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.

This suggests a strong conservative bias within the Bulgarian population, although nearly a third of respondents expressed alternative views, indicating potential challenges to the country's ...

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.