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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.