Bulgaria's population has fallen every year since 1990

Chart · 28 Oct 2026

Every cell in Bulgaria's row is below zero. Its population has not grown once in 36 years.

What the chart shows

Malta is highest in 2025 at 1.9%, Latvia lowest at −1.0%. 14 of the 27 countries fell and 13 rose. Bulgaria moved the most, up 1.7 points.

The numbers, %

Country	1990	2025	Change (points)
Malta	1.0	1.9	+0.9
Ireland	0.1	1.6	+1.5
Luxembourg	1.3	1.5	+0.2
Spain	0.1	1.0	+0.9
Portugal	−0.2	1.0	+1.2
Cyprus	1.4	0.9	−0.5
Belgium	0.3	0.7	+0.4
Denmark	0.2	0.5	+0.4
Netherlands	0.7	0.5	−0.2
Finland	0.4	0.5	0
Austria	0.8	0.3	−0.4
Croatia	0.2	0.3	0
Sweden	0.8	0.3	−0.5
France	0.5	0.2	−0.3
Slovenia	0.1	0.2	+0.1
Greece	1.1	0.1	−1.0
Lithuania	0.4	0.0	−0.4
Germany	0.9	0.0	−0.9
Italy	0.1	−0.1	−0.1
Bulgaria	−1.8	−0.1	+1.7
Slovakia	0.4	−0.2	−0.6
Romania	0.2	−0.2	−0.3
Czechia	−0.3	−0.2	+0.1
Poland	0.4	−0.3	−0.7
Estonia	0.1	−0.4	−0.5
Hungary	−1.0	−0.5	+0.5
Latvia	−0.1	−1.0	−0.8