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Bulgaria – Population Density 1998

Midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Captures how concentrated the population is across the country. · World Bank
74.6 −0.5 from 1997 G20 rank: 105th

Bulgaria's population density was 74.6 in 1998, decreased +0.5 from 75.1 in 1997. This was the 105th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1998▾
Population Density by Country – 1998
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Greenland 0.1 0.2%
2nd Mongolia 1.5 1.4%
3rd Namibia 2.1 2.6%
4th Mauritania 2.4 2.6%
5th Australia 2.4 1.0%
6th Iceland 2.7 1.1%
7th Botswana 2.8 2.2%
8th Suriname 2.8 2.1%
9th Libya 2.9 1.5%
10th Canada 3.4 0.8%
11th Guyana 3.9 0.2%
12th Gabon 4.7 2.6%
13th Kazakhstan 5.8 -2.5%
14th Central African Republic 5.8 2.8%
15th Chad 6.3 3.5%
16th Saudi Arabia 6.9 3.8%
17th Oman 7.2 1.5%
18th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 7.7 1.8%
19th Niger 8.5 3.4%
20th Congo, Republic of 8.6 2.2%
21st Mali 8.9 2.6%
22nd Russian Federation 9.0 -0.2%
23rd Turkmenistan 9.4 1.7%
24th Belize 9.9 3.6%
25th Papua New Guinea 11.4 3.6%
26th New Caledonia 11.7 2.1%
27th Norway 12.1 0.6%
28th Angola 12.2 3.4%
29th Paraguay 12.3 2.2%
30th Algeria 12.6 1.6%
31st Zambia 12.8 2.7%
32nd Somalia, Fed. Rep. 13.0 4.2%
33rd Argentina 13.3 1.2%
34th Bhutan 14.3 1.9%
35th New Zealand 14.5 0.9%
36th Vanuatu 14.6 2.1%
37th Solomon Islands 15.0 2.8%
38th Finland 16.9 0.3%
39th Turks and Caicos Islands 18.1 4.4%
40th Uruguay 18.5 0.5%
41st Peru 20.1 1.8%
42nd Brazil 20.2 1.5%
43rd Chile 20.3 1.3%
44th Congo, Democratic Republic of 20.9 2.8%
45th Eritrea 21.6 1.3%
46th Sweden 21.7 0.1%
47th Mozambique 22.1 2.3%
48th Lao PDR 22.7 1.9%
49th Equatorial Guinea 22.9 4.0%
50th Kyrgyz Republic 24.9 1.5%
51st Madagascar 26.6 3.3%
52nd Liberia 27.7 10.7%
53rd Afghanistan 29.4 3.8%
54th Cameroon 29.9 2.7%
55th Zimbabwe 30.0 2.0%
56th United States 30.1 1.2%
57th Djibouti 30.2 4.1%
58th Bahamas, The 31.5 1.4%
59th Faroe Islands 32.0 1.2%
60th Estonia 32.7 -1.0%
61st Guinea 32.9 1.9%
62nd Colombia 34.1 1.8%
63rd Yemen, Republic of 34.9 3.2%
64th Tanzania 36.6 2.7%
65th South Africa 38.1 1.2%
66th Latvia 38.7 -0.9%
67th Panama 38.9 2.0%
68th Iran, Islamic Republic of 39.6 1.4%
69th Palau 40.3 2.3%
70th Nicaragua 40.6 1.5%
71st Burkina Faso 41.1 2.8%
72nd Guinea-Bissau 42.2 1.9%
73rd United Arab Emirates 42.8 7.9%
74th Tajikistan 44.1 0.6%
75th Fiji 45.0 1.2%
76th Mexico 49.2 1.7%
77th Ecuador 49.3 13.5%
78th Senegal 49.4 2.4%
79th Belarus 49.7 -0.4%
80th Qatar 50.0 5.5%
81st Kenya 50.8 2.8%
82nd Iraq 52.3 3.2%
83rd Côte d'Ivoire 52.4 3.8%
84th Ireland 53.9 1.0%
85th Honduras 55.7 2.7%
86th Lithuania 56.6 -0.7%
87th Uzbekistan 56.7 1.6%
88th Jordan 58.5 2.3%
89th Brunei Darussalam 59.3 2.3%
90th Eswatini 59.3 1.3%
91st Sierra Leone 59.5 1.0%
92nd Benin 60.2 3.1%
93rd Tunisia 61.4 1.3%
94th Morocco 61.9 1.5%
95th Samoa 63.2 0.8%
96th Timor-Leste 63.4 2.8%
97th French Polynesia 63.6 1.6%
98th Lesotho 65.8 0.5%
99th Malaysia 66.7 2.5%
100th Myanmar 67.7 1.3%
101st Cambodia 68.3 4.2%
102nd Egypt, Arab Republic of 70.3 2.2%
103rd Costa Rica 74.1 2.2%
104th Georgia 74.2 -2.4%
105th Bulgaria 74.6 -0.7%
106th North Macedonia 78.9 0.5%
107th Bosnia and Herzegovina 79.9 1.8%
108th Spain 80.5 0.4%
109th Croatia 81.1 0.1%
110th Ghana 82.1 2.5%
111th Türkiye 82.8 1.4%
112th Greece 83.2 0.6%
113th Syrian Arab Republic 86.1 2.6%
114th Ukraine 87.0 -0.8%
115th Togo 89.4 2.9%
116th Dominica 92.2 -0.3%
117th Azerbaijan 95.2 1.1%
118th Austria 96.7 0.1%
119th Romania 98.0 -0.2%
120th Slovenia 98.4 -0.2%
121st Cyprus 99.0 1.9%
122nd Moldova 102.1 0.0%
123rd Cuba 102.7 0.3%
124th Kuwait 103.5 3.2%
125th Guatemala 103.9 2.6%
126th Kiribati 105.7 1.8%
127th European Union 108.1 0.1%
128th Cabo Verde 109.1 1.6%
129th Portugal 111.0 0.5%
130th France 111.7 0.4%
131st Slovak Republic 112.1 0.1%
132nd Uganda 112.7 3.0%
133rd Armenia 112.7 -1.2%
134th Albania 114.2 -0.6%
135th Hungary 114.3 -0.2%
136th Malawi 114.5 2.2%
137th Indonesia 115.8 1.6%
138th Thailand 120.4 1.3%
139th Poland 126.2 0.0%
140th British Virgin Islands 128.3 2.6%
141st Isle of Man 129.6 1.3%
142nd Nigeria 131.6 2.6%
143rd China 132.3 1.0%
144th Denmark 132.6 0.4%
145th Czechia 133.2 -0.1%
146th Northern Mariana Islands 133.3 8.4%
147th Gambia, The 136.1 2.8%
148th Andorra 139.1 1.1%
149th Tonga 140.8 0.7%
150th São Tomé and Principe 146.6 1.3%
151st Cayman Islands 153.8 3.9%
152nd Micronesia, Federated States of 159.1 0.3%
153rd Antigua and Barbuda 164.6 1.9%
154th Nepal 165.6 2.0%
155th St. Kitts and Nevis 169.2 1.3%
156th Seychelles 171.4 2.0%
157th Dominican Republic 172.0 1.7%
158th Switzerland 179.9 0.3%
159th Pakistan 190.1 2.8%
160th Italy 193.5 0.0%
161st Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 193.6 0.9%
162nd Liechtenstein 197.9 1.4%
163rd Viet Nam 231.3 1.4%
164th Germany 235.1 0.0%
165th Jamaica 237.3 0.9%
166th Burundi 240.9 1.9%
167th United Kingdom 241.8 0.3%
168th St. Lucia 253.6 1.4%
169th Philippines 254.2 2.5%
170th Trinidad and Tobago 255.4 0.3%
171st Israel 275.9 2.3%
172nd Marshall Islands 276.2 0.9%
173rd American Samoa 276.7 1.8%
174th Comoros 277.6 1.7%
175th El Salvador 283.8 0.6%
176th Guam 289.3 1.3%
177th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 290.2 0.0%
178th Haiti 290.4 1.9%
179th Sri Lanka 296.5 1.9%
180th Virgin Islands (US) 310.1 0.2%
181st Grenada 311.8 0.7%
182nd Tuvalu 315.0 0.5%
183rd Rwanda 327.6 4.2%
184th India 342.6 2.0%
185th Japan 346.8 0.3%
186th Lebanon 408.7 1.8%
187th Puerto Rico (US) 426.3 0.6%
188th San Marino 435.4 1.3%
189th West Bank and Gaza 461.2 2.6%
190th Netherlands 465.3 0.6%
191st Korea 479.9 0.7%
192nd Aruba 491.4 2.5%
193rd Nauru 509.9 0.0%
194th Mauritius 571.6 1.1%
195th Barbados 610.3 0.0%
196th Channel Islands 741.9 0.5%
197th Bahrain 851.9 2.7%
198th Maldives 909.1 1.9%
199th Bangladesh 995.8 1.9%
200th Bermuda 1,122.9 0.8%
201st Malta 1,204.0 0.7%
202nd Gibraltar 2,765.0 0.2%
203rd Singapore 5,861.5 3.5%
204th Hong Kong SAR, China 6,232.1 0.8%
205th Monaco 15,918.6 0.6%
206th Macao SAR, China 21,115.0 1.2%
Source: World Bank (EN.POP.DNST)
HistorySaid – pattern alert

Bulgaria matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1998. Historically: 329 occurrences, 239 successful (73%). Outcome 24 months later: 10.3%. View full analysis →

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