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.

• Primary Source

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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