Bulgaria vs Greece: Natural population growth

Bulgaria
-0.5935
in 2023
Greece
-0.521
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
226th
Greece rank
224th

Natural population growth over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Greece
-101195019862023

How they compare

Greece currently reports -0.521 against -0.5935 in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0725.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 226th and Greece ranks 224th of 236 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Greece Difference Ahead
1950s 1.03 1.16 0.1263 Greece
1960s 0.7918 1.1 0.3075 Greece
1970s 0.6144 0.7631 0.1486 Greece
1980s 0.1994 0.4199 0.2205 Greece
1990s -0.4048 0.096 0.5007 Greece
2000s -0.5045 0.0367 0.5412 Greece
2010s -0.5753 -0.2195 0.3558 Greece
2020s -0.8976 -0.5054 0.3921 Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher natural population growth, Bulgaria or Greece?
Greece, at -0.521 against -0.5935 in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in natural population growth between Bulgaria and Greece?
0.0725, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Greece?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Greece rank globally for natural population growth?
Bulgaria ranks 226th and Greece ranks 224th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Natural population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Natural population growth
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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