Bulgaria's current population of about seven million is predicted to be nearer five million by 2050 Bulgaria is projected to have the fastest-shrinking population in the world. It's already lost a ...

This is expected to have a benign impact on domestic poverty reduction, while also keeping Bulgaria on its convergence path towards average EU incomes. Bulgaria’s target to join the Eurozone from ...

Bulgaria has lost 582,000 people over the last ten years, a nationwide census has revealed. The EU newcomer, who has now 7,351,633 inhabitants, has lost 1.5 million of its population since 1985 ...

Standing next to a memorial for her 14-year-old son, mowed down by a drunk driver in downtown Sofia a year ago, Nikolina ...

Nearly half of Bulgaria's pensioners are at risk of poverty and social exclusion, as highlighted in the European Commission's pension adequacy report. Data for 2022 reveals that 45.5% of ...

Bulgaria is grappling with a serious demographic crisis, as the country's population has decreased by approximately 2.5 million people since the early 1990s. This decline is attributed to several ...

Population decline in Bulgaria has been driven by negative natural growth and net migration, particularly between 2012 and 2019. Since 2010, demographic pressures have significantly affected the ...

Bulgaria's inefficient state health care system is failing to provide care for pregnant women who cannot pay health insurance ...

Bulgaria has undergone a significant transformation over the past three decades. It has transformed from a highly centralized, planned economy to an open, market-based, upper-middle-income economy ...