Population growth rate fell 43.1% to -1.17% in Bulgaria in 2022, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, population growth rate in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 0.958% in 1961 and an all time low of -2.17% in 2002. When compared to Bulgaria's main peers, population growth rate in Greece amounted to -0.348%, -0.729% in Romania, -0.935% in Serbia and 0.489% in Turkey in 2022.
Bulgaria has been ranked 178th within the group of 178 countries we follow in terms of population growth rate, 5 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population Growth Rate | Unit | 2030 | 2031 | 2032 | 2033 | 2034 | 2035 | 2036 | 2037 | 2038 | 2039 | 2040 | 2041 | 2042 | 2043 | 2044 | 2045 | 2046 | 2047 | 2048 | 2049 | 2050 |
| Albania | % | -0.919% | -0.960% | -0.999% | -1.04% | -1.07% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | % | -1.06% | -1.08% | -1.11% | -1.13% | -1.16% | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | -1.52% | -1.55% | -1.57% | -1.60% | -1.62% | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | % | -1.03% | -1.06% | -1.08% | -1.10% | -1.12% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | -0.546% | -0.572% | -0.599% | -0.626% | -0.654% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | -0.735% | -0.744% | -0.753% | -0.763% | -0.775% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | -0.009% | -0.040% | -0.072% | -0.105% | -0.139% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 1.19% | 1.16% | 1.12% | 1.08% | 1.04% | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | -1.01% | -1.04% | -1.07% | -1.10% | -1.13% | ||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | % | -1.72% | -1.77% | -1.84% | -1.90% | -1.92% | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | % | -1.15% | -1.18% | -1.21% | -1.24% | -1.26% | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | -1.56% | -1.60% | -1.64% | -1.68% | -1.71% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | -0.096% | -0.133% | -0.170% | -0.207% | -0.242% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | -1.39% | -1.42% | -1.44% | -1.46% | -1.48% |
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