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Bulgaria vs Finland: Urban and rural population projected to 2050

Bulgaria
1.05 million people
in 2050
Finland
1.13 million people
in 2050
Bulgaria rank
117th
Finland rank
116th

Urban and rural population projected to 2050 over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Finland
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How they compare

Finland currently reports 1.13 million people against 1.05 million people in Bulgaria, a difference of 79,180 people.

That makes Finland's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 133 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 117th and Finland ranks 116th of 238 countries.

Across the 43 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 42 and Finland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Finland Difference Ahead
1000s 799,996 people 73,912 people 726,084 people Bulgaria
1100s 869,988 people 85,847 people 784,141 people Bulgaria
1200s 929,962 people 97,739 people 832,223 people Bulgaria
1300s 999,877 people 109,560 people 890,317 people Bulgaria
1400s 549,796 people 99,400 people 450,396 people Bulgaria
1500s 799,111 people 99,100 people 700,011 people Bulgaria
1600s 1.25 million people 197,200 people 1.05 million people Bulgaria
1700s 1.24 million people 384,115 people 853,385 people Bulgaria
1710s 1.28 million people 415,126 people 864,334 people Bulgaria
1720s 1.34 million people 448,579 people 891,801 people Bulgaria
1730s 1.40 million people 484,659 people 919,551 people Bulgaria
1740s 1.47 million people 523,565 people 947,515 people Bulgaria
1750s 1.54 million people 565,509 people 975,621 people Bulgaria
1760s 1.61 million people 610,721 people 1.00 million people Bulgaria
1770s 1.69 million people 659,444 people 1.03 million people Bulgaria
1780s 1.77 million people 711,941 people 1.06 million people Bulgaria
1790s 1.86 million people 768,489 people 1.09 million people Bulgaria
1800s 1.94 million people 829,389 people 1.12 million people Bulgaria
1810s 2.03 million people 894,960 people 1.14 million people Bulgaria
1820s 2.12 million people 965,544 people 1.16 million people Bulgaria
1830s 2.18 million people 1.11 million people 1.07 million people Bulgaria
1840s 2.29 million people 1.17 million people 1.12 million people Bulgaria
1850s 2.39 million people 1.30 million people 1.09 million people Bulgaria
1860s 2.42 million people 1.36 million people 1.06 million people Bulgaria
1870s 2.43 million people 1.44 million people 997,510 people Bulgaria
1880s 2.80 million people 1.54 million people 1.26 million people Bulgaria
1890s 3.16 million people 1.75 million people 1.41 million people Bulgaria
1900s 2.96 million people 1.97 million people 987,980 people Bulgaria
1910s 3.37 million people 2.23 million people 1.14 million people Bulgaria
1920s 3.68 million people 2.40 million people 1.28 million people Bulgaria
1930s 4.28 million people 2.56 million people 1.72 million people Bulgaria
1940s 5.10 million people 2.56 million people 2.55 million people Bulgaria
1950s 5.15 million people 2.11 million people 3.04 million people Bulgaria
1960s 4.57 million people 1.91 million people 2.66 million people Bulgaria
1970s 3.70 million people 1.79 million people 1.91 million people Bulgaria
1980s 3.13 million people 1.78 million people 1.35 million people Bulgaria
1990s 2.73 million people 1.78 million people 942,754 people Bulgaria
2000s 2.32 million people 1.66 million people 661,062 people Bulgaria
2010s 1.95 million people 1.57 million people 372,867 people Bulgaria
2020s 1.74 million people 1.43 million people 309,566 people Bulgaria
2030s 1.47 million people 1.29 million people 180,397 people Bulgaria
2040s 1.20 million people 1.17 million people 24,810 people Bulgaria
2050s 1.05 million people 1.13 million people 79,180 people Finland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher urban and rural population projected to 2050, Bulgaria or Finland?
Finland, at 1.13 million people against 1.05 million people in Bulgaria as of 2050.
What is the difference in urban and rural population projected to 2050 between Bulgaria and Finland?
79,180 people, with Finland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Finland?
133 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2050.
How do Bulgaria and Finland rank globally for urban and rural population projected to 2050?
Bulgaria ranks 117th and Finland ranks 116th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Urban and rural population projected to 2050. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Urban and rural population projected to 2050
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 30,401 data points, 1000–2050
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Number of people living in rural areas, combining UN estimates and projections with modeled historical data.