# NUTS 3 areas of Bulgaria by natural change rate, 2024

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

- Indicator id: `natural_change_rate`
- Unit: per 1,000 inhabitants
- Definition: Live births minus deaths during the year per 1,000 average residents (Eurostat crude rate of natural change).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Population change, crude rate of natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/natural-change-rate/bulgaria-provinces

| Rank | Place | per 1,000 inhabitants |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sofia (stolitsa) | -2 |
| 2 | Sliven | -2.8 |
| 3 | Blagoevgrad | -5.1 |
| 4 | Varna | -5.2 |
| 5 | Plovdiv | -5.3 |
| 6 | Burgas | -5.5 |
| 7 | Stara Zagora | -7.5 |
| 8 | Yambol | -8.2 |
| 9 | Pazardzhik | -8.5 |
| 10 | Kardzhali | -8.9 |
| 10 | Sofia | -8.9 |
| 12 | Haskovo | -9 |
| 13 | Shumen | -9.4 |
| 14 | Targovishte | -10.2 |
| 15 | Vratsa | -10.6 |
| 16 | Pleven | -11 |
| 17 | Razgrad | -11.5 |
| 18 | Ruse | -11.6 |
| 19 | Veliko Tarnovo | -11.8 |
| 20 | Lovech | -12.2 |
| 21 | Smolyan | -12.3 |
| 22 | Silistra | -12.7 |
| 23 | Dobrich | -13.1 |
| 24 | Montana | -13.8 |
| 25 | Kyustendil | -14.4 |
| 26 | Gabrovo | -14.5 |
| 27 | Pernik | -14.8 |
| 28 | Vidin | -17.2 |