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

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

- Indicator id: `natural_change`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, 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, 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-population-change/bulgaria-provinces

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Sliven | -473 |
| 2 | Yambol | -873 |
| 3 | Targovishte | -975 |
| 4 | Smolyan | -1,120 |
| 5 | Razgrad | -1,153 |
| 6 | Silistra | -1,195 |
| 7 | Vidin | -1,224 |
| 8 | Kardzhali | -1,323 |
| 9 | Lovech | -1,363 |
| 10 | Gabrovo | -1,368 |
| 11 | Shumen | -1,411 |
| 12 | Blagoevgrad | -1,456 |
| 13 | Kyustendil | -1,542 |
| 14 | Vratsa | -1,560 |
| 15 | Montana | -1,570 |
| 16 | Pernik | -1,632 |
| 17 | Haskovo | -1,869 |
| 18 | Pazardzhik | -1,903 |
| 19 | Dobrich | -1,914 |
| 20 | Sofia | -2,017 |
| 21 | Burgas | -2,115 |
| 22 | Stara Zagora | -2,173 |
| 23 | Ruse | -2,178 |
| 24 | Varna | -2,265 |
| 25 | Veliko Tarnovo | -2,367 |
| 26 | Pleven | -2,390 |
| 27 | Sofia (stolitsa) | -2,539 |
| 28 | Plovdiv | -3,340 |