This chapter provides a detailed description of the fertility changes in Bulgaria during recent decades and discusses possible reasons and consequences. It also gives an overview of the steps that the ...

Bulgaria is a small Balkan country with a population of 8,427,000 and 75.9 people/km 2. Of the population, 67.2% is now urban; 18.15% of the population is under 15, 14.85% over 65 and 4.57% over 75.

Bulgaria reported the highest birth rate in the European Union for 2023, with 1.81 live births per woman, according to data released by Eurostat.