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A total of 6 951 482 people are the population of Bulgaria at the end of 2019. This is indicated by data from the National Institute of Statistics. This represents 1.4% of the population of the European Union.
Compared to 2018, the country’s population decreased by 48,557, or 0.7%.
Men are 3,369,646 (48.5%), and women – 3,581,836 (51.5%), o 1,000 men represent 1,063 women. The number of men predominates at the age of 53 years. With increasing age, the number and proportion of women in the general population of the country increases.
The aging of the population continues. At the end of 2019 people At 65 years of age or older they were 1,504,088, or 21.6% of the country’s population. Compared to 2018, the participation of the population in this age group is increasing by 0.3%.
The aging process is more pronounced among women than men. The relative proportion of women over 65 years of age is 25.1% and of men, 17.9%. This difference is due to the higher mortality rate among men and, as a consequence, to the lower average life expectancy for them, according to the INE.
In regional terms, the proportion of People aged 65 and over are the highest in the Vidin (29.9%), Gabrovo (29.1%) and Kyustendil (27.7%) districts. In a total of twenty districts, this proportion is above the national average. The lowest is the proportion of the elderly population in the districts of Sofia (capital) – 17.7%, and Varna – 19.2%.
In the EU, the relative proportion of the population aged 65 and over is 20%. This proportion is highest in Italy (22.8%), followed by Greece (22.0%), Portugal and Finland (21.8% each).
In nine countries, including Bulgaria, the proportion of older people exceeds 20%.
Yeschildren under 15 are in the country 1 002 258or 14.4 4% of the total the population as of 2018, this participation remains unchanged.
The relative proportion of the population under the age of 15 is the highest in the districts of Sliven – 18.5%, and Burgas – 15.6% of the district’s population. In seventeen districts, this proportion is below the country’s total, being the lowest in Smolyan districts – 11.5% and Gabrovo – 11.7%.
The proportion of the youngest population in the EU at the beginning of 2019 was 15.5%, with the lowest in Italy (13.2%) and Germany (13.6%) and the highest in Ireland (20, 5%) and France (18.0%).
Ohthe highest age dependency rate in Bulgaria it is 56.4%, o Each person in the dependent age group (under 15 and over 65) has less than two people of active age. By way of comparison, in 2018 this ratio was 55.5%. This relationship is more favorable in cities, 52.8% than in villages, 67.5%.
In all the districts of the country, this indicator is above 50%, except Sofia (capital) – 48.1%, with the most unfavorable proportion in the Vidin districts – 72.4%, Gabrovo – 68.8% and Lovech – 68.1%.
The aging of the population leads to an increase in its population. middle Ages that from 40.4 years in 2001 increased to 43.9 years in late 2019 9 year
Population aging manifests itself in both rural and urban areas, with an average age of 43 years in cities and 46.5 years in rural areas.
At the end of 2019, the working-age population is 4 156 000 people, or 59.8% of the country’s population, with men who are 2,180,000 and women: 1,976,000. In 2019, the working-age population decreased by almost 45,000 people, or 1.1%, compared to the previous year.
At the end of 2019, there were 1,729,000 people, above the working age, or 24.9%, and below the working age: 1,067,000 people, or 15.3% of the country’s population.
The reproduction of the active population is characterized by demographic replacement rate, which shows the relationship between the number of people entering working age age (15-19 years) and the number of people leaving the working age (60-64 years).
TO 12.31.2019 this ratio is 66 and remains unchanged compared to 2018. For comparison, in 2001 100 people of working age have been replaced by 124 young people.
The most favorable is the proportion in the districts of Sliven – 88, Varna and Sofia (capital) – 74 people each. This indicator is the lowest in Smolyan – 42, Pernik – 48 and Kardzhali districts, where 100 working-age people are replaced by 49 working-age people.
They live in cities 5 125 407 souls, or 73.7%, and in the villages – 1 826 075 souls, or 26.3% of the country’s population.
As of the end of 2019, the settlements in Bulgaria are 5 257, of which 257 are cities and 5 000 are villages.
The population is 171. The largest number is found in the Gabrovo, Veliko Turnovo and Kardzhali districts – 63, 58 and 11. respectively. In 1 192 or 22.7% of the settlements live from 1 to 49 people inclusive.
With a population of over 100,000 people, there are six cities in the country, with 34.6% of the country’s population. Half of the country’s population (50.4%) lives in the Southwest and Central South regions, and the smallest by population is the Northwest Region: 728,000, or 10.5% of the country’s population.
In 2019, in the six statistical regions, the population decreased compared to 2018, with the largest decrease in the northwest, by 1.9% and the smallest, in the southwest, by 0.3%.
The region’s smallest population is Vidin, with 82,835 people, or 1.2% of the country’s population, and the largest is Sofia (capital): 1,328,790 people (19.1%).
There are six districts with a population of more than 300,000 people, with more than a third of the country’s population (35.5%) living in the top three: Sofia (capital), Plovdiv, and Varna.
Only two districts, Sofia (capital) and Kardzhali, increase their population in 2019 compared to 2018, by 0.1 and 3.5% respectively. In all other districts there is a decrease, being the largest in the Vidin districts – by 2.4% and Montana – by 2.0%.
In 76 municipalities with a population of less than 6,000, only 4.2% of the country’s population lives. At the same time, 41.5% of the country’s population lives in the nine municipalities with a population of more than 100,000. The largest by population is the municipality of Sofia (1,328,790), followed by the municipalities of Plovdiv (347,851) and Varna (345,151). The smallest municipality is Treklyano – 815 people.
The main factors that influence changes in the number and structure of the population are demographic processes: fertility, mortality and migration.
In 2019, 61,882 children were born in the country. 61 538 (99.4%) are live births. Compared to the previous year, the number of live births decreased in 659 children, or in 1.06%.
Total fertility rate4 4 in 2019 9 is 8.8‰, and in the previous 2018 – 8.9 ‰.
The number of live births (31,515) is 1,492 higher than the number of live births (30,023), or 1,000 live births represent 953 girls.
There are 45,991 and 15,547 children in urban and rural areas, respectively, and the birth rate is 8.9 ‰ in cities and 8.5 ‰ in villages.
In the regional aspect the highest is the birth rate in Sliven districts – 12.4 ‰, and Sofia (capital) – 9.8 ‰. In seventeen districts, the birth rate is lower than the national average, with the lowest values being observed in the Smolyan – 6.2 ‰ and Vidin – 6.5 ‰ districts.
Total fertility rate for the EU–28 to 2018 that is to say 9.7‰ according to Eurostat.
Ireland has the highest birth rate among European countries: 12.5 ‰, followed by Sweden with 11.4 ‰. Italy has the lowest fertility rate in the EU: 7.3 ‰.
The number of women of childbearing age (15-49 years) in the country, or the size of the maternity quotas and their fertility, has a significant impact on fertility rates and determines the nature of the population’s reproduction.
As of December 31, 2019, the number of women of childbearing age was 1,446,000, 27,000 fewer than the previous year and 186,000 compared to 2011.
In 2019, the number of children born to mothers under the age of 18 is 2,948. The trend of increasing the number of children born to women age 40 and older, from 2,154 in 2018 to 2,284 in 2019, continues.
Half (50.5%) of births in 2019 are first for the mother, 36.6% for the second and 12.6% for the third and highest order.
In 2019 9 The average number of live births per woman is 1.58 and compared to 2018 it increased by 0.02. The average age of women at birth with their first child increases from 27.2 years in 2018 to 27.3 years in 2019 9 year In regional terms, the average age of birth of the first child ranges from 30.3 years for the district of Sofia (capital) to 22.9 years for the district of Sliven.
In 2019, 1,164 cases of multiple births were registered, 47 more than in 2018. Two children were born in 1,153 cases and three children in 11 cases.
In 2019 9 The number of extramarital births is 36,199, or 58.5% of all births
The relative proportion of extramarital births in villages (64.6%) is higher than in cities (56.4%). For 79.8% of extramarital births there are data about the father, which means that these children are raised in a family environment by the parents who live together.
Regionally, the highest proportion of extramarital births is found in the Vratsa districts (76.6%) and Lovech (74.8%). This participation exceeds 50% in all the districts of the country, except Razgrad (47.8%), Blagoevgrad (47.1%) and Kardzhali (32.5%).
The number of deaths in 2019 is 108 083and the overall mortality rate –15.5 ‰. Compared to the previous year, the number of deaths decreased by 443 or 0.4%. The overall mortality rate is still too high.
Mortality among men (16.6 ‰) is higher than that of women (14.5 ‰). In 2019, 1,080 men die for every 1,000 women. Marked differences in mortality between urban and rural populations continue. The mortality rate is higher in the villages.
(21.6 ‰) than in cities (13.3 ‰).
Total EU–28 death rate in 2018 that is to say 10.3‰. The overall mortality rate in Bulgaria is the highest among the Member States. The lowest mortality rates are Ireland – 6.4 ‰, Cyprus – 6.6 ‰ and Luxembourg – 7.1 ‰. In addition to Bulgaria, the value of this indicator is significantly higher than the EU-28 average only in Latvia – 15.0 ‰ and Lithuania – 14.1 ‰.
The highest mortality rates in the country are found in the districts of Vidin – 22.9 ‰, Montana – 21.8 ‰ and Lovech – 20.9 ‰. In seven districts, the mortality rate is lower than the national average, being the lowest in Sofia (capital) – 11.8 ‰.
Premature mortality rate7 7 in 2019 9 (two0.5%) decreases from previous 2018 year (21%) There are premature mortality rates. significant differences between men and women. The deaths of women under 65 years of age represent 13.1% of the total. all women dead, and the value of this indicator for men is 27.4%.
In 2019 9 342 children under one year of age died in the country and the infant mortality rate8 and 5.6‰. In comparison, in 2001 the infant mortality rate was 14.4 ‰, and in 2018 – 5.8 ‰.
In regional terms, in 2019 in a total of twelve districts, the infant mortality rate is lower than the national average, being the lowest in the districts of Gabrovo – 0.0 ‰ and Smolyan – 1.5 ‰. The highest infant mortality rate was recorded in the districts of Sliven (14.4 ‰) and Stara Zagora (10.4 ‰).
Average life expectancy9 9 total for the country’s population, calculated for the period 2017 – 2019 is 74.9 years and compared to the previous period (2016-2018) it is increases by 0.1 years.
The average life expectancy for men is 71.5 years, while for women it is 7 years higher, 78.5 years. The average life expectancy is 3 years higher for the urban population (75.8 years) than for the rural population (72.8 years).
In 2019, 29 198 legal marriages were registered, 237 more than the previous year, and the marriage rate10 was 4.2 ‰. Almost three quarters of all registered marriages (21,460) belong to the urban population.
In 2019, the average age at first marriage for men and women is 32.0 and 29.1 years, respectively. Compared to the previous year, the average age increased by 0.3 years for men and 0.4 for women, respectively.
For 86.3% of women and 85.8% of men who married in 2019, it was the first.
The area with the highest number of marriages per 1,000 people is Razgrad – 5.9 ‰, and the lowest is the marriage rate in Kyustendil and Vratsa – 2.8 по.
The number of divorces in 2019 9 is 10 859, or 263 more than those registered in 2018. Of all completed marriages, 79.6% refer to the urban population.
The highest proportion of marriages ended by mutual agreement (66.7%) was followed by the reasons of “disagreements of character” (22.8%) and “real separation” (9.1%). Divorce was not the first for 9.9% of women and 10.9% of men who broke their marriages in 2019.
The average duration of the marriage until its termination is 15.9 years.
In 2019 9 d. In settlements between settlements in the country they participated 128 179 persons.
Of all those who changed their habitual residence in the country, 45.6% were men and 54.4% women.
In terms of age structure, the highest relative proportion among migrants is found in the age group of 20-39 years (30.9%), followed by people under the age of 20: 24.9%.
The largest territorial movement was in the direction “city – city” (38.0%), followed by the direction “city – town” (27.4%) and “town – city” (24.1%). Significantly smaller in number and
The relative proportion is the flow of migration in the direction of village-village: 10.5% of migrants.
The largest number of migrants in the country chose the Sofia District (capital) – 19 969 for new residence.The districts with the largest relative shares in the migration flow to the Sofia District (capital) are Sofia – 11.1%, Blagoevgrad – 7.2%, and Plovdiv – 5.5%.
The least displaced people in the capital are from the Silistra and Razgrad districts, 0.8% each.
In 2019 39 941 people have changed their current address of the country abroad, like 51.4% of them are men. Every second migrant (49.1%) is between 20 and 39 years old. The youngest emigrants (under 20 years old) are 15.9%, and those 60 years and over, 9.5% of all emigrants.
The most preferred destinations for migrants are Germany (20.3%), the United Kingdom (17.7%) and Italy (13.5%).
People who have changed their domicile from abroad in Bulgaria or the flow of immigrants include Bulgarian citizens who have returned to the country, as well as citizens of other countries who have obtained a residence permit or status in the country.
In 2019 9 d. 37 929 they are expensive they have changed their habitual residence from abroad in Bulgaria. The relative proportion of men is 50.3% and of women – 49.7%.
Among those who came to live in the country, 30.0% belonged to the age group of 20 to 39 years, and 30.2% were between 40 and 59 years old. The youngest immigrants (under 20 years of age) are 15.9% and the oldest (60 years and over) are 23.9%.
The highest is the proportion of immigrants from Turkey (38.6%), the Russian Federation (9.1%) and Germany (6.6%).
In 2019, as a result of the negative natural increase, the country’s population decreased by 46 545 souls
Population reduction measured by the natural growth rate is minus 6.7 ‰eleven. The natural growth rate in cities is minus 4.4 ‰ and in villages – minus 13.1 ‰.
In 2019, all the districts of the country have a negative natural increase.
The lowest values for negative natural growth are the districts of Sofia (capital) (-2.0 ‰) and Sliven (-2.9 ‰).
The largest decrease in population due to the high negative natural increase is the Vidin district – minus 16.4 ‰, followed by the Montana districts – minus 14.5 ‰ and Kyustendil – minus 13.2 ‰. In ten districts, the population decreases by more than 10 per 1,000 people in 2019.
Total natural increase rate for the EU–28 to 2018 y is minus 0.6 6‰.
Thirteen countries have a positive natural increase, with the highest in Ireland (6.2 ‰), Cyprus (4.1 ‰) and Luxembourg (3.2 ‰). In addition to our country with high negative rates of population growth, there are Latvia, minus 4.9 ‰, and Lithuania, minus 4.1 ‰.
Mechanical growth (net balance of external migration), which is also negative, minus 2,012 people, has a significant impact on the number and structures of the population in the country. It is formed as the difference between the number of settlers and the country’s emigrants.
Population decline as a result of external migration measured by the net migration rate, is -0.3 ‰ 12.
In 2019, seven districts have positive mechanical growth: Kardzhali (37.9 ‰), Shumen (6.9 ‰), Plovdiv (3.0 ‰), Targovishte (2.7 ‰), Sofia (capital) (2.4 ‰), Burgas (2.1 ‰) and Varna (0.7 ‰).
The largest population decline due to negative mechanical growth are the Sliven (-9.9 ‰), Smolyan (-8.3 ‰) and Vidin (-7.8 ‰) districts.
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