Population on 1 January in Bulgaria
Bulgaria had 6,437,360 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Bulgaria, 2025
6,437,360
Change from 2024
−0.1%
European Union, 2025
450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
19th of 40
Population on 1 January 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,437,360 people | 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 6,445,481 people | 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 6,447,710 people | 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 6,482,484 people | 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 6,532,117 people | 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 6,569,275 people | 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 6,664,177 people | 446,149,924 people |
| 2018 | 6,757,418 people | 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 6,849,518 people | 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 6,938,759 people | 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 7,029,690 people | 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 7,117,453 people | 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 7,202,556 people | 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2012 | 7,327,224 people | 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 7,369,431 people | 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 7,421,766 people | 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 7,467,119 people | 440,047,892 people |
| 2008 | 7,518,002 people | 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 7,572,673 people | 437,227,496 people |
| 2006 | 7,629,371 people | 435,816,236 people |
| 2005 | 7,688,573 people | 434,416,272 people |
| 2004 | 7,745,147 people | 432,762,039 people |
| 2003 | 7,805,506 people | 431,190,184 people |
| 2002 | 7,868,815 people | 429,723,142 people |
| 2001 | 8,149,468 people | 429,240,746 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.1% from 6,445,481 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 7,029,690 people, the figure has changed by −8.4%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Bulgaria has the 19th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.
More for Bulgaria
All statistics for Bulgaria
Population
6,433,302 people
2025 · World Bank
Median age of the population
47.3 years
2025 · Eurostat
Immigration
52,189 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
6,437,360 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.8 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
15.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat