Demography
The Plovdiv province had a population of 715,904 (715,816 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 701,684 of which 24.1% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
| Plovdiv Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 515,887 | 564,910 | 647,653 | 725,452 | 760,076 | 734,495 | 715,904 | 707,570 | 705,121 | 701,684 | 671,918 |
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