Population on 1 January by age and sex

In 2024, Bulgaria's population on 1 january by age and sex decreased by 0.1% compared to 2023, reaching 3,097,698.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 219,814,111.

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 3.6% (from 3,213,926 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_pjan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.