# NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by deaths, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `deaths`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Deaths of residents in the area during the year.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Deaths 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. Deaths 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/deaths/bulgaria-provinces
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/rankings/deaths/bulgaria-provinces.csv

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sofia (stolitsa) | 14,564 |
| 2 | Plovdiv | 9,144 |
| 3 | Varna | 5,897 |
| 4 | Burgas | 5,152 |
| 5 | Stara Zagora | 4,719 |
| 6 | Pleven | 4,094 |
| 7 | Sofia | 3,944 |
| 8 | Pazardzhik | 3,846 |
| 9 | Veliko Tarnovo | 3,765 |
| 10 | Blagoevgrad | 3,759 |
| 11 | Ruse | 3,455 |
| 12 | Haskovo | 3,398 |
| 13 | Dobrich | 2,907 |
| 14 | Vratsa | 2,793 |
| 15 | Sliven | 2,590 |
| 16 | Shumen | 2,488 |
| 17 | Montana | 2,440 |
| 18 | Lovech | 2,318 |
| 19 | Pernik | 2,306 |
| 20 | Kyustendil | 2,277 |
| 21 | Kardzhali | 2,250 |
| 22 | Gabrovo | 1,967 |
| 23 | Yambol | 1,933 |
| 24 | Silistra | 1,876 |
| 25 | Razgrad | 1,795 |
| 26 | Vidin | 1,731 |
| 27 | Targovishte | 1,729 |
| 28 | Smolyan | 1,599 |