Bulgaria vs Japan: Population growth rate

Bulgaria

-0.5%

in 2023

Japan

-0.5%

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

213th

Japan rank

212th

Population growth rate over time

Japan currently reports -0.5% against -0.5% in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Bulgaria ranks 213th and Japan ranks 212th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.