Bulgaria - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Bulgaria was 5,248,079 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,900,092 in 1988 and a minimum value of 2,918,796 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 2,918,796
1961 3,080,500
1962 3,244,762
1963 3,411,401
1964 3,582,451
1965 3,753,817
1966 3,900,528
1967 4,030,377
1968 4,165,384
1969 4,304,295
1970 4,440,047
1971 4,555,020
1972 4,667,082
1973 4,782,137
1974 4,905,140
1975 5,019,834
1976 5,126,058
1977 5,232,150
1978 5,317,153
1979 5,402,887
1980 5,503,013
1981 5,566,106
1982 5,627,272
1983 5,685,942
1984 5,743,706
1985 5,787,617
1986 5,822,722
1987 5,862,424
1988 5,900,092
1989 5,861,908
1990 5,786,939
1991 5,759,256
1992 5,726,692
1993 5,704,408
1994 5,704,237
1995 5,697,800
1996 5,687,307
1997 5,671,407
1998 5,652,100
1999 5,638,810
2000 5,629,167
2001 5,539,603
2002 5,448,708
2003 5,433,321
2004 5,419,782
2005 5,406,009
2006 5,391,557
2007 5,378,166
2008 5,366,322
2009 5,357,245
2010 5,347,166
2011 5,337,678
2012 5,331,472
2013 5,326,274
2014 5,320,503
2015 5,310,996
2016 5,298,039
2017 5,283,539
2018 5,269,340
2019 5,256,027
2020 5,248,079

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Bulgaria was 75.69 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 75.69 in 2020, while its lowest value was 37.10 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 37.10
1961 38.78
1962 40.49
1963 42.23
1964 43.99
1965 45.76
1966 47.23
1967 48.50
1968 49.77
1969 51.03
1970 52.30
1971 53.36
1972 54.42
1973 55.47
1974 56.52
1975 57.56
1976 58.53
1977 59.43
1978 60.33
1979 61.22
1980 62.10
1981 62.60
1982 63.10
1983 63.60
1984 64.10
1985 64.59
1986 65.00
1987 65.35
1988 65.69
1989 66.04
1990 66.38
1991 66.72
1992 67.06
1993 67.33
1994 67.56
1995 67.78
1996 68.01
1997 68.23
1998 68.45
1999 68.68
2000 68.90
2001 69.17
2002 69.52
2003 69.88
2004 70.23
2005 70.58
2006 70.93
2007 71.28
2008 71.62
2009 71.96
2010 72.30
2011 72.64
2012 72.98
2013 73.31
2014 73.65
2015 73.99
2016 74.33
2017 74.67
2018 75.01
2019 75.35
2020 75.69

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization