Editing Demographics of Bulgaria (section)

==Demographic statistics==

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review.<ref name=WPR2018>{{citation|url=http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/bulgaria-population/|title=Bulgaria Population 2018|website=World Population Review}}</ref>

*One birth every 8 minutes
*One death every 5 minutes
*One net migrant every 111 minutes
*Net loss of one person every 11 minutes

Demographic statistics according to the [[CIA World Factbook]], unless otherwise indicated.<ref name ="cia.gov">{{citation|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bulgaria/|title=World Factbook EUROPE : BULGARIA|work=[[The World Factbook]]|date=12 July 2018}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

;Population:
:6,519,789 (Sept 2021 cens)
:6,919,180 (July 2021 est.)
:7,057,504 (July 2018 est.)

;Ethnic groups:
:Bulgarian 76.9%, Turkish/Balkan Gagauz 8%, Romani 4.4%, other 0.7% (including Russian, Armenian, and Vlach), other (unknown) 10% (2011 est.)
:note: Romani populations are usually underestimated in official statistics and may represent 9–11% of Bulgaria's population

;Languages:
:Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Balkan Gagauz 8.2%, Romani 3.8%, other 0.7%, unspecified 10.5% (2011 est.)

;Religions:
:Eastern Orthodox 59.4%, Muslim 7.8%, other (including Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Jewish) 1.7%, none 3.7%, unspecified 27.4% (2011 est.)

;Age structure:
[[File:Bulgariapop-1950.svg|thumb|upright=2.15|Population pyramid of Bulgaria by age and sex in 1950]]
:''0-14 years:'' 14.52% (male 520,190 /female 491,506)
:''15-24 years:'' 9,4% (male 340,306 /female 312,241)
:''25-54 years:''42.87% (male 1,538,593 /female 1,448,080)
:''55-64:'' 13.15% (male 433,943 /female 482,784)
:''65 years and over:'' 20.06% (male 562,513 /female 835,065) (2020 est.)

:''0-14 years:'' 14.6% (male 530,219 /female 500,398)
:''15-24 years:'' 9.43% (male 346,588 /female 318,645)
:''25-54 years:'' 43.12% (male 1,565,770 /female 1,477,719)
:''55-64 years:'' 13.3% (male 442,083 /female 496,888)
:''65 years and over:'' 19.54% (male 557,237 /female 821,957) (2018 est.)

;Median age:
:total: 43.7 years. Country comparison to the world: 20
:male: 41.9 years
:female: 45.6 years (2020 est.)
:total: 43 years. Country comparison to the world: 22nd
:male: 41.2 years
:female: 44.9 years (2018 est.)

;Birth rate:
:8.15 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 218th
:8.5 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 215th
[[File:Bulgariapop.svg|thumb|upright=2.15|Population pyramid of Bulgaria in 2017]]
;Death rate:
:14.52 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 3rd
:14.5 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 4th

;Total fertility rate:
:1.49 children born/woman (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world:204th
:1.47 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 201st

;Net migration rate:
:-0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country compy to the world:115

;Population growth rate:
:-0.67% (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 229th

;Mother's mean age at first birth:
:27.1 years (2017 est.)

;[[Dependency ratio]]s:
:total dependency ratio: 56.6 (2020 est.)
:youth dependency ratio: 23 (2020 est.)
:elderly dependency ratio: 33.6 (2020 est.)
:[[potential support ratio]]: 3 (2020 est.)

;Urbanization:
:urban population: 75.7% of total population (2020)
.rate of urbanization: -0.22% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
:potential support ratio: 3.3 (2015 est.)
[[File:Bias in Bulgaria.jpg|thumb|upright=2.8|Bias among ethnic groups in Bulgaria]]
;Life expectancy at birth:
:total population: 75.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 122th
:male: 72.08 years
:female: 78.73 years (2021 est.)

;Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
:total population: 98.4%
:male: 98.7%
:female: 98.1% (2015 est.)

;School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
:total: 14 years
:male: 14 years
:female: 14 years (2016)

;Unemployment, youth ages 15–24:
:total: 12.7%. Country comparison to the world: 108th
:male: 13.2%
:female: 13.9% (2018 est.)

=== Sex ratio ===
Of the total 7,364,570 as of 2011, 3,586,571 are [[male]]s and 3,777,999 are [[female]]s, or there are 1,053 women for every 1,000 men.