# Net migration in Bulgaria

Net migration in Bulgaria was 5,173 in 2023. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `net_migration`
- Place id: `bg`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.
- Source: World Bank, Net migration (SM.POP.NETM) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/world-bank
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Net migration (SM.POP.NETM). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SM.POP.NETM. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/bulgaria
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=net_migration&place=bg

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 5,173 |
| 2022 | 26,498 |
| 2021 | 11,756 |
| 2020 | 30,167 |
| 2019 | -2,156 |
| 2018 | -3,873 |
| 2017 | -6,109 |
| 2016 | -9,482 |
| 2015 | -4,227 |
| 2014 | -2,180 |
| 2013 | -1,324 |
| 2012 | -26,334 |
| 2011 | -23,360 |
| 2010 | -21,668 |
| 2009 | -19,060 |
| 2008 | -17,595 |
| 2007 | -16,366 |
| 2006 | -15,184 |
| 2005 | -14,435 |
| 2004 | -13,604 |
| 2003 | -13,183 |
| 2002 | -12,735 |
| 2001 | -30,726 |
| 2000 | -26,211 |
| 1999 | -23,846 |
| 1998 | -23,262 |
| 1997 | -22,963 |
| 1996 | -21,520 |
| 1995 | -22,020 |
| 1994 | -20,984 |
| 1993 | -19,973 |
| 1992 | -120,552 |
| 1991 | -119,356 |
| 1990 | -116,817 |
| 1989 | -114,705 |
| 1988 | 215 |
| 1987 | 357 |
| 1986 | 1,104 |
| 1985 | -19,230 |
| 1984 | -1,032 |
| 1983 | -1,872 |
| 1982 | -1,860 |
| 1981 | -1,830 |
| 1980 | -2,045 |
| 1979 | -872 |
| 1978 | -62,769 |
| 1977 | -11,955 |
| 1976 | -2,522 |
| 1975 | -38,071 |
| 1974 | -1,402 |
| 1973 | -5,409 |
| 1972 | -11,296 |
| 1971 | -7,654 |
| 1970 | -11,315 |
| 1969 | -3,204 |
| 1968 | -132 |
| 1967 | -420 |
| 1966 | -144 |
| 1965 | -1,406 |
| 1964 | 505 |
| 1963 | 500 |
| 1962 | 499 |
| 1961 | 378 |
| 1960 | -1,112 |