Population in Bulgaria compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Vatican	Bulgaria	Vatican
1960	7,867,374	-	-	-
1961	7,943,118	-	0.96%	-
1962	8,012,946	-	0.88%	-
1963	8,078,145	-	0.81%	-
1964	8,144,340	-	0.82%	-
1965	8,204,168	-	0.73%	-
1966	8,258,057	-	0.66%	-
1967	8,310,226	-	0.63%	-
1968	8,369,603	-	0.71%	-
1969	8,434,172	-	0.77%	-
1970	8,489,574	-	0.66%	-
1971	8,536,395	-	0.55%	-
1972	8,576,200	-	0.47%	-
1973	8,620,967	-	0.52%	-
1974	8,678,745	-	0.67%	-
1975	8,720,742	-	0.48%	-
1976	8,758,599	-	0.43%	-
1977	8,804,183	-	0.52%	-
1978	8,814,032	-	0.11%	-
1979	8,825,940	-	0.14%	-
1980	8,861,535	-	0.4%	-
1981	8,891,117	-	0.33%	-
1982	8,917,457	-	0.3%	-
1983	8,939,738	-	0.25%	-
1984	8,960,679	-	0.23%	-
1985	8,960,547	-	-0.001%	-
1986	8,958,171	-	-0.03%	-
1987	8,971,359	-	0.15%	-
1988	8,981,446	-	0.11%	-
1989	8,876,972	-	-1.16%	-
1990	8,718,289	-	-1.79%	-
1991	8,632,367	-	-0.99%	-
1992	8,540,164	-	-1.07%	-
1993	8,472,313	-	-0.79%	-
1994	8,443,591	-	-0.34%	-
1995	8,406,067	-	-0.44%	-
1996	8,362,826	-	-0.51%	-
1997	8,312,068	-	-0.61%	-
1998	8,256,786	-	-0.67%	-
1999	8,210,624	-	-0.56%	-
2000	8,170,172	880	-0.49%	-
2001	8,009,142	890	-1.97%	1.14%
2002	7,837,161	900	-2.15%	1.12%
2003	7,775,327	911	-0.79%	1.22%
2004	7,716,860	921	-0.75%	1.1%
2005	7,658,972	921	-0.75%	0%
2006	7,601,022	932	-0.76%	1.19%
2007	7,545,338	821	-0.73%	-11.9%
2008	7,492,561	824	-0.7%	0.37%
2009	7,444,443	826	-0.64%	0.24%
2010	7,395,599	829	-0.66%	0.36%
2011	7,348,328	832	-0.64%	0.36%
2012	7,305,888	836	-0.58%	0.48%
2013	7,160,005	839	-2%	0.36%
2014	7,073,572	842	-1.21%	0.36%
2015	6,984,225	1,000	-1.26%	18.8%
2016	6,894,139	-	-1.29%	0%
2017	6,803,468	1,000	-1.32%	0%
2018	6,710,798	-	-1.36%	0%
2019	6,616,726	1,000	-1.4%	0%
2020	6,550,696	987	-1%	-1.29%
2021	6,507,301	970	-0.66%	-1.68%
2022	6,465,097	944	-0.65%	-2.66%
2023	6,446,596	922	-0.29%	-2.34%
2024	6,441,421	933	-0.08%	1.2%
2025	6,400,309	939	-0.64%	0.59%
2026	6,355,610	952	-0.7%	1.37%
2027	6,308,107	974	-0.75%	2.32%
2028	6,258,719	985	-0.78%	1.13%
2029	6,207,977	983	-0.81%	-0.19%
2030	6,155,992	976	-0.84%	-0.75%
2031	6,103,481	968	-0.85%	-0.75%
2032	6,051,290	968	-0.86%	0%
2033	5,998,932	988	-0.87%	2.09%
2034	5,946,256	992	-0.88%	0.37%
2035	5,893,732	1,000	-0.88%	0.74%
2036	5,840,887	998	-0.9%	-0.18%
2037	5,787,725	1,003	-0.91%	0.55%
2038	5,735,248	1,022	-0.91%	1.83%
2039	5,683,154	1,060	-0.91%	3.78%
2040	5,631,243	1,095	-0.91%	3.3%
2041	5,580,085	1,127	-0.91%	2.86%
2042	5,529,877	1,149	-0.9%	1.96%
2043	5,480,581	1,169	-0.89%	1.76%
2044	5,431,913	1,186	-0.89%	1.42%
2045	5,383,915	1,209	-0.88%	2.02%
2046	5,336,412	1,224	-0.88%	1.22%
2047	5,289,023	1,248	-0.89%	1.95%
2048	5,242,022	1,272	-0.89%	1.92%
2049	5,195,580	1,296	-0.89%	1.88%
2050	5,149,391	1,325	-0.89%	2.27%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while the Vatican gained 68 people (a 7.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while the Vatican's population decreased by -48 (a 4.8% decline).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2006 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.2% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.