Bulgaria
Urban population in Bulgaria
Urban population in Bulgaria: 27.1% in 1950 and 74.2% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 74.2%
- Since 1950
- +47 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 83 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 80.5%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 80.5% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Bulgaria |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 74.2 |
| 2024 | 74 |
| 2023 | 73.7 |
| 2022 | 73.5 |
| 2021 | 73.4 |
| 2020 | 73.3 |
| 2019 | 73.7 |
| 2018 | 73.6 |
| 2017 | 73.4 |
| 2016 | 73.2 |
| 2015 | 73.1 |
| 2014 | 73.1 |
| 2013 | 73 |
| 2012 | 72.8 |
| 2011 | 72.6 |
| 2010 | 71.5 |
| 2009 | 71.3 |
| 2008 | 70.9 |
| 2007 | 70.7 |
| 2006 | 70.5 |
| 2005 | 70.1 |
| 2004 | 69.9 |
| 2003 | 69.8 |
| 2002 | 69.5 |
| 2001 | 69.2 |
| 2000 | 68.3 |
| 1999 | 68.1 |
| 1998 | 67.9 |
| 1997 | 67.7 |
| 1996 | 67.7 |
| 1995 | 67.8 |
| 1994 | 67.7 |
| 1993 | 67.4 |
| 1992 | 67.2 |
| 1991 | 67.1 |
| 1990 | 67 |
| 1989 | 67.3 |
| 1988 | 66.7 |
| 1987 | 66 |
| 1986 | 65.3 |
| 1985 | 65 |
| 1984 | 65.6 |
| 1983 | 64.7 |
| 1982 | 63.9 |
| 1981 | 63 |
| 1980 | 62.1 |
| 1979 | 61.5 |
| 1978 | 60.5 |
| 1977 | 59.4 |
| 1976 | 58.5 |
| 1975 | 58 |
| 1974 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 56.3 |
| 1972 | 55.2 |
| 1971 | 53.8 |
| 1970 | 52.3 |
| 1969 | 50.6 |
| 1968 | 49 |
| 1967 | 48 |
| 1966 | 47 |
| 1965 | 45.7 |
| 1964 | 43 |
| 1963 | 40.3 |
| 1962 | 39.3 |
| 1961 | 38.4 |
| 1960 | 37.1 |
| 1959 | 35.7 |
| 1958 | 34.8 |
| 1957 | 34 |
| 1956 | 33.1 |
| 1955 | 31.7 |
| 1954 | 30.8 |
| 1953 | 29.7 |
| 1952 | 28.8 |
| 1951 | 28 |
| 1950 | 27.1 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Bulgaria |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 74.4 |
| 2027 | 74.6 |
| 2028 | 74.9 |
| 2029 | 75.1 |
| 2030 | 75.3 |
| 2031 | 75.6 |
| 2032 | 75.8 |
| 2033 | 76 |
| 2034 | 76.3 |
| 2035 | 76.5 |
| 2036 | 76.8 |
| 2037 | 77 |
| 2038 | 77.3 |
| 2039 | 77.5 |
| 2040 | 77.8 |
| 2041 | 78 |
| 2042 | 78.3 |
| 2043 | 78.6 |
| 2044 | 78.8 |
| 2045 | 79.1 |
| 2046 | 79.4 |
| 2047 | 79.6 |
| 2048 | 79.9 |
| 2049 | 80.2 |
| 2050 | 80.5 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Military
- Military spending2.01% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$2.4B in 2025
- Military spending per person$384 in 2025
- Military share of state spending5.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel37,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.18% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports540 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports33 million TIV in 2024
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