Bulgaria Fertility Rate 1960-2025

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.
  • Bulgaria fertility rate for 2022 was 1.78, a 12.66% increase from 2021.
  • Bulgaria fertility rate for 2021 was 1.58, a 1.28% increase from 2020.
  • Bulgaria fertility rate for 2020 was 1.56, a 1.27% decline from 2019.
  • Bulgaria fertility rate for 2019 was 1.58, a 1.28% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Bulgaria Fertility Rate - Historical Data
Year Births per Woman Annual % Change
2022 1.78 12.66%
2021 1.58 1.28%
2020 1.56 -1.27%
2019 1.58 1.28%
2018 1.56 0.00%
2017 1.56 1.30%
2016 1.54 0.65%
2015 1.53 0.00%
2014 1.53 3.38%
2013 1.48 -1.33%
2012 1.50 -0.66%
2011 1.51 -3.82%
2010 1.57 -5.42%
2009 1.66 6.41%
2008 1.56 4.70%
2007 1.49 3.47%
2006 1.44 5.11%
2005 1.37 3.01%
2004 1.33 5.56%
2003 1.26 2.44%
2002 1.23 1.65%
2001 1.21 -3.97%
2000 1.26 2.44%
1999 1.23 10.81%
1998 1.11 1.83%
1997 1.09 -11.38%
1996 1.23 0.00%
1995 1.23 -10.22%
1994 1.37 -6.16%
1993 1.46 -5.81%
1992 1.55 -6.63%
1991 1.66 -8.79%
1990 1.82 -4.21%
1989 1.90 -3.55%
1988 1.97 0.51%
1987 1.96 -2.97%
1986 2.02 2.54%
1985 1.97 -1.99%
1984 2.01 0.00%
1983 2.01 0.00%
1982 2.01 0.50%
1981 2.00 -2.44%
1980 2.05 -5.09%
1979 2.16 0.47%
1978 2.15 -2.71%
1977 2.21 -1.34%
1976 2.24 0.45%
1975 2.23 -2.62%
1974 2.29 6.51%
1973 2.15 5.91%
1972 2.03 -3.33%
1971 2.10 -3.23%
1970 2.17 -4.41%
1969 2.27 0.00%
1968 2.27 12.38%
1967 2.02 -0.49%
1966 2.03 -2.87%
1965 2.09 -4.57%
1964 2.19 -0.90%
1963 2.21 -1.34%
1962 2.24 -2.18%
1961 2.29 -0.87%
1960 2.31 -0.87%