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According to Eurostat 1,071,590 Bulgarians have emigrated to different European countries

The largest number of Bulgarians in Europe at the beginning of January, 2020 lived in Germany – 342,000, which is equal to the population of the city of Plovdiv. 259, 000 lived in Great Britain or 50,000 more than the entire population of Burgas. The number of Bulgarians living in Spain was 122,000, the population of the whole region of Lovech.In Greece the number of Bulgarian emigrants is 72,000, comparable to the population of Blagoevgrad. In Italy the number of Bulgarians was over 56,000, and in Belgium – over 40,000, shows a graph by economist Georgi Angelov published by 24 Chasa newspaper. The figures are based on Eurostat statistics. 



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