What is the difference in population between Bulgaria and Serbia?

22,600 people, with Bulgaria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?

224 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2023.

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.

Bulgaria vs Serbia: Population

Bulgaria

6.80 million people

in 2023

Serbia

6.77 million people

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

110th

Serbia rank

111th

Population over time

Bulgaria
Serbia

How they compare

Bulgaria currently reports 6.80 million people against 6.77 million people in Serbia, a difference of 22,600 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 224 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 110th and Serbia ranks 111th of 238 countries.

Bulgaria has averaged higher in every one of the 23 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bulgaria	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1800s	2.24 million people	2.15 million people	88,488 people	Bulgaria
1810s	2.20 million people	2.15 million people	57,314 people	Bulgaria
1820s	2.23 million people	2.13 million people	105,121 people	Bulgaria
1830s	2.33 million people	2.09 million people	248,066 people	Bulgaria
1840s	2.44 million people	2.04 million people	396,037 people	Bulgaria
1850s	2.52 million people	1.99 million people	526,920 people	Bulgaria
1860s	2.56 million people	1.92 million people	634,688 people	Bulgaria
1870s	2.75 million people	1.85 million people	895,962 people	Bulgaria
1880s	3.17 million people	1.92 million people	1.25 million people	Bulgaria
1890s	3.66 million people	2.16 million people	1.50 million people	Bulgaria
1900s	4.18 million people	2.46 million people	1.72 million people	Bulgaria
1910s	4.71 million people	2.91 million people	1.80 million people	Bulgaria
1920s	5.42 million people	3.56 million people	1.86 million people	Bulgaria
1930s	6.23 million people	4.39 million people	1.84 million people	Bulgaria
1940s	6.84 million people	5.41 million people	1.43 million people	Bulgaria
1950s	7.51 million people	6.31 million people	1.20 million people	Bulgaria
1960s	8.16 million people	6.99 million people	1.17 million people	Bulgaria
1970s	8.68 million people	7.55 million people	1.14 million people	Bulgaria
1980s	8.94 million people	7.86 million people	1.07 million people	Bulgaria
1990s	8.40 million people	7.82 million people	582,359 people	Bulgaria
2000s	7.73 million people	7.55 million people	175,737 people	Bulgaria
2010s	7.20 million people	7.20 million people	5,174 people	Bulgaria
2020s	6.86 million people	6.83 million people	31,220 people	Bulgaria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Bulgaria or Serbia?: Bulgaria, at 6.80 million people against 6.77 million people in Serbia as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Bulgaria and Serbia?: 22,600 people, with Bulgaria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Serbia?: 224 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Serbia rank globally for population?: Bulgaria ranks 110th and Serbia ranks 111th 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: 07 August 2026

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