Fertility rate: Bulgaria
1.749 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.749 |
| 2022 | 1.767 |
| 2021 | 1.586 |
| 2020 | 1.557 |
| 2019 | 1.58 |
| 2018 | 1.558 |
| 2017 | 1.557 |
| 2016 | 1.541 |
| 2015 | 1.528 |
| 2014 | 1.53 |
| 2013 | 1.482 |
| 2012 | 1.5 |
| 2011 | 1.505 |
| 2010 | 1.567 |
| 2009 | 1.642 |
| 2008 | 1.552 |
| 2007 | 1.481 |
| 2006 | 1.431 |
| 2005 | 1.358 |
| 2004 | 1.317 |
| 2003 | 1.254 |
| 2002 | 1.224 |
| 2001 | 1.228 |
| 2000 | 1.29 |
| 1999 | 1.257 |
| 1998 | 1.136 |
| 1997 | 1.113 |
| 1996 | 1.237 |
| 1995 | 1.247 |
| 1994 | 1.371 |
| 1993 | 1.46 |
| 1992 | 1.538 |
| 1991 | 1.647 |
| 1990 | 1.795 |
| 1989 | 1.894 |
| 1988 | 1.969 |
| 1987 | 1.961 |
| 1986 | 2.004 |
| 1985 | 1.967 |
| 1984 | 1.999 |
| 1983 | 2.006 |
| 1982 | 2.014 |
| 1981 | 2.009 |
| 1980 | 2.056 |
| 1979 | 2.15 |
| 1978 | 2.149 |
| 1977 | 2.205 |
| 1976 | 2.246 |
| 1975 | 2.235 |
| 1974 | 2.29 |
| 1973 | 2.153 |
| 1972 | 2.037 |
| 1971 | 2.105 |
| 1970 | 2.179 |
| 1969 | 2.274 |
| 1968 | 2.271 |
| 1967 | 2.032 |
| 1966 | 2.024 |
| 1965 | 2.085 |
| 1964 | 2.175 |
| 1963 | 2.201 |
| 1962 | 2.232 |
| 1961 | 2.283 |
| 1960 | 2.309 |
| 1959 | 2.211 |
| 1958 | 2.207 |
| 1957 | 2.237 |
| 1956 | 2.332 |
| 1955 | 2.37 |
| 1954 | 2.353 |
| 1953 | 2.409 |
| 1952 | 2.442 |
| 1951 | 2.45 |
| 1950 | 2.482 |