Bulgaria vs Croatia: Children per woman vs. Natural population growth

Bulgaria
-0.6%
in 2023
Croatia
-0.6%
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
226th
Croatia rank
227th

Children per woman vs. Natural population growth over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Croatia
-101195019862023

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports -0.6% against -0.6% in Croatia, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Croatia ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 226th and Croatia ranks 227th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 2 and Croatia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Croatia Difference Ahead
1950s 1.0% 1.1% 0.1% Croatia
1960s 0.8% 0.7% 0.1% Bulgaria
1970s 0.6% 0.5% 0.1% Bulgaria
1980s 0.2% 0.3% 0.1% Croatia
1990s -0.4% -0.1% 0.3% Croatia
2000s -0.5% -0.2% 0.3% Croatia
2010s -0.6% -0.4% 0.2% Croatia
2020s -0.9% -0.6% 0.3% Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children per woman vs. natural population growth, Bulgaria or Croatia?
Bulgaria, at -0.6% against -0.6% in Croatia as of 2023.
What is the difference in children per woman vs. natural population growth between Bulgaria and Croatia?
0.0%, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Croatia?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Croatia rank globally for children per woman vs. natural population growth?
Bulgaria ranks 226th and Croatia ranks 227th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Children per woman vs. Natural population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Children per woman vs. Natural population growth
Unit
%
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Births minus deaths, as a share of the population. This is the part of population change that comes only from births and deaths, ignoring migration.