Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Europe · Eastern Europe
Bulgaria is recorded at 6.76m people in 2024, with total annual change of -41,067 under the WPP medium variant.
Bulgaria observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 61,463 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -103,053 |
| Natural change | -41,590 |
| Net migration | +524 |
| Total change | -41,067 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | -41,067 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -2,228,026 since 1988 |
| Projected 2100 | 3.53m |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign-born; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Bulgaria 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 988.0k, ages 15-64 4.32m, ages 65+ 1.48m.
Bulgaria 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 746.3k, ages 15-64 3.07m, ages 65+ 1.59m.
Bulgaria 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 458.8k, ages 15-64 1.93m, ages 65+ 1.14m.
Stage since 1978.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 1985.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.76m | -41,067 | 61.5k | 103.1k | 1.75 |
| 2030 | 6.46m | -55,188 | 55.7k | 101.1k | 1.73 |
| 2050 | 5.40m | -48,309 | 47.8k | 88.9k | 1.70 |
| 2080 | 4.08m | -34,067 | 35.6k | 64.6k | 1.69 |
| 2100 | 3.53m | -25,871 | 28.9k | 51.2k | 1.68 |