Population decline has had a strong adverse impact on GDP growth since 2009 , with an average negative effect of around 0.9 percentage points per year. This corresponds to about 45 per cent of the average annual GDP growth rate from 2010 to 2021,..
The report of the Council of Ministers on the implementation of the "Demographic Development Strategy" in 2023 indicates that for the first time in 38 years, the ratio between population growth and decline in Bulgaria is almost zero. According to..
In 2023, there will be 68 pensioners per 100 insured workers in Bulgaria. By 2070, the ratio is expected to be 78 pensioners per 100 insured workers. This information comes from a 2024 report by the National Social Security Institute, which forecasts..
Although the country's natural growth rate has returned to pre-Covid-19 levels, the population in most municipalities in Bulgaria continues to decline , BNR reporter Natalia Ganchovska reports. The biggest decline is observed in the large..
There is no statistical and demographic indicator to determine when a nation is on its way to extinction, Magdalena Kostova, director of the Demographic Research Directorate at the National Statistical Institute explains . At different times in..
The country's population as of September 7, 2021, according to Census 2021 data, is 6 519 789 . Women are 3 383 527 (51.9%) and men 3 136 262 (48.1%). 73.3% of the population lives in urban areas and 19.5% in Sofia city and district. There is a..
Bulgaria is aware of the need to invest in human capital, President Rumen Radev said at a meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund Natalia Kanem. On December 1 and December..
In the new 2021, the 18th census of the population and housing stock in Bulgaria will take place. However, the Covid-19 crisis thwarted this activity, planned to be conducted between January 22 and February 15. Last month, parliament..
Mortality in Bulgaria after the 40 th week of 2020 has increased sharply, Magdalena Kostova, Head of the Demographic and Social Statistics Directorate at the National Statistical Institute said for BNR. In November, the weekly mortality rate..
Demographic catastrophe is the greatest risk to the survival of the nation and our main task is to break this negative trend , Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev told the students from the University of Forestry in Sofia. We need to develop a..
