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How many babies are born in Bulgaria?

59.3 thousand babies born in Bulgaria in 2026. That is 0.04% of all births worldwide, and the 126th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Bulgaria: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Bulgaria’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~21K ~500K 42.8 Modelled estimate
1000 ~33K ~800K 41.5 Modelled estimate
1500 ~35K ~800K 44.2 Modelled estimate
1800 ~82K ~2.25M 36.5 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~167K ~3.96M 42.3 Historical reconstruction
1950 156K 7.25M 21.5 UN estimate
2000 72.2K 8M 9.0 UN estimate
2023 62.7K 6.8M 9.2 UN estimate
2026 59.3K 6.67M 8.9 UN projection
2050 47.8K 5.4M 8.8 UN projection
2075 37.3K 4.26M 8.8 UN projection
2100 28.9K 3.53M 8.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Bulgaria among estimates through 2023 were in 1925, at about ~202K. That is roughly 9.4 times the estimated ~21.4K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.74 children per woman, fertility in Bulgaria is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Bulgaria each year?

An estimated 59.3 thousand babies are born in Bulgaria in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 162 a day and 0.04% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Bulgaria?

Bulgaria has an estimated 8.9 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.74 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.