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🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3BGR
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2BG
UN M49 numeric100
IOC codeBUL
Official nameRepublic of Bulgaria
Native name(s)bul: official: Република България; common: България
Alt spellingsBG, Republic of Bulgaria, Република България
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionSoutheast Europe
UN regional groupEastern European Group
CapitalSofia
Area (km²)110,879
Lat / Lng43.0000, 25.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)GRC, MKD, ROU, SRB, TUR
Top-level domain.bg
Calling coderoot: +3; suffixes: 59

Demographics

Population (World Bank)6,433,302 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)75.761 (2024)
Languagesbul: Bulgarian
Demonymseng: f: Bulgarian; m: Bulgarian; fra: f: Bulgare; m: Bulgare
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)130,777,235,529.606 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)20,328.167 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)3.536 (2025)
CurrenciesEUR: name: Euro; symbol: €

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19507,248,511
19517,314,435
19527,361,952
19537,415,922
19547,476,269
19557,533,654
19567,587,166
19577,649,539
19587,724,891
19597,794,173
19607,862,926
19617,938,300
19628,008,325
19638,073,731
19648,140,084
19658,202,416
19668,258,785
19678,311,124
19688,370,638
19698,435,276
19708,490,825
19718,538,898
19728,579,913
19738,624,800
19748,682,755
19758,723,148
19768,759,438
19778,804,686
19788,813,746
19798,824,992
19808,859,537
19818,887,801
19828,912,732
19838,933,326
19848,952,604
19858,958,854
19868,963,469
19878,976,204
19888,985,715
19898,936,380
19908,822,365
19918,695,797
19928,559,101
19938,466,533
19948,416,917
19958,357,574
19968,291,398
19978,217,102
19988,138,194
19998,067,462
20008,000,520
20017,928,452
20027,861,943
20037,804,409
20047,749,430
20057,695,050
20067,640,294
20077,586,888
20087,535,592
20097,488,011
20107,437,599
20117,380,025
20127,317,014
20137,264,600
20147,223,449
20157,177,517
20167,127,434
20177,075,636
20187,024,745
20196,975,469
20206,933,652
20216,877,225
20226,825,864
20236,795,803

Full raw record (JSON)

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