Population
According to Census 2011, Veliko Tarnovo has a population of 68,783 inhabitants as of February 2011. The number of the residents of the city reached its peak in the period 1986-1991 when exceeded 70,000. The following table presents the change of the population after the liberation of the country in 1878.
| Veliko Tarnovo | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1887 | 1910 | 1934 | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 11,314 | 12,469 | 13,963 | 16,223 | 24,648 | 37,337 | 56,664 | 69,173 | 67,644 | 66,897 | 66,145 | 67,099 | 68,783 |
| Highest number 69,173 in 1985 | |||||||||||||
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