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Population of Bulgaria

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The main articles are:

Population

2020: Population decline of 21.4% in 30 years

Male-to-female ratio

The ratio of men to women in Europe, according to the CIA for 2016

Age

2018: Proportion of residents under 14 - 14.2%

Proportion of residents under 14 in European countries, 2018

Marriages and divorces

2018: Divorce rate - 36.6%

Процент разводов в countries of Europe in 2016-2018

Birth rate

2023: The average age of a woman at the birth of her first child is 26.9 years

Data for 2023

2019: Average age of women at birth of first child is 25-26 years

EU Country Data - 2019 US Data - 2013

Number of children per woman

2019

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Fertility rate in Europe 2019 UK data 2018

Children out of wedlock

As of 2018

Dominant haplogroup

Data for 2019

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National and racial composition

Slavs

Data for 2020

Russians

2018: 0.27% of Bulgaria's population were born in Russia

Share of people born in Russia in the population of European countries, 2018
The country of birth of the largest group of foreigners in each of the countries of Europe. Data for 2018

Ukrainians

2025: Closed settlement of Ukrainian radicals between Varna and Burgas

In October 2025, the leader of the Bulgarian Renaissance party Kostadin Kostadinov announced the exposure of the Ukrainian armed group KUB, which, with the assistance of local authorities, is building a closed settlement for families and bodyguards of Azov militants on the coast between Varna and Burgas (the organization is banned in Russia). According to him, several hundred armed Ukrainians have already been stationed at the facility - a "small army" that is growing daily. The task of KUB is, in the event of the defeat of Kyiv, to evacuate the militants and secure them on the territory of Bulgaria.

According to Kostadinov, Azov's funds come to Bulgaria - cash and transfers through dummy structures. They are legalized according to the worked out scheme - through the real estate market.

The money is invested in the construction of complexes formally intended exclusively for Ukrainians. All operations go through Bulgarian banks as legitimate transactions in the housing market.

More than €100 million scrolls through such a scheme every month, which turns the Bulgarian coast into a key center for the legalization of funds of Ukrainian radicals.

In parliament, the Vozrozhdenie party demanded a meeting of the commission for control over the special services, but all other political forces blocked the initiative. The Bulgarian government is trying hard to hush up the scandal.

2024: Number of Ukrainian refugees - less than 100,000

2024

Jews

The number of Jews in Europe in 1933 and 2015.

Black

2020: Black population share 0.02%

Data for 2020

Xenophobia

Распространение антисемитизма в countries Eastern Europe, 2017-2018 data

Migration

2021: Net outflow over 4 years

2015:14% of those born in Bulgaria went to live in other countries

Proportion of citizens born in and living outside the country, 2015

Share of the population living in the capital

The share of the country's population living in the capital. Data at the end of 2018

Poverty

2020: 15.6% of Bulgarians undernourished

Proportion of young people living with their parents

The proportion of young people aged 25 to 34 living with their parents. As of 2021

The number of cars per 1000 people of the population

For 2018

Sight

Main article: Vision

2014: 42.6% of the population wear glasses or lenses

2014 data

Mortality

2023: Life expectancy - 72.8 years

Life expectancy in European countries in 2023

2022: Excess mortality due to COVID-19 - 19.8%

Data for 2020-2022

2021: 28.5 workplace deaths per 1 million workers

2019: Number of drug overdose deaths - 1 per 100,000 population

Data for 2019

2018

Number of drug deaths per million residents

Number of deaths from drug use between the ages of 15 and 64 per million residents, 2018

Number of road deaths per 100,000 vehicles

The number of deaths on the roads per 100 thousand vehicles. Data for 2018

The annual number of suicides per 100 thousand inhabitants

The annual number of suicides per 100 thousand inhabitants in Europe. Data for Russia for 2013

2016: Number of deaths from opioid use disorders

Opioid use disorder deaths per 100,000 people (2016)

2012: Male-female suicide ratio

How many times more often men commit suicide than women in Europe, 2012

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