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Press releases 29.04.2025

Population and Demographic processes

As of December 31, 2024, the population of Bulgaria was 6 437 360 persons. Compared to 2023, the country’s population had decreased by 8 121 persons, or by 0.13%. There were 53 727 children born in 2024, of which 53 428 (99.4%) - live-born. The number of live births decreased by 3 769 children, or 6.6% compared to the previous year. The number of deaths in 2024 was 100 736 and the crude mortality rate - 15.6‰. Compared to the previous year, the number of deaths had decreased by 270, or by 0.3%.

Press releases 29.04.2024

Population and Demographic Processes in 2023

As of December 31, 2023, the population of Bulgaria is 6 445 481 persons. Compared to 2022, the country’s population decreased by 2 229 persons or by 0.03%. There are 57 478 children born in 2023, of which 57 197 (99.5%) - live born. The number of live births increased by 601 children, or 1.1% compared to the previous year. The number of deaths in 2023 is 101 006 and compared to the previous year, decreased by 17 808, or by 15.0%.

Press releases 14.11.2023

Updated population projection up to 2090

Demographic projections (population perspective projections) are calculations done under settled in advance conditions for the future development of fertility, mortality and migration. They give an idea of population development during the projected period. The projections concern the development of the population up to 2090, taking into account the number of the population, the number of live births and deaths, and the number of immigrants and emigrants. The population is distributed by sex and age for each year of the period. Three different scenarios for the population projections are used, depending on the expected social-economic development of the country. The first variant is defined as realistic and prepared according to the EU’s regulations on the demographic and socio-economic development of Member States. Under this variant, by 2075, the country's population will decrease to 4 972 thousand, or below 5 million. The population aged 65 and over will be 25.5%, and the age dependency ratio ...

Press releases 28.04.2023

Population and Demographic Processes in 2022

According to the Demography statistics, the population of the country as of the end of 2022 is 6 447 710 persons. Compared to the previous year, it has decreased by 34 774 persons, or by 0.5%. There are 56 596 live born children in 2022. The number of live births decreases by 2 082 compared to the previous year. The number of deaths in 2022 is 118 814, and the crude mortality rate - 18.4‰. Compared to the previous year, the number of deaths decreases by 30 181.

Press releases 06.01.2023

Birth rate

... n villages - 17.6%. The absolute number and the relative share of women with two children are the highest - 1 353 thousand (44.6%). 204 000 or 6.7% of women have three children each, and this share is twice as high in rural as in urban areas - 11.3 and 5.1%, respectively. 78 000 or 2.6% of women have four or more children. A little more than a fifth of women - 650 thousand (21.4%) do not have children at the critical moment of the census. The average number of live births per woman aged 12 and over is 1.47. This indicator is higher in rural (1.75) than in urban areas (1.37).

Press releases 29.07.2022

Business Demography for 2020

Business demography statistics present data on the active population of enterprises, enterprise births, enterprise survivals (followed up to five years after birth), enterprise deaths, and high-growth enterprises. The term business demography is used to cover a set of variables which explain the characteristics and demography of the business population. For each business demographic event, NACE Rev.2 activity, employment and legal form are available.

Press releases 29.04.2022

Population and Demographic Processes in 2021

According to Demography statistics data population of the country as of the end of the 2021 the population is 6 838 937 persons. Compared to the previous year it has decreased by 77 611 persons or by 1.1%. There are 58 678 live born children in 2021. The number of live births decreases by 408 compared to the previous year. The number of deaths in 2021 is 148 995 and the crude mortality rate - 21.7‰. Compared to the previous year the number of deaths increases by 24 260.

News 21.09.2021

Nearly quarter of country population counted online

... be kept by Sofia (42.8%), Varna (31.2%) and Gabrovo (26.4%). Right after Gabrovo, only with 0.1% behind, is ranked Ruse. The greatest part of counted dwellings is in Sofia (37.8%), Varna (22.0%) and Plovdiv (19.2%). After them is Ruse where 18.3 of the dwellings are counted. Up to now the questionnaire about survey of migration attitudes has been filled in by 1 762 persons throughout the country. 790 persons answered the questionnaire about the reproductive behaviour. The surveys about the births and reproductive attitudes, as well as about the migration and migration behaviour are sample ones and are carried out parallelly with the census. Almost 44 000 randomly selected households throughout the country can fill in one of the two questionnaires.

News 05.09.2021

History of censuses – history of Bulgaria

... cted. In the young Bulgarian state at that time 2 007 919 persons lived while the average number of people per household was 6. In 1887 after the Unification the population of Bulgaria increased up to 3 154 375 persons in 556 400 households. At that time only 10% of the population was literate. The population of Bulgaria has increased by 1985 despite the two world wars and the national catastrophes. In the 1980s, the 9 millionth Bulgarian was never born. In fact, the decrease in births started already in the 1970s due to urbanization of the country and reached its peak at the end of the 1990s. Population decrease after democratic changes was influenced also by the external migration. For 30 years transition the population has decreased with 1 570 769 persons. In 2001 for one more first time we were below 8 million. In 2011 Bulgaria conducted the first census as an EU Member State. Then was also the first e-census in our country. The population was 7 3 ...

News 02.09.2021

How many children do we want and what do we need to stay in Bulgaria?

Population and Housing Census has always been a source of unique data which could not be collected otherwise. The same will be by conducting the 18th census in Bulgaria. Along with the traditional data for the number of people, households and dwellings, the life conditions and the mountains of information to be collected and processed, in the Census 2021 Programme there will be conducted as accompanying ones, surveys of the births and the reproduction attitudes, as well as for the migration and the migration behaviour of people in Bulgaria. The surveys are sample ones and almost 44 000 randomly selected households in all the country can fill in one of the two questionnaires. The data to be received from the survey of births will contribute to clarifying the reproduction attitudes, ideals and problems that people have and therefore appropriate demographic and social policies can be developed. There we ask questions about how many children you want to have and if this is not possible, why. The ...

Press releases 12.04.2021

Population and Demographic Processes in 2020

As of 31 December 2020 the population of Bulgaria is 6 916 548 persons. Compared to 2019, the population decreases by 34 934 persons. There are 59 086 live born children in 2020. The number of live births decreases by 2 452 compared to the previous year. The number of deaths in 2020 is 124 735 and the crude mortality rate - 18.0‰. Compared to the previous year the number of deaths icreases by 16 652.

Press releases 13.04.2020

Population and Demographic Processes in 2019

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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Population and Demographic processes

Population and Demographic Processes in 2023

Updated population projection up to 2090

Population and Demographic Processes in 2022

Birth rate

Business Demography for 2020

Population and Demographic Processes in 2021

Nearly quarter of country population counted online

History of censuses – history of Bulgaria

How many children do we want and what do we need to stay in Bulgaria?

Population and Demographic Processes in 2020

Population and Demographic Processes in 2019

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