Editing Demographics of Bulgaria (section)

== Languages ==
{{main|Languages of Bulgaria}}
[[File:2021 Census Mother Tongue.png|left|thumb|273x273px|Municipalities by most spoken mother tongue (2021 census)]]
{{bar box
|float = left
|title = Monther Tongues of Bulgaria <br />(2021 census excl. undeclared population) <ref>https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/reports/result.jsf?x_2=2023</ref>
|bars =
{{bar percent|[[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]|DarkSlateGray|86.2}}
{{bar percent|[[Turkish language|Turkish]]|DarkSlateGray|8.8}}
{{bar percent|[[Romani language|Romani]]|DarkSlateGray|3.9}}
{{bar percent|others|DarkSlateGray|1.1}}
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+
'''Population of Bulgaria according to mother tongue 1880–1892'''
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! rowspan="2" | Mother<br />tongue
! colspan="2" | census 1880<ref>{{cite web |url=http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/en/lister.php?iid=DO-010000007&page=10 |title=ILib - Lister |access-date=2017-02-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204085456/http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/en/lister.php?iid=DO-010000007&page=10 |archive-date=4 February 2017}}</ref><ref>Kalionski, Alexei. Communities, Identities and Migrations in Southeast Europe Collected Articles. Anamnesis. {{ISBN|978-619-90188-4-2}}, p. 48</ref>
! colspan="2" | census 1887<ref>6.1 European population committee (CDPO) The demographic characteristics of national minorities in certain European States The demographic characteristics of the main ethnic/national minorities in Bulgaria CM(99)138 Addendum 2 (restricted) 27 October 1999</ref>
! colspan="2" | census 1892<ref>{{cite web |url=http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/en/lister.php?iid=DO-010000116&page=28 |title=ILib - Lister |access-date=2017-02-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204165949/http://statlib.nsi.bg:8181/en/lister.php?iid=DO-010000116&page=28 |archive-date=4 February 2017}}</ref>
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
! Number
! %
|-
| [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|1,345,507
| style="text-align:right;"|67.0
| style="text-align:right;"|2,326,250
| style="text-align:right;"|73.7
| style="text-align:right;"|2,505,326
| style="text-align:right;"|75.7
|-
| [[Oghuz languages|Turkish/Gagauz]]
| style="text-align:right;"|527,284
| style="text-align:right;"|26.3
| style="text-align:right;"|607,331
| style="text-align:right;"|19.3
| style="text-align:right;"|569,728
| style="text-align:right;"|17.2
|-
| "[[Romanian language|Vlach]]"
| style="text-align:right;"|49,070
| style="text-align:right;"|2.4
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[Romanian language|Romanian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|62,628
| style="text-align:right;"|1.9
|-
| [[Romani language|Roma]]
| style="text-align:right;"|37,600
| style="text-align:right;"|1.9
| style="text-align:right;"|50,291
| style="text-align:right;"|1.6
| style="text-align:right;"|52,132
| style="text-align:right;"|1.6
|-
| [[Ladino language|Ladino]]
| style="text-align:right;"|14,020
| style="text-align:right;"|0.7
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|27,531
| style="text-align:right;"|0.8
|-
| [[Tatar language|Tatar]]
| style="text-align:right;"|12,376
| style="text-align:right;"|0.6
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|16,290
| style="text-align:right;"|0.5
|-
| [[Greek language|Greek]]
| style="text-align:right;"|11,152
| style="text-align:right;"|0.6
| style="text-align:right;"|58,326
| style="text-align:right;"|1.8
| style="text-align:right;"|58,518
| style="text-align:right;"|1.8
|-
| [[Armenian language|Armenian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|3,837
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|6,445
| style="text-align:right;"|0.2
|-
| [[Serbo-Croatian language|Serbo-Croatian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|1,894
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[Serbian language|Serbian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|818
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[German language|German]]/[[Yiddish language|Yiddish]]
| style="text-align:right;"|1,280
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[German language|German]]
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|3,620
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[Russian language|Russian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|1,123
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|928
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[Albanian language|Albanian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|530
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[Italian language|Italian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|515
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|803
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|220
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[Czech language|Czech]]
| style="text-align:right;"|174
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[French language|French]]
| style="text-align:right;"|164
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|356
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[Arabic]]
| style="text-align:right;"|97
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[Polish language|Polish]]
| style="text-align:right;"|92
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[English language|English]]
| style="text-align:right;"|64
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[Circassian language|Circassian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|63
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| [[Persian language|Persian]]
| style="text-align:right;"|58
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| Others
| style="text-align:right;"|402
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|4,425
| style="text-align:right;"|
|-
| Unknown
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|
| style="text-align:right;"|1,165
| style="text-align:right;"|
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! style="text-align:left;"| Total
! colspan="2" | 2,007,919
! colspan="2" | 3 154 375
! colspan="2" | 3,310,713
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! style="text-align:left;"| Territory (km<sup>2</sup>)
! colspan="2" | 63,752
! colspan="2" | 95,223
! colspan="2" | 95,223
|}
The 2001 census defines an ethnic group as a "community of people, related to each other by origin and language, and close to each other by mode of life and culture"; and one's mother tongue as "the language a person speaks best and usually uses for communication in the family (household)".<ref name="culturalpolicies.net">{{cite web |author=Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe |title=Population by ethnic group and mother tongue, 2001 |url=http://www.culturalpolicies.net/web/bulgaria.php?aid=421 |access-date=2 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923211849/http://www.culturalpolicies.net/web/bulgaria.php?aid=421 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
According to the 2011 census, among the Bulgarians 99.4% indicate Bulgarian as a mother tongue, 0.3% - Turkish/Balkan gagauz, 0.1% - Roma and 0.1% others; among Turks 96.6% have pointed the Turkish/Balkan Gagauz as a mother tongue and 3.2% - Bulgarian; among the Roma 85% indicate Roma language as a mother tongue, 7.5% - Bulgarian, 6.7% - Turkish/Balkan gagauz and 0.6% - Romanian.