BG
Bulgaria
Bulgaria is an EU member state with a population of 6.4M. Member of the European Union since 2007.
26 Eurostat indicators across 4 topics, with full year-by-year history.
Population
6.4M
2025 · rank 15/27
Country at a glance
Bulgaria is a southeastern europe member of the European Union, with its capital in Sofia. The country joined the European Communities in 2007 in the post-2004 Balkan enlargement (alongside Bulgaria and Romania). Economically, Bulgaria is a Balkan economy in the middle of its convergence path, with IT services, manufacturing and agriculture, and a planned euro adoption in 2025–2026. The country retains the BGN, with eurozone entry foreseen once the convergence criteria are met, and it is part of the Schengen area for cross-border movement. Bulgarian is the official language and the country is divided into 2 NUTS-1 statistical regions for the purposes of Eurostat reporting. On Eurostat's headline indicators, Bulgaria is currently 15th-most populous of the 27 member states with data on record.
Indicators by topic
Every Eurostat indicator we hold for Bulgaria, grouped by theme. Click through to the indicator profile for the cross-country timeline.
Labour & employment
4 indicatorsDemography & population
5 indicators- Population — EU-foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 31,035 2025 ▲22.7%
- Population — national citizens migr_pop1ctz 6,284,422 2025 ▼0.6%
- Population — non-EU foreign citizens migr_pop1ctz 115,754 2025 ▲24.1%
- Population — stateless persons migr_pop1ctz 630 2025 ▲10.9%
- Population (total, 1 January) migr_pop1ctz 6,437,360 2025 ▼0.1%
Migration & asylum
14 indicators- Acquisitions of EU citizenship migr_acq 343 2024 ▼13.8%
- First-time asylum applications migr_asyappctzm 825 2026 ▼78.3%
- Asylum negative first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 3,700 2025 ▲18.0%
- Asylum positive first-instance decisions migr_asydcfsta 955 2025 ▼81.2%
- Asylum positive — refugee status migr_asydcfsta 60 2025 ▲9.1%
- Asylum positive — subsidiary protection migr_asydcfsta 890 2025 ▼82.3%
- Asylum first-instance decisions (total) migr_asydcfsta 4,655 2025 ▼43.4%
- Return orders issued to non-EU citizens migr_eiord 3,880 2025 ▼54.2%
- Returns of non-EU citizens (executed) migr_eirtn 1,205 2025 ▲24.9%
- First residence permits — education migr_resfirst 2,379 2024 ▲3.2%
- First residence permits — work migr_resfirst 8,653 2024 ▲33.8%
- First residence permits — family migr_resfirst 5,356 2024 ▼13.1%
- First residence permits — other migr_resfirst 3,274 2024 ▼26.3%
- First residence permits issued (total) migr_resfirst 19,662 2024 ▲1.5%
More data on Bulgaria
This profile covers Eurostat statistical indicators. The pages below extend the picture into other strands of EU public data — parliamentary representation, public procurement, EU-funded research, cohesion-fund spending, regional statistics.
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European Parliament
MEPs elected from Bulgaria (current term, 2024–2029).
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Public tenders
TED notices from Bulgaria buyers — public contracts above EU thresholds.
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EU research grants
CORDIS-funded R&D projects coordinated from Bulgaria.
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Cohesion funds
Kohesio-listed ERDF/ESF+/Cohesion Fund projects in Bulgaria.
Sources & methodology
Data on this page comes from Eurostat (26 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Each indicator card links to the cross-country profile with the full year-by-year timeline. See methodology for caveats, revision policy and ranking definitions, or sources for the complete dataset list.
Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API