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# Largest cities in Bulgaria

Bulgaria cities ranked by their own published resident population.

- Canonical: /reports/bulgaria-largest-cities/
- Last checked: 2026-08-05

## Answers

### Sofia, Bulgaria

1,221,172 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/statistical-data/44/165
- Checked: 2026-07-29

### Plovdiv, Bulgaria

333,994 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Varna, Bulgaria

331,260 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Burgas, Bulgaria

195,912 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

141,748 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Ruse, Bulgaria

136,112 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Sliven, Bulgaria

109,879 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Pleven, Bulgaria

108,440 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Pazardzhik, Bulgaria

87,766 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Pernik, Bulgaria

80,576 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Haskovo, Bulgaria

78,235 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Shumen, Bulgaria

77,095 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Veliko Tŭrnovo, Bulgaria

77,049 people
- Source: https://site-test.nsi.bg/bg/statistical-data/206/651
- Checked: 2026-08-05

### Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

70,708 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Kardzhali, Bulgaria

67,238 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Kazanlak, Bulgaria

62,923 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Yambol, Bulgaria

58,997 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Vratsa, Bulgaria

58,721 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Asenovgrad, Bulgaria

56,647 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Kyustendil, Bulgaria

46,391 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Vidin, Bulgaria

44,089 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Montana, Bulgaria

42,776 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Silistra, Bulgaria

38,980 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Nesebar, Bulgaria

36,656 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria

35,866 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Lovech, Bulgaria

35,792 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Dupnitsa, Bulgaria

35,547 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Sandanski, Bulgaria

34,243 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Smolyan, Bulgaria

31,514 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

### Pomorie, Bulgaria

27,092 people
- Source: https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
- Checked: 2026-07-27

## Method

Every row is a published population observation, ranked highest first. The values were observed between 2022 and 2025. A place appears only when it publishes this exact metric, so an absent place means missing data rather than a low value. Only published cities with at least 20,000 residents and city-level observations qualify.

## Sources

BG001C - Sofia City Statistics, population row — https://www.nsi.bg/en/statistical-data/44/165
NSI Infostat 1062 — population by sex, residence districts and municipalities — https://www.nsi.bg/en/infostat/1062
National Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria — https://site-test.nsi.bg/bg/statistical-data/206/651

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### APA

ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 29). Largest cities in Bulgaria [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a1b01120eb2d8c19e1f1a7ff8ebb6520]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/bulgaria-largest-cities/ Retrieved 2026-09-29. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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```bibtex
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_largest-cities-in-bulgaria_30ec283453c1,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Largest cities in Bulgaria},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-29},
  version = {a1b01120eb2d8c19e1f1a7ff8ebb6520},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/reports/bulgaria-largest-cities/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-09-29. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
```

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## Boundary

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