843,557	359,119,002	-0.9%	0.4%
2037	5,790,371	360,517,853	-0.91%	0.39%
2038	5,737,870	361,895,407	-0.91%	0.38%
2039	5,685,753	363,229,908	-0.91%	0.37%
2040	5,633,818	364,512,364	-0.91%	0.35%
2041	5,582,636	365,753,139	-0.91%	0.34%
2042	5,532,405	366,969,419	-0.9%	0.33%
2043	5,483,086	368,146,925	-0.89%	0.32%
2044	5,434,397	369,258,123	-0.89%	0.3%
2045	5,386,376	370,318,770	-0.88%	0.29%
2046	5,338,852	371,328,255	-0.88%	0.27%
2047	5,291,441	372,299,116	-0.89%	0.26%
2048	5,244,419	373,230,539	-0.89%	0.25%
2049	5,197,955	374,119,803	-0.89%	0.24%
2050	5,151,745	374,986,259	-0.89%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 674,747 people (a 8.81% decline), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Bulgaria lost -580,990 (a 8.32% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 92nd most populous country in 2005 and is 111th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.