The decrease in the population of Bulgaria by 11.5 percent in the last 10 years has caused concern. National Statistics Institute (NSI) President Sergey Tzvetarski, in his meeting with the members of the “Bulgarians Living Abroad” of the Parliament, who interpreted the census results last year, said, “The population has decreased by 844 thousand people in the last 10 years. 53 percent of the decrease is the number of deaths from the number of births. It is due to the fact that it is too much, and 47 percent is due to immigration.” Said.
BULGARIANS IMMIGRATE TO EU COUNTRIES
Touching on the migration factor affecting the population decline, Tzvetarski noted that 950 thousand Bulgarians immigrated to the European Union (EU) countries, where the country became a member in 2007.
A RECORD IN THE NUMBER OF DEAD HAS BEEN BROKEN IN 2021
Economist Petar Ganev said, “In 2021, a 100-year record was broken in the increase in the number of deaths.” he said. Explaining that the number of people who died in the country last year increased by 40 thousand compared to the previous year, Ganev continued as follows:
“According to the official data of NSI, 147,727 people died in 2021. Considering that the number of people who died in 1918, when the First World War took place, was 151,525, we see that a record was broken in the number of people who died in our country last year. The Kovid-19 epidemic. The annual deaths in pre-Bulgaria were around 107 thousand.
Ganev argued that the vaccination campaign in Bulgaria should be “much more aggressive”.
“23 thousand Bulgarians died in the second year of the epidemic”
World Health Organization (WHO) Bulgarian Representative Dr. Skender Sila, in his statement to the National Public Television (BNT), said, “What is happening in the country is a complete tragedy. In 2021, 23 thousand people lost their lives.” said.
Explaining that there was a 3-fold increase in deaths from Kovid-19 in the country compared to the first year of the epidemic, Sila said that the Bulgarian authorities should not allow this.