BG · 2021 · migr_pop1ctz
Population (total, 1 January)
Bulgaria, 2021
Population (total, 1 January)
6,532,117
Bulgaria, 2021
▼ 0.6% vs 2020 (6,569,275)
Analysis
In 2021, Bulgaria's population (total, 1 january) 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 migr_pop1ctz, 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 · migr_pop1ctz