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Bulgaria: Population

Millions of people · 1800–2025 · 226 observations · forecasts to 2031 · pop

2025
6.4 millionpeople
Change on 2024
−0.1%year on year
Average growth, 2015–2025
−1.1%a year

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Recent values

Millions of people

YearValue
20316.14Forecast
20306.19Forecast
20296.23Forecast
20286.29Forecast
20276.34Forecast
20266.36Forecast
20256.40
20246.41
20236.44
20226.47
20216.88
20206.93
20196.98
20187.03
20177.08
20167.13

Sources

  • Gapminder1800–2023
  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1827–2014
  • Federico & Tena-Junguito1879–1938
  • National Bank of Serbia1880–1945
  • Maddison Project Database1910–2022
  • COMECON1950–1992
  • WDI (archive)1960–1997
  • AMECO (European Commission)1960–2025
  • World Development Indicators1960–2025
  • Penn World Table1970–2019
  • United Nations1970–2024
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1980–2024
  • OECD Economic Outlook2000–2025
  • Gapminder (forecast)2023–2030
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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