Read our Privacy Policy for more information about how we process your data.
You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie icon in the footer.
If 2026 rates held for a lifetime, a woman in Bulgaria would have about 1.74 children, below the 2.1 needed to sustain the population. Over the preceding five years it has risen by 0.16 children per woman. About 59 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 8.9 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.84, well below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 28.3 years, up from 23.9 in 1980. Mothers aged 15-19 account for 10% of births. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.68 children per woman.
Fertility rate
1.74 children/woman
Birth rate
8.9 per 1,000 people
Total births
59.3K
Mean age at birth
28.3 years
Bulgaria's fertility rate of 1.74 children per woman is below the 2.1 replacement level needed to maintain population size without immigration. Teen pregnancy remains notable, with 10% of births to mothers aged 15-19. Women are also having children later: mean age at childbearing has risen from 23.9 to 28.3 since 1980.