👥 Bulgarian Provinces by Population
Population of each province (oblast) at the 2021 census.
Sofia City20%
Plovdiv9.7%
Varna6.6%
Burgas5.8%
Stara Zagora4.5%
Blagoevgrad4.5%
Sofia Province3.6%
Pazardzhik3.5%
Pleven3.5%
Haskovo3.2%
Veliko Tarnovo3.2%
Ruse3%
Sliven2.6%
Vratsa
Shumen
Dobrich
Kardzhali2.2%
Montana1.8%
Lovech1.8%
Pernik
Kyustendil
Yambol
Razgrad
Gabrovo
Targovishte
Silistra
Smolyan
Vidin
1
Sofia CitySouth Western
1.27M
2
PlovdivSouth Central
0.63M
3
VarnaNorth Eastern
0.43M
4
BurgasSouth Eastern
0.38M
5
Stara ZagoraSouth Eastern
0.30M
6
BlagoevgradSouth Western
0.29M
7
Sofia ProvinceSouth Western
0.23M
8
PazardzhikSouth Central
0.23M
9
PlevenNorth Western
0.23M
10
HaskovoSouth Central
0.21M
11
Veliko TarnovoNorth Central
0.21M
12
RuseNorth Central
0.19M
13
SlivenSouth Eastern
0.17M
14
VratsaNorth Western
0.15M
15
ShumenNorth Eastern
0.15M
16
DobrichNorth Eastern
0.15M
17
KardzhaliSouth Central
0.14M
18
MontanaNorth Western
0.12M
19
LovechNorth Western
0.12M
20
PernikSouth Western
0.11M
21
KyustendilSouth Western
0.11M
22
YambolSouth Eastern
0.11M
23
RazgradNorth Central
0.10M
24
GabrovoNorth Central
0.10M
25
TargovishteNorth Eastern
0.10M
26
SilistraNorth Central
0.10M
27
SmolyanSouth Central
0.10M
28
VidinNorth Western
0.08M
Highlights
Within Bulgaria, Sofia City ranks first in 2021 with 1.27M, followed by Plovdiv (0.63M) and Varna (0.43M).
Sofia City is 2 times higher than Plovdiv, the runner-up.
Across 28 entries, values run from 1.27M (Sofia City) to 0.08M (Vidin), with a median of 0.15M.
Source: National Statistical Institute (NSI), 2021 census (via Wikipedia), 2021. Unit: million people.
Source: National Statistical Institute (NSI), 2021 census (via Wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikipedia); underlying data © the cited publisher · fetched Oct 14, 2026