Population — national citizens

In 2013, Bulgaria's population decreased by 1.8% compared to 2012, reaching 7,157,954.

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 4.3% (from 7,481,663 in 2008).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.