# NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by live births, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `births`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Live births during the year 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. Live births during the year 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/births/bulgaria-provinces
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/births/bulgaria-provinces.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sofia (stolitsa) | 12,025 |
| 2 | Plovdiv | 5,804 |
| 3 | Varna | 3,632 |
| 4 | Burgas | 3,037 |
| 5 | Stara Zagora | 2,546 |
| 6 | Blagoevgrad | 2,303 |
| 7 | Sliven | 2,117 |
| 8 | Pazardzhik | 1,943 |
| 9 | Sofia | 1,927 |
| 10 | Pleven | 1,704 |
| 11 | Haskovo | 1,529 |
| 12 | Veliko Tarnovo | 1,398 |
| 13 | Ruse | 1,277 |
| 14 | Vratsa | 1,233 |
| 15 | Shumen | 1,077 |
| 16 | Yambol | 1,060 |
| 17 | Dobrich | 993 |
| 18 | Lovech | 955 |
| 19 | Kardzhali | 927 |
| 20 | Montana | 870 |
| 21 | Targovishte | 754 |
| 22 | Kyustendil | 735 |
| 23 | Silistra | 681 |
| 24 | Pernik | 674 |
| 25 | Razgrad | 642 |
| 26 | Gabrovo | 599 |
| 27 | Vidin | 507 |
| 28 | Smolyan | 479 |