The population of Bulgaria was 6, 519,789 as of September 7, 2021. There are 3, 383, 527 women (51.9% of the population) and 3,136,262 men (48.1% of the population). There are 927 men per 1,000 women, the National Statistical Institute said.
Bulgaria's population has decreased by 11.5% or by 844,781 people in the past ten years. The depopulation is due to higher mortality and external migration. 23.5% of the population is aged 65 and above. More than 4 million people, 62.4% of the population, are aged 15 to 64.
There are 5,257 towns and villages. 4,782,064 people, or 73.3% of the population, live in 257 towns. 1,737,725 people, or 26.7% of the population live in 5,000 villages. There are six towns with a population above 100,000 persons- Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Ruse and Stara Zagora. 34.5% of the country’s population lives in 6 towns.
EU foreign and defense ministers meet in Brussels on March 20 to discuss the support for Ukraine. The meeting precedes the European Council summit on March 23 and 24. Justice ministers from more than 40 countries will meet on March 20 in..
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On March 20, 2023, the Bulgarian National Bank is putting into circulation a silver commemorative coin dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Bulgarian Olympic Committee. The coin has a nominal value of BGN 10 and is sold for BGN 132. It is..
A hitherto unknown painting by Jackson Pollock from 1949 has been discovered in Bulgaria during an operation by the Bulgarian and the Greek..
A vehicle with foreign license plates carrying illegal migrants from Afghanistan overturned near the Aldomirovo Swamp near Dragoman. One migrant has..
In its annual 2022 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices , released Monday, the US State Department says that the Bulgarian government's actions to..
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