🇧🇬Bulgaria

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Population

6.4M

0.1%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

1.72

births/woman

Life Expectancy

75.8y

GDP / capita

$20.3K

Pop. Growth

-0.13%

Net Migration

-3K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Bulgaria by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇺🇦Ukraine61.1K(20.5%)

11×

🇷🇺Russian Federation45.1K(15.1%)

+166%

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male3.1MTotal 6.4M3.3MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Abortion rate over time

Induced abortions per 1,000 women aged 15–49

Source: WHO / Guttmacher (compiled)

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

1.1

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Syrian Arab Republic

🇹🇷Turkiye19.9K(6.7%)

+454%

🇩🇪Germany17.3K(5.8%)

+816%

🇬🇧United Kingdom16.5K(5.5%)

+498%

🇬🇷Greece11.1K(3.7%)

+148%

🇪🇸Spain10.2K(3.4%)

+623%

🇲🇰North Macedonia6.3K(2.1%)

+188%

🇮🇹Italy5.5K(1.8%)

+459%

🇷🇴Romania4.8K(1.6%)

−12%

🇺🇸United States4.8K(1.6%)

+344%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Bulgaria diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Bulgaria who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇹🇷Turkiye348.1K(27.8%)

−16%

🇩🇪Germany338.4K(27.0%)

+344%

🇪🇸Spain103.6K(8.3%)

−28%

🇬🇷Greece79K(6.3%)

+2%

🇳🇱Netherlands58.5K(4.7%)

+312%

🇧🇪Belgium51.9K(4.1%)

+213%

🇮🇹Italy50.8K(4.1%)

+16%

🇦🇹Austria38.7K(3.1%)

+176%

🇫🇷France35.7K(2.9%)

+90%

🇨🇦Canada20.6K(1.6%)

+17%

🇮🇱Israel18.9K(1.5%)

+22%

🇨🇿Czechia12.9K(1.0%)

+47%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024