Population in Bulgaria

583 indicators covering population for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Total fertility rate 1.74 2025 up 14.1% 25th
Household final consumption expenditure by durability - quarterly data 124.51 Chain linked volumes, index 2020=100 2026 up 18.6% 14th
Number of live births 58,678 births 2021 down 17.2% 25th
Total fertility rate: births per woman 1.58 births per woman 2021 up 5.3% 8th
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate 1.58 births per woman 2021 up 5.3% 8th
Total number of births by birth order 29,046 births 2021 down 21.9% 24th
Literate and illiterate world population 1.6% 2011 down 8.3% 103rd
Household final consumption expenditure by durability - annual data 129.74 Chain linked volumes, index 2020=100 2025 up 40.7% 11th
Population mobility within the country - Regions — New residents in 96,833 Persons 2024 up 2.4% 15th
Population mobility within the country - Regions — Persons who left 96,833 Persons 2024 up 2.4% 15th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 4,817 Thousand persons 2025 down 13.4% 22nd
Population in private households by participation in education and 4,817 Thousand persons 2025 down 13.4% 22nd
Share of children who were born outside of marriage 59.6% 2020 up 10.2% 6th
Population mobility within the country - Regions — Net inter-regional 0 Persons 2024 1st
Household final consumption expenditure by purpose 114.47 Chain linked volumes, index 2020=100 2022 up 24.0% 15th
Household final consumption expenditure by purpose 121 Chain linked volumes, index 2020=100 2024 up 33.9% 14th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 4,794 Thousand persons 2026 down 12.8% 22nd
Population in private households by participation in education and 4,794 Thousand persons 2026 down 12.8% 22nd
Short-term population projections 89,356 2050 down 6.6% 18th
Short-term population projections 88,471 2050 down 7.1% 18th
Over-qualification rates by country of birth 20.7% 2025 down 11.5% 17th
Causes of death by NUTS 2 region - crude death rate 1,490 Rate 2010 up 5.8% 1st
Immigration by age and sex 52,189 Number 2024 up 96.1% 28th
Emigration by age and sex 13,002 Number 2024 down 54.7% 39th
Population aged 15-34 in private households 199.1 Thousand persons 2025 up 4.6% 25th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 17.4% 2025 down 27.8% 32nd
Causes of death by NUTS 2 region - crude death rate, 3 year average 1,361 Rate 2010 up 8.1% 1st
Causes of death by NUTS 2 region - crude death rate, 3 year average 1,589 Rate 2010 up 2.6% 1st
Causes of death by NUTS 2 region - crude death rate, 3 year average 1,472 Rate 2010 up 5.1% 1st
Causes of death by NUTS 2 region - standardised death rate, 3 year 1,694 Rate 2010 down 18.8% 2nd
Population on 1 January by age, sex and broad group of citizenship 6.44 million Number 2025 down 8.4% 20th
Population on 1 January by age group, sex and citizenship 6.44 million Number 2025 down 8.4% 21st
Bovine population 641.28 Thousand heads (animals) 2006 down 6.0% 23rd
Pupils from age 4 to the starting age of compulsory education at 92.2% 2024 up 5.1% 30th
Child and youth population on 1 January by sex and age 6.44 million Number 2025 down 8.4% 28th
Population on 1 January by age group, sex and country of birth 6.44 million Number 2025 down 8.4% 21st
Population on 1 January by age, sex and group of country of birth 6.44 million Number 2025 down 8.4% 21st
Immigration by age group, sex and citizenship 52,189 Number 2024 up 96.1% 28th
Immigration by age, sex and group of citizenship 52,189 Number 2024 up 96.1% 28th
Households - level of internet access 92.8% 2025 up 56.9% 36th
Emigration by age group, sex and citizenship 13,002 Number 2024 down 54.7% 39th
Estimated average age of young persons leaving the parental household 27.9 Average 2025 down 2.8% 16th
Immigration by age group, sex and country of previous residence 52,189 Number 2024 up 96.1% 28th
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - total population 32.5% 2025 down 21.5% 9th
Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by age, sex and 15.8% 2025 up 47.7% 37th
Population in private households by educational attainment level and 17.4% 2025 down 27.8% 32nd
Population in private households by educational attainment level 17.3% 2025 down 22.1% 30th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 17.3% 2025 down 22.1% 30th
Emigration by age group, sex and country of next usual residence 13,002 Number 2024 down 54.7% 39th
Participation rate in education and training (last 4 weeks) by 68.2% 2025 up 25.1% 7th
Population in private households by educational attainment level 4,817 Thousand persons 2025 down 13.4% 22nd
Population in private households by educational attainment level and 17.4% 2025 down 27.8% 32nd
Population in private households by educational attainment level and 17.4% 2025 down 27.8% 32nd
At-risk-of-poverty rate of persons living in single-person households 24.0% 2025 unchanged 29th
Early leavers from education and training by country of birth 8.6% 2025 down 35.8% 18th
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 45.4% 2025 up 5.6% 4th
At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 28.9% 2025 up 1.8% 5th
In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 15.3% 2025 up 104.0% 6th
Overcrowding rate by household type - total population 8.7% 2025 down 22.3% 32nd
Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - population without 37.5% 2025 down 16.9% 9th