Population of Bulgaria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	29 Feb 2024

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The current population of Bulgaria is 6,746,294 as of October 10, 2024, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Bulgaria is projected at 6,618,615 or 6.62 million as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Bulgaria is projected at 6,687,717 or 6.69 million people for the year 2023.

Bulgaria ranks 110th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Bulgaria is ranked 21st among 50 countries and territories in Europe.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Bulgaria population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	7,120,745	7,157,632	73,774	1.031	0.29
1951	7,194,519	7,228,734	68,431	0.947	0.28
1952	7,262,950	7,293,468	61,037	0.837	0.28
1953	7,323,987	7,362,708	77,442	1.052	0.28
1954	7,401,429	7,439,598	76,338	1.026	0.28
1955	7,477,767	7,517,922	80,309	1.068	0.27
1956	7,558,076	7,596,096	76,041	1.001	0.27
1957	7,634,117	7,672,059	75,883	0.989	0.27
1958	7,710,000	7,749,341	78,681	1.015	0.27
1959	7,788,681	7,820,753	64,144	0.820	0.26
1960	7,852,825	7,891,756	77,861	0.987	0.26
1961	7,930,686	7,969,342	77,311	0.970	0.26
1962	8,007,997	8,040,772	65,550	0.815	0.26
1963	8,073,547	8,108,153	69,212	0.854	0.25
1964	8,142,759	8,177,721	69,923	0.855	0.25
1965	8,212,682	8,245,072	64,779	0.786	0.25
1966	8,277,461	8,308,899	62,877	0.757	0.24
1967	8,340,338	8,369,836	58,997	0.705	0.24
1968	8,399,335	8,438,288	77,906	0.923	0.24
1969	8,477,241	8,512,919	71,356	0.838	0.24
1970	8,548,597	8,582,950	68,706	0.800	0.23
1971	8,617,303	8,646,260	57,913	0.670	0.23
1972	8,675,216	8,700,153	49,874	0.573	0.23
1973	8,725,090	8,753,489	56,798	0.649	0.22
1974	8,781,888	8,810,675	57,574	0.653	0.22
1975	8,839,462	8,860,971	43,018	0.485	0.22
1976	8,882,480	8,902,474	39,988	0.449	0.21
1977	8,922,468	8,935,452	25,969	0.291	0.21
1978	8,948,437	8,958,267	19,661	0.219	0.21
1979	8,968,098	8,974,427	12,658	0.141	0.21
1980	8,980,756	8,980,606	-300	-0.003	0.20
1981	8,980,456	8,978,412	-4,089	-0.046	0.20
1982	8,976,367	8,970,485	-11,764	-0.131	0.19
1983	8,964,603	8,956,433	-16,340	-0.182	0.19
1984	8,948,263	8,939,490	-17,546	-0.196	0.19
1985	8,930,717	8,917,076	-27,281	-0.306	0.18
1986	8,903,436	8,892,100	-22,673	-0.255	0.18
1987	8,880,763	8,865,755	-30,016	-0.339	0.18
1988	8,850,747	8,835,815	-29,864	-0.338	0.17
1989	8,820,883	8,804,430	-32,906	-0.374	0.17
1990	8,787,977	8,767,778	-40,399	-0.461	0.16
1991	8,747,578	8,721,660	-51,835	-0.594	0.16
1992	8,695,743	8,668,540	-54,405	-0.628	0.16
1993	8,641,338	8,611,535	-59,605	-0.692	0.15
1994	8,581,733	8,548,466	-66,534	-0.778	0.15
1995	8,515,199	8,477,579	-75,239	-0.888	0.15
1996	8,439,960	8,401,376	-77,168	-0.919	0.14
1997	8,362,792	8,318,966	-87,653	-1.054	0.14
1998	8,275,139	8,234,927	-80,424	-0.977	0.14
1999	8,194,715	8,162,301	-64,828	-0.794	0.13
2000	8,129,887	8,097,691	-64,391	-0.795	0.13
2001	8,065,496	8,034,860	-61,271	-0.763	0.13
2002	8,004,225	7,974,810	-58,830	-0.738	0.13
2003	7,945,395	7,917,739	-55,311	-0.699	0.12
2004	7,890,084	7,865,316	-49,535	-0.630	0.12
2005	7,840,549	7,815,221	-50,655	-0.648	0.12
2006	7,789,894	7,766,036	-47,716	-0.614	0.12
2007	7,742,178	7,719,035	-46,285	-0.600	0.11
2008	7,695,893	7,674,913	-41,960	-0.547	0.11
2009	7,653,933	7,634,735	-38,395	-0.503	0.11
2010	7,615,538	7,592,273	-46,531	-0.613	0.11
2011	7,569,007	7,543,130	-51,754	-0.686	0.11
2012	7,517,253	7,488,344	-57,818	-0.772	0.10
2013	7,459,435	7,431,167	-56,535	-0.761	0.10
2014	7,402,900	7,372,141	-61,517	-0.834	0.10
2015	7,341,383	7,309,253	-64,259	-0.879	0.10
2016	7,277,124	7,245,975	-62,299	-0.860	0.10
2017	7,214,825	7,182,428	-64,793	-0.902	0.09
2018	7,150,032	7,117,431	-65,203	-0.916	0.09
2019	7,084,829	7,052,532	-64,594	-0.916	0.09
2020	7,020,235	6,979,175	-82,121	-1.177	0.09
2021	6,938,114	6,885,868	-104,493	-1.518	0.09

Bulgaria population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2022	6,833,621	6,781,953	-103,336	-1.524	0.09
2023	6,730,285	6,687,717	-85,136	-1.273	0.08
2024	6,645,149	6,618,615	-53,068	-0.802	0.08
2025	6,592,081	6,565,190	-53,782	-0.819	0.08
2026	6,538,299	6,511,163	-54,273	-0.834	0.08
2027	6,484,026	6,456,605	-54,841	-0.849	0.08
2028	6,429,185	6,401,541	-55,288	-0.864	0.08
2029	6,373,897	6,346,031	-55,732	-0.878	0.07
2030	6,318,165	6,290,166	-55,998	-0.890	0.07
2031	6,262,167	6,234,059	-56,217	-0.902	0.07
2032	6,205,950	6,177,734	-56,432	-0.913	0.07
2033	6,149,518	6,121,236	-56,564	-0.924	0.07
2034	6,092,954	6,064,642	-56,623	-0.934	0.07
2035	6,036,331	6,008,012	-56,637	-0.943	0.07
2036	5,979,694	5,951,399	-56,591	-0.951	0.07
2037	5,923,103	5,894,951	-56,304	-0.955	0.07
2038	5,866,799	5,838,741	-56,116	-0.961	0.06
2039	5,810,683	5,782,742	-55,883	-0.966	0.06
2040	5,754,800	5,727,006	-55,588	-0.971	0.06
2041	5,699,212	5,671,575	-55,274	-0.975	0.06
2042	5,643,938	5,616,468	-54,940	-0.978	0.06
2043	5,588,998	5,561,697	-54,602	-0.982	0.06
2044	5,534,396	5,507,318	-54,156	-0.983	0.06
2045	5,480,240	5,453,350	-53,780	-0.986	0.06
2046	5,426,460	5,399,681	-53,559	-0.992	0.06
2047	5,372,901	5,346,269	-53,264	-0.996	0.06
2048	5,319,637	5,293,141	-52,991	-1.001	0.06
2049	5,266,646	5,240,228	-52,836	-1.008	0.05
2050	5,213,810	5,187,392	-52,835	-1.019	0.05
2051	5,160,975	5,134,585	-52,780	-1.028	0.05
2052	5,108,195	5,081,833	-52,723	-1.037	0.05
2053	5,055,472	5,029,132	-52,679	-1.047	0.05
2054	5,002,793	4,976,372	-52,842	-1.062	0.05
2055	4,949,951	4,923,463	-52,975	-1.076	0.05
2056	4,896,976	4,870,414	-53,124	-1.091	0.05
2057	4,843,852	4,817,169	-53,366	-1.108	0.05
2058	4,790,486	4,763,666	-53,641	-1.126	0.05
2059	4,736,845	4,710,006	-53,679	-1.140	0.05
2060	4,683,166	4,656,314	-53,704	-1.153	0.05
2061	4,629,462	4,602,565	-53,795	-1.169	0.05
2062	4,575,667	4,548,762	-53,810	-1.183	0.04
2063	4,521,857	4,494,989	-53,735	-1.195	0.04
2064	4,468,122	4,441,385	-53,475	-1.204	0.04
2065	4,414,647	4,388,024	-53,246	-1.213	0.04
2066	4,361,401	4,334,998	-52,805	-1.218	0.04
2067	4,308,596	4,282,458	-52,275	-1.221	0.04
2068	4,256,321	4,230,486	-51,670	-1.221	0.04
2069	4,204,651	4,179,151	-50,999	-1.220	0.04
2070	4,153,652	4,128,486	-50,331	-1.219	0.04
2071	4,103,321	4,078,521	-49,599	-1.216	0.04
2072	4,053,722	4,029,343	-48,759	-1.210	0.04
2073	4,004,963	3,981,020	-47,886	-1.203	0.04
2074	3,957,077	3,933,580	-46,994	-1.195	0.04
2075	3,910,083	3,887,061	-46,045	-1.185	0.04
2076	3,864,038	3,841,517	-45,042	-1.173	0.04
2077	3,818,996	3,796,899	-44,193	-1.164	0.04
2078	3,774,803	3,753,148	-43,310	-1.154	0.04
2079	3,731,493	3,710,301	-42,384	-1.142	0.04
2080	3,689,109	3,668,352	-41,515	-1.132	0.04
2081	3,647,594	3,627,282	-40,623	-1.120	0.03
2082	3,606,971	3,587,075	-39,791	-1.109	0.03
2083	3,567,180	3,547,703	-38,954	-1.098	0.03
2084	3,528,226	3,509,157	-38,138	-1.087	0.03
2085	3,490,088	3,471,365	-37,447	-1.079	0.03
2086	3,452,641	3,434,298	-36,685	-1.068	0.03
2087	3,415,956	3,397,960	-35,992	-1.059	0.03
2088	3,379,964	3,362,211	-35,507	-1.056	0.03
2089	3,344,457	3,326,885	-35,143	-1.056	0.03
2090	3,309,314	3,291,914	-34,801	-1.057	0.03
2091	3,274,513	3,257,182	-34,663	-1.064	0.03
2092	3,239,850	3,222,523	-34,654	-1.075	0.03
2093	3,205,196	3,187,898	-34,597	-1.085	0.03
2094	3,170,599	3,153,300	-34,597	-1.097	0.03
2095	3,136,002	3,118,637	-34,729	-1.114	0.03
2096	3,101,273	3,083,865	-34,815	-1.129	0.03
2097	3,066,458	3,048,963	-34,990	-1.148	0.03
2098	3,031,468	3,013,885	-35,166	-1.167	0.03
2099	2,996,302	2,978,711	-35,181	-1.181	0.03
2100	2,961,121	2,943,542	-35,158	-1.194	0.03