According to National Statistical Institute data, at the end of 2019 the population of Bulgaria stood at 6,951,482 which is 1.4% of the population of the EU.
Men account for 48.5%, and women for 51.5% of the entire population. Compared to 2018 the population of the country has dropped by 0.7%. The process of ageing continues and at the end of 2019 the number of people aged 65 and over accounted for 21.6% of the country’s population. At the end of 2019 the share of children up to the age of 15 was 14.4%, compared to 2018 this share remains unchanged. The ageing has led to a rise in the average age of the population which, from 40.4 in 2001 has gone up to 43.9 years of age in 2019.
Minister of Culture Nayden Todorov announced that two people from the ministry have been identified as being involved in the scheme for siphoning off money from the budget. Minister of Culture: The financial audits in the theaters aim to..
Northern lights were seen in the sky over Bulgaria in the first hours of 11 October, said Pencho Markishki, physicist from the Institute of Astronomy of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. “The sky over the Northern horizon was lit up in red, though..
Bulgarian citizens who are on the territory of Florida must strictly follow the instructions of the local authorities and refrain from travelling to the regions hit by Hurricane Milton, the Situation Centre of the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign..
The tragic death of rock legend Kiril Marichkov, who died in an accident just before a concert in Selanovtsi village near Vratsa, evoked the emotional..
Bulgaria is the 8 th best place to invest in real estate in Europe, according to a survey by the British company 1st Move International...
A motorcycle procession in support of organ donation and transplantation passed through the streets of Sofia. Under the motto “Yes to life!”, the..
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