Bulgaria Population (LIVE)

6,725,722

Bulgaria Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Bulgaria is 6,725,683 as of Friday, March 28, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
Bulgaria 2025 population is estimated at 6,714,560 people at mid-year.
Bulgaria population is equivalent to 0.082% of the total world population.
Bulgaria ranks number 110 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Bulgaria is 62 per Km² (160 people per mi²).
The total land area is 108,560 Km² (41,915 sq. miles).
77.14% of the population is urban (5,179,498 people in 2025)
The median age in Bulgaria is 44.8 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Bulgaria (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Bulgaria Global Rank
2025	6,714,560	−0.64%	−43,129	−2,961	44.8	1.74	62	77.1%	5,179,498	0.082%	8,231,613,070	110
2024	6,757,689	−0.56%	−38,114	524	44.5	1.75	62	76.9%	5,195,965	0.083%	8,161,972,572	110
2023	6,795,803	−0.44%	−30,061	5,173	44.3	1.75	63	76.7%	5,211,414	0.084%	8,091,734,930	110
2022	6,825,864	−0.78%	−53,894	26,498	44.2	1.77	63	76.6%	5,225,976	0.085%	8,021,407,192	108
2020	6,933,652	−0.69%	−48,773	30,167	43.9	1.56	64	75.8%	5,253,037	0.088%	7,887,001,292	107
2015	7,177,517	−0.71%	−52,016	−4,227	42.5	1.53	66	74%	5,310,568	0.096%	7,470,491,872	103
2010	7,437,599	−0.68%	−51,490	−21,668	41.1	1.57	69	72%	5,353,646	0.11%	7,021,732,148	98
2005	7,695,050	−0.78%	−61,094	−14,435	40.1	1.36	71	70.5%	5,423,484	0.12%	6,586,970,132	92
2000	8,000,520	−0.87%	−71,411	−26,211	38.7	1.29	74	68.9%	5,510,364	0.13%	6,171,702,993	91
1995	8,357,574	−1.08%	−92,958	−22,020	37.3	1.25	77	68%	5,679,599	0.15%	5,758,878,982	82
1990	8,822,365	−0.31%	−27,298	−116,817	35.6	1.79	81	66.5%	5,868,643	0.17%	5,327,803,110	76
1985	8,958,854	0.22%	19,863	−19,230	34.3	1.97	83	64.7%	5,797,183	0.18%	4,868,943,465	70
1980	8,859,537	0.31%	27,278	−2,045	33.2	2.06	82	62.2%	5,513,719	0.20%	4,447,606,236	66
1975	8,723,148	0.54%	46,465	−38,071	32.7	2.23	80	57.7%	5,029,979	0.21%	4,070,735,277	63
1970	8,490,825	0.69%	57,682	−11,315	32.3	2.18	78	52.4%	4,449,410	0.23%	3,694,683,794	62
1965	8,202,416	0.85%	67,898	−1,406	31	2.08	76	45.9%	3,762,158	0.25%	3,334,533,703	59
1960	7,862,926	0.86%	65,854	−1,112	29.4	2.31	72	37.2%	2,925,530	0.26%	3,015,470,894	57
1955	7,533,654	0.77%	57,029	−26,807	27.8	2.37	69	32.3%	2,435,785	0.27%	2,740,213,792	52

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Bulgaria Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Bulgaria Global Rank
2030	6,458,243	−0.78%	−51,263	−9,742	45.9	1.73	59	78.7%	5,082,261	0.075%	8,569,124,911	114
2035	6,183,114	−0.87%	−55,026	−8,721	47.2	1.73	57	80.3%	4,964,822	0.070%	8,885,210,181	119
2040	5,907,728	−0.91%	−55,077	−9,319	48.4	1.71	54	82%	4,842,632	0.064%	9,177,190,203	121
2045	5,648,256	−0.89%	−51,894	−7,755	48.6	1.7	52	83.6%	4,724,481	0.060%	9,439,639,668	125
2050	5,402,217	−0.89%	−49,208	−7,217	48	1.7	50	85.3%	4,606,350	0.056%	9,664,378,587	127

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Bulgaria Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Bulgaria

Life Expectancy

76.0 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

4.7

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

5.7

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Bulgaria Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Bulgaria delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Bulgaria (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Bulgaria in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.