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Bulgaria vs Nicaragua: Population

Bulgaria
6.80 million people
in 2023
Nicaragua
6.82 million people
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
110th
Nicaragua rank
109th

Population over time

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How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 6.82 million people against 6.80 million people in Bulgaria, a difference of 27,820 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 110th and Nicaragua ranks 109th of 238 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1000s 800,000 people 210,412 people 589,588 people Bulgaria
1100s 870,000 people 229,540 people 640,460 people Bulgaria
1200s 930,000 people 250,408 people 679,592 people Bulgaria
1300s 1.00 million people 273,172 people 726,828 people Bulgaria
1400s 550,000 people 298,006 people 251,994 people Bulgaria
1500s 800,000 people 325,097 people 474,903 people Bulgaria
1600s 1.25 million people 162,548 people 1.09 million people Bulgaria
1700s 1.25 million people 81,274 people 1.17 million people Bulgaria
1710s 1.29 million people 87,079 people 1.21 million people Bulgaria
1720s 1.35 million people 93,299 people 1.26 million people Bulgaria
1730s 1.42 million people 99,964 people 1.32 million people Bulgaria
1740s 1.49 million people 107,104 people 1.38 million people Bulgaria
1750s 1.56 million people 114,754 people 1.44 million people Bulgaria
1760s 1.63 million people 122,951 people 1.51 million people Bulgaria
1770s 1.71 million people 131,733 people 1.58 million people Bulgaria
1780s 1.79 million people 141,143 people 1.65 million people Bulgaria
1790s 1.88 million people 151,224 people 1.72 million people Bulgaria
1800s 2.24 million people 186,000 people 2.05 million people Bulgaria
1810s 2.20 million people 186,060 people 2.02 million people Bulgaria
1820s 2.23 million people 200,322 people 2.03 million people Bulgaria
1830s 2.33 million people 234,651 people 2.10 million people Bulgaria
1840s 2.44 million people 275,124 people 2.16 million people Bulgaria
1850s 2.52 million people 312,133 people 2.20 million people Bulgaria
1860s 2.56 million people 341,288 people 2.21 million people Bulgaria
1870s 2.75 million people 382,787 people 2.37 million people Bulgaria
1880s 3.17 million people 442,343 people 2.72 million people Bulgaria
1890s 3.66 million people 511,013 people 3.15 million people Bulgaria
1900s 4.18 million people 598,040 people 3.59 million people Bulgaria
1910s 4.71 million people 709,547 people 4.00 million people Bulgaria
1920s 5.42 million people 794,857 people 4.63 million people Bulgaria
1930s 6.23 million people 901,981 people 5.32 million people Bulgaria
1940s 6.84 million people 1.14 million people 5.69 million people Bulgaria
1950s 7.51 million people 1.52 million people 5.99 million people Bulgaria
1960s 8.16 million people 2.05 million people 6.11 million people Bulgaria
1970s 8.68 million people 2.78 million people 5.90 million people Bulgaria
1980s 8.94 million people 3.66 million people 5.28 million people Bulgaria
1990s 8.40 million people 4.58 million people 3.82 million people Bulgaria
2000s 7.73 million people 5.32 million people 2.41 million people Bulgaria
2010s 7.20 million people 6.11 million people 1.09 million people Bulgaria
2020s 6.86 million people 6.69 million people 167,062 people Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Bulgaria or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 6.82 million people against 6.80 million people in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Bulgaria and Nicaragua?
27,820 people, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Nicaragua?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Nicaragua rank globally for population?
Bulgaria ranks 110th and Nicaragua ranks 109th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.