Population in Bulgaria

583 indicators covering population for Bulgaria.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by tenure status 15.8% 2025 up 47.7% 37th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by age and 37.3 Thousand 2025 down 33.9% 17th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by most 6.8% 2025 down 52.4% 26th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by 6.7% 2025 down 53.5% 26th
Distribution of households with children by number of children 53.6% 2025 down 9.3% 10th
Distribution of population by sex and age 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of population aged 18 and over by educational attainment 16.9% 2025 down 25.2% 18th
Distribution of population aged 65 and over by type of household 31.7% 2025 down 11.2% 37th
Distribution of population over 18 years by most frequent activity 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Average household size 2.2 Average 2025 down 12.0% 28th
Distribution of households by household size 39.4% 2025 up 36.8% 15th
Share of children (aged less than 18) living with their parents by 47.7% 2025 down 19.7% 44th
Distribution of households by household type from 2003 onwards 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and sex 20.0% 2025 down 45.8% 22nd
Live births by mother's age and newborn's sex 53,428 Number 2024 down 20.9% 30th
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and household type 40.1% 2025 down 43.7% 25th
Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population 40.0% 2025 down 16.7% 7th
Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by degree of 5.5% 2025 up 52.8% 40th
Distribution of population aged 18 and over by health status, age 21.4% 2025 down 7.0% 30th
Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population 30.0% 2025 down 44.0% 11th
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by country of birth of their 34.4% 2020 up 55.7% 9th
Persons living in households with very low work intensity by tenure 7.8% 2025 down 32.8% 23rd
At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, work intensity of the 6.7% 2025 up 570.0% 2nd
Live births (total) by other typologies 12,025 Number 2024 down 12.9% 23rd
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and degree of 16.0% 2025 down 52.2% 32nd
At-risk-of poverty rate for children by educational attainment level 79.8% 2025 up 18.4% 3rd
Distribution of population by housing cost burden and tenure status 31.2% 2025 up 9.1% 8th
Children living in households with very low work intensity by 47.2% 2025 up 9.5% 10th
Other types of childcare by age group and duration - % over the 90.0% 2025 up 13.6% 5th
Children cared only by their parents by age group - % over the 71.6% 2025 up 1.8% 2nd
Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and other typologies 1.30 million 2025 up 9.0% 22nd
Children in formal childcare or education by age group and duration 77.8% 2025 down 14.5% 11th
Vaccination against influenza of population aged 65 and over 19.4% 2024 up 708.3% 31st
Persons by household composition and educational attainment level 194 Thousand persons 2025 up 5.3% 24th
Adults by number of children, age of youngest child and household 415.3 Thousand persons 2025 down 20.1% 24th
Private households by household composition, number of children and 2,850 Thousand households 2025 down 8.6% 22nd
Persons per private household by household composition, number of 2.2 Person 2025 down 4.3% 26th
Population connected to wastewater treatment plants 5,934 Thousand 2024 up 2.5% 20th
Live births by mother's age and citizenship 53,428 Number 2024 down 20.9% 27th
Population by sex, age and other typologies 855.4 Thousand persons 2025 down 6.4% 20th
Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 27.8% 2025 down 24.7% 12th
Distribution of population by number of years spent in poverty within 9.0% 2025 up 21.6% 11th
Population connected to public water supply 99.5% 2024 up 0.2% 8th
Persons subject to immigration law enforcement - per thousand persons 0.8 Number 2025 up 135.3% 12th
Live births by mother's age and country of birth 53,428 Number 2024 down 20.9% 25th
Subjective poverty by educational attainment level 35.6% 2025 down 43.5% 5th
Subjective poverty by most frequent activity status 35.5% 2025 down 43.7% 5th
Share of urban population living in inadequate housing 8.0% 2024 down 38.0% 16th
Short-term update of the projected population 6.25 million 2032 down 8.6% 18th
Deaths by age, sex and country of birth 100,736 Number 2024 down 7.5% 18th
Change of immigration status permits by reason and citizenship 1,846 Person 2025 up 132.2% 28th
Immigration by age group, sex and country of birth 52,189 Number 2024 up 96.1% 28th
Immigration by age, sex and group of country of birth 52,189 Number 2024 up 96.1% 28th
Severe housing deprivation rate by household type 1.5% 2023 up 7.1% 32nd
Total population living in a dwelling with a leaking roof, damp 8.4% 2023 down 34.9% 36th
Material deprivation for the 'Housing' dimension, by household type 84.2% 2023 up 18.9% 18th
Total population considering their dwelling as too dark 3.1% 2023 down 47.5% 41st
Children (aged 0 to 17) living in households considering their 3.3% 2023 down 72.7% 36th
Total population having neither a bath, nor a shower in their dwelling 4.9% 2023 down 64.5% 8th
Total population not having indoor flushing toilet for the sole use 9.6% 2023 down 55.1% 2nd