The population of northern Bulgaria is decreasing seven times faster compared to the population in the southern parts of the country, according to Petar Ivanov, Professor in Social Psychology. Ivanov ...

The National Statistical Institute (NSI) has released comprehensive data shedding light on Bulgaria's demographic dynamics in 2023, revealing both encouraging trends and persistent challenges in the ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s population has declined by 11.5% in the past decade, according to first results from the 2021 census. The National Statistical Institute said that the nation has ...

Bulgaria has lost 582,000 people over the last ten years, a nationwide census has revealed. The EU newcomer, who has now 7,351,633 inhabitants, has lost 1.5 million of its population since 1985, a ...

The population of Bulgaria has dropped by half a million people over the past decade, making it the European Union candidate country with the biggest population decline. Part of the problem is a ...

Bulgaria’s population has declined by 11.5 percent over the past decade, according to preliminary census results. The population fell by more than 844,000 people, from 7.3 million to 6.5 million ...

First census results show the sharp drop in Bulgaria's population is continuing – with low birth rate, high death rate and migration as key factors behind the country’s demographic decline. A child ...

There is no morning rush to clock on these days at the Gotse Delchev electronics factory - one of the last bastions of Soviet-era industry in Bulgaria. Once it had 5,000 workers - now there are just ...

Bulgaria is projected to have the fastest-shrinking population in the world. It's already lost a fifth of its population since the 1990s. But what does this mean for those who remain? Deep in the ...

It was the gripping decay of airports, schools, and businesses that once stood as pillars of prosperity that grabbed Bulgarian-born photojournalist Yana Paskova. After the fall of the Berlin wall and ...