Bulgaria vs Melanesia: Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population

Bulgaria
4,606 1000 No
in 2050
Melanesia
4,878 1000 No
in 2050
Bulgaria rank
135th
Melanesia rank
133rd

Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population over time

  • Bulgaria
  • Melanesia
02.0k4.0k6.0k195020002050

How they compare

Melanesia currently reports 4,878 1000 No against 4,606 1000 No in Bulgaria, a difference of 272 1000 No.

That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 101 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 135th and Melanesia ranks 133rd of 247 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 10 and Melanesia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria Melanesia Difference Ahead
1950s 2,398 1000 No 165.11 1000 No 2,233 1000 No Bulgaria
1960s 3,648 1000 No 331.76 1000 No 3,316 1000 No Bulgaria
1970s 4,956 1000 No 644.16 1000 No 4,312 1000 No Bulgaria
1980s 5,740 1000 No 937.47 1000 No 4,802 1000 No Bulgaria
1990s 5,707 1000 No 1,230 1000 No 4,476 1000 No Bulgaria
2000s 5,433 1000 No 1,507 1000 No 3,925 1000 No Bulgaria
2010s 5,312 1000 No 1,888 1000 No 3,424 1000 No Bulgaria
2020s 5,184 1000 No 2,397 1000 No 2,787 1000 No Bulgaria
2030s 4,976 1000 No 3,142 1000 No 1,834 1000 No Bulgaria
2040s 4,736 1000 No 4,197 1000 No 539.12 1000 No Bulgaria
2050s 4,606 1000 No 4,878 1000 No 271.49 1000 No Melanesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population - est. & proj. — urban population, Bulgaria or Melanesia?
Melanesia, at 4,878 1000 No against 4,606 1000 No in Bulgaria as of 2050.
What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — urban population between Bulgaria and Melanesia?
272 1000 No, with Melanesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Melanesia?
101 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2050.
How do Bulgaria and Melanesia rank globally for population - est. & proj. — urban population?
Bulgaria ranks 135th and Melanesia ranks 133rd of 247 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bulgaria vs Melanesia: Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 12 November 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/population-est-and-proj-urban-population/bulgaria/melanesia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/compare/population-est-and-proj-urban-population/bulgaria/melanesia/">Bulgaria vs Melanesia: Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population
Unit
1000 No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
278 places, 25,845 data points, 1950–2050
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Population module contains time series data on population, by sex and urban/rural. The series consist of both estimates and projections for different periods as available from the original sources, namely: 1. Population data refers to the World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision from the UN Population Division. 2. Urban/rural population data refers to the World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision from the UN Population Division.