Bulgaria’s population shrinking at alarming rate

According to the new Census, published by the National Statistics Institute on 5 April 2011, Bulgaria has lost 582,000 people over the last ten years. The EU newcomer, who has now 7,351,633 inhabitants, has lost 1.5 million of its population since 1985, a record in depopulation not just for the EU, but by global standards too.

Bulgaria, which had a population of almost nine million in 1985, now has almost the same number of inhabitants as in 1945 after World War II, the Bulgarian media writes.

National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria: Key indicators for Bulgaria http://www.nsi.bg/EPDOCS/KeyInd2011-04_en.pdf

ESO: Background information: Demography report 2010 http://www.europeansources.info/record/demography-report-2010-older-more-numerous-and-diverse-europeans/

ESO: Background Information: Older and more diverse / Active ageing to be the focus of the 2012 European Year http://www.europeansources.info/record/older-and-more-diverse-active-ageing-to-be-the-focus-of-the-2012-european-year/

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