BG · 2016 · migr_pop1ctz

Population (total, 1 January)

Bulgaria, 2016

Population (total, 1 January)
6,938,759
Bulgaria, 2016
▼ 1.3% vs 2015 (7,029,690)
Analysis

In 2016, Bulgaria's population (total, 1 january) decreased by 1.3% compared to 2015, reaching 6,938,759.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 444,003,268.

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 5.8% (from 7,369,431 in 2011).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
1.6%
EU-27: 444,003,268
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