Bulgaria's population fell from 8.36M in 1996 to 6.43M in 2025.
Bulgaria · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Bulgaria's population growth rose from -0.5 % in 1996 to -0.1 % in 2025.
Bulgaria's population density fell from 76.3 in 1994 to 59.4 in 2023.
Bulgaria's population, female (% of total) rose from 51.1 % in 1996 to 51.6 % in 2025.
Bulgaria's urbanisation rose from 67.7 % in 1996 to 74.2 % in 2025.
Bulgaria's urban population fell from 5.66M in 1996 to 4.77M in 2025.
Bulgaria's rural population fell from 2.7M in 1996 to 1.66M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −5.0 %125th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −6.7 %182nd of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.6 %2nd of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.7 %132nd of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs17th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.1 pts190th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.1 pts128th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.2 pts18th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +0.3 pts90th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.4 pts19th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −665.1 %126th of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.7 pts118th of 216
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- Refugees hostedup +11.4 %49th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.0 yrs101st of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaledown −0.2 yrs93rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs105th of 217