Population 6,433,302
people· 2025
Published observation
Over time Full published history Bulgaria 2025 · 6.43M
0 2.25M 4.49M 6.74M 8.98M 1960 1993 2025 1960: 7,867,374 1961: 7,943,118 1962: 8,012,946 1963: 8,078,145 1964: 8,144,340 1965: 8,204,168 1966: 8,258,057 1967: 8,310,226 1968: 8,369,603 1969: 8,434,172 1970: 8,489,574 1971: 8,536,395 1972: 8,576,200 1973: 8,620,967 1974: 8,678,745 1975: 8,720,742 1976: 8,758,599 1977: 8,804,183 1978: 8,814,032 1979: 8,825,940 1980: 8,861,535 1981: 8,891,117 1982: 8,917,457 1983: 8,939,738 1984: 8,960,679 1985: 8,960,547 1986: 8,958,171 1987: 8,971,359 1988: 8,981,446 1989: 8,876,972 1990: 8,718,289 1991: 8,632,367 1992: 8,540,164 1993: 8,472,313 1994: 8,443,591 1995: 8,406,067 1996: 8,362,826 1997: 8,312,068 1998: 8,256,786 1999: 8,210,624 2000: 8,170,172 2001: 8,009,142 2002: 7,837,161 2003: 7,775,327 2004: 7,716,860 2005: 7,658,972 2006: 7,601,022 2007: 7,545,338 2008: 7,492,561 2009: 7,444,443 2010: 7,395,599 2011: 7,348,328 2012: 7,305,888 2013: 7,160,005 2014: 7,073,572 2015: 6,984,225 2016: 6,894,139 2017: 6,803,468 2018: 6,710,798 2019: 6,616,726 2020: 6,550,696 2021: 6,507,301 2022: 6,465,097 2023: 6,446,596 2024: 6,441,421 2025: 6,433,302 Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.
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