BG · 2023 · tps00001

Population on 1 January

Bulgaria, 2023

Population on 1 January
6,447,710
Bulgaria, 2023
▼ 0.5% vs 2022 (6,482,484)
Analysis

In 2023, Bulgaria's population on 1 january decreased by 0.5% compared to 2022, reaching 6,447,710.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 447,805,685.

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 tps00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2023
#15 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2023
1.4%
EU-27: 447,805,685
Bulgaria timeline (last 15 years)
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