Natural population change in Bulgaria
Births minus deaths in Bulgaria came to -7.7 per 1,000 people in 2025.
Bulgaria, 2025
-7.7
Change from 2024
−0.4per 1,000 people
European Union, 2025
-3.0 per 1,000 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
-2.5 per 1,000 people
Position in 2025
43rd of 43
Natural population change in Bulgaria over time
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Per 1,000 people. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bulgaria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -7.7 per 1,000 people | -3.0 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | -7.3 per 1,000 people | -2.8 per 1,000 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | -6.8 per 1,000 people | -2.6 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | -9.6 per 1,000 people | -2.8 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2021 | -13.9 per 1,000 people | -2.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2020 | -10.0 per 1,000 people | -2.5 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2019 | -7.0 per 1,000 people | -1.1 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | -6.9 per 1,000 people | -1.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2017 | -6.7 per 1,000 people | -0.7 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | -6.2 per 1,000 people | -0.4 per 1,000 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | -6.3 per 1,000 people | -0.7 per 1,000 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | -5.8 per 1,000 people | 0.0 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | -5.3 per 1,000 people | -0.3 per 1,000 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | -5.5 per 1,000 people | -0.1 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | -5.1 per 1,000 people | 0.3 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | -4.7 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | -3.6 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2008 | -4.4 per 1,000 people | 0.8 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | -5.0 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2006 | -5.2 per 1,000 people | 0.7 per 1,000 people |
| 2005 | -5.5 per 1,000 people | 0.4 per 1,000 people |
| 2004 | -5.2 per 1,000 people | 0.6 per 1,000 people |
| 2003 | -5.7 per 1,000 people | 0.0 per 1,000 people |
| 2002 | -5.9 per 1,000 people | 0.2 per 1,000 people |
| 2001 | -5.5 per 1,000 people | 0.4 per 1,000 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.4 from -7.3 per 1,000 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was -6.3 per 1,000 people, the figure has changed by −1.4.
- Among the 43 countries with data for 2025, Bulgaria has the 43rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was -3.0 per 1,000 people.
More for Bulgaria
All statistics for Bulgaria
Crude birth rate
7.8 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
15.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
5.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population on 1 January
6,437,360 people
2025 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
6,437,360 people
2025 · Eurostat
Total fertility rate
1.72 births per woman
2024 · Eurostat