Place of residence Females' marriages by rank |
Males' marriages by rank | ||||
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Total | First | Second | Third and subsequent | Unknown | |
Total | 29 198 | 25 039 | 3 263 | 347 | 549 |
First | 25 209 | 23 138 | 1 554 | 100 | 417 |
Second | 3 447 | 1 648 | 1 525 | 184 | 90 |
Third and subsequent | 332 | 105 | 156 | 58 | 13 |
Unknown | 210 | 148 | 28 | 5 | 29 |
Urban residence | 21 460 | 18 159 | 2 564 | 282 | 455 |
First | 18 376 | 16 708 | 1 242 | 84 | 342 |
Second | 2 661 | 1 260 | 1 178 | 144 | 79 |
Third and subsequent | 256 | 76 | 121 | 49 | 10 |
Unknown | 167 | 115 | 23 | 5 | 24 |
Rural residence | 7 738 | 6 880 | 699 | 65 | 94 |
First | 6 833 | 6 430 | 312 | 16 | 75 |
Second | 786 | 388 | 347 | 40 | 11 |
Third and subsequent | 76 | 29 | 35 | 9 | 3 |
Unknown | 43 | 33 | 5 | - | 5 |
Marriages by place of residence and rank

Euro-SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)
Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | Population and Housing Fund Statistics Department |
Contact name | Nadejda Karlezhova |
Contact person function | Chief expert |
Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 543 |
Contact fax number | |
Metadata update | |
Metadata last certified | 13 April 2020 |
Metadata last posted | 13 April 2020 |
Metadata last update | 13 April 2020 |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | Registered juridical marriages and divorces terminated with a court decision are observed. Registration is done at the moment of occurrence and the number is calculated as of 31.12 of the reference year. Source of data on marriages and divorces is the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population. The marriages and divorces are registered through a common USCRASP-CDS documents "Marriage notification", "Divorce notification". Regional breakdown of the marriages and divorce data is done according to the country administrative-territorial division as of 31.12 of the reference year (settlements, municipalities, districts and statistical regions) based on the current address. The number of marriages and divorces is used for calculation of the indicators characterising the marriages and divorces in the country. |
Classification system | · Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS); · Unified Classification of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units in Bulgaria (UCATTU). |
Sector coverage | Indicators characterising the marriages and divorces are calculated for a calendar year. The cases are included in which at least one of the partners has a usual residence (current address) in the Republic of Bulgaria. |
Statistical concepts and definitions | Crude marriage rate The ratio of the number of marriages during the year to the average annual population in that year. The value is expressed per 1000 inhabitants. Crude divorce rate The ratio of the number of divorces during the year to the average annual population in that year. The value is expressed per 1000 inhabitants. The age of persons at marriage and divorce is calculated in completed years based on the date of birth of persons and the date of event - marriage/divorce. |
Statistical unit | Marriages, divorces |
Statistical population | Total number of marriages and divorces. |
Reference area | Regional breakdown of the marriages and divorces data is done according to the country administrative-territorial division as of 31.12 of the reference year (settlements, municipalities, districts and statistical regions). |
Time coverage | Marriages · 1888 - 2019 total for the country; · 2010 - 2019 - the NSI website. Divorces · 1947 - 2019 - total for the country; · 2010 - 2019 - the NSI website. |
Base period | Not applicable. |
Unit of measure | |
Number; per 1 000 population | |
Reference period | |
Calendar year | |
Institutional mandate | |
Legal acts and other agreements | · Law on Statistics; · Law on Civil Registration. · Regulation (EU) 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European demographic statistics; · Commission implementing regulation (EU) № 205/2014 laying down uniformed conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) No 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on European demographic statistics, as regards breakdowns of data, deadlines and data revisions |
Data sharing | Data are transmitted to Eurostat, UNICEF, UN on the basis of Regulation (EU) 1260/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European demographic statistics. |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. |
Confidentiality - data treatment | Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law. |
Release policy | |
Release calendar | Information is published annually according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Release calendar access | The calendar is available on the NSI website: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/480 |
User access | Data is published on the NSI website, section Population - Demography, Migration and Projections in accordance with the Law on Statistics and the European Statistics Code of Practice respecting the professional independence and aimed at objectivity, transparency and equal treatment of all consumers. |
Frequency of dissemination | |
Annually | |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | News release "Population and demographic processes". |
Publications | · Population and demographic processes; · Statistical Reference Book; · Statistical Yearbook; · "Bulgaria" (brochure). |
On-line database | Data on marriages and divorces are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Population - Demography, Migration and Projections - Marriages and divorces: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/6651 Information System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=54 |
Micro-data access | Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes. |
Other | Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services in NSI. |
Documentation on methodology | · Methodology on marriages and divorces: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Pop_4_Metodology_marriages-divorces_en.pdf; · Manual for functioning of the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population. |
Quality documentation | Not available. |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | Not applicable. |
Quality assessment | Not applicable. |
Relevance | |
User needs | Data on marriages and divorces are presented annually to the Eurostat, UN and UNICEF questionnaires filled in annually. At national and regional level the main data users are ministries, agencies, national organizations and local authorities. Data is presented to scientific institutes, universities, NGOs and others based on requests. |
User satisfaction | No user' satisfaction surveys are carried out. |
Completeness | Marriages Marriages by age and year of birth of the spouses, consecutive number of the marriage, previous marital status and residence. Divorces Divorces by age of spouses, duration of the marriage, number of children, reasons for the divorce, consecutive number of the divorce and residence. |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | Not applicable. |
Sampling error | Not applicable. |
Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | Data are published up to the end of April of the year following the reference year. |
Punctuality | Data are released according to the terms provided in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | Data is collected and processed for the different territorial units using one and the same methodology and definitions. |
Comparability - over time | Changes of the methodology and definitions for different time periods are published in the survey methodology and metadata. |
Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
Cost and burden | |
Not applicable. | |
Data revision | |
Data revision - policy | Not applicable. |
Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | Source of data on marriages and divorces is the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population. Marriages and divorces are registered through a common USCRASP-CDS "Marriage notification" and "Divorce notification". |
Frequency of data collection | Monthly |
Data collection | Exhaustively for all registered during the year juridical marriages and divorces. Computer files are received from the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population (administrative source). |
Data validation | Data on demographic events is checked and controlled before to be loaded in the IS "Demography". For successful processing, the initial notification should meet the system rules on validation and control. The processed results are validated in respect the consistency of a single table and between the tables. |
Data compilation | Data is processed by the IS "Demography" according to the rules for validation and control of the demographic events. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Comment |
ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)
Contact | |
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Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
Contact organisation unit | Population and Housing Fund Statistics Department |
Contact name | Nadejda Karlezhova |
Contact person function | Chief expert |
Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str.; 1038 Sofia, Bulgaria |
Contact email address | |
Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 543 |
Contact fax number | |
Statistical presentation | |
Data description | Registered juridical marriages and divorces terminated with a court decision are observed. Registration is done at the moment of occurrence and the number is calculated as of 31.12 of the reference year. Source of data on marriages and divorces is the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population. The marriages and divorces are registered through a common USCRASP-CDS documents "Marriage notification", "Divorce notification". Regional breakdown of the marriages and divorce data is done according to the country administrative-territorial division as of 31.12 of the reference year (settlements, municipalities, districts and statistical regions) based on the current address. The number of marriages and divorces is used for calculation of the indicators characterising the marriages and divorces in the country. |
Classification system | · Classification of Territorial Units for Statistical Purposes in Bulgaria (NUTS); · Unified Classification of the Administrative-Territorial and Territorial Units in Bulgaria (UCATTU). |
Sector coverage | Indicators characterising the marriages and divorces are calculated for a calendar year. The cases are included in which at least one of the partners has a usual residence (current address) in the Republic of Bulgaria. |
Statistical concepts and definitions | Crude marriage rate The ratio of the number of marriages during the year to the average annual population in that year. The value is expressed per 1000 inhabitants. Crude divorce rate The ratio of the number of divorces during the year to the average annual population in that year. The value is expressed per 1000 inhabitants. The age of persons at marriage and divorce is calculated in completed years based on the date of birth of persons and the date of event - marriage/divorce. |
Statistical unit | Marriages, divorces |
Statistical population | Total number of marriages and divorces. |
Reference area | Regional breakdown of the marriages and divorces data is done according to the country administrative-territorial division as of 31.12 of the reference year (settlements, municipalities, districts and statistical regions). |
Time coverage | Marriages · 1888 - 2019 total for the country; · 2010 - 2019 - the NSI website. Divorces · 1947 - 2019 - total for the country; · 2010 - 2019 - the NSI website. |
Base period | Not applicable. |
Statistical processing | |
Source data | Source of data on marriages and divorces is the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population. Marriages and divorces are registered through a common USCRASP-CDS "Marriage notification" and "Divorce notification". |
Frequency of data collection | Monthly |
Data collection | Exhaustively for all registered during the year juridical marriages and divorces. Computer files are received from the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population (administrative source). |
Data validation | Data on demographic events is checked and controlled before to be loaded in the IS "Demography". For successful processing, the initial notification should meet the system rules on validation and control. The processed results are validated in respect the consistency of a single table and between the tables. |
Data compilation | Data is processed by the IS "Demography" according to the rules for validation and control of the demographic events. |
Adjustment | Not applicable. |
Quality management | |
Quality assurance | Not applicable. |
Quality assessment | Not applicable. |
Relevance | |
User needs | Data on marriages and divorces are presented annually to the Eurostat, UN and UNICEF questionnaires filled in annually. At national and regional level the main data users are ministries, agencies, national organizations and local authorities. Data is presented to scientific institutes, universities, NGOs and others based on requests. |
User satisfaction | No user' satisfaction surveys are carried out. |
Completeness | Marriages Marriages by age and year of birth of the spouses, consecutive number of the marriage, previous marital status and residence. Divorces Divorces by age of spouses, duration of the marriage, number of children, reasons for the divorce, consecutive number of the divorce and residence. |
Data completeness - rate | Not applicable. |
Accuracy and reliability | |
Overall accuracy | Not applicable. |
Sampling error | Not applicable. |
Sampling errors - indicators | Not applicable. |
Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
Coverage error | Not applicable. |
Over-coverage - rate | Not applicable. |
Common units - proportion | Not applicable. |
Measurement error | Not applicable. |
Non response error | Not applicable. |
Unit non-response - rate | Not applicable. |
Item non-response - rate | Not applicable. |
Processing error | Not applicable. |
Imputation - rate | Not applicable. |
Model assumption error | Not applicable. |
Seasonal adjustment | Not applicable. |
Data revision - policy | Not applicable. |
Data revision - practice | Not applicable. |
Data revision - average size | Not applicable. |
Timeliness and punctuality | |
Timeliness | Data are published up to the end of April of the year following the reference year. |
Time lag - first results | 4 months after the refernce date |
Time lag - final results | 4 months after the refernce date |
Punctuality | Data are released according to the terms provided in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys carried out by the National Statistical Institute. |
Punctuality - delivery and publication | Data is released according to the terms. |
Coherence and comparability | |
Comparability - geographical | Data is collected and processed for the different territorial units using one and the same methodology and definitions. |
Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient | Not applicable. |
Comparability - over time | Changes of the methodology and definitions for different time periods are published in the survey methodology and metadata. |
Length of comparable time series | 2000 onwards |
Coherence - cross domain | Not applicable. |
Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | 100% |
Coherence - National Accounts | Not applicable. |
Coherence - internal | Not applicable. |
Accessibility and clarity | |
News release | News release "Population and demographic processes". |
Publications | · Population and demographic processes; · Statistical Reference Book; · Statistical Yearbook; · "Bulgaria" (brochure). |
On-line database | Data on marriages and divorces are available to all users of the NSI website under the heading Population - Demography, Migration and Projections - Marriages and divorces: http://www.nsi.bg/en/node/6651 Information System Infostat: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/module.jsf?x_2=54 |
Data tables - consultations | Not applicable. |
Micro-data access | Anonymised individual data can be provide for scientific and research purposes, and for individual request according to the Rules for the provision of anonymised individual data for scientific and research purposes. |
Other | Information service on request, according to the Rules for the dissemination of statistical products and services in NSI. |
Metadata - consultations | Not applicable. |
Documentation on methodology | · Methodology on marriages and divorces: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/metadata/Pop_4_Metodology_marriages-divorces_en.pdf; · Manual for functioning of the Unified System for Civil registration and Administrative Service of Population. |
Metadata completeness – rate | 100% |
Quality documentation | Not available. |
Cost and burden | |
Not applicable. | |
Confidentiality | |
Confidentiality - policy | · Law on Statistics; · Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society. |
Confidentiality – data treatment | Individual data are not published in accordance with article 25 of the Law on Statistics. The publishing of individual data can be performed only in accordance with article 26 of the same law. |
Comment |
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Wednesday, 13 May 2020 - 11:00
Life expectancy at birth of the Bulgarian population calculated for the period 2017 - 2019 is 74.9 years.
Life expectancy at birth for male population is 71.5 years, while for female it is 7.0 years higher - 78.5 years.
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Monday, 13 April 2020 - 11:00
As of 31 December 2019 the population of Bulgaria is 6 951 482 persons, representing 1.4% of the EU population. Compared to 2018, the population decreases by 48 557 persons.
There are 61 538 live born children in 2019. The number of live births decreases by 659 compared to the previous year.
The number of deaths in 2019 is 108 083 and the crude mortality rate - 15.5‰. Compared to the previous year the number of deaths decreases by 443.
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Monday, 13 May 2019 - 11:00
Life expectancy at birth of the Bulgarian population calculated for the period 2016 - 2018 is 74.8 years.
Life expectancy at birth for male population is 71.4 years, while for female it is 7.0 years higher - 78.4 years.
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Friday, 12 April 2019 - 11:00
As of 31 December 2018 the population of Bulgaria is 7 000 039 persons, representing 1.4% of the EU population. Compared to 2017, the population decreases by 49 995 persons.
There are 62 197 live born children in 2018. The number of live births decreases by 1 758 compared to the previous year.
The number of deaths in 2018 is 108 526 and the crude mortality rate - 15.4‰. Compared to the previous year the number of deaths decreases by 1 265.
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Friday, 4 January 2019 - 16:52
What names did we give our children in 2018?
Which are the most popular surnames and the most common male and female names in Bulgaria?
Does Alexander retain in 2018 the top position in the names of newborn boys?
These are just some of the questions we answer with the new infographic ‘Names in Bulgaria 2018’.
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Friday, 11 May 2018 - 11:00
Life expectancy at birth of the Bulgarian population calculated for the period 2015 - 2017 is 74.8 years.
Life expectancy at birth for male population is 71.3 years, while for female it is 7.1 years higher - 78.4 years.
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Thursday, 12 April 2018 - 11:00
As of 31 December 2017 the population of Bulgaria is 7 050 034 persons, representing 1.4% of the EU population. Compared to 2016, the population decreases by 51 825 persons.
There are 63 955 live born children in 2017. The number of live births decreases by 1 029 compared to the previous year.
The number of deaths in 2017 is 109 791 and the crude mortality rate - 15.5‰. Compared to the previous year the number of deaths increases by 2 211.
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Monday, 8 January 2018 - 11:00
The most preferred names for new-born boys in 2017 are Aleksandar, Georgi and Martin, and for new-born girls - Viktoria, Maria and Nikol.
The largest number of Bulgarians celebrate a name day on Tsvetnitsa (Palm Day), Ivanovden (The day of St. Ioan) and Arhangelovden (Michaelmas day).
The leading names by regions for men are Georgi, Ivan and Dimitar, and for women - Maria, Ivanka and Elena.
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Friday, 12 May 2017 - 11:00
Life expectancy at birth of the Bulgarian population calculated for the period 2014 - 2016 is 74.7 years.
Life expectancy at birth for male population is 71.2 years, while for female it is 7.0 years higher - 78.2 years.
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Wednesday, 12 April 2017 - 11:00
As of 31 December 2016 the population of Bulgaria is 7 101 859 persons or 1.4% of the EU population. Compared to 2015, the population of the country decreases by 51 925 persons.
There are 64 984 live born children in 2016. The number of live births decreases by 966 children compared to the previous year.
The number of dead persons is 107 580 and the crude mortality rate - 15.1‰. Compared to the previous year the number of dead people decreases by 2 537.
Pages
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Population and Demographic Processes 2019
The NSI annual electronic publication Population and Demographic Processes 2019 is available for users of statistical information.
The issue is bilingual (Bulgarian/English) and contains detailed statistical information about the demographic state in the Republic of Bulgaria during the year of 2019. Data for the number and the structure of the population and for its natural movement and internal migration are published in the issue.
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Statistical Reference Book 2020
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2020 in English.
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2016 - 2019 period.
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Statistical Reference Book 2020 (Bulgarian version)
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2020 in Bulgarian.
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2016 - 2019 period.
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Bulgaria 2020
The National Statistical Institute presents the bilingual (Bulgarian/English) brochure Bulgaria 2020 to users of statistical information. The brochure is addressed to a wide range of users (international institutions, business, students, experts etc.) and changes the traditional presentation of statistical information by offering an innovative structure with a parallel translation in English. The publication contains topical statistical information about the demographic, social and economic development of the country over the 2014 - 2019 period.
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Statistical Yearbook 2019
The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has the pleasure to present to the attention of national and foreign users of statistical information the 87th edition of the ‘Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria’ in printed and electronic format.
It provides current statistical information about the demographic, economic and social development of the country for 2013 - 2018 in different territorial and classification aggregations and breakdowns.
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Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2018
The National Statistical Institute offers to the users who are interesting in regional statistics the specialized electronic publication ‘Regions, districts and municipalities in the Republic of Bulgaria 2018’.
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Health Services 2019
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information in the field of the social statistics the annual electronic publication Health Services 2019 (in Bulgarian), a joint edition of the National Statistical Institute and the National Center of Public Health and Analyses at the Ministry of Health.
The data sources are the statistical surveys carried out by the both institutions.
In the publication data are systematized as follows:
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Population and Demographic Processes 2018
The NSI annual electronic publication Population and Demographic Processes 2018 is available for users of statistical information.
The issue is bilingual (Bulgarian/English) and contains detailed statistical information about the demographic state in the Republic of Bulgaria during the year of 2018. Data for the number and the structure of the population and for its natural movement and internal migration are published in the issue.
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Statistical Yearbook 2018 in infographics
The National Statistical Institute presents to your attention the 86th edition of the Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Bulgaria in infographics.
In 2018, for the first time, we presented the results of the statistical surveys through graphics, images and other visualization tools, which resulted in a positive response among a wide range of users. We believe that this modern way of presenting statistical information will trigger the interest in those who for the first time encounter the meaning of numbers revealing important aspects of socio-economic life.
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Statistical Reference Book 2019
The National Statistical Institute presents to users of statistical information the annual publication - Statistical Reference Book 2019 in English.
The Statistical Reference Book presents topical information on the demographic processes as well as the economic, social and cultural development of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 2015 - 2018 period.
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