Fertility in Bulgaria, 2026

Bulgaria
2026
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Bulgaria is projected at 1.74 children per woman in 2026 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 28.3 years old. In total, 59,343 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
59,343
Births per 1,000 people
8.9
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
10.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.0
Population
6,667,660
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-141.50.4%238
15-1935.910.4%6,088
20-2470.620.4%10,892
25-29101.629.4%15,330
30-3483.424.1%14,536
35-3942.012.1%9,638
40-4410.12.9%2,328
45-491.10.3%283
50-540.00.0%8