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

Bulgaria
-0.6%
in 2023
Japan
-0.6%
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
226th
Japan rank
229th

Children per woman vs. Natural population growth over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Japan
-1012195019862023

How they compare

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 226th and Japan ranks 229th of 236 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Japan Difference Ahead
1950s 1.0% 1.3% 0.2% Japan
1960s 0.8% 1.0% 0.2% Japan
1970s 0.6% 1.1% 0.5% Japan
1980s 0.2% 0.5% 0.3% Japan
1990s -0.4% 0.2% 0.6% Japan
2000s -0.5% 0.0% 0.5% Japan
2010s -0.6% -0.3% 0.3% Japan
2020s -0.9% -0.6% 0.3% Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children per woman vs. natural population growth, Bulgaria or Japan?
Bulgaria, at -0.6% against -0.6% in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in children per woman vs. natural population growth between Bulgaria and Japan?
0.0%, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Japan?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Japan rank globally for children per woman vs. natural population growth?
Bulgaria ranks 226th and Japan ranks 229th 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.