Immigration in Bulgaria
Bulgaria recorded 52,189 immigrants in 2024.
Bulgaria, 2024
52,189
Change from 2023
−8.1%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
21st of 33
Immigration 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 | 52,189 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 56,807 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 40,619 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 39,461 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 37,364 immigrantsp (provisional) | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 37,929 immigrantsp (provisional) | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 29,559 immigrantsp (provisional) | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 25,597 immigrantsp (provisional) | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 21,241 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 25,223 immigrantsp (provisional) | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 26,615 immigrantsp (provisional) | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 18,570 immigrantsp (provisional) | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 14,103 immigrantsbp (break in time series, provisional) | – |
| 2007 | 1,561 immigrants | – |
Flags: bp break in time series, provisional; p provisional; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −8.1% from 56,807 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 26,615 immigrants, the figure has changed by +96.1%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Bulgaria has the 21st highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Bulgaria
All statistics for Bulgaria
Emigration
13,002 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
343 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
-2,961 people
2025 · World Bank
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