Bulgaria: Natural Population Change Rate

An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.

Bulgaria

Latest value

· 2025

-7.70% Per 1,000 inhabitants

EU -1.74 · -6.0 pp vs Europe

European ranking

36 / 37

Recent trend

Open trend

Population

6.4M

Country population · 2025

Natural population change, defined as live births minus deaths, divided by the average population and expressed per 1,000 inhabitants.

No favorable direction is assigned; higher and lower values are interpreted descriptively.

· 2024 · 6 regions

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Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.

Reading guide

For this indicator, higher and lower values are interpreted descriptively and are not classified as more or less favourable.
The indicator is expressed per 1,000 inhabitants; changes between periods are interpreted on the same scale.
Temporal horizons are not fully consistent, so the trend interpretation should be treated with caution.