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Bulgaria

6,433,302

Latest official population · 2025

Annual change-8.12K2024 to 2025
Growth since 2000-21.3%from 8.17M
Life expectancy75.8 years2024
Fertility rate1.72births per woman · 2024
Urban population74.2%2025
RegionEurope & Central AsiaHigh income

A country at every age

How Bulgaria is shaped by age.

A larger older population makes healthy ageing, care, and a smaller future workforce especially important.

Latest shared source year: 2025
Ages 0–1414.4%Children and early teens
Ages 15–6463.4%Working-age population
Ages 65+22.2%Older population

UN medium projection

What could Bulgaria look like in 2050?

If current demographic patterns evolve along the UN's medium scenario, the population could be 5.4M in 2050—20.1% smaller than the 2024 UN estimate.

A projection is a scenario, not a prediction or live count.
  1. 20246.76M
  2. 20505.4M
  3. 21003.53M
Median age in 205048.0years
Births in 205047.77Kduring the year
Deaths in 205088.87Kduring the year
Life expectancy79.9years in 2050

Long view

Population through time

Official World Bank annual observations, shown at decade intervals with the latest published year.

  1. 19607.87M
  2. 19708.49M
  3. 19808.86M
  4. 19908.72M
  5. 20008.17M
  6. 20107.4M
  7. 20206.55M
  8. 20256.43M
SourceWorld Bank Open DataPopulation total · SP.POP.TOTL
Latest population year2025Official annual observation
Future sourceUN WPP 2024Medium projection · 2024–2100
DeliveryReliable snapshotChecked 9/22/2026

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