The Veliko Tarnovo province had a population of 293,294 (293,172 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.3% 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 275,395 of which 26% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
| Veliko Tarnovo Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 352,179 | 344,078 | 339,473 | 349,108 | 339,518 | 318,251 | 293,294 | 283,599 | 278,764 | 275,395 | 258,494 |
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