Bulgaria - Population in largest city

Population in largest city

The value for Population in largest city in Bulgaria was 1,284,311 as of 2021. As the graph below shows, over the past 61 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,284,311 in 2021 and a minimum value of 708,061 in 1960.

Definition: Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 708,061
1961 726,557
1962 745,562
1963 765,065
1964 785,106
1965 805,615
1966 823,420
1967 839,217
1968 855,339
1969 871,726
1970 888,449
1971 905,494
1972 922,889
1973 940,570
1974 958,614
1975 977,004
1976 995,774
1977 1,014,850
1978 1,034,320
1979 1,054,162
1980 1,074,414
1981 1,094,997
1982 1,116,004
1983 1,137,414
1984 1,159,265
1985 1,181,474
1986 1,192,558
1987 1,192,104
1988 1,191,649
1989 1,191,196
1990 1,190,742
1991 1,190,289
1992 1,189,835
1993 1,184,909
1994 1,176,648
1995 1,168,445
1996 1,160,287
1997 1,152,209
1998 1,144,176
1999 1,136,199
2000 1,128,266
2001 1,120,411
2002 1,132,680
2003 1,145,963
2004 1,157,368
2005 1,168,854
2006 1,177,565
2007 1,185,484
2008 1,195,578
2009 1,205,730
2010 1,215,983
2011 1,226,323
2012 1,236,765
2013 1,244,740
2014 1,250,228
2015 1,255,741
2016 1,261,286
2017 1,266,840
2018 1,272,418
2019 1,276,937
2020 1,280,968
2021 1,284,311

Population in the largest city (% of urban population)

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Bulgaria was 24.55 as of 2021. Its highest value over the past 61 years was 24.55 in 2021, while its lowest value was 19.40 in 1977.

Definition: Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.

Source: United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.

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Year Value
1960 24.26
1961 23.59
1962 22.98
1963 22.43
1964 21.92
1965 21.46
1966 21.11
1967 20.82
1968 20.53
1969 20.25
1970 20.01
1971 19.88
1972 19.77
1973 19.67
1974 19.54
1975 19.46
1976 19.43
1977 19.40
1978 19.45
1979 19.51
1980 19.52
1981 19.67
1982 19.83
1983 20.00
1984 20.18
1985 20.41
1986 20.48
1987 20.33
1988 20.20
1989 20.32
1990 20.58
1991 20.67
1992 20.78
1993 20.77
1994 20.63
1995 20.51
1996 20.40
1997 20.32
1998 20.24
1999 20.15
2000 20.04
2001 20.23
2002 20.79
2003 21.09
2004 21.35
2005 21.62
2006 21.84
2007 22.04
2008 22.28
2009 22.51
2010 22.74
2011 22.97
2012 23.20
2013 23.37
2014 23.50
2015 23.64
2016 23.81
2017 23.98
2018 24.15
2019 24.29
2020 24.41
2021 24.55

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization