Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

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How many babies are born in Bulgaria?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Bulgaria through history

100K 1 CE1000150018002026
Estimated annual births in Bulgaria, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 61.5K 6.76M 9.1 UN projection
2026 59.3K 6.67M 8.9 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Bulgaria are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1925, at about ~202K. That is roughly 2.8 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.