The 2011 population census in Bulgaria was conducted between February 1 and 28 by the National Statistical Institute (NSI). It is the 17th population census in the demographic history of Bulgaria. It was carried out using two methods of information collection - electronically (1-9 February 2011) through an on-line census on the Internet and traditionally through visits by enumerators and the completion of a paper census card (10-28 February 2011). For the first time in Bulgaria, a census is being conducted via the Internet. As of February 1 2011, the population of Bulgaria was 7,364,570, of whom 3,777,999 (51.3%) were women and 3,586,571 (48.7%) were men.
Results
Settlements Distribution of settlements according to the size of their population as of February 1, 2011: Populated areasPopulationPercentage of total populationAverage number of inhabitants in one settlementTotal5,3027,364,570100.001,389.01018100.000.001–104171,9600.024.7011–5070319,5960.2627.8751–10052238,9230.5274.56101–5001,927501,8286.81260.41501–1,000750529,6847.19706.241,001–10,0007251,685,47222.882,324.7810,001–50,000581,237,90416.8021,343.1750,001–100,00012876,35611.8973,021.33Over 100,00072,472,84733.57353,263.85
Age-sex structure
Age-sex structure of the population Age (years)PopulationAge (years)PercentageTotalMenWomenTotalMenWomenTotal7,364,5703,586,5713,777,999Total100.0100.0100.085+107,47936,39071,08985+1.51.01.980–84191,30971,526119,78380–842.62.03.275–79301,851119,774182,07775–794.13.34.870–74345,327143,726201,60170–744.74.05.365–79415,431182,565232,86665–795.65.16.260–64540,980248,710292,27060–647.46.97.755–59523,827251,297272,53055–597.17.07.250–54516,851256,509260,34250–547.07.26.945–49495,672251,056244,61645–496.77.06.540–44513,814263,969249,84540–447.07.46.635–39545,332281,170264,16235–397.47.87.030–34533,945276,726257,21930–347.37.76.825–29491,088255,616235,47225–296.77.16.220–24488,807251,720237,08720–246.67.06.315–19377,585194,099183,48615–195.15.44.910–15315,466162,159153,30710–154.34.54.15–10316,643163,076153,5675–104.34.64.10–4343,163176,483166,6800–44.74.94.4
Ethnic composition
Population and percentage of ethnic groups by district: DistrictPopulationDistrictPercentageTotalBulgariansTurksRomanisOther Doesn't self-describe Didn't answerBulgariansTurksRomanisOtherDoesn't self-describe Didn't answerTotal7,364,5705,664,624588,318325,34349,30453,391683,590100.0076.917.984.410.660.729.28Blagoevgrad323,552251,09717,0279,7393,0802,61339,996Blagoevgrad77.605.263.010.950.8012.36Burgas415,817298,12849,35418,4242,6322,00645,273Buras71.6911.864.430.630.4810.88Varna475,074371,04830,46913,4325,6384,30650,181Varna78.106.412.821.180.9010.56Veliko Tarnovo258,494211,35315,7093,8751,1451,91024,502Veliko Tarnovo81.766.071.490.440.739.47Vidin101,01886,802857,2824664915,892Vidin85.920.087.200.460.485.83Vratsa186,848151,18356510,08243477123,813Vratsa80.910.305.390.230.4112.74Gabrovo122,702106,4066,4641,3055336507,344Gabrovo86.715.261.060.430.525.98Dobrich189,677131,11423,48415,3231,6092,36915,778Dobrich69.1212.388.070.841.248.31Kardzhali152,80839,51986,5271,2967532,68622,027Kardzhali25.8656.620.840.491.7514.41Kyustendil136,686121,3511058,3053545006,071Kyustendil88.780.076.070.250.364.44Lovech141,422118,3464,3375,70591188111,242Lovech83.683.064.030.640.627.94Montana148,098123,82017118,2284208284,631Montana83.600.1112.300.280.553.12Pazardzhik275,548206,11014,06220,3502,1233,35729,546Pazardzhik74.805.107.380.771.2110.72Pernik133,530120,9292313,5602594438,108Pernik90.560.172.660.190.336.07Pleven269,752219,6128,6669,9618261,20029,487Pleven81.413.213.690.300.4410.93Plovdiv683,027540,30340,25530,2023,9855,62862,654Plovdiv79.105.894.420.580.829.17Razgrad125,19049,22957,2615,7197021,56410,715Razgrad39.3245.734.560.561.248.55Ruse235,252176,41328,6588,6151,8691,05718,640Ruse74.9812.183.660.790.447.92Silistra119,47464,05040,2725,6979745977,884Silistra53.6033.704.760.810.496.59Sliven197,473132,69716,78420,4781,9541,29324,267Sliven67.198.4910.370.980.6512.28Smolyan121,75286,8474,6964481,8261,35826,577Smolyan71.333.850.361.491.1121.82Sofia City1,291,5911,136,4336,52618,2849,8487,240113,260Sofia City87.980.501.410.760.568.76Sofia247,489210,97442217,0796461,66016,708Sofia85.240.176.900.260.676.75Stara Zagora333,265265 61815,03524,0181,7151,72025,159Stara Zagora79.704.517.200.510.517.54Targovishte120,81858,37138,2317,7679591,47214,018Targovishte48.3131.646.420.791.2111.60Haskovo246,238180,54128,44415,8898911,61718,856Haskovo73.3111.556.450.360.657.65Shumen180,52899,44650,87813,8472,0931,68812,576Ш55.0828.187.671.150.936.96Yambol131,447106,8843,60010,4336591,4868,385Yambol81.312.737.930.501.136.37
Municipalities
Number and percentage of ethnic groups by municipality:
Municipality Population Municipality Percentage Total Bulgarians Turks Romanis Others Doesn't self describe Didn't answer Bulgarians Turks Romanis Others Doesn't self describe Didn't