World Development Indicators

Population, total: Bulgaria

Most recent
6,433,302 (2025)
Earliest
7,867,374 (1960)
Highest
8,981,446 (1988)
Years reported
66
Member state
Bulgaria at the United Nations
05,000,00010,000,0001960: 7,867,3741961: 7,943,1181962: 8,012,9461963: 8,078,1451964: 8,144,3401965: 8,204,1681966: 8,258,0571967: 8,310,2261968: 8,369,6031969: 8,434,1721970: 8,489,5741971: 8,536,3951972: 8,576,2001973: 8,620,9671974: 8,678,7451975: 8,720,7421976: 8,758,5991977: 8,804,1831978: 8,814,0321979: 8,825,9401980: 8,861,5351981: 8,891,1171982: 8,917,4571983: 8,939,7381984: 8,960,6791985: 8,960,5471986: 8,958,1711987: 8,971,3591988: 8,981,4461989: 8,876,9721990: 8,718,2891991: 8,632,3671992: 8,540,1641993: 8,472,3131994: 8,443,5911995: 8,406,0671996: 8,362,8261997: 8,312,0681998: 8,256,7861999: 8,210,6242000: 8,170,1722001: 8,009,1422002: 7,837,1612003: 7,775,3272004: 7,716,8602005: 7,658,9722006: 7,601,0222007: 7,545,3382008: 7,492,5612009: 7,444,4432010: 7,395,5992011: 7,348,3282012: 7,305,8882013: 7,160,0052014: 7,073,5722015: 6,984,2252016: 6,894,1392017: 6,803,4682018: 6,710,7982019: 6,616,7262020: 6,550,6962021: 6,507,3012022: 6,465,0972023: 6,446,5962024: 6,441,4212025: 6,433,30219602025
Population, total, 1960–2025. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

YearPopulation
20256,433,302
20246,441,421
20236,446,596
20226,465,097
20216,507,301
20206,550,696
20196,616,726
20186,710,798
20176,803,468
20166,894,139
20156,984,225
20147,073,572
20137,160,005
20127,305,888
20117,348,328
20107,395,599
20097,444,443
20087,492,561
20077,545,338
20067,601,022
20057,658,972
20047,716,860
20037,775,327
20027,837,161
20018,009,142
20008,170,172
19998,210,624
19988,256,786
19978,312,068
19968,362,826
19958,406,067
19948,443,591
19938,472,313
19928,540,164
19918,632,367
19908,718,289
19898,876,972
19888,981,446
19878,971,359
19868,958,171
19858,960,547
19848,960,679
19838,939,738
19828,917,457
19818,891,117
19808,861,535
19798,825,940
19788,814,032
19778,804,183
19768,758,599
19758,720,742
19748,678,745
19738,620,967
19728,576,200
19718,536,395
19708,489,574
19698,434,172
19688,369,603
19678,310,226
19668,258,057
19658,204,168
19648,144,340
19638,078,145
19628,012,946
19617,943,118
19607,867,374

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