What is life expectancy in Bulgaria?

Life expectancy in Bulgaria was 75.64 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Bulgaria?

The highest recorded value was 75.64 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Bulgaria?

The lowest recorded value was 40.2 years in 1900.

How does Bulgaria rank for life expectancy?

Bulgaria ranks 115th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Bulgaria?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Bulgaria data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Bulgaria

Name: Life expectancy in Bulgaria
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Bulgaria: Life expectancy was 75.64 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

75.64 years

Change on year

up 2.2%

World rank

115th

of 236 countries

All-time high

75.64 years

in 2023

All-time low

40.2 years

in 1900

Years of data

1900–2023

Life expectancy in Bulgaria, 1900–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2023, life expectancy in Bulgaria stood at 75.64 years. That is the highest value across all 84 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Bulgaria peaked at 75.64 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 40.2 years, in 1900.

Bulgaria ranks 115th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 84 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1900s	42 years	40.2 years	43.3 years	3
1920s	44.95 years	44.6 years	45.3 years	2
1930s	50.05 years	48.3 years	51.8 years	2
1940s	55.99 years	54.14 years	57.99 years	3
1950s	64.23 years	59.57 years	68.71 years	10
1960s	70.5 years	69.18 years	71.31 years	10
1970s	71.1 years	70.77 years	71.36 years	10
1980s	71.31 years	71.05 years	71.55 years	10
1990s	71.03 years	70.31 years	71.56 years	10
2000s	72.58 years	71.57 years	73.68 years	10
2010s	74.59 years	73.81 years	75.09 years	10
2020s	73.67 years	71.41 years	75.64 years	4

Countries ranked near Bulgaria

112 Romania 75.94 years compare
113 Brazil 75.85 years compare
114 Armenia 75.68 years compare
116 United States Virgin Islands 75.47 years compare
117 Brunei 75.33 years compare
118 Morocco 75.31 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Bulgaria

Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 34,885 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 1.43 million (2025)
Population ages 65 and above 22.2% (2025)
Population ages 15-64, total 4.08 million (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 66.4% (2025)
Population ages 15-64, male 2.07 million (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 60.5% (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 35,427 (2025)
Population ages 15-64, female 2.01 million (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 33,230 (2025)

All data for Bulgaria →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Bulgaria?: Life expectancy in Bulgaria was 75.64 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Bulgaria?: The highest recorded value was 75.64 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Bulgaria?: The lowest recorded value was 40.2 years in 1900.
How does Bulgaria rank for life expectancy?: Bulgaria ranks 115th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Bulgaria?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Bulgaria data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.