Bulgaria vs Japan: Natural population growth

Bulgaria
-0.5935
in 2023
Japan
-0.6228
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
226th
Japan rank
229th

Natural population growth over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Japan
-1012195019862023

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports -0.5935 against -0.6228 in Japan, a difference of 0.0293.

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 1.03 1.25 0.2179 Japan
1960s 0.7918 1.03 0.241 Japan
1970s 0.6144 1.1 0.4815 Japan
1980s 0.1994 0.5312 0.3318 Japan
1990s -0.4048 0.2167 0.6215 Japan
2000s -0.5045 0.0276 0.5322 Japan
2010s -0.5753 -0.2745 0.3008 Japan
2020s -0.8976 -0.571 0.3266 Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher natural population growth, Bulgaria or Japan?
Bulgaria, at -0.5935 against -0.6228 in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in natural population growth between Bulgaria and Japan?
0.0293, 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 natural population growth?
Bulgaria ranks 226th and Japan ranks 229th 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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