Emigration in Bulgaria
Bulgaria recorded 13,002 emigrants in 2024.
Bulgaria, 2024
13,002
Change from 2023
−14.6%
European Union, 2024
3,166,449 emigrantsep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2024
29th of 33
Emigration in Bulgaria over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bulgaria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13,002 emigrants | 3,166,449 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 15,227 emigrants | 3,017,592 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 13,175 emigrants | 2,694,009 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 26,755 emigrants | 2,692,807 emigrantsbe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | 6,649 emigrants | 2,141,596 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 39,941 emigrants | 2,562,378 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 33,225 emigrants | 2,400,434 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 31,586 emigrants | 2,583,494 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 30,570 emigrants | 2,635,757 emigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 29,470 emigrants | 2,450,290 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 28,727 emigrantsp (provisional) | 2,439,337 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 19,678 emigrantsp (provisional) | 2,444,099 emigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 16,615 emigrantsbp (break in time series, provisional) | – |
| 2007 | 2,958 emigrants | – |
Flags: bp break in time series, provisional; p provisional; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; be break in time series, estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −14.6% from 15,227 emigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 28,727 emigrants, the figure has changed by −54.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Bulgaria has the 29th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,166,449 emigrants.
More for Bulgaria
All statistics for Bulgaria
Immigration
52,189 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
-2,961 people
2025 · World Bank
Acquisitions of citizenship
343 people
2024 · Eurostat
First-time asylum applicants
3,800 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
5.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
0.8 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division