iBet uBet web content aggregator. Adding the entire web to your favor.

Provinces

The population of the provinces of Bulgaria according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Abbr.	Native	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1985-12-04	Population Census (C) 1992-12-04	Population Census (Cf) 2001-03-01	Population Census (Cf) 2011-02-01	Population Census (Cf) 2021-09-07	Population Estimate (E) 2023-12-31
Blagoevgrad	BLA	Благоевград	Blagoevgrad	6,459	345,942	351,637	341,244	323,552	292,227	287,077	645900	→
Burgas	BUR	Бургас	Burgas	7,742	449,237	440,372	423,609	415,817	380,286	384,446	774200	→
Dobrič [Dobrich]	DOB	Добрич	Dobrič	4,714	257,341	232,780	215,232	189,677	150,146	146,635	471400	→
Gabrovo	GAB	Габрово	Gabrovo	2,022	174,681	161,987	144,147	122,702	98,387	94,862	202200	→
Haskovo	HAS	Хасково	Haskovo	5,530	334,584	295,503	277,483	246,238	211,565	207,114	553000	→
Jambol [Yambol]	JAM	Ямбол	Jambol	3,353	183,029	176,552	156,080	131,447	109,693	106,320	335300	→
Kǎrdžali [Kardzhali]	KAR	Кърджали	Kǎrdžali	3,211	290,254	213,806	164,019	152,808	141,177	146,562	321100	→
Kjustendil [Kyustendil]	KJU	Кюстендил	Kjustendil	3,059	190,714	181,347	162,624	136,686	111,736	107,673	305900	→
Loveč [Lovech]	LOV	Ловеч	Loveč	4,135	202,968	190,262	169,954	141,422	116,394	112,225	413500	→
Montana	MON	Монтана	Montana	3,637	223,415	208,198	182,267	148,098	119,950	114,526	363700	→
Pazardžik [Pazardzhik]	PAZ	Пазарджик	Pazardžik	4,458	325,971	326,123	310,741	275,548	229,814	225,261	445800	→
Pernik	PER	Перник	Pernik	2,397	174,044	163,307	149,856	133,530	114,162	111,032	239700	→
Pleven	PLE	Плевен	Pleven	4,653	382,634	346,614	329,097	269,752	226,120	217,881	465300	→
Plovdiv	PLO	Пловдив	Plovdiv	5,961	760,076	734,495	715,904	683,027	634,497	633,586	596100	→
Razgrad	RAZ	Разград	Razgrad	2,412	186,674	167,410	146,345	125,190	103,223	100,696	241200	→
Ruse [Rousse]	RUS	Русе	Ruse	2,859	315,762	288,702	268,130	235,252	193,483	187,830	285900	→
Silistra	SIL	Силистра	Silistra	2,845	174,122	161,063	142,003	119,474	97,770	94,739	284500	→
Sliven	SLI	Сливен	Sliven	3,542	239,448	234,785	218,474	197,473	172,690	170,051	354200	→
Smoljan [Smolyan]	SMO	Смолян	Smoljan	3,205	158,011	159,752	140,066	121,752	96,284	92,107	320500	→
Sofija [Sofia]	SOF	София	Sofija	7,071	305,358	289,962	273,251	247,489	231,989	226,420	707100	→
Sofija (stolica) [Sofia City]	SFS	София (столица)	Sofija	1,343	1,198,615	1,190,126	1,173,988	1,291,591	1,274,290	1,286,965	134300	→
Stara Zagora	SZA	Стара Загора	Stara Zagora	5,148	410,905	397,337	370,665	333,265	296,507	290,350	514800	→
Šumen [Shumen]	SUM	Шумен	Šumen	3,393	254,884	220,320	204,395	180,528	151,465	149,699	339300	→
Tǎrgovište [Targovishte]	TAR	Търговище	Tǎrgovište	2,708	171,311	151,339	141,844	120,818	98,144	95,609	270800	→
Varna	VAR	Варна	Varna	3,819	464,807	462,970	462,218	475,074	432,198	434,191	381900	→
Veliko Tǎrnovo	VTA	Велико Търново	Veliko Tǎrnovo	4,659	339,518	318,251	293,294	258,494	207,371	202,232	465900	→
Vidin	VID	Видин	Vidin	3,039	166,680	151,636	130,094	101,018	75,408	71,773	303900	→
Vraca [Vratsa]	VRA	Враца	Vraca	3,623	267,403	270,679	225,960	186,848	152,813	147,619	362300	→
Bulgaria	BGR	България	Sofija	110,997	8,948,388	8,487,315	7,932,984	7,364,570	6,519,789	6,445,481		→

(1985) pop-stat.mashke.org. (1992) provided by Axel Pieles.
(2001) (2011) (2021) (2023) National Statistical Institute Bulgaria.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Estimate (E) 2023-12-31
1	Sofija	SFS	1,196,806
2	Plovdiv	PLO	325,485
3	Varna	VAR	314,607
4	Burgas	BUR	188,114
5	Ruse	RUS	122,116
6	Stara Zagora	SZA	121,207
7	Pleven	PLE	89,030
8	Sliven	SLI	78,627
9	Dobrič	DOB	70,411

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Bulgarian cities and towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official estimates.

Name	Adm.	Native	Population Census (C) 1985-12-04	Population Census (C) 1992-12-04	Population Census (Cf) 2001-03-01	Population Census (Cf) 2011-02-01	Population Census (Cf) 2021-09-07	Population Estimate (E) 2023-12-31	Area
Ajtos [Aytos]	BUR	Айтос	23,115	22,401	21,339	20,016	17,764	17,334	7903	→
Asenovgrad	PLO	Асеновград	47,143	52,360	51,936	50,846	45,943	45,322	7801	→
Bankja [Bankya]	SFS	Банкя	7,648	7,557	8,458	11,089	10,244	11,487	3300	→
Berkovica [Berkovitsa]	MON	Берковица	16,420	16,146	15,533	13,463	10,191	9,787	8066	→
Blagoevgrad	BLA	Благоевград	64,882	71,476	71,144	70,881	62,534	62,346	2891	→
Botevgrad	SOF	Ботевград	22,449	23,006	21,545	20,345	18,948	18,595	5330	→
Burgas	BUR	Бургас	191,527	204,918	202,321	206,139	189,741	188,114	28443	→
Červen Brjag [Cherven Bryag]	PLE	Червен бряг	18,190	18,003	16,036	12,822	10,788	10,303	4076	→
Čirpan [Chirpan]	SZA	Чирпан	20,435	19,940	18,171	15,532	13,151	12,635	7316	→
Dimitrovgrad	HAS	Димитровград	53,804	50,677	45,768	38,738	31,994	30,620	6244	→
Dobrič (Tolbuhin) [Dobrich]	DOB	Добрич	109,066	104,494	100,000	91,030	73,895	70,411	10902	→
Dupnica (Stanke Dimitrov) [Dupnitsa]	KJU	Дупница	42,153	41,398	38,127	33,519	27,603	26,527	3232	→
Gabrovo	GAB	Габрово	81,415	76,522	67,065	58,950	45,940	44,232	23382	→
Goce Delčev [Gotse Delchev]	BLA	Гоце Делчев	19,747	20,454	20,426	19,219	17,888	17,623	2165	→
Gorna Orjahovica [Gorna Oryahovitsa]	VTA	Горна Оряховица	40,704	38,914	35,404	31,863	26,389	25,279	2111	→
Harmanli [Kharmanli]	HAS	Харманли	20,992	21,349	19,927	18,589	16,003	15,658	5148	→
Haskovo [Khaskovo]	HAS	Хасково	87,763	80,700	80,303	76,397	65,829	63,776	9518	→
Ihtiman	SOF	Ихтиман	12,937	12,926	13,593	13,059	12,798	12,550	9089	→
Jambol [Yambol]	JAM	Ямбол	90,215	91,497	82,649	74,132	61,766	59,755	9072	→
Kǎrdžali [Kardzhali]	KAR	Кърджали	55,400	45,793	45,659	43,880	40,659	41,401	3076	→
Karlovo	PLO	Карлово	28,302	27,291	25,494	23,075	19,853	19,016	10217	→
Karnobat	BUR	Карнобат	22,461	21,917	20,587	18,621	15,249	14,537	10966	→
Kavarna	DOB	Каварна	12,033	12,139	11,520	11,549	10,507	10,111	4645	→
Kazanlǎk	SZA	Казанлък	61,052	60,095	53,770	47,325	42,208	41,657	3607	→
Kjustendil [Kyustendil]	KJU	Кюстендил	54,111	54,431	49,919	44,532	35,888	34,625	1872	→
Kostinbrod	SOF	Костинброд	12,574	12,123	12,220	12,193	11,935	11,708	4140	→
Kozloduj [Kozloduy]	VRA	Козлодуй	12,548	13,632	14,892	13,058	11,072	10,820	10531	→
Lom	MON	Лом	32,121	31,133	27,767	22,507	16,842	15,959	5220	→
Loveč [Lovech]	LOV	Ловеч	48,862	48,242	44,146	36,600	28,767	27,369	6949	→
Montana (Mihajlovgrad)	MON	Монтана	52,231	52,476	49,176	43,781	37,653	35,468	6924	→
Nesebǎr [Nesebar]	BUR	Несебър	8,227	8,604	8,677	10,143	11,236	14,770	3185	→
Nova Zagora	SLI	Нова Загора	25,202	26,260	25,232	22,507	16,836	16,525	2445	→
Novi Iskǎr [Novi Iskar]	SFS	Нови Искър	14,072	13,369	13,335	14,754	13,591	13,384	5281	→
Novi Pazar	SUM	Нови пазар	16,320	14,284	13,494	12,000	10,383	10,003	3562	→
Panagjurište [Panagyurishte]	PAZ	Панагюрище	22,011	21,131	19,994	17,584	15,692	15,095	22178	→
Pǎrvomaj [Parvomay]	PLO	Първомай	17,095	16,809	15,370	13,342	11,513	11,088	7548	→
Pazardžik [Pazardzhik]	PAZ	Пазарджик	77,340	82,578	78,855	71,979	55,716	54,652	3738	→
Pernik	PER	Перник	94,758	90,549	85,991	80,191	68,259	66,261	7229	→
Peštera [Peshtera]	PAZ	Пещера	18,765	19,280	19,411	16,746	12,870	12,647	9024	→
Petrič [Petrich]	BLA	Петрич	26,491	27,659	29,606	28,902	26,435	26,018	8042	→
Pleven	PLE	Плевен	129,766	130,812	121,880	106,954	92,101	89,030	8509	→
Plovdiv	PLO	Пловдив	342,131	341,058	338,224	338,153	319,612	325,485	10198	→
Pomorie [Anhialo]	BUR	Поморие	13,503	13,946	13,649	13,579	12,329	13,378	4988	→
Popovo	TAR	Попово	20,977	19,722	17,948	15,648	13,076	12,507	4221	→
Provadija [Provadia]	VAR	Провадия	15,781	15,251	14,229	13,255	10,343	9,847	2174	→
Radnevo	SZA	Раднево	12,993	14,447	14,496	12,854	10,597	10,179	8451	→
Radomir	PER	Радомир	16,244	16,909	15,785	14,494	11,921	11,579	4750	→
Rakovski	PLO	Раковски	16,302	15,799	16,264	15,175	14,924	14,768	9800	→
Razgrad	RAZ	Разград	49,458	40,933	38,948	33,880	29,107	28,234	9284	→
Razlog	BLA	Разлог	13,979	13,422	12,738	11,960	11,210	11,046	22111	→
Ruse [Rousse]	RUS	Русе	183,746	170,038	161,453	149,642	124,787	122,116	12712	→
Samokov	SOF	Самоков	28,602	28,608	27,546	26,589	24,516	24,024	12898	→
Sandanski	BLA	Сандански	24,559	26,096	26,507	26,255	24,061	23,649	2687	→
Sevlievo	GAB	Севлиево	26,440	25,494	24,775	22,676	17,807	17,271	4124	→
Silistra	SIL	Силистра	53,619	48,360	41,952	35,607	28,466	27,270	2716	→
Sliven	SLI	Сливен	102,423	106,212	100,366	91,620	80,467	78,627	19378	→
Smoljan [Smolyan]	SMO	Смолян	31,539	34,086	33,091	30,642	25,555	24,592	13459	→
Sofija [Sofia]	SFS	София	1,114,759	1,114,925	1,091,772	1,202,761	1,183,454	1,196,806	49203	→
Stambolijski [Stamboliyski]	PLO	Стамболийски	13,444	13,015	12,580	11,601	10,028	9,777	1424	→
Stara Zagora	SZA	Стара Загора	150,803	150,518	143,420	138,272	122,536	121,207	8579	→
Šumen [Shumen]	SUM	Шумен	100,116	93,390	89,214	80,855	67,971	66,713	13636	→
Svilengrad	HAS	Свиленград	17,476	18,643	19,036	18,115	16,797	16,497	7969	→
Svištov [Svishtov]	VTA	Свищов	30,550	30,404	30,507	30,157	18,385	17,638	11027	→
Tǎrgovište [Targovishte]	TAR	Търговище	46,522	43,016	40,659	37,611	33,401	32,728	8743	→
Trojan [Troyan]	LOV	Троян	26,109	25,104	23,511	21,335	17,667	16,999	6024	→
Varna	VAR	Варна	302,211	308,432	312,889	334,870	310,664	314,607	15375	→
Veliko Tǎrnovo	VTA	Велико Търново	69,605	67,540	66,897	68,783	58,507	59,331	3038	→
Velingrad	PAZ	Велинград	25,536	25,634	24,818	22,602	20,258	20,015	12496	→
Vidin	VID	Видин	62,693	62,691	57,395	48,071	35,784	33,742	6322	→
Vraca [Vratsa]	VRA	Враца	75,451	75,518	68,975	60,692	50,666	48,406	14892	→

(1985) pop-stat.mashke.org. (1992) provided by Axel Pieles.
(2001) (2011) (2021) (2023) National Statistical Institute Bulgaria.