Population aged 0 to 14 in Bulgaria

14.4% of the population of Bulgaria was aged 14 or under in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest since 2019.

Measure: Share of population aged 0 to 14 Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Bulgaria, 2025 14.4% % of total population
Change from 2024 −0.1percentage points 2024: 14.5%
European Union, 2025 14.2% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 14.5% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 190th of 217 See the full ranking

Population aged 0 to 14 in Bulgaria over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Share of population aged 0 to 14 (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period BulgariaEuropean Union
2025 14.4% 14.2%
2024 14.5% 14.4%
2023 14.5% 14.6%
2022 14.5% 14.8%
2021 14.5% 14.9%
2020 14.4% 15.0%
2019 14.4% 15.1%
2018 14.3% 15.2%
2017 14.2% 15.2%
2016 14.0% 15.2%
2015 13.9% 15.2%
2014 13.8% 15.3%
2013 13.7% 15.3%
2012 13.6% 15.4%
2011 13.5% 15.4%
2010 13.5% 15.4%
2009 13.4% 15.4%
2008 13.3% 15.5%
2007 13.4% 15.6%
2006 13.5% 15.7%
2005 13.7% 15.9%
2004 14.0% 16.1%
2003 14.4% 16.3%
2002 14.8% 16.5%
2001 15.2% 16.7%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 14.5% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 13.9%, the figure has changed by +0.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Bulgaria has the 190th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 14.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.0014.TO.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Bulgaria
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects