Demographics of Bulgaria - Ethnic Groups

Ethnic Groups

Population of Bulgaria according to ethnic group 1900–1946
Ethnic
group		 census 1900 census 1905 census 1910 census 1920 census 1926 census 1934 census 1946
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Bulgarians 2,888,219 77.1 3,203,810 79.4 3,518,756 81.1 4,036,056 83.3 4,557,706 83.2 5,204,217 85.6 5,903,580 84.0
Turks 531,240 14.2 488,010 12.1 465,641 10.7 520,339 10.7 577,552 10.5 591,193 9.7 675,500 9.6
Romani 89,549 2.4 99,004 2.5 122,296 2.8 98,451 2.0 134,844 2.5 149,385 2.5 170,011 2.4
Russians 1,685 0.0 3,275 0.2 2,505 0.2 9,080 0.2 19,706 0.4 11,928 0.2 13,200 0.2
Armenians 14,581 0.4 12,932 0.3 11,509 0.2 27,332 0.5 25,963 0.4 21,637 0.3
Sarakatsani 6,128 0.2 7,251 0.2
Macedonians 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 169,544 2.4
Greeks 66,635 1.8 63,487 1.6 43,275 1.0 42,074 0.9 10,564 0.2 9,601 0.2
Jews 33,661 0.9 37,663 0.9 40,133 0.9 43,209 0.9 46,558 0.8 48,565 0.8 44,209 0.6
Romanians 71,063 1.9 75,773 1.9 79,429 1.8 57,312 1.2 69,080 1.2 16,504 0.3
Tatars 18,884 0.5 17,942 0.4 18,228 0.4 6,191 0.1
Gagauzes 10,175 0.3 4,362 0.1
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Total 3,744,283 4,035,575 4,337,513 4,846,971 5,528,741 6,077,939 7,029,349
Population of Bulgaria according to ethnic group 1956–2011
Ethnic
group		 census 1956 census 1965 census 1975 census 1992 census 2001 census 20111
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Bulgarians 6,506,541 85.5 7,231,243 87.9 7,930,024 90.9 7,271,185 85.7 6,655,210 83.9 5,664,624 (6,244,221) 84.8
Turks 656,025 8.6 780,928 9.5 730,728 8.4 800,052 9.4 746,664 9.4 588,318 (648,514) 8.8
Romani 197,865 2.6 148,874 1.8 313,396 3.7 370,908 4.7 325,343 (358,631) 4.9
Russians 10,551 0.1 10,815 0.1 17,139 0.2 15,595 0.2 9,978 (10,998) 0.1
Armenians 21,954 0.3 20,282 0.2 14,526 0.2 13,677 0.2 10,832 0.1 6,552 (7,222) 0.1
Vlachs 487 0.0 5,159 0.1 10,566 0.1 3,684 (4,060) 0.1
Sarakatsani 2,085 0.0 5,144 0.1 4,107 0.1 2,556 (2,817) 0.0
Ukrainians 1,864 0.0 2,489 0.0 1,789 (1,972) 0.0
Macedonians 187,789 2.5 9,632 0.1 10,803 0.1 5,071 0.1 1,654 (1,823) 0.0
Greeks 7,437 0.1 8,241 0.1 4,930 0.1 3,408 0.0 1,379 (1,520) 0.0
Jews 6,027 0.1 5,108 0.1 3,076 0.0 3,461 0.0 1,363 0.0 1,162 (1,280) 0.0
Romanians 3,749 0.0 2,491 0.0 1,088 0.0 891 (982) 0.0
Tatars 5,993 0.1 6,430 0.1 5,963 0.1 4,515 0.1 1,803 0.0
Gagauzes 1,478 0.0 540 0.0
Others 13,199 0.2 39,492 0.5 19,659 0.3
Total 7,613,709 8,227,966 8,727,771 8,487,317 7,932,984 7,364,570

Prior to the 1900 census, there were not questions for ethnic group, only for mother tongue. The first census ever was held in 1880. The results of the 1892 census by mother tongue are as follows:
2,505,326 (75.7%) spoke Bulgarian language as mother tongue
569,728 (17.2%) Turkish
58,518 (1.8%) Greek
52,132 (1.6%) Romani/Gypsy
27,531 (0.8%) Jewish;

The results of the 1887 census by mother tongue are as follows:
2,326,250 (73.7%) spoke Bulgarian as mother tongue
607,331 (19.3%) the Turkish
58,326 (1.8%) the Greek
50,291 (1.6%) the Romani/Gypsy
23,571 (0.7%) the Jewish;

The results of the 1880 census in Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia by mother tongue are as follows:
1,919,067 (68.0%) spoke Bulgarian as mother tongue
701,984 (24.9%) Turkish
57,148 (2.0%) Romani/Gypsy
54,205 (1.9%) Greek
18,519 (0.7%) Jewish

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