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Demographics

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features of the population

Population

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of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

, including population density

Population density

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, ethnicity

Ethnic group

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, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Bulgaria has a high Human Development Index

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of 0.743, ranking 58th in the world in 2010 and holds the 38th position in Newsweek

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Population

7,364,570 (Census 2011)

The interest for emigration was highest in the first years after the fall of Todor Zhivkov's regime and from 1989 to 1992 Bulgaria lost more than half million inhabitants. Thereafter the interest for emigration started reducing and now the population is comparatively stabilizing, the growth rate is again negative, but is much lower - in the past decade the country lost about 500 000 inhabitants, compared to more than 1 million in the previous decade. After the reduced emigrant interest, Bulgaria decrease with 20,000-30,000 people for a year, while some years after 1989 the country was decreasing with more than 150 000 people for a year. After the first EU census, held this year, the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria for now gives only provisional result, which is 7,364,570 inhabitants, so to the publishing of the final data in July, 2011 is expected increasing.

Ethnic groups

**Population of Bulgaria according to ethnic group 1900-2011**
Ethnic group	census 1900		census 1910		census 1920		census 1926		census 1934		census 1946		census 1956		census 1965 ¹		census 1975		census 1985		census 1992		census 2001		census 2011
Ethnic group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Bulgarians Bulgarians The Bulgarians are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to Bulgaria and neighbouring regions. Emigration has resulted in immigrant communities in a number of other countries.-History and ethnogenesis:...	2,888,000	77.1				83.3		83.2				86.4	6,506,541	85.5		87.9		90.0				83.7	6,655,210	85.9	5,666,624	84.8
Turks	531,240	14.2	465,641	10.8	520,339	10.7	577,552	10.5	591,193	9.7	675,500	9.6	656,025	8.6	780,928	9.5		8.4			822,253	9.7	746,664	9.4	588,318	8.8
Romani	89,549	2.4	122,296	2.8	98,451	2.0	138,844	2.5		2.5	170,011	2.4	197,865	2.6	148,874	1.8		2.1			313,396	3.7	350,908	4.7	325,343	4.9
Russians Russians The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....													10,551	0.1									10,595	0.2	9,978	0.1
Armenians Armenians Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....		0.4				0.2						0.3	21,954	0.3		0.2		0.2				0.2	10,832	0.1	6,552	0.1
Vlachs Vlachs Vlach is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. English variations on the name include: Walla, Wlachs, Wallachs, Vlahs, Olahs or Ulahs...													487	0.0									10,566	0.1	3,684	0.1
Macedonians Macedonians (ethnic group) The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...											169,544	2.4	187,789	2.5									5,071	0.0	1,654	0.0
Sarakatsani Sarakatsani The Sarakatsani are a group of Greek transhumant shepherds inhabiting chiefly Greece, with a smaller presence in neighbouring Bulgaria, southern Albania and the Republic of Macedonia. Historically centered around the Pindus mountains, they have been currently urbanised to a significant degree...													2,085	0.0									4,107	0.0	2,556	0.0
Greeks Greeks The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....													7,437	0.1									3,408	0.0	1,379	0.0
Ukrainians Ukrainians Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...																							2,489	0.0	1,789	0.0
Jews Jews The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...		0.9				0.9						0.6	6,027	0.1		0.1							1,363	0.0	1,162	0.0
Romanians Romanians The Romanians are an ethnic group native to Romania, who speak Romanian; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania....													3,749	0.0									1,088	0.0	891	0.0
Others													13,199	0.2									35,707	0.4	19,659	0.3
Total	3,744,283		4,337,513		4,846,954		5,478,740		6,077,939		7,029,349		7,613,709		8,227,046		8,727,771		8,948,649		8,487,317		7,928,901		7,364,570
¹ according to language

1900-1915

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)
1900	3 710	157 000	84 000	73 000	42.3	22.6	19.7
1901	3 740	141 000	87 000	54 000	37.7	23.3	14.4
1902	3 800	149 000	91 000	58 000	39.2	23.9	15.3
1903	3 850	159 000	88 000	71 000	41.3	22.9	18.4
1904	3 910	167 000	84 000	83 000	42.7	21.5	21.2
1905	4 000	174 000	87 000	87 000	43.5	21.8	21.8
1906	4 100	179 000	91 000	88 000	43.7	22.2	21.5
1907	4 150	180 000	92 000	88 000	43.4	22.2	21.2
1908	4 200	169 000	102 000	67 000	40.2	24.3	16.0
1909	4 280	173 000	113 000	60 000	40.4	26.4	14.0
1910	4 350	180 000	100 000	80 000	41.4	23.0	18.4
1911	4 400	176 000	94 000	82 000	40.0	21.4	18.6
1912	4 430	185 000	91 000	94 000	41.8	20.5	21.2
1913	4 200	108 000	122 000	-14 000	25.7	29.0	-3.3
1914	4 240	191 000	88 000	103 000	45.0	20.8	24.3
1915	4 280	172 000	85 000	87 000	40.2	19.9	20.3

1916-1940

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)
1916	4 660	99 000	97 000	2 000	21.2	20.8	0.4
1917	4 690	81 000	99 000	-18 000	17.3	21.1	-3.8
1918	4 740	100 000	152 000	-52 000	21.1	32.1	-11.0
1919	4 790	157 000	97 000	60 000	32.8	20.3	12.5
1920	4 850	193 000	104 000	89 000	39.8	21.4	18.4
1921	4 890	197 000	106 000	91 000	40.3	21.7	18.6
1922	5 010	203 000	106 000	97 000	40.5	21.2	19.4
1923	5 090	192 000	108 000	84 000	37.7	21.2	16.5
1924	5 210	207 000	108 000	99 000	39.7	20.7	19.0
1925	5 310	196 000	102 000	94 000	36.9	19.2	17.7
1926	5 420	203 000	93 000	110 000	37.5	17.2	20.3
1927	5 510	183 000	112 000	71 000	33.2	20.3	12.9
1928	5 590	185 000	99 000	86 000	33.1	17.7	15.4
1929	5 670	173 000	103 000	70 000	30.5	18.2	12.3
1930	5 740	180 000	93 000	87 000	31.4	16.2	15.2
1931	5 800	171 000	98 000	73 000	29.5	16.9	12.6
1932	5 884	186 000	96 000	90 000	31.6	16.3	15.3
1933	5 961	174 000	93 000	81 000	29.2	15.6	13.6
1934	6 039	181 795	85 046	96 749	30.1	14.1	16.0
1935	6 102	160 951	89 086	71 865	26.4	14.6	11.8
1936	6 154	159 146	87 723	71 423	25.9	14.3	11.6
1937	6 196	150 771	84 674	66 097	24.3	13.7	10.7
1938	6 244	142 415	85 373	57 042	22.8	13.7	9.1
1939	6 292	138 883	84 150	54 733	22.1	13.4	8.7
1940	6 341	140 564	85 046	55 518	22.2	13.4	8.8

1941 till present

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)
1941	6 711	147 293	85 011	62 282	21.9	12.7	9.3
1942	6 767	153 272	88 082	65 190	22.6	13.0	9.6
1943	6 823	148 840	88 386	60 454	21.8	13.0	8.9
1944	6 879	151 013	94 082	56 931	22.0	13.7	8.3
1945	6 936	166 960	103 591	63 369	24.1	14.9	9.1
1946	6 993	179 226	95 799	83 427	25.6	13.7	11.9
1947	7 048	169 501	94 395	75 106	24.0	13.4	10.7
1948	7 130	175 771	89 927	85 844	24.7	12.6	12.0
1949	7 195	177 734	84 675	93 059	24.7	11.8	12.9
1950	7 251	182 571	74 134	108 437	25.2	10.2	15.0
1951	7 258	152 803	77 364	75 439	21.1	10.7	10.4
1952	7 275	154 014	84 254	69 760	21.2	11.6	9.6
1953	7 346	153 220	68 055	85 165	20.9	9.3	11.6
1954	7 423	149 902	68 384	81 518	20.2	9.2	11.0
1955	7 499	150 978	67 960	83 018	20.1	9.1	11.1
1956	7 576	147 910	71 153	76 757	19.5	9.4	10.1
1957	7 651	141 035	65 807	75 228	18.4	8.6	9.8
1958	7 728	138 294	60 734	77 560	17.9	7.9	10.0
1959	7 798	136 892	73 850	63 042	17.6	9.5	8.1
1960	7 867	140 082	63 665	76 417	17.8	8.1	9.7
1961	7 943	137 861	62 562	75 299	17.4	7.9	9.5
1962	8 013	134 148	69 640	64 508	16.7	8.7	8.1
1963	8 078	132 143	66 057	66 086	16.4	8.2	8.2
1964	8 144	130 958	64 479	66 479	16.1	7.9	8.2
1965	8 201	125 791	66 970	58 821	15.3	8.2	7.2
1966	8 258	123 039	68 366	54 673	14.9	8.3	6.6
1967	8 310	124 582	74 696	49 886	15.0	9.0	6.0
1968	8 370	141 460	72 176	69 284	16.9	8.6	8.3
1969	8 434	143 060	80 183	62 877	17.0	9.5	7.5
1970	8 490	138 745	77 095	61 650	16.3	9.1	7.3
1971	8 536	135 422	82 805	52 617	15.9	9.7	6.2
1972	8 576	131 316	84 174	47 142	15.3	9.8	5.5
1973	8 621	139 713	81 470	58 243	16.2	9.5	6.8
1974	8 679	149 196	85 239	63 957	17.2	9.8	7.4
1975	8 721	144 668	89 974	54 694	16.6	10.3	6.3
1976	8 759	144 929	88 348	56 581	16.5	10.1	6.5
1977	8 804	141 702	94 362	47 340	16.1	10.7	5.4
1978	8 814	136 442	92 445	43 997	15.5	10.5	5.0
1979	8 826	135 358	94 403	40 955	15.3	10.7	4.6
1980	8 862	128 190	97 950	30 240	14.5	11.1	3.4
1981	8 891	124 372	95 441	28 931	14.0	10.7	3.3
1982	8 917	124 166	100 293	23 873	13.9	11.2	2.7
1983	8 940	122 993	102 182	20 811	13.8	11.4	2.3
1984	8 961	122 303	101 419	20 884	13.6	11.3	2.3
1985	8 960	118 955	107 485	11 470	13.3	12.0	1.3
1986	8 958	120 078	104 039	16 039	13.4	11.6	1.8
1987	8 971	116 672	107 213	9 459	13.0	12.0	1.0
1988	8 981	117 440	107 385	10 055	13.1	12.0	1.1
1989	8 877	112 289	106 902	5 387	12.6	12.0	0.6
1990	8 718	105 180	108 608	-3 428	12.1	12.5	-0.4
1991	8 632	95 910	110 423	-14 513	11.1	12.8	-1.7
1992	8 540	89 134	107 998	-18 864	10.4	12.6	-2.2
1993	8 472	84 400	109 540	-25 140	10.0	12.9	-2.9
1994	8 444	79 442	111 787	-32 345	9.4	13.2	-3.8
1995	8 406	71 967	114 670	-42 703	8.6	13.6	-5.0
1996	8 363	72 188	117 056	-44 868	8.6	14.0	-5.4
1997	8 312	64 125	121 861	-57 736	7.7	14.7	-7.0
1998	8 257	65 361	118 190	-52 829	7.9	14.3	-6.4
1999	8 211	72 291	111 786	-39 495	8.8	13.6	-4.8
2000	8 170	73 679	115 087	-41 408	9.0	14.1	-5.1
2001	7 910	68 180	112 368	-44 188	8.6	14.2	-5.6
2002	7 849	66 499	112 617	-46 118	8.5	14.3	-5.8
2003	7 786	67 359	111 927	-44 568	8.6	14.3	-5.7
2004	7 724	69 886	110 110	-40 224	9.0	14.2	-5.2
2005	7 667	71 075	113 374	-42 299	9.2	14.6	-5.4
2006	7 608	78 978	105 438	-29 460	9.6	14.7	-5.1
2007	7 552	74 349	110 004	-30 655	9.8	14.8	-4.0
2008	7 497	77 712	110 523	-32 811	10.2	14.5	-3.3
2009	7 447	80 956	108 068	-27 112	10.7	14.2	-3.0
2010	7 403	76 105	110 165	-34 500	10.0	14.6	-4.6
2011	7 364

Total fertility rate

1.49 children born/woman (2010)

Infant mortality rate

Total: 9.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2010)

Male: 10.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2009)

Female: 7.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2009)

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 73.6 years

Male: 70.0 years

Female: 77.2 years (2010 est.)

Age structure

0–17 years: 16.0%

18–65 years: 65.1%

65 years and over: 18.9% (Census 2011)

Urbanization

Urban population: 72.5% of total population (Census 2011)

Rate of urbanization: -0.3% annual rate of change (2005–10 est.)

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Sex ratio

At birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15–64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2011 est.)

People living with HIV/AIDS: 803 (November 2007)

Deaths: 100 (2011 est.)

Religion

Orthodox Christian 85.6%,
Muslim

Muslim

A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...

10.2%, Roman Catholic

Roman Catholicism in Bulgaria

Roman Catholicism is the third largest religious congregation in Bulgaria, after Eastern Orthodoxy and Islam. It has roots in the country since the Middle Ages and is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.As an entity, the Catholic...

0.6%, Protestant

Protestantism in Bulgaria

Protestantism in Bulgaria: Protestantism is the fourth largest religious grouping in Bulgaria after Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam and Roman Catholicism. In the census of 2001, a total of 42,308 people declared themselves to be Protestants of different denominations, up from 21,878 in the previous census...

0.5%, other 0.2%, undeclared and not shown 2.9% (2011 census)

Languages

Bulgarian

Bulgarian language

Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...

87.5%, Turkish

Turkish language

Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...

8.6%, Roma 2.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2011 census)

The 2011 census defines an ethnic group as a "community of people, related to each other by origin and language, and close to each other by mode of life and culture"; and one's mother tongue as "the language a person speaks best and usually uses for communication in the family (household)".

Native Language	By ethnic group	Percentage	By first language	Percentage
Bulgarian Bulgarian language Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...	5,664,624	76.9%	5,666,624	86.8%
Turkish Turkish language Turkish is a language spoken as a native language by over 83 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo,...	588,318	8.0%	528,318	7.8%
Romani	325,343	4.4%	280,908	3.7%
Others	49,304	0.7%	45,226	0.7%
Refuse to answer	736,981	10.0%	45,226	0.7%
Total	7,364,570	100%	7,364,570	100%

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total: 98.2%

Male: 98.7%

Female: 100.0% (2011 census)

External links

2005 Eurostat Report on European Demography
Annual report of the National Statistics Institute for 2005 regarding population and demographic processes
Bulgarian Subject Files – Social Issues: Minorities Open Society Archives, Budapest

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Population

Ethnic groups

1900-1915

1916-1940

1941 till present

Total fertility rate

Infant mortality rate

Life expectancy at birth

Age structure

Urbanization

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

Sex ratio

HIV/AIDS

Religion

Languages

Literacy

See also

External links