Editing Demographics of Bulgaria (section)

==Vital statistics==

===Vital Statistics 1875 to 1899===
The [[total fertility rate]] is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: [[Our World in Data]] and [[Gapminder Foundation]].<ref name="ourworldindata.org">{{citation|url=https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/children-born-per-woman?year=1850&country=BGR|title=Total Fertility Rate around the world over the last centuries|author=Max Roser|date=2014|work=[[Our World in Data]], [[Gapminder Foundation]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1875!!1876!!1877!!1878!!1879!!1880<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/>
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in Bulgaria||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.16|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.05 ||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.95||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.84||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.73||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.62
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1881!!1882!!1883!!1884!!1885!!1886!!1887!!1888!!1889!!1890<ref name="ourworldindata.org"/>
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in Bulgaria||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.52|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.92 ||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.16||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.16||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.04||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.37||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.15||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.05||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.92||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.7
|}
{| class="wikitable " style="text-align:right"
|-
! Years !! 1891!!1892!!1893!!1894!!1895!!1896!!1897!!1898!!1899
|-
| align="left"|Total Fertility Rate in Bulgaria||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.24|| style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.82 ||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|4.69||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.09||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.45||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.55||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.7||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.28||style="text-align:right; color:blue;"|5.45
|}

=== Vital statistics 1900 to present ===
<ref name="ourworldindata.org" /><ref>B.R. Mitchell. European historical statistics, 1750–1975.</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Demographic Yearbook 1948|publisher=Statistical Office of the United Nations|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dybsets/1948%20DYB.pdf|access-date=20 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53 |title=National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria |access-date=10 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731172424/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53 |archive-date=31 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Home &#124; National statistical institute |url=https://www.nsi.bg/en |website=www.nsi.bg}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=National Center of Public Health and Analyses |url=https://ncpha.government.bg/en |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429202908/https://ncpha.government.bg/en/ |archive-date=29 April 2021 |access-date=18 April 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/reports/result.jsf?x_2=1089 infostat.nsi.bg, visited 18 december 2023]</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|-
!
! style="width:80pt;"|Average population
! style="width:80pt;"|Live births
! style="width:80pt;"|Deaths
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change (per 1000)
!Crude migration rate (per 1000)
!Total fertility rates{{refn|group=fn|In fertility rates, 2.1 and above is a stable population and has been marked blue, 2 and below leads to an aging population and the result is that the population decreases.}}
|-
| 1900
| style="text-align:right;" style="color:red;"| 3,710,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 157,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 84,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 73,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 42.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.7
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.67
|-
| 1901
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,740,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 141,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 87,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 54,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 37.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.4
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.70
|-
| 1902
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,800,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 149,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 91,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 58,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 39.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.3
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.73
|-
| 1903
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,850,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 159,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 88,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 71,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.4
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.76
|-
| 1904
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,910,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 167,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 84,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 83,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 42.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.2
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.80
|-
| 1905
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,000,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 174,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 87,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 87,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.8
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.83
|-
| 1906
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,100,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 179,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 91,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 88,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.5
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.77
|-
| 1907
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,150,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 180,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 92,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 88,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.2
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.72
|-
| 1908
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,200,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 169,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 102,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 67,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 40.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 16.0
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.66
|-
| 1909
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,280,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 173,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 113,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 60,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 40.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 26.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.0
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.6
|-
| 1910
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,350,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 180,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 100,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 80,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.4
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.55
|-
| 1911
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,400,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 176,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 94,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 82,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 40.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.6
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.52
|-
| 1912
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,430,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 185,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 91,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 94,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 20.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.2
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.48
|-
| 1913
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,200,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 108,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 122,000
|  style="text-align:right; color:red;"|  -14,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 29.0
|  style="text-align:right; color:red;"| -3.3
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.45
|-
| 1914
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,240,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 191,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 88,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 103,000
| style="color: blue" | 45.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 20.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.3
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.42
|-
| 1915
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,280,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 172,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 85,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 87,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 40.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 20.3
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.39
|-
|1916
|4,660,000
|99,000
|97,000
|2,000
|21.2
|20.8
|0.4
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.38
|-
|1917
|4,690,000
|81,000
|99,000
| style="color:red;" | -18,000
|17.3
|21.1
| style="color:red;" | -3.8
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.37
|-
|1918
|4,740,000
|100,000
| style="color:red;" | 152,000
| style="color:red;" | -52,000
|21.1
|32.1
| style="color:red;" | -11.0
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.36
|-
|1919
|4,790,000
|157,000
|97,000
|60,000
|32.8
|20.3
|12.5
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.35
|-
|1920
|4,850,000
|193,000
|104,000
|89,000
|39.8
|21.4
|18.4
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.35
|-
|1921
|4,890,000
|197,000
|106,000
|91,000
|40.3
|21.7
|18.6
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.27
|-
|1922
|5,010,000
|203,000
|106,000
|97,000
|40.5
|21.2
|19.4
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.19
|-
|1923
|5,090,000
|192,000
|108,000
|84,000
|37.7
|21.2
|16.5
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.11
|-
|1924
|5,210,000
| style="color:blue;" | 207,000
|108,000
|99,000
|39.7
|20.7
|19.0
|
| style="color:blue;" | 5.03
|-
|1925
|5,310,000
|196,000
|102,000
|94,000
|36.9
|19.2
|17.7
|
| style="color:blue;" | 4.94
|-
|1926
|5,420,000
|203,000
|93,000
|110,000
|37.5
|17.2
|20.3
|
| style="color:blue;" | 4.80
|-
|1927
|5,510,000
|183,000
|112,000
|71,000
|33.2
|20.3
|12.9
|
| style="color:blue;" | 4.65
|-
|1928
|5,590,000
|185,000
|99,000
|86,000
|33.1
|17.7
|15.4
|
| style="color:blue;" | 4.50
|-
|1929
|5,670,000
|173,000
|103,000
|70,000
|30.5
|18.2
|12.3
|
| style="color:blue;" | 4.36
|-
|1930
|5,740,000
|180,000
|93,000
|87,000
|31.4
|16.2
|15.2
|
| style="color:blue;" | 4.05
|-
|1931
|5,800,000
|171,000
|98,000
|73,000
|29.5
|16.9
|12.6
|
| style="color:blue;" | 3.80
|-
|1932
|5,884,000
|186,000
|96,000
|90,000
|31.6
|16.3
|15.3
|
| style="color:blue;" | 4.07
|-
|1933
|5,961,000
|174,000
|93,000
|81,000
|29.2
|15.6
|13.6
|
| style="color:blue;" | 3.76
|-
|1934
|6,039,000
|181,795
|85,046
|96,749
|30.1
|14.1
|16.0
|
| style="color:blue;" | 3.88
|-
|1935
|6,102,000
|160,951
|89,086
|71,865
|26.4
|14.6
|11.8
|
| style="color:blue;" | 3.39
|-
|1936
|6,154,000
|159,146
|87,723
|71,423
|25.9
|14.3
|11.6
|
| style="color:blue;" | 3.33
|-
|1937
|6,196,000
|150,771
|84,674
|66,097
|24.3
|13.7
|10.7
|
| style="color:blue;" | 3.12
|-
|1938
|6,244,000
|142,415
|85,373
|57,042
|22.8
|13.7
|9.1
|
| style="color:blue;" | 2.92
|-
|1939
|6,292,000
|138,883
|84,150
|54,733
|22.1
|13.4
|8.7
|
| style="color:blue;" | 2.81
|-
|1940
|6,341,000
|140,564
|85,046
|55,518
|22.2
|13.4
|8.8
|
| style="color:blue;" | 2.84
|-
|1941
|6,715,100
|147,293
|85,011
|62,282
|21.9
|12.7
|9.3
|
| style="color:blue;" | 2.80
|-
|1942
|6,771,100
|153,272
|88,082
|65,190
|22.6
|13.0
|9.6
| -1,4
| style="color:blue;" | 2.91
|-
|1943
|6,827,600
|148,840
|88,386
|60,454
|21.8
|13.0
|8.9
| -0.6
| style="color:blue;" | 2.79
|-
|1944
|6,884,600
|151,013
|94,082
|56,931
|22.0
|13.7
|8.3
|0
| style="color:blue;" | 2.83
|-
|1945
|6,942,200
|166,960
|103,591
|63,369
|24.1
|14.9
|9.1
| -0.8
| style="color:blue;" | 3.09
|-
|1946
|7,000,200
|179,226
|95,799
|83,427
|25.6
|13.7
|11.9
| -3.7
| style="color:blue;" | 3.29
|-
|1947
|7,063,700
|169,501
|94,395
|75,106
|24.0
|13.4
|10.7
| -1.7
| style="color:blue;" | 3.06
|-
|1948
|7,130,100
|175,771
|89,927
|85,844
|24.7
|12.6
|12.0
| -2.8
| style="color:blue;" | 3.16
|-
|1949
|7,195,100
|177,734
|84,675
|93,059
|24.7
|11.8
|12.9
| -3.9
| style="color:blue;" | 3.17
|-
|1950
|7,251,000
|182,571
|74,134
|108,437
|25.2
|10.2
|15.0
| -7.3
| style="color:blue;" | 2.94
|-
|1951
|7,258,200
|152,803
|77,364
|75,439
|21.1
|10.7
|10.4
| -9.4
| style="color:blue;" | 2.45
|-
|1952
|7,274,900
|154,014
|84,254
|69,760
|21.2
|11.6
|9.6
| -7.3
| style="color:blue;" | 2.44
|-
|1953
|7,346,100
|153,220
|68,055
|85,165
|20.9
|9.3
|11.6
| -1.9
| style="color:blue;" | 2.41
|-
|1954
|7,423,300
|149,902
|68,384
|81,518
|20.2
|9.2
|11.0
| -0.6
| style="color:blue;" | 2.36
|-
|1955
|7,499,400
|150,978
|67,960
|83,018
|20.1
|9.1
|11.1
| -0.9
| style="color:blue;" | 2.41
|-
|1956
|7,575,800
|147,910
|71,153
|76,757
|19.5
|9.4
|10.1
|0
| style="color:blue;" | 2.36
|-
|1957
|7,651,300
|141,035
|65,807
|75,228
|18.4
|8.6
|9.8
|0
| style="color:blue;" | 2.26
|-
|1958
|7,727,600
|138,294
| style="color:blue;" | 60,734
|77,560
|17.9
|7.9
|10.0
| -0,2
| style="color:blue;" | 2.23
|-
|1959
|7,797,800
|136,892
|73,850
|63,042
|17.5
|9.4
|8.1
|0.9
| style="color:blue;" | 2.23
|-
|1960
|7,867,374
|140,082
|63,665
|76,417
|17.8
|8.1
|9.7
| -0.9
| style="color:blue;" | 2.31
|-
|1961
|7,943,118
|137,861
|62,562
|75,299
|17.4
|7.9
|9.5
|0.1
| style="color:blue;" | 2.29
|-
|1962
|8,012,946
|134,148
|69,640
|64,508
|16.7
|8.7
|8.1
|0.7
| style="color:blue;" | 2.24
|-
|1963
|8,078,145
|132,143
|66,057
|66,086
|16.4
|8.2
|8.2
| -0.1
| style="color:blue;" | 2.21
|-
|1964
|8,144,340
|130,958
|64,479
|66,479
|16.1
|7.9
|8.2
|0
| style="color:blue;" | 2.19
|-
|1965
|8,204,168
|125,791
|66,970
|58,821
|15.3
|8.2
|7.2
|0.1
|2.09
|-
|1966
|8,258,057
|123,039
|68,366
|54,673
|14.9
|8.3
|6.6
| -0.1
|2.03
|-
|1967
|8,310,226
|124,582
|74,696
|49,886
|15.0
|9.0
|6.0
|0.3
|2.02
|-
|1968
|8,369,603
|141,460
|72,176
|69,284
|16.9
|8.6
|8.3
| -1.2
| style="color:blue;" | 2.27
|-
|1969
|8,434,172
|143,060
|80,183
|62,877
|17.0
|9.5
|7.5
|0.2
| style="color:blue;" | 2.27
|-
|1970
|8,489,574
|138,745
|77,095
|61,650
|16.3
|9.1
|7.3
| -0.7
| style="color:blue;" | 2.17
|-
|1971
|8,536,395
|135,422
|82,805
|52,617
|15.9
|9.7
|6.2
| -0.7
| style="color:blue;" | 2.10
|-
|1972
|8,576,200
|131,316
|84,174
|47,142
|15.3
|9.8
|5.5
| -0.9
|2.03
|-
|1973
|8,620,967
|139,713
|81,470
|58,243
|16.2
|9.5
|6.8
| -1.6
| style="color:blue;" | 2.15
|-
|1974
|8,678,745
|149,196
|85,239
|63,957
|17.2
|9.8
|7.4
| -0.7
| style="color:blue;" | 2.29
|-
|1975
|8,720,742
|144,668
|89,974
|54,694
|16.6
|10.3
|6.3
| -1.5
| style="color:blue;" | 2.23
|-
|1976
|8,758,599
|144,929
|88,348
|56,581
|16.5
|10.1
|6.5
| -2.1
| style="color:blue;" | 2.24
|-
|1977
|8,804,183
|141,702
|94,362
|47,340
|16.1
|10.7
|5.4
| -0.2
| style="color:blue;" | 2.21
|-
|1978
|8,814,032
|136,442
|92,445
|43,997
|15.5
|10.5
|5.0
| -3.9
| style="color:blue;" | 2.15
|-
|1979
|8,825,940
|135,358
|94,403
|40,955
|15.3
|10.7
|4.6
| -3.3
| style="color:blue;" | 2.16
|-
|1980
|8,861,535
|128,190
|97,950
|30,240
|14.5
|11.1
|3.4
|0.6
|2.05
|-
|1981
|8,891,117
|124,372
|95,441
|28,931
|14.0
|10.7
|3.3
|0.1
|2.00
|-
|1982
|8,917,457
|124,166
|100,293
|23,873
|13.9
|11.2
|2.7
|0.3
|2.01
|-
|1983
|8,939,738
|122,993
|102,182
|20,811
|13.8
|11.4
|2.3
|0.2
|2.01
|-
|1984
|8,960,679
|122,303
|101,419
|20,884
|13.6
|11.3
|2.3
|0
|2.01
|-
|1985
|8,960,547
|118,955
|107,485
|11,470
|13.3
|12.0
|1.3
| -1.3
|1.97
|-
|1986
|8,958,171
|120,078
|104,039
|16,039
|13.4
|11.6
|1.8
| -2.1
|2.02
|-
|1987
|8,971,359
|116,672
|107,213
|9,459
|13.0
|12.0
|1.1
|0.4
|1.96
|-
|1988
| style="color:blue;" | 8,981,446
|117,440
|107,385
|10,055
|13.1
|12.0
|1.1
|0
|1.97
|-
|1989
|8,876,972
|112,289
|106,902
|5,387
|12.6
|12.0
|0.6
| -12.2
|1.90
|-
|1990
|8,718,289
|105,180
|108,608
| style="color:red;" | -3,428
|12.1
|12.5
| style="color:red;" | -0.4
| -17.5
|1.82
|-
|1991
|8,632,367
|95,910
|110,423
| style="color:red;" | -14,513
|11.1
|12.8
| style="color:red;" | -1.7
| -8.2
|1.66
|-
|1992
|8,540,164
|89,134
|107,998
| style="color:red;" | -18,864
|10.4
|12.6
| style="color:red;" | -2.2
| -8.5
|1.55
|-
|1993
|8,472,313
|84,400
|109,540
| style="color:red;" | -25,140
|10.0
|12.9
| style="color:red;" | -3.0
| -7.7
|1.46
|-
|1994
|8,443,591
|79,442
|111,827
| style="color:red;" | -32,385
|9.4
|13.2
| style="color:red;" | -3.8
|0.4
|1.37
|-
|1995
|8,406,067
|71,967
|114,670
| style="color:red;" | -42,703
|8.6
|13.6
| style="color:red;" | -5.1
|0.6
|1.23
|-
|1996
|8,362,826
|72,188
|117,056
| style="color:red;" | -44,868
|8.6
|14.0
| style="color:red;" | -5.4
|0.2
|1.23
|-
|1997
|8,312,068
|64,125
|121,861
| style="color:red;" | -57,736
|7.7
|14.7
| style="color:red;" | -6.9
|0.8
| style="color:red;" | 1.09
|-
|1998
|8,256,786
|65,361
|118,190
| style="color:red;" | -52,829
|7.9
|14.3
| style="color:red;" | -6.4
| -0.3
|1.11
|-
|1999
|8,210,624
|72,290
|111,786
| style="color:red;" | -39,496
|8.8
|13.6
| style="color:red;" | -4.8
| -0.8
|1.23
|-
|2000
|8,170,172
|73,679
|115,087
| style="color:red;" | -41,408
|9.0
|14.1
| style="color:red;" | -5.1
|0.1
|1.26
|-
|2001
|8,009,142
|68,180
|112,368
| style="color:red;" | -44,188
|8.5
|14.0
| style="color:red;" | -5.5
| -26.0
|1.21
|-
|2002
|7,837,161
|66,499
|112,617
| style="color:red;" | -46,118
|8.5
|14.4
| style="color:red;" | -5.9
| -2.7
|1.23
|-
|2003
|7,775,327
|67,359
|111,927
| style="color:red;" | -44,568
|8.7
|14.4
| style="color:red;" | -5.7
|0
|1.26
|-
|2004
|7,716,860
|69,886
|110,110
| style="color:red;" | -40,224
|9.1
|14.3
| style="color:red;" | -5.2
|0
|1.33
|-
|2005
|7,658,972
|71,075
|113,374
| style="color:red;" | -42,299
|9.3
|14.8
| style="color:red;" | -5.5
|0
|1.37
|-
|2006
|7,601,022
|73,978
|113,438
| style="color:red;" | -39,460
|9.7
|14.9
| style="color:red;" | -5.2
|0
|1.44
|-
|2007
|7,545,338
|75,349
|113,004
| style="color:red;" | -37,655
|10.0
|15.0
| style="color:red;" | -5.0
| -0.2
|1.49
|-
|2008
|7,492,561
|77,712
|110,523
| style="color:red;" | -32,811
|10.4
|14.8
| style="color:red;" | -4.4
| -0.1
|1.56
|-
|2009
|7,444,443
|80,956
|108,068
| style="color:red;" | -27,112
|10.9
|14.5
| style="color:red;" | -3.6
| -2.1
|1.66
|-
|2010
|7,395,599
|75,513
|110,165
| style="color:red;" | -34,652
|10.2
|14.9
| style="color:red;" | -4.7
| -3.2
|1.57
|-
|2011
|7,348,328
|70,846
|108,258
| style="color:red;" | -37,412
|9.6
|14.7
| style="color:red;" | -5.1
| -18.7
|1.51
|-
|2012
|7,305,888
|69,121
|109,281
| style="color:red;" | -40,160
|9.5
|15.0
| style="color:red;" | -5.5
| -0.3
|1.50
|-
|2013
|7,160,005
|66,578
|104,345
| style="color:red;" | -37,767
|9.3
|14.6
| style="color:red;" | -5.3
| -0.2
|1.54
|-
|2014
|7,073,572
|67,585
|108,952
| style="color:red;" | -41,367
|9.6
|15.4
| style="color:red;" | -5.8
| -0.3
|1.62
|-
|2015<ref>{{cite web |title=Population and demographic processes in 2015 |url=https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Population2015_en_CV8W6X5.pdf}}</ref>
|6,984,225
|65,950
|110,117
| style="color:red;" | -44,167
|9.4
|15.8
| style="color:red;" | -6.3
| -0.6
|1.64
|-
|2016<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population and demographic processes in 2016 |url=https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Population2016_en_722R06L.pdf}}</ref>
|6,894,139
|64,984
|107,580
| style="color:red;" | -42,596
|9.4
|15.6
| style="color:red;" | -6.2
| -1.3
|1.67
|-
|2017<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population and demographic processes in 2017 |url=https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Population2017_en_R5PBSJP.pdf}}</ref>
|6,803,468
|63,955
|109,791
| style="color:red;" | -45,836
|9.4
|16.1
| style="color:red;" | -6.7
| -0.8
|1.71
|-
|2018<ref>{{cite web |title=Population and demographic processes in 2018 |url=https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Population2018_en_ZG7X53J.pdf}}</ref>
|6,710,798
|62,197
|108,526
| style="color:red;" | -46,329
|9.3
|16.2
| style="color:red;" | -6.9
| -0.5
|1.73
|-
|2019<ref>{{cite web |title=Population and demographic processes in 2019 |url=https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Population2019_en_XE8MEZL.pdf}}</ref>
|6,616,726
|61,538
|108,083
| style="color:red;" | -46,545
|9.3
|16.3
| style="color:red;" | -7.0
| -0.3
|1.79
|-
|2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Population and demographic processes in 2020 |url=https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Population2020_en_IVGTQG5.pdf}}</ref>
|6,550,696
|59,086
|124,735
| style="color:red;" | -65,649
|9.0
|19.0
| style="color:red;" | -10.0
|4.4
|1.77
|-
|2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Population and demographic processes in 2021 |url=https://nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Population2021_en_6IY8TD4.pdf |access-date=29 April 2022 |publisher=National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria}}</ref>
|6,507,301
|58,678
|148,995
| style="color:red;" | -90,317
|9.0
|22.9
| style="color:red;" | -13.9
|1.8
|1.80
|-
|2022<ref>{{cite web |title=Population and demographic processes in 2022 |url=https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Population2022_en_3C3NKZD.pdf}}</ref>
|6,447,710
|56,596
|118,814
| style="color:red;" | -62,218
|8.8
|18.4
| style="color:red;" | -9.6
| -48.1
|1.78
|-
|2023<ref>{{cite web |title=TOTAL FERTILITY RATE BY STATISTICAL REGIONS, DISTRICTS AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE 2023 |url=https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Population2023_ZYBLHGJ.pdf}}</ref>
|6,445,481
|57,197
|101,006
| style="color:red;" | -43,809
|8.9
|15.7
| style="color:red;" | -6.8
|6.4
|1.81
|-
|2024<ref>{{cite web |title=TOTAL FERTILITY RATE BY STATISTICAL REGIONS, DISTRICTS AND PLACE OF RESIDENCE 2024 |url=https://www.nsi.bg/sites/default/files/files/pressreleases/Population2024_en_F59F6N4.pdf}}</ref>
|6,437,360
| style="color:red;" | 53,428
|100,736
| style="color:red;" | -47,308
|8.3
|15.6
| style="color:red;" | -7.3
|6.0
|1.72
|}

===Current vital statistics===
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ncpha.government.bg/index/163-jivorodeni-murtvorodeni-i-umreli.html?lang=bg|title=Живородени, мъртвородени и умрели|website=ncpha.government.bg}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January - March 2024'''
| 11,772
| 24,741
| -12,969
|-
| '''January - March 2025'''
| 11,082
| 25,842
| -14,760
|-
| '''Difference'''
|{{decrease}} -690 (-5.86%)
|{{increasenegative}} +1,101 (+4.45%)
|{{decrease}} -1,791
|}

===Total fertility rates by region===
{{Main article|#Present day}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ 2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Total fertility rate by NUTS 2 region |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tgs00100/default/table |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=ec.europa.eu}}</ref><ref name="TFR NSI"/>
!Regions
!TFR
|-
|[[Yugoiztochen Planning Region|Yugoiztochen]]
|2.03
|-
|[[Severozapaden Planning Region|Severozapaden]]
|1.91
|-
|[[Yuzhen Tsentralen Planning Region|Yuzhen tsentralen]]
|1.75
|-
|[[Severoiztochen Planning Region|Severoiztochen]]
|1.63
|-
|[[Severen Tsentralen Planning Region|Severen tsentralen]]
|1.62
|-
|[[Yugozapaden Planning Region|Yugozapaden]]
|1.55
|-
!{{Flag|Bulgaria}}
!1.72
|}