BG · 2023 · migr_pop1ctz
Population (total, 1 January)
Bulgaria, 2023
Population (total, 1 January)
6,447,710
Bulgaria, 2023
▼ 0.5% vs 2022 (6,482,484)
Analysis
In 2023, Bulgaria's population (total, 1 january) decreased by 0.5% compared to 2022, reaching 6,447,710.
Bulgaria accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 447,695,350.
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 4.6% (from 6,757,418 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
1.4%
EU-27: 447,695,350
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · migr_pop1ctz