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At the 2011 census, the population inhabiting Bulgaria was 7,364,570 in total, but the 2021 Census calculated that the population had declined to 6.5 million. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The peak was in 1989, the year when the borders opened after a half of a century of communist regime, when the population numbered 9,009,018.
Population of the present-day top seven most-populous countries, 1800 to 2100. Future projections are based on the 2024 UN's medium-fertility scenario. Chart created by Our World In Data in 2024. The following is a list of countries by past and projected future population. This assumes that countries stay constant in the unforeseeable future ...
The natural growth rate during 2009 was 0.2 per mile, the first positive growth rate in nearly 20 years. The considerable immigration to the capital from poorer regions of the country, as well as urbanisation, are among the other reasons for the increase in Sofia's population. The infant mortality rate was 5.6 per 1,000, down from 18.9 in 1980 ...
Sofia City Province (Bulgarian: Област София-град, romanized: Oblast Sofiya-grad) is a province of Bulgaria. Its administrative center is the city of Sofia, the capital of the country. The province borders on Sofia Province and Pernik Province. It consists of only one municipality – the Sofia Capital Municipality.
1880 The beginning of the Population censuses in Principality of Bulgaria was established with the Law of 13 December 1880 1881 The first Population census was conducted on 1 January 1881 1881 The Bulgarian Official Statistical Office was created. The Statistical Division turned into independent Statistical Office
In 2024, the average total fertility rate (TFR) in Bulgaria was 1.59 children per woman, [313] a slight increase from 1.56 in 2018, [314] and well above the all-time low of 1.1 in 1997, but still below the replacement rate of 2.1 and considerably below the historical high of 5.83 children per woman in 1905. [315]
13 March – Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte dies in Sofia at the age of 78. [2]31 March – Bulgaria and Romania partially join the Schengen Area, allowing travel by air and sea without border checks, Austria vetoed travel by land without border checks over fears that non-EU citizens could get easier access to the European Union.
With a territory of 7 020 km², Sofia Province is the second-largest in Bulgaria. [20] It also has the highest number of municipalities, 22, and borders nine other provinces as well as Serbia to the northwest.