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SN1501NW.115
115 ECONOMY - STATISTICS - POPULATION - FINAL DATA

Bulgaria's Population
Totals 7,202,198 at End-2014,
Down 0.6% on 2013


Sofia, April 17 (BTA) - Bulgaria had a population of 7,202,198
at December 31, 2014, 1.4 per cent of the EU's population. It
ranked 16th immediately below Austria (8,507,000 population) and
above Denmark (5,627,000 population). Compared to the end of
2013, Bulgaria's population shrank by 43,479 people (0.6 per
cent), according to final data of the National Statistical
Institute.

The current demographic picture is characterized by a steady
decrease and ageing of the population and a high mortality rate.
The positive trends in 2014 were an increase in live births and
an increasing life expectancy at birth.

The male population was 3,502, 015 (48.6 per cent), and the
female population was 3,700,183 (51.4 per cent). The men to
women ratio was 1,000 to 1,057. Men outnumbered women in the
under-51 age group. The number and proportion of women in the
total population increased among the elderly.

The ageing of the population continued. At the end of 2015,
people aged 65 or over numbered 1,440,329 and accounted for 20
per cent of the population. This was 0.4 percentage points more
than in 2013, and 3.1 percentage points more than in 2001.

The working-age population was 4,403,000 (61.1 per cent of the
total), of whom 2,310,000 were men and 2,093,000 were women. The
working-age population decreased by more than 68,000 persons
(1.5 per cent) from 2013.

The population above working age totalled 1,734,000 people (24.1
per cent). The population below working age numbered 1,065,000
(14.8 per cent).
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