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Bulgaria

Official name:

the Republic of Bulgaria

Native name:

България

Capital:

Sofia

ISO country code

BG

Nat. statistical agency:

National Statistical Institute

Population (2009-07-01):

7,204,687 (CIA)

Area:

110,910 sq.km.

Region:

Eastern Europe

Census Results

1887-12-31 : 3,154,375
1892-12-31 : 3,310,713
1900-12-31 : 3,744,283
1905-12-31 : 4,035,575
1910-12-31 : 4,337,513
1920-12-31 : 4,846,971
1926-12-31 : 5,528,741
1934-12-31 : 6,077,939
1946-12-31 : 7,029,349
1956-12-01 : 7,613,709
1965-12-01 : 8,227,866
1975-12-01 : 8,727,771
1985-12-04 : 8,948,649
1992-12-04 : 8,487,317
2001-03-01 : 7,932,984

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Bulgaria

Administrative units

oblast (district)	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2001-03-01 census	population 2009-12-31 estimate
source: National Statistical Institute, Bulgaria. note: alternative spellings have: h= kh, j = zh, y = i, s = z.
Oblast Blagoevgrad	Blagoevgrad	6,501	341,245	327,885
Oblast Burgas	Burgas	7,750	423,608	422,319
Oblast Dobrich	Dobrich	4,737	215,232	199,705
Oblast Gabrovo	Gabrovo	2,023	144,150	130,001
Oblast Haskovo	Haskovo	5,534	277,483	256,408
Oblast Kardzhali	Kardzhali	3,209	164,019	154,719
Oblast Kyustendil	Kyustendil	3,051	162,622	145,577
Oblast Lovech	Lovech	4,128	169,951	151,153
Oblast Montana	Montana	3,592	182,267	155,899
Oblast Pazardzhik	Pazardzhik	4,449	310,741	290,614
Oblast Pernik	Pernik	2,393	149,856	136,249
Oblast Pleven	Pleven	4,625	329,097	290,589
Oblast Plovdiv	Plovdiv	6,176	715,904	701,684
Oblast Razgrad	Razgrad	2,638	152,417	132,740
Oblast Ruse	Ruse	2,830	266,213	249,144
Oblast Shumen	Shumen	3,389	204,395	194,090
Oblast Silistra	Silistra	2,846	142,003	127,659
Oblast Sliven	Sliven	3,544	218,474	204,887
Oblast Smolyan	Smolyan	3,192	140,067	124,795
Oblast Sofia	Sofia	7,067	273,252	253,010
Oblast Sofia (stolitsa)	Sofia	1,345	1,173,988	1,249,798
Oblast Stara Zagora	Stara Zagora	5,150	370,665	350,925
Oblast Targovishte	Targovishte	2,559	137,689	129,675
Oblast Varna	Varna	3,818	462,218	465,465
Oblast Veliko Tarnovo	Veliko Tarnovo	4,660	293,294	275,395
Oblast Vidin	Vidin	3,032	130,094	108,067
Oblast Vratsa	Vratsa	3,618	225,960	196,829
Oblast Yambol	Yambol	3,356	156,080	138,429
total		111,212	7,932,984	7,563,710

Main cities

name	population 2001-03-01 census	population 2009-12-31 estimate
Sofia	1,173,988	1,249,798
Plovdiv	338,302	348,465
Varna	320,668	329,173
Burgas	209,479	206,343
Ruse	178,435	175,210
Stara Zagora	167,708	164,472
Pleven	149,174	138,095
Sliven	136,148	128,249
Pazardzhik	127,918	121,366
Shumen	104,473	101,597
Haskovo	99,181	96,499
Pernik	104,626	95,998
Dobrich	100,000	92,672
Veliko Tarnovo	90,504	88,724
Yambol	82,656	77,174
Blagoevgrad	78,175	76,605
Kazanlak	81,536	76,447
Vratsa	85,218	75,842
Kardzhali	69,830	68,535
Gabrovo	74,949	67,501
Vidin	77,500	66,126
Asenovgrad	67,238	65,222
Kyustendil	70,607	62,949
Targovishte	60,890	60,497
Dimitrovgrad	64,857	56,882
Montana	61,430	56,086
Petrich	57,717	55,877
Silistra	61,942	54,885
Razgrad	58,874	54,720
Karlovo	70,284	54,459
Lovech	62,162	53,578
source: National Statistical Institute, Bulgaria.

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