Demography
The Stara Zagora province had a population of 370,665 (370,615 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 350,925 of which 25.2% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
| Stara Zagora Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 306,181 | 322,252 | 359,486 | 394,607 | 410,905 | 397,337 | 370,665 | 361,146 | 356,984 | 350,925 | 327,576 |
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