Demographics of Bulgaria

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date	10 May 2024

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There are 3.21 million males and 3.41 million females in Bulgaria. The percentage of the male population is 48.5%, compared to 51.5% of the female population. Bulgaria has 199k more females than males. The sex ratio in Bulgaria in 2024 will be 94.157 males per 100 females. Bulgaria is in the 46th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Bulgaria population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	7,157,632	1.03
1955	7,517,922	1.07
1960	7,891,756	0.99
1965	8,245,072	0.79
1970	8,582,950	0.80
1975	8,860,971	0.48
1980	8,980,606	-0.00
1985	8,917,076	-0.31
1990	8,767,778	-0.46
1995	8,477,579	-0.89
2000	8,097,691	-0.80
2005	7,815,221	-0.65
2010	7,592,273	-0.61
2015	7,309,253	-0.88
2020	6,979,175	-1.18
2021	6,885,868	-1.52
2022	6,781,953	-1.52
2023	6,687,717	-1.27
2024	6,618,615	-0.80

Population
Growth

Bulgaria death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	75,917	156,085	10.605	21.804
1955	69,910	153,833	9.297	20.457
1960	64,188	143,100	8.132	18.129
1965	67,001	129,952	8.128	15.765
1970	78,240	144,202	9.119	16.807
1975	92,583	147,677	10.443	16.657
1980	102,637	130,383	11.414	14.499
1985	114,658	119,423	12.836	13.370
1990	117,953	107,027	13.433	12.189
1995	126,008	73,255	14.848	8.632
2000	125,462	72,366	15.481	8.929
2005	121,129	74,296	15.494	9.503
2010	116,301	78,455	15.312	10.329
2015	116,272	67,378	15.891	9.209
2020	131,998	59,781	18.901	8.560
2021	153,894	58,112	22.337	8.435
2022	155,197	56,663	22.877	8.352
2023	135,830	55,495	20.304	8.296
2024	102,738	54,467	15.518	8.227

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Bulgaria
Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	2,000,044	5,250,955	27.583
1955	2,435,785	5,125,620	32.213
1960	2,925,530	4,959,995	37.100
1965	3,762,158	4,460,312	45.755
1970	4,449,410	4,058,066	52.300
1975	5,029,979	3,708,382	57.562
1980	5,513,719	3,365,056	62.100
1985	5,797,183	3,178,108	64.590
1990	5,868,643	2,972,728	66.377
1995	5,679,599	2,699,581	67.782
2000	5,510,364	2,487,423	68.899
2005	5,423,484	2,260,279	70.584
2010	5,353,646	2,050,944	72.302
2015	5,310,568	1,866,828	73.990
2020	5,253,037	1,687,490	75.686
2021	5,239,807	1,652,403	76.025
2022	5,225,976	1,617,607	76.363
2023	5,211,414	1,583,081	76.701
2024	5,195,965	1,548,795	77.037

Population
Urbanization

Bulgaria population by Age Group (2024)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	145,768	137,731	283,498	4.28	105.835
05-09	159,355	150,692	310,048	4.68	105.749
10-14	165,769	156,326	322,094	4.87	106.041
15-19	170,620	158,913	329,534	4.98	107.367
20-24	161,675	150,202	311,878	4.71	107.638
25-29	153,672	142,925	296,596	4.48	107.519
30-34	203,710	192,001	395,712	5.98	106.098
35-39	241,995	228,549	470,545	7.11	105.883
40-44	248,264	230,677	478,941	7.24	107.624
45-49	271,666	258,137	529,802	8.00	105.241
50-54	253,935	245,395	499,331	7.54	103.480
55-59	223,757	227,104	450,861	6.81	98.526
60-64	217,726	237,439	455,165	6.88	91.698
65-69	194,993	238,839	433,832	6.55	81.642
70-74	162,993	230,154	393,146	5.94	70.819
75-79	119,221	201,252	320,474	4.84	59.240
80-84	65,644	125,447	191,090	2.89	52.328
85-89	34,315	71,148	105,463	1.59	48.230
90-94	12,441	23,088	35,529	0.54	53.885
95-99	2,051	2,720	4,771	0.07	75.404
100+	153	151	304	0.00	101.325
Total	3,209,723	3,408,890	6,618,614		94.157

Population pyramid
Gender ratio