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Foreign-born population in Bulgaria

Foreign-born population in Bulgaria was 246,575 in 2025, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is up 16.4% from 2024. That is the 22nd highest of 26 EU countries in 2025.

Rankings

• EU countries by foreign-born population 27 places

Definition

Residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country, all ages and both sexes (Eurostat migr_pop4ctb, country of birth FOR).

Based on country of birth, not citizenship: people born abroad who hold the nationality of the reporting country are counted, and foreign nationals born in the country are not. People born in another EU country count as foreign born. For the share of the population use foreign_born_share.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population on 1 January by group of country of birth, foreign country (migr_pop4ctb). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_pop4ctb/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Foreign-born population elsewhere in European Union (27)

• Netherlands
• Romania
• France
• Greece
• Estonia
• Ireland

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