Bulgaria
Median age in Bulgaria
Median age in Bulgaria: 26 years in 1950 and 44.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 44.3 years
- Since 1950
- +18.3 years
- Rank, 2023
- 20 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 30.4 years
- Projected, 2100
- 49.7 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 49.7 years in 2100, between 45.8 years and 53.9 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Bulgaria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 44.3 | 30.4 |
| 2022 | 44.2 | 30.1 |
| 2021 | 44 | 29.8 |
| 2020 | 43.9 | 29.6 |
| 2019 | 43.6 | 29.3 |
| 2018 | 43.3 | 29 |
| 2017 | 43 | 28.8 |
| 2016 | 42.8 | 28.5 |
| 2015 | 42.5 | 28.3 |
| 2014 | 42.3 | 28.1 |
| 2013 | 42.1 | 27.8 |
| 2012 | 41.8 | 27.6 |
| 2011 | 41.4 | 27.4 |
| 2010 | 41.1 | 27.2 |
| 2009 | 40.9 | 27 |
| 2008 | 40.7 | 26.7 |
| 2007 | 40.5 | 26.5 |
| 2006 | 40.3 | 26.3 |
| 2005 | 40.1 | 26.1 |
| 2004 | 39.9 | 25.9 |
| 2003 | 39.6 | 25.7 |
| 2002 | 39.3 | 25.5 |
| 2001 | 39 | 25.3 |
| 2000 | 38.7 | 25.1 |
| 1999 | 38.4 | 24.9 |
| 1998 | 38.1 | 24.7 |
| 1997 | 37.9 | 24.4 |
| 1996 | 37.6 | 24.2 |
| 1995 | 37.3 | 24 |
| 1994 | 37 | 23.8 |
| 1993 | 36.7 | 23.5 |
| 1992 | 36.4 | 23.3 |
| 1991 | 36 | 23.1 |
| 1990 | 35.6 | 22.9 |
| 1989 | 35.2 | 22.8 |
| 1988 | 35 | 22.6 |
| 1987 | 34.8 | 22.4 |
| 1986 | 34.6 | 22.2 |
| 1985 | 34.3 | 22 |
| 1984 | 34 | 21.9 |
| 1983 | 33.8 | 21.8 |
| 1982 | 33.6 | 21.7 |
| 1981 | 33.4 | 21.6 |
| 1980 | 33.2 | 21.5 |
| 1979 | 33 | 21.3 |
| 1978 | 32.9 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 32.8 | 21 |
| 1976 | 32.8 | 20.8 |
| 1975 | 32.7 | 20.7 |
| 1974 | 32.6 | 20.5 |
| 1973 | 32.6 | 20.4 |
| 1972 | 32.5 | 20.4 |
| 1971 | 32.4 | 20.3 |
| 1970 | 32.3 | 20.3 |
| 1969 | 32.1 | 20.3 |
| 1968 | 31.9 | 20.4 |
| 1967 | 31.7 | 20.5 |
| 1966 | 31.4 | 20.6 |
| 1965 | 31 | 20.8 |
| 1964 | 30.6 | 21 |
| 1963 | 30.3 | 21.2 |
| 1962 | 30 | 21.4 |
| 1961 | 29.7 | 21.4 |
| 1960 | 29.4 | 21.5 |
| 1959 | 29.1 | 21.5 |
| 1958 | 28.8 | 21.5 |
| 1957 | 28.5 | 21.6 |
| 1956 | 28.2 | 21.7 |
| 1955 | 27.8 | 21.8 |
| 1954 | 27.5 | 21.9 |
| 1953 | 27.1 | 22 |
| 1952 | 26.7 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 26.4 | 22.1 |
| 1950 | 26 | 22.2 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Bulgaria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44.544.5–44.6 | 30.6 |
| 2025 | 44.844.6–45 | 30.9 |
| 2026 | 4544.7–45.3 | 31.1 |
| 2027 | 45.344.9–45.7 | 31.3 |
| 2028 | 45.545–46 | 31.6 |
| 2029 | 45.745.1–46.3 | 31.8 |
| 2030 | 45.945.2–46.7 | 32 |
| 2031 | 46.245.3–47 | 32.2 |
| 2032 | 46.445.4–47.3 | 32.4 |
| 2033 | 46.745.6–47.7 | 32.6 |
| 2034 | 46.945.7–48 | 32.8 |
| 2035 | 47.245.9–48.3 | 33 |
| 2036 | 47.446–48.7 | 33.2 |
| 2037 | 47.746.1–49 | 33.4 |
| 2038 | 47.946.2–49.3 | 33.6 |
| 2039 | 48.246.2–49.7 | 33.8 |
| 2040 | 48.446.1–50 | 34 |
| 2041 | 48.646–50.3 | 34.2 |
| 2042 | 48.745.7–50.6 | 34.4 |
| 2043 | 48.745.4–50.9 | 34.6 |
| 2044 | 48.745.1–51.2 | 34.8 |
| 2045 | 48.644.8–51.4 | 35 |
| 2046 | 48.544.7–51.5 | 35.2 |
| 2047 | 48.344.5–51.6 | 35.4 |
| 2048 | 48.244.4–51.6 | 35.6 |
| 2049 | 48.144.3–51.5 | 35.9 |
| 2050 | 4844.2–51.4 | 36.1 |
| 2051 | 47.944.1–51.4 | 36.3 |
| 2052 | 47.844.1–51.4 | 36.5 |
| 2053 | 47.744.2–51.4 | 36.7 |
| 2054 | 47.744.2–51.3 | 36.9 |
| 2055 | 47.744.3–51.2 | 37.1 |
| 2056 | 47.744.4–51.1 | 37.3 |
| 2057 | 47.744.5–51 | 37.5 |
| 2058 | 47.744.5–50.8 | 37.6 |
| 2059 | 47.844.5–50.7 | 37.8 |
| 2060 | 47.844.6–50.7 | 37.9 |
| 2061 | 47.944.6–50.7 | 38 |
| 2062 | 47.944.6–50.7 | 38.1 |
| 2063 | 47.944.6–50.7 | 38.3 |
| 2064 | 4844.6–50.7 | 38.4 |
| 2065 | 4844.6–50.6 | 38.5 |
| 2066 | 4844.5–50.6 | 38.6 |
| 2067 | 4844.5–50.6 | 38.7 |
| 2068 | 4844.5–50.7 | 38.8 |
| 2069 | 4844.5–50.8 | 38.9 |
| 2070 | 47.944.4–50.8 | 39 |
| 2071 | 47.944.4–50.8 | 39.1 |
| 2072 | 4844.4–50.8 | 39.2 |
| 2073 | 4844.4–50.9 | 39.3 |
| 2074 | 4844.4–51 | 39.4 |
| 2075 | 4844.4–51.2 | 39.5 |
| 2076 | 4844.4–51.3 | 39.6 |
| 2077 | 4844.3–51.5 | 39.7 |
| 2078 | 4844.3–51.6 | 39.8 |
| 2079 | 4844.3–51.7 | 40 |
| 2080 | 4844.3–51.8 | 40.1 |
| 2081 | 4844.4–51.9 | 40.2 |
| 2082 | 48.144.4–52 | 40.3 |
| 2083 | 48.144.5–52 | 40.4 |
| 2084 | 48.144.6–52.1 | 40.5 |
| 2085 | 48.244.6–52.2 | 40.6 |
| 2086 | 48.244.6–52.2 | 40.7 |
| 2087 | 48.344.7–52.3 | 40.9 |
| 2088 | 48.444.7–52.4 | 41 |
| 2089 | 48.444.8–52.5 | 41.1 |
| 2090 | 48.544.9–52.6 | 41.2 |
| 2091 | 48.745–52.7 | 41.3 |
| 2092 | 48.845–52.9 | 41.4 |
| 2093 | 48.945.1–53 | 41.5 |
| 2094 | 4945.2–53.2 | 41.6 |
| 2095 | 49.145.3–53.3 | 41.7 |
| 2096 | 49.345.4–53.4 | 41.8 |
| 2097 | 49.445.5–53.5 | 41.9 |
| 2098 | 49.545.6–53.6 | 42 |
| 2099 | 49.645.7–53.8 | 42 |
| 2100 | 49.745.8–53.9 | 42.1 |
Good to know
- Half the people are older than this age and half are younger.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending in US dollars$2.4B in 2025
- Military spending per person$384 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel37,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports540 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports33 million TIV in 2024
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