Bulgarians in Bulgaria

Bulgarians are the main ethnic group in Bulgaria, according to the census of the population in 2024 they are 7,000,000 people, or 86% of the country's population.^[1]

Number and share

Censuses

Municipalities where Bulgarians represent a majority of the population, according to the census of the population in 2011 (red color).

Places where Bulgarians represent a majority of the population, according to the census of the population in 2011 (purple color).

Number and share of Bulgarians according to the census over the years:^[2]

Year	Share (in %)	Number
1900	77.1	2 888 219
1905	79.4	3 203 810
1910	81.1	3 518 756
1920	83.3	4 036 056
1926	83.2	4 557 706
1934	85.6	5 204 217
1946	84.0	5 903 580
1956	85.5	6 506 541
1965	87.9	7 231 243
1975	90.9	7 930 024
1992	85.7	7 271 185
2001	83.9	6 655 210
2011	76.9	5 664 624

Number and share of Bulgarians according to the census over the years by provinces:^[3][4]

Province	Number		Share (in %)
	2001	2011	2001	2011
Total	6,655,210	5,664,624	83.9	76.9
Blagoevgrad	286,491	251,097	83.97	77.60
Burgas	338,625	298,128	79.94	71.69
Dobrich	164,204	131,114	76.29	69.12
Gabrovo	131,494	106,406	91.23	86.71
Haskovo	224,757	180,541	80.99	73.31
Kardzhali	55,939	39,519	34.10	25.86
Kyustendil	152,644	121,351	93.91	88.78
Lovech	152,194	118,346	89.55	83.68
Montana	157,507	123,820	86.41	83.60
Pazardzhik	261,260	206,110	84.08	74.80
Pernik	145,642	120,929	97.20	90.55
Pleven	280,475	219,612	89.90	81.41
Plovdiv	621,338	540,303	86.80	79.10
Razgrad	67,069	49,229	44.00	39.32
Ruse	213,408	176,413	80.18	74.98
Shumen	123,084	99,446	60.22	55.08
Silistra	84,178	64,050	59.28	53.60
Sliven	163,188	132,697	74.69	67.19
Smolyan	122,806	86,847	87.67	71.33
Sofia	253,536	210,974	92.78	85.24
Sofia City	1,124,240	1,136,433	96.01	87.98
Stara Zagora	319,379	265,618	86.17	79.70
Targovishte	76,294	58,371	55.41	48.31
Varna	393,884	371,048	85.25	78.10
Veliko Tarnovo	259,099	211,353	88.37	81.76
Vidin	118,543	86,802	91.13	85.92
Vratsa	223,692	151,183	92.04	80.91
Yambol	140,240	106,884	89.85	81.31

See also

• Demographics of Bulgaria