Population of Bulgaria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Bulgaria is 6,780,735 as of September 27, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Bulgaria is projected at 6,896,663 or 6.90 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Bulgaria is projected at 6,948,445 or 6.91 million people for the year 2020. Bulgaria ranks number 108th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Bulgaria is ranked 21st among 48 countries in Europe.

Bulgaria's population peaked in 1985 with 8.98 mn people after Bulgaria's population decreased year by year. The Bulgaria population is projected to reach 6.42 million in 2030 and decrease further to 5.39 million in 2050 and 3.59 million by 2100. Bulgaria accounts for 0.09 percent of the world population. Its global share has been declining since 0.28% of 1951 and is projected to decline at 0.03% by 2100.

Bulgaria was at 51st position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 138th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Bulgaria population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	7,250,999	-	-	0.29
1951	7,310,534	59,535	0.82	0.28
1952	7,372,012	61,478	0.84	0.28
1953	7,434,672	62,660	0.85	0.28
1954	7,497,950	63,278	0.85	0.28
1955	7,561,493	63,543	0.85	0.27
1956	7,625,189	63,696	0.84	0.27
1957	7,689,140	63,951	0.84	0.27
1958	7,753,606	64,466	0.84	0.27
1959	7,819,005	65,399	0.84	0.26
1960	7,885,607	66,602	0.85	0.26
1961	7,953,467	67,860	0.86	0.26
1962	8,022,158	68,691	0.86	0.25
1963	8,090,703	68,545	0.85	0.25
1964	8,157,833	67,130	0.83	0.25
1965	8,222,589	64,756	0.79	0.25
1966	8,284,446	61,857	0.75	0.24
1967	8,343,488	59,042	0.71	0.24
1968	8,400,013	56,525	0.68	0.24
1969	8,454,586	54,573	0.65	0.23
1970	8,507,551	52,965	0.63	0.23
1971	8,559,031	51,480	0.61	0.23
1972	8,608,664	49,633	0.58	0.22
1973	8,655,709	47,045	0.55	0.22
1974	8,699,176	43,467	0.50	0.22
1975	8,738,392	39,216	0.45	0.21
1976	8,772,557	34,165	0.39	0.21
1977	8,801,904	29,347	0.33	0.21
1978	8,828,026	26,122	0.30	0.21
1979	8,853,201	25,175	0.29	0.20
1980	8,878,791	25,590	0.29	0.20
1981	8,905,094	26,303	0.30	0.20
1982	8,930,707	25,613	0.29	0.19
1983	8,953,121	22,414	0.25	0.19
1984	8,968,917	15,796	0.18	0.19
1985	8,975,361	6,444	0.07	0.18
1986	8,972,551	-2,810	-0.03	0.18
1987	8,960,556	-11,995	-0.13	0.18
1988	8,936,655	-23,901	-0.27	0.17
1989	8,897,543	-39,112	-0.44	0.17
1990	8,841,458	-56,085	-0.63	0.17
1991	8,766,999	-74,459	-0.84	0.16
1992	8,676,377	-90,622	-1.03	0.16
1993	8,576,038	-100,339	-1.16	0.15
1994	8,474,826	-101,212	-1.18	0.15
1995	8,379,308	-95,518	-1.13	0.15
1996	8,291,970	-87,338	-1.04	0.14
1997	8,211,814	-80,156	-0.97	0.14
1998	8,137,670	-74,144	-0.90	0.14
1999	8,066,998	-70,672	-0.87	0.13
2000	7,997,957	-69,041	-0.86	0.13
2001	7,930,703	-67,254	-0.84	0.13
2002	7,866,239	-64,464	-0.81	0.12
2003	7,804,312	-61,927	-0.79	0.12
2004	7,744,632	-59,680	-0.76	0.12
2005	7,686,962	-57,670	-0.74	0.12
2006	7,631,012	-55,950	-0.73	0.12
2007	7,576,672	-54,340	-0.71	0.11
2008	7,524,087	-52,585	-0.69	0.11
2009	7,473,513	-50,574	-0.67	0.11
2010	7,425,008	-48,505	-0.65	0.11
2011	7,378,650	-46,358	-0.62	0.10
2012	7,334,003	-44,647	-0.61	0.10
2013	7,290,088	-43,915	-0.60	0.10
2014	7,245,646	-44,442	-0.61	0.10
2015	7,199,741	-45,905	-0.63	0.10
2016	7,151,953	-47,788	-0.66	0.10
2017	7,102,444	-49,509	-0.69	0.09
2018	7,051,608	-50,836	-0.72	0.09
2019	7,000,119	-51,489	-0.73	0.09

Bulgaria population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	6,948,445	-51,674	-0.74	0.09
2021	6,896,663	-51,782	-0.75	0.09
2022	6,844,597	-52,066	-0.75	0.09
2023	6,792,238	-52,359	-0.76	0.08
2024	6,739,536	-52,702	-0.78	0.08
2025	6,686,471	-53,065	-0.79	0.08
2026	6,633,110	-53,361	-0.80	0.08
2027	6,579,505	-53,605	-0.81	0.08
2028	6,525,607	-53,898	-0.82	0.08
2029	6,471,361	-54,246	-0.83	0.08
2030	6,416,749	-54,612	-0.84	0.08
2031	6,361,787	-54,962	-0.86	0.07
2032	6,306,569	-55,218	-0.87	0.07
2033	6,251,253	-55,316	-0.88	0.07
2034	6,196,051	-55,202	-0.88	0.07
2035	6,141,131	-54,920	-0.89	0.07
2036	6,086,559	-54,572	-0.89	0.07
2037	6,032,370	-54,189	-0.89	0.07
2038	5,978,677	-53,693	-0.89	0.07
2039	5,925,622	-53,055	-0.89	0.06
2040	5,873,296	-52,326	-0.88	0.06
2041	5,821,740	-51,556	-0.88	0.06
2042	5,770,971	-50,769	-0.87	0.06
2043	5,720,911	-50,060	-0.87	0.06
2044	5,671,489	-49,422	-0.86	0.06
2045	5,622,640	-48,849	-0.86	0.06
2046	5,574,330	-48,310	-0.86	0.06
2047	5,526,542	-47,788	-0.86	0.06
2048	5,479,194	-47,348	-0.86	0.06
2049	5,432,193	-47,001	-0.86	0.06
2050	5,385,441	-46,752	-0.86	0.06
2051	5,338,920	-46,521	-0.86	0.05
2052	5,292,596	-46,324	-0.87	0.05
2053	5,246,394	-46,202	-0.87	0.05
2054	5,200,234	-46,160	-0.88	0.05
2055	5,154,081	-46,153	-0.89	0.05
2056	5,107,913	-46,168	-0.90	0.05
2057	5,061,736	-46,177	-0.90	0.05
2058	5,015,579	-46,157	-0.91	0.05
2059	4,969,477	-46,102	-0.92	0.05
2060	4,923,493	-45,984	-0.93	0.05
2061	4,877,639	-45,854	-0.93	0.05
2062	4,831,955	-45,684	-0.94	0.05
2063	4,786,545	-45,410	-0.94	0.05
2064	4,741,541	-45,004	-0.94	0.05
2065	4,697,036	-44,505	-0.94	0.05
2066	4,653,106	-43,930	-0.94	0.04
2067	4,609,786	-43,320	-0.93	0.04
2068	4,567,118	-42,668	-0.93	0.04
2069	4,525,185	-41,933	-0.92	0.04
2070	4,484,016	-41,169	-0.91	0.04
2071	4,443,662	-40,354	-0.90	0.04
2072	4,404,150	-39,512	-0.89	0.04
2073	4,365,536	-38,614	-0.88	0.04
2074	4,327,846	-37,690	-0.86	0.04
2075	4,291,097	-36,749	-0.85	0.04
2076	4,255,319	-35,778	-0.83	0.04
2077	4,220,499	-34,820	-0.82	0.04
2078	4,186,666	-33,833	-0.80	0.04
2079	4,153,858	-32,808	-0.78	0.04
2080	4,122,085	-31,773	-0.76	0.04
2081	4,091,326	-30,759	-0.75	0.04
2082	4,061,521	-29,805	-0.73	0.04
2083	4,032,605	-28,916	-0.71	0.04
2084	4,004,440	-28,165	-0.70	0.04
2085	3,976,943	-27,497	-0.69	0.04
2086	3,950,054	-26,889	-0.68	0.04
2087	3,923,713	-26,341	-0.67	0.04
2088	3,897,786	-25,927	-0.66	0.04
2089	3,872,116	-25,670	-0.66	0.04
2090	3,846,573	-25,543	-0.66	0.04
2091	3,821,088	-25,485	-0.66	0.04
2092	3,795,601	-25,487	-0.67	0.04
2093	3,770,090	-25,511	-0.67	0.03
2094	3,744,543	-25,547	-0.68	0.03
2095	3,718,934	-25,609	-0.68	0.03
2096	3,693,225	-25,709	-0.69	0.03
2097	3,667,379	-25,846	-0.70	0.03
2098	3,641,331	-26,048	-0.71	0.03
2099	3,615,013	-26,318	-0.72	0.03
2100	3,588,341	-26,672	-0.74	0.03