Population in Bulgaria compared to Vietnam: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Bulgaria and Vietnam: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bulgaria	Vietnam	Bulgaria	Vietnam
1960	7,867,374	32,531,933	-	-
1961	7,943,118	33,409,059	0.96%	2.7%
1962	8,012,946	34,288,560	0.88%	2.63%
1963	8,078,145	35,249,101	0.81%	2.8%
1964	8,144,340	36,201,563	0.82%	2.7%
1965	8,204,168	37,129,656	0.73%	2.56%
1966	8,258,057	38,024,836	0.66%	2.41%
1967	8,310,226	38,895,080	0.63%	2.29%
1968	8,369,603	39,734,609	0.71%	2.16%
1969	8,434,172	40,582,096	0.77%	2.13%
1970	8,489,574	41,475,230	0.66%	2.2%
1971	8,536,395	42,449,276	0.55%	2.35%
1972	8,576,200	43,429,168	0.47%	2.31%
1973	8,620,967	44,409,861	0.52%	2.26%
1974	8,678,745	45,413,537	0.67%	2.26%
1975	8,720,742	46,482,903	0.48%	2.35%
1976	8,758,599	47,684,931	0.43%	2.59%
1977	8,804,183	48,954,872	0.52%	2.66%
1978	8,814,032	50,249,552	0.11%	2.64%
1979	8,825,940	51,378,211	0.14%	2.25%
1980	8,861,535	52,490,101	0.4%	2.16%
1981	8,891,117	53,738,141	0.33%	2.38%
1982	8,917,457	55,011,289	0.3%	2.37%
1983	8,939,738	56,337,921	0.25%	2.41%
1984	8,960,679	57,706,067	0.23%	2.43%
1985	8,960,547	59,060,622	-0.001%	2.35%
1986	8,958,171	60,347,048	-0.03%	2.18%
1987	8,971,359	61,584,651	0.15%	2.05%
1988	8,981,446	62,843,228	0.11%	2.04%
1989	8,876,972	64,147,348	-1.16%	2.08%
1990	8,718,289	65,504,552	-1.79%	2.12%
1991	8,632,367	66,891,775	-0.99%	2.12%
1992	8,540,164	68,260,337	-1.07%	2.05%
1993	8,472,313	69,586,384	-0.79%	1.94%
1994	8,443,591	70,854,391	-0.34%	1.82%
1995	8,406,067	72,049,940	-0.44%	1.69%
1996	8,362,826	73,156,447	-0.51%	1.54%
1997	8,312,068	74,226,889	-0.61%	1.46%
1998	8,256,786	75,299,660	-0.67%	1.45%
1999	8,210,624	76,287,452	-0.56%	1.31%
2000	8,170,172	77,154,011	-0.49%	1.14%
2001	8,009,142	77,969,361	-1.97%	1.06%
2002	7,837,161	78,772,224	-2.15%	1.03%
2003	7,775,327	79,563,777	-0.79%	1%
2004	7,716,860	80,338,971	-0.75%	0.97%
2005	7,658,972	81,088,313	-0.75%	0.93%
2006	7,601,022	82,167,897	-0.76%	1.33%
2007	7,545,338	83,633,375	-0.73%	1.78%
2008	7,492,561	85,175,788	-0.7%	1.84%
2009	7,444,443	86,460,018	-0.64%	1.51%
2010	7,395,599	87,455,152	-0.66%	1.15%
2011	7,348,328	88,468,314	-0.64%	1.16%
2012	7,305,888	89,510,356	-0.58%	1.18%
2013	7,160,005	90,573,104	-2%	1.19%
2014	7,073,572	91,679,578	-1.21%	1.22%
2015	6,984,225	92,823,254	-1.26%	1.25%
2016	6,894,139	94,000,117	-1.29%	1.27%
2017	6,803,468	95,176,977	-1.32%	1.25%
2018	6,710,798	96,237,319	-1.36%	1.11%
2019	6,616,726	97,173,776	-1.4%	0.97%
2020	6,550,696	98,079,191	-1%	0.93%
2021	6,507,301	98,935,098	-0.66%	0.87%
2022	6,465,097	99,680,655	-0.65%	0.75%
2023	6,446,596	100,352,192	-0.29%	0.67%
2024	6,441,421	100,987,686	-0.08%	0.63%
2025	6,400,309	101,598,531	-0.64%	0.6%
2026	6,355,610	102,177,434	-0.7%	0.57%
2027	6,308,107	102,727,392	-0.75%	0.54%
2028	6,258,719	103,255,746	-0.78%	0.51%
2029	6,207,977	103,761,151	-0.81%	0.49%
2030	6,155,992	104,254,900	-0.84%	0.48%
2031	6,103,481	104,737,913	-0.85%	0.46%
2032	6,051,290	105,204,401	-0.86%	0.45%
2033	5,998,932	105,656,307	-0.87%	0.43%
2034	5,946,256	106,097,515	-0.88%	0.42%
2035	5,893,732	106,530,671	-0.88%	0.41%
2036	5,840,887	106,945,842	-0.9%	0.39%
2037	5,787,725	107,346,046	-0.91%	0.37%
2038	5,735,248	107,732,019	-0.91%	0.36%
2039	5,683,154	108,097,653	-0.91%	0.34%
2040	5,631,243	108,437,634	-0.91%	0.31%
2041	5,580,085	108,752,199	-0.91%	0.29%
2042	5,529,877	109,040,314	-0.9%	0.26%
2043	5,480,581	109,292,559	-0.89%	0.23%
2044	5,431,913	109,506,274	-0.89%	0.2%
2045	5,383,915	109,685,396	-0.88%	0.16%
2046	5,336,412	109,827,664	-0.88%	0.13%
2047	5,289,023	109,930,243	-0.89%	0.09%
2048	5,242,022	109,994,024	-0.89%	0.06%
2049	5,195,580	110,018,017	-0.89%	0.02%
2050	5,149,391	110,008,910	-0.89%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Bulgaria decreased by 706,883 people (a 9.3% decline), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Bulgaria lost -538,529 (a 7.81% decline), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Bulgaria was ranked 95th most populous country in 2006 and is 112th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.