BG · 2021 · demo_pjan
Population on 1 January by age and sex
Bulgaria, 2021
Population on 1 January by age and sex
6,532,117
Bulgaria, 2021
▼ 0.6% vs 2020 (6,569,275)
Analysis
In 2021, Bulgaria's population on 1 january by age and sex decreased by 0.6% compared to 2020, reaching 6,532,117.
Bulgaria accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 445,891,011.
Bulgaria ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.9% (from 6,938,759 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset demo_pjan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
1.5%
EU-27: 445,891,011
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · demo_pjan