BG · 2022 · tps00001

Population on 1 January

Bulgaria, 2022

Population on 1 January
6,482,484
Bulgaria, 2022
▼ 0.8% vs 2021 (6,532,117)
Analysis

In 2022, Bulgaria's population on 1 january decreased by 0.8% compared to 2021, reaching 6,482,484.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 445,999,571.

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 5.4% (from 6,849,518 in 2017).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2022
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2022
1.5%
EU-27: 445,999,571
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
2014 2025