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Bulgaria third in EU in terms of population decline

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The population of the EU increased by 1.5 mln. in 2016 – it increased in 18 of the states and decreased in the other 10. The data comes from a report on the demography strategy’s implementation, prepared by the ministry of labor and social policy. Bulgaria comes third among the countries with the fastest rate of population decline – 7.3%. Lithuania with 14.2% and Latvia with 9.6% appear above us in the negative rankings.




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