| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2024) |
| Date | 14 Jan 2025 |
The current population of Bulgaria is 6,721,021 as of May 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Bulgaria is projected at 6,757,689, or 6.76 million, as of July 1, 2024. The total population in Bulgaria is projected at 6,795,803, or 6.80 million people for the year 2023.
Bulgaria ranks 110th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Bulgaria is ranked 20th among 50 countries and territories in Europe.
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
| 2024 | 6,778,222 | 6,757,689 | -41,067 | -0.608 | 0.0828 |
| 2025 | 6,737,155 | 6,714,560 | -45,191 | -0.673 | 0.0816 |
| 2026 | 6,691,964 | 6,667,659 | -48,609 | -0.729 | 0.0803 |
| 2027 | 6,643,355 | 6,617,828 | -51,054 | -0.771 | 0.0791 |
| 2028 | 6,592,301 | 6,566,018 | -52,566 | -0.801 | 0.0778 |
| 2029 | 6,539,735 | 6,512,786 | -53,898 | -0.828 | 0.0766 |
| 2030 | 6,485,837 | 6,458,243 | -55,188 | -0.855 | 0.0754 |
| 2031 | 6,430,649 | 6,403,153 | -54,992 | -0.859 | 0.0742 |
| 2032 | 6,375,657 | 6,348,399 | -54,517 | -0.859 | 0.0730 |
| 2033 | 6,321,140 | 6,293,470 | -55,340 | -0.879 | 0.0718 |
| 2034 | 6,265,800 | 6,238,212 | -55,177 | -0.885 | 0.0707 |
| 2035 | 6,210,623 | 6,183,114 | -55,018 | -0.890 | 0.0696 |
| 2036 | 6,155,605 | 6,127,669 | -55,872 | -0.912 | 0.0685 |
| 2037 | 6,099,733 | 6,071,890 | -55,687 | -0.917 | 0.0674 |
| 2038 | 6,044,046 | 6,016,846 | -54,400 | -0.904 | 0.0664 |
| 2039 | 5,989,646 | 5,962,193 | -54,906 | -0.921 | 0.0654 |
| 2040 | 5,934,740 | 5,907,728 | -54,024 | -0.914 | 0.0644 |
| 2041 | 5,880,716 | 5,854,056 | -53,321 | -0.911 | 0.0634 |
| 2042 | 5,827,395 | 5,801,386 | -52,017 | -0.897 | 0.0625 |
| 2043 | 5,775,378 | 5,749,677 | -51,402 | -0.894 | 0.0616 |
| 2044 | 5,723,976 | 5,698,614 | -50,725 | -0.890 | 0.0607 |
| 2045 | 5,673,251 | 5,648,256 | -49,990 | -0.885 | 0.0598 |
| 2046 | 5,623,261 | 5,598,424 | -49,674 | -0.887 | 0.0590 |
| 2047 | 5,573,587 | 5,548,705 | -49,764 | -0.897 | 0.0582 |
| 2048 | 5,523,823 | 5,499,404 | -48,837 | -0.888 | 0.0574 |
| 2049 | 5,474,986 | 5,450,678 | -48,615 | -0.892 | 0.0566 |
| 2050 | 5,426,371 | 5,402,217 | -48,309 | -0.894 | 0.0559 |
| 2051 | 5,378,062 | 5,354,139 | -47,846 | -0.894 | 0.0552 |
| 2052 | 5,330,216 | 5,306,434 | -47,565 | -0.896 | 0.0545 |
| 2053 | 5,282,651 | 5,258,697 | -47,908 | -0.911 | 0.0538 |
| 2054 | 5,234,743 | 5,210,895 | -47,696 | -0.915 | 0.0531 |
| 2055 | 5,187,047 | 5,163,244 | -47,606 | -0.922 | 0.0524 |
| 2056 | 5,139,441 | 5,115,852 | -47,177 | -0.922 | 0.0518 |
| 2057 | 5,092,264 | 5,068,667 | -47,193 | -0.931 | 0.0512 |
| 2058 | 5,045,071 | 5,021,579 | -46,984 | -0.936 | 0.0505 |
| 2059 | 4,998,087 | 4,974,221 | -47,731 | -0.960 | 0.0499 |
| 2060 | 4,950,356 | 4,926,388 | -47,936 | -0.973 | 0.0493 |
| 2061 | 4,902,420 | 4,878,501 | -47,839 | -0.981 | 0.0487 |
| 2062 | 4,854,581 | 4,830,917 | -47,329 | -0.980 | 0.0481 |
| 2063 | 4,807,252 | 4,783,587 | -47,331 | -0.989 | 0.0476 |
| 2064 | 4,759,921 | 4,736,305 | -47,232 | -0.997 | 0.0470 |
| 2065 | 4,712,689 | 4,689,240 | -46,898 | -1.000 | 0.0464 |
| 2066 | 4,665,791 | 4,642,625 | -46,332 | -0.998 | 0.0459 |
| 2067 | 4,619,459 | 4,596,676 | -45,565 | -0.991 | 0.0453 |
| 2068 | 4,573,894 | 4,551,628 | -44,531 | -0.978 | 0.0448 |
| 2069 | 4,529,363 | 4,507,404 | -43,919 | -0.974 | 0.0443 |
| 2070 | 4,485,444 | 4,463,711 | -43,466 | -0.974 | 0.0438 |
| 2071 | 4,441,978 | 4,420,782 | -42,393 | -0.959 | 0.0433 |
| 2072 | 4,399,585 | 4,378,825 | -41,520 | -0.948 | 0.0429 |
| 2073 | 4,358,065 | 4,337,610 | -40,909 | -0.943 | 0.0424 |
| 2074 | 4,317,156 | 4,297,012 | -40,287 | -0.938 | 0.0420 |
| 2075 | 4,276,869 | 4,257,602 | -38,533 | -0.905 | 0.0415 |
| 2076 | 4,238,336 | 4,219,621 | -37,430 | -0.887 | 0.0411 |
| 2077 | 4,200,906 | 4,182,529 | -36,753 | -0.879 | 0.0407 |
| 2078 | 4,164,153 | 4,146,350 | -35,607 | -0.859 | 0.0404 |
| 2079 | 4,128,546 | 4,111,021 | -35,050 | -0.853 | 0.0400 |
| 2080 | 4,093,496 | 4,076,463 | -34,067 | -0.836 | 0.0396 |
| 2081 | 4,059,429 | 4,043,363 | -32,131 | -0.795 | 0.0393 |
| 2082 | 4,027,298 | 4,011,530 | -31,536 | -0.786 | 0.0390 |
| 2083 | 3,995,762 | 3,980,550 | -30,424 | -0.764 | 0.0387 |
| 2084 | 3,965,338 | 3,950,392 | -29,892 | -0.757 | 0.0384 |
| 2085 | 3,935,446 | 3,920,959 | -28,975 | -0.739 | 0.0381 |
| 2086 | 3,906,471 | 3,892,425 | -28,091 | -0.722 | 0.0378 |
| 2087 | 3,878,380 | 3,864,743 | -27,274 | -0.706 | 0.0376 |
| 2088 | 3,851,106 | 3,837,896 | -26,420 | -0.688 | 0.0373 |
| 2089 | 3,824,686 | 3,811,654 | -26,064 | -0.684 | 0.0371 |
| 2090 | 3,798,622 | 3,785,849 | -25,545 | -0.675 | 0.0369 |
| 2091 | 3,773,077 | 3,760,385 | -25,384 | -0.675 | 0.0366 |
| 2092 | 3,747,693 | 3,735,003 | -25,380 | -0.680 | 0.0364 |
| 2093 | 3,722,313 | 3,709,666 | -25,295 | -0.682 | 0.0362 |
| 2094 | 3,697,018 | 3,684,337 | -25,362 | -0.688 | 0.0360 |
| 2095 | 3,671,656 | 3,659,088 | -25,137 | -0.687 | 0.0357 |
| 2096 | 3,646,519 | 3,633,686 | -25,665 | -0.706 | 0.0355 |
| 2097 | 3,620,854 | 3,608,077 | -25,553 | -0.708 | 0.0353 |
| 2098 | 3,595,301 | 3,582,563 | -25,477 | -0.711 | 0.0351 |
| 2099 | 3,569,824 | 3,556,979 | -25,691 | -0.722 | 0.0349 |
| 2100 | 3,544,133 | 3,531,198 | -25,871 | -0.733 | 0.0347 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
| 1950 | 7,207,370 | 7,248,511 | 82,281 | 1.135 | 0.2907 |
| 1951 | 7,289,651 | 7,314,435 | 49,567 | 0.678 | 0.2883 |
| 1952 | 7,339,218 | 7,361,952 | 45,468 | 0.618 | 0.2849 |
| 1953 | 7,384,686 | 7,415,922 | 62,473 | 0.842 | 0.2815 |
| 1954 | 7,447,159 | 7,476,269 | 58,219 | 0.779 | 0.2784 |
| 1955 | 7,505,378 | 7,533,654 | 56,552 | 0.751 | 0.2749 |
| 1956 | 7,561,930 | 7,587,166 | 50,471 | 0.665 | 0.2714 |
| 1957 | 7,612,401 | 7,649,539 | 74,277 | 0.971 | 0.2682 |
| 1958 | 7,686,678 | 7,724,891 | 76,427 | 0.989 | 0.2653 |
| 1959 | 7,763,105 | 7,794,173 | 62,137 | 0.797 | 0.2628 |
| 1960 | 7,825,242 | 7,862,926 | 75,369 | 0.959 | 0.2608 |
| 1961 | 7,900,611 | 7,938,300 | 75,378 | 0.950 | 0.2590 |
| 1962 | 7,975,989 | 8,008,325 | 64,672 | 0.808 | 0.2564 |
| 1963 | 8,040,661 | 8,073,731 | 66,140 | 0.819 | 0.2529 |
| 1964 | 8,106,801 | 8,140,084 | 66,567 | 0.818 | 0.2494 |
| 1965 | 8,173,368 | 8,202,416 | 58,097 | 0.708 | 0.2460 |
| 1966 | 8,231,465 | 8,258,785 | 54,641 | 0.662 | 0.2426 |
| 1967 | 8,286,106 | 8,311,124 | 50,036 | 0.602 | 0.2393 |
| 1968 | 8,336,142 | 8,370,638 | 68,992 | 0.824 | 0.2361 |
| 1969 | 8,405,134 | 8,435,276 | 60,285 | 0.715 | 0.2331 |
| 1970 | 8,465,419 | 8,490,825 | 50,811 | 0.598 | 0.2298 |
| 1971 | 8,516,230 | 8,538,898 | 45,336 | 0.531 | 0.2265 |
| 1972 | 8,561,566 | 8,579,913 | 36,693 | 0.428 | 0.2231 |
| 1973 | 8,598,259 | 8,624,800 | 53,083 | 0.615 | 0.2200 |
| 1974 | 8,651,342 | 8,682,755 | 62,826 | 0.724 | 0.2173 |
| 1975 | 8,714,168 | 8,723,148 | 17,961 | 0.206 | 0.2143 |
| 1976 | 8,732,129 | 8,759,438 | 54,617 | 0.624 | 0.2114 |
| 1977 | 8,786,746 | 8,804,686 | 35,880 | 0.408 | 0.2087 |
| 1978 | 8,822,626 | 8,813,746 | -17,759 | -0.201 | 0.2053 |
| 1979 | 8,804,867 | 8,824,992 | 40,250 | 0.456 | 0.2020 |
| 1980 | 8,845,117 | 8,859,537 | 28,839 | 0.326 | 0.1992 |
| 1981 | 8,873,956 | 8,887,801 | 27,690 | 0.312 | 0.1963 |
| 1982 | 8,901,646 | 8,912,732 | 22,172 | 0.249 | 0.1932 |
| 1983 | 8,923,818 | 8,933,326 | 19,015 | 0.213 | 0.1902 |
| 1984 | 8,942,833 | 8,952,604 | 19,542 | 0.218 | 0.1872 |
| 1985 | 8,962,375 | 8,958,854 | -7,042 | -0.079 | 0.1840 |
| 1986 | 8,955,333 | 8,963,469 | 16,272 | 0.182 | 0.1808 |
| 1987 | 8,971,605 | 8,976,204 | 9,199 | 0.102 | 0.1778 |
| 1988 | 8,980,804 | 8,985,715 | 9,822 | 0.109 | 0.1748 |
| 1989 | 8,990,626 | 8,936,380 | -108,491 | -1.214 | 0.1707 |
| 1990 | 8,882,135 | 8,822,365 | -119,540 | -1.355 | 0.1656 |
| 1991 | 8,762,595 | 8,695,797 | -133,596 | -1.536 | 0.1605 |
| 1992 | 8,628,999 | 8,559,101 | -139,797 | -1.633 | 0.1555 |
| 1993 | 8,489,202 | 8,466,533 | -45,338 | -0.535 | 0.1514 |
| 1994 | 8,443,864 | 8,416,917 | -53,893 | -0.640 | 0.1483 |
| 1995 | 8,389,971 | 8,357,574 | -64,794 | -0.775 | 0.1451 |
| 1996 | 8,325,177 | 8,291,398 | -67,558 | -0.815 | 0.1419 |
| 1997 | 8,257,619 | 8,217,102 | -81,034 | -0.986 | 0.1387 |
| 1998 | 8,176,585 | 8,138,194 | -76,781 | -0.943 | 0.1355 |
| 1999 | 8,099,804 | 8,067,462 | -64,683 | -0.802 | 0.1325 |
| 2000 | 8,035,121 | 8,000,520 | -69,203 | -0.865 | 0.1296 |
| 2001 | 7,965,918 | 7,928,452 | -74,932 | -0.945 | 0.1268 |
| 2002 | 7,890,986 | 7,861,943 | -58,087 | -0.739 | 0.1240 |
| 2003 | 7,832,899 | 7,804,409 | -56,979 | -0.730 | 0.1216 |
| 2004 | 7,775,920 | 7,749,430 | -52,980 | -0.684 | 0.1192 |
| 2005 | 7,722,940 | 7,695,050 | -55,781 | -0.725 | 0.1168 |
| 2006 | 7,667,159 | 7,640,294 | -53,730 | -0.703 | 0.1145 |
| 2007 | 7,613,429 | 7,586,888 | -53,082 | -0.700 | 0.1123 |
| 2008 | 7,560,347 | 7,535,592 | -49,511 | -0.657 | 0.1101 |
| 2009 | 7,510,836 | 7,488,011 | -45,649 | -0.610 | 0.1080 |
| 2010 | 7,465,187 | 7,437,599 | -55,177 | -0.742 | 0.1059 |
| 2011 | 7,410,010 | 7,380,025 | -59,970 | -0.813 | 0.1038 |
| 2012 | 7,350,040 | 7,317,014 | -66,053 | -0.903 | 0.1016 |
| 2013 | 7,283,987 | 7,264,600 | -38,775 | -0.534 | 0.0996 |
| 2014 | 7,245,212 | 7,223,449 | -43,525 | -0.603 | 0.0979 |
| 2015 | 7,201,687 | 7,177,517 | -48,340 | -0.673 | 0.0961 |
| 2016 | 7,153,347 | 7,127,434 | -51,826 | -0.727 | 0.0943 |
| 2017 | 7,101,521 | 7,075,636 | -51,771 | -0.732 | 0.0925 |
| 2018 | 7,049,750 | 7,024,745 | -50,009 | -0.712 | 0.0909 |
| 2019 | 6,999,741 | 6,975,469 | -48,544 | -0.696 | 0.0893 |
| 2020 | 6,951,197 | 6,933,652 | -35,090 | -0.506 | 0.0879 |
| 2021 | 6,916,107 | 6,877,225 | -77,763 | -1.131 | 0.0865 |
| 2022 | 6,838,344 | 6,825,864 | -24,960 | -0.366 | 0.0851 |
| 2023 | 6,813,384 | 6,795,803 | -35,162 | -0.517 | 0.0840 |