# NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by birth rate, 2024

All 28 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `crude_birth_rate`
- Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants
- Definition: Live births per 1,000 residents during the year.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Crude birth rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-08
- Citation: Eurostat. Crude birth rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/birth-rate/bulgaria-provinces
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/birth-rate/bulgaria-provinces.csv

| Rank | Place | per 1,000 inhabitants |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sliven | 12.5 |
| 2 | Yambol | 10 |
| 3 | Sofia (stolitsa) | 9.3 |
| 4 | Plovdiv | 9.1 |
| 5 | Stara Zagora | 8.8 |
| 6 | Pazardzhik | 8.7 |
| 7 | Lovech | 8.6 |
| 8 | Sofia | 8.5 |
| 9 | Vratsa | 8.4 |
| 10 | Varna | 8.3 |
| 11 | Blagoevgrad | 8 |
| 12 | Burgas | 7.9 |
| 12 | Pleven | 7.9 |
| 12 | Targovishte | 7.9 |
| 15 | Montana | 7.7 |
| 16 | Haskovo | 7.4 |
| 17 | Shumen | 7.2 |
| 17 | Silistra | 7.2 |
| 19 | Vidin | 7.1 |
| 20 | Kyustendil | 6.9 |
| 20 | Veliko Tarnovo | 6.9 |
| 22 | Dobrich | 6.8 |
| 22 | Ruse | 6.8 |
| 24 | Razgrad | 6.4 |
| 25 | Gabrovo | 6.3 |
| 25 | Kardzhali | 6.3 |
| 27 | Pernik | 6.1 |
| 28 | Smolyan | 5.2 |