Bulgaria

Official name:
the Republic of Bulgaria
Name in native language:
България / Bǎlgarija
Capital:
Sofia
ISO country code
BG
Nat. statistical agency:
National Statistical Institute
Region:
Eastern Europe

Census Results

1887-12-31 : 3,154,375
1892-12-31 : 3,310,713
1900-12-31 : 3,744,283
1905-12-31 : 4,035,575
1910-12-31 : 4,337,513
1920-12-31 : 4,846,971
1926-12-31 : 5,528,741
1934-12-31 : 6,077,939
1946-12-31 : 7,029,349
1956-12-01 : 7,613,709
1965-12-01 : 8,227,866
1975-12-01 : 8,727,771
1985-12-04 : 8,948,649
1992-12-04 : 8,487,317
2001-03-01 : 7,932,984
2011-02-01 : 7,351,234

the Republic of Bulgaria

Administrative units

oblast (district)native namecapitalarea (sq.km.)population
2001-03-01
census		population
2011-02-01
census
source: National Statistical Institute, Bulgaria.
note: 2011 data is based on preliminary results.
note: alternative spellings have: h= kh, j = zh, y = i, s = z.
Oblast BlagoevgradОбласт БлагоевградBlagoevgrad6,501341,244324,110
Oblast BurgasОбласт БургасBurgas7,750423,609409,018
Oblast VarnaОбласт ВарнаVarna3,818462,218468,220
Oblast Veliko TarnovoОбласт Велико ТърновоVeliko Tarnovo4,660293,294255,968
Oblast VidinОбласт ВидинVidin3,032130,09499,016
Oblast VratsaОбласт ВрацаVratsa3,618243,039184,930
Oblast GabrovoОбласт ГабровоGabrovo2,023144,147120,778
Oblast DobrichОбласт ДобричDobrich4,737215,232186,016
Oblast KardzhaliОбласт КърджалиKardzhali3,209164,019149,661
Oblast KyustendilОбласт КюстендилKyustendil3,051162,624135,664
Oblast LovechОбласт ЛовечLovech4,128169,954139,896
Oblast MontanaОбласт МонтанаMontana3,592182,267145,601
Oblast PazardzhikОбласт ПазарджикPazardzhik4,449310,741271,273
Oblast PernikОбласт ПерникPernik2,393149,856133,750
Oblast PlevenОбласт ПлевенPleven4,625312,018266,144
Oblast PlovdivОбласт ПловдивPlovdiv6,176715,904671,918
Oblast RazgradОбласт РазградRazgrad2,638152,417122,599
Oblast RuseОбласт РусеRuse2,830266,213230,847
Oblast SilistraОбласт СилистраSilistra2,846142,003117,576
Oblast SlivenОбласт СливенSliven3,544218,474193,609
Oblast SmolyanОбласт СмолянSmolyan3,192140,066120,567
Oblast SofiaОбласт СофияSofia7,067273,251246,668
Oblast Sofia (stolitsa)Област София (столица)Sofia1,3451,173,9881,359,520
Oblast Stara ZagoraОбласт Стара ЗагораStara Zagora5,150370,665327,576
Oblast TargovishteОбласт ТърговищеTargovishte2,559137,689118,671
Oblast HaskovoОбласт ХасковоHaskovo5,534277,483242,030
Oblast ShumenОбласт ШуменShumen3,389204,395180,452
Oblast YambolОбласт ЯмболYambol3,356156,080129,156
total  111,2127,932,9847,351,234

Main cities

namenative namepopulation
2001-03-01
census		population
2011-02-01
census
SofiaСофия1,091,7721,270,284
PlovdivПловдив338,224331,796
VarnaВарна312,889330,486
BurgasБургас192,390197,301
RuseРусе161,453146,609
Stara ZagoraСтара Загора143,420136,363
PlevenПлевен121,880106,011
SlivenСливен100,36689,848
DobrichДобрич100,00089,472
ShumenШумен89,21482,557
PernikПерник85,99181,052
HaskovoХасково80,30374,843
BlagoevgradБлагоевград71,14474,302
YambolЯмбол82,64972,843
KazanlakКазанлък81,53371,373
PazardzhikПазарджик78,85570,882
Veliko TarnovoВелико Търново66,89768,197
AsenovgradАсеновград67,23563,127
VratsaВраца68,97560,482
GabrovoГаброво67,06558,030
PetrichПетрич57,68953,326
DimitrovgradДимитровград64,85252,541
KarlovoКарлово70,27851,769
source: National Statistical Institute, Bulgaria.
note: 2011 data is based on preliminary results.