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Bulgaria vs Kyrgyzstan: The global population hockey stick

Bulgaria
6.80 million people
in 2023
Kyrgyzstan
7.07 million people
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
111th
Kyrgyzstan rank
108th

The global population hockey stick over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Kyrgyzstan
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How they compare

Kyrgyzstan currently reports 7.07 million people against 6.80 million people in Bulgaria, a difference of 277,720 people.

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

Bulgaria ranks 111th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 108th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 39 and Kyrgyzstan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Kyrgyzstan Difference Ahead
1000s 800,000 people 250,000 people 550,000 people Bulgaria
1100s 870,000 people 270,000 people 600,000 people Bulgaria
1200s 930,000 people 290,000 people 640,000 people Bulgaria
1300s 1.00 million people 310,000 people 690,000 people Bulgaria
1400s 550,000 people 330,000 people 220,000 people Bulgaria
1500s 800,000 people 350,000 people 450,000 people Bulgaria
1600s 1.25 million people 400,000 people 850,000 people Bulgaria
1700s 1.25 million people 450,000 people 800,000 people Bulgaria
1710s 1.29 million people 475,339 people 817,041 people Bulgaria
1720s 1.35 million people 501,747 people 852,173 people Bulgaria
1730s 1.42 million people 529,622 people 888,778 people Bulgaria
1740s 1.49 million people 559,045 people 926,895 people Bulgaria
1750s 1.56 million people 590,103 people 966,597 people Bulgaria
1760s 1.63 million people 622,887 people 1.01 million people Bulgaria
1770s 1.71 million people 657,492 people 1.05 million people Bulgaria
1780s 1.79 million people 694,019 people 1.10 million people Bulgaria
1790s 1.88 million people 732,576 people 1.14 million people Bulgaria
1800s 2.24 million people 530,343 people 1.71 million people Bulgaria
1810s 2.20 million people 530,440 people 1.67 million people Bulgaria
1820s 2.23 million people 553,219 people 1.68 million people Bulgaria
1830s 2.33 million people 605,713 people 1.73 million people Bulgaria
1840s 2.44 million people 663,649 people 1.78 million people Bulgaria
1850s 2.52 million people 727,074 people 1.79 million people Bulgaria
1860s 2.56 million people 796,491 people 1.76 million people Bulgaria
1870s 2.75 million people 872,535 people 1.88 million people Bulgaria
1880s 3.17 million people 955,840 people 2.21 million people Bulgaria
1890s 3.66 million people 1.05 million people 2.61 million people Bulgaria
1900s 4.18 million people 1.15 million people 3.04 million people Bulgaria
1910s 4.71 million people 1.26 million people 3.45 million people Bulgaria
1920s 5.42 million people 1.38 million people 4.04 million people Bulgaria
1930s 6.23 million people 1.51 million people 4.72 million people Bulgaria
1940s 6.84 million people 1.65 million people 5.18 million people Bulgaria
1950s 7.51 million people 1.93 million people 5.58 million people Bulgaria
1960s 8.16 million people 2.58 million people 5.58 million people Bulgaria
1970s 8.68 million people 3.34 million people 5.34 million people Bulgaria
1980s 8.94 million people 4.06 million people 4.87 million people Bulgaria
1990s 8.40 million people 4.71 million people 3.69 million people Bulgaria
2000s 7.73 million people 5.22 million people 2.51 million people Bulgaria
2010s 7.20 million people 5.96 million people 1.24 million people Bulgaria
2020s 6.86 million people 6.88 million people 20,348 people Kyrgyzstan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Bulgaria or Kyrgyzstan?
Kyrgyzstan, at 7.07 million people against 6.80 million people in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Bulgaria and Kyrgyzstan?
277,720 people, with Kyrgyzstan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Kyrgyzstan?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and Kyrgyzstan rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
Bulgaria ranks 111th and Kyrgyzstan ranks 108th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
The global population hockey stick
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.