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Largest cities in Bulgaria

Sofia, Bulgaria has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 1,221,172 people (BG001C - Sofia City Statistics, population row, 2022-01-01).

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Bulgaria cities ranked by their own published resident population.

Items compared
30
Countries represented
1
Last checked
2026-08-05

Source-backed answers

Compare each answer with its unit and checked date; the complete source ledger is below.

Showing all 30 rows

Original rankCity or placePublished valueSource and scope
1Sofia, Bulgaria1,221,172 people2026-07-29
Source Scope: city · Period: 2022-01-01
2Plovdiv, Bulgaria333,994 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
3Varna, Bulgaria331,260 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
4Burgas, Bulgaria195,912 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
5Stara Zagora, Bulgaria141,748 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
6Ruse, Bulgaria136,112 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
7Sliven, Bulgaria109,879 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
8Pleven, Bulgaria108,440 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
9Pazardzhik, Bulgaria87,766 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
10Pernik, Bulgaria80,576 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
11Haskovo, Bulgaria78,235 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
12Shumen, Bulgaria77,095 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
13Veliko Tŭrnovo, Bulgaria77,049 people2026-08-05
Source Scope: city · Period: 2024-12-31
14Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria70,708 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
15Kardzhali, Bulgaria67,238 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
16Kazanlak, Bulgaria62,923 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
17Yambol, Bulgaria58,997 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
18Vratsa, Bulgaria58,721 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
19Asenovgrad, Bulgaria56,647 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
20Kyustendil, Bulgaria46,391 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
21Vidin, Bulgaria44,089 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
22Montana, Bulgaria42,776 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
23Silistra, Bulgaria38,980 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
24Nesebar, Bulgaria36,656 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
25Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bulgaria35,866 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
26Lovech, Bulgaria35,792 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
27Dupnitsa, Bulgaria35,547 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
28Sandanski, Bulgaria34,243 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
29Smolyan, Bulgaria31,514 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31
30Pomorie, Bulgaria27,092 people2026-07-27
Source Scope: city · Period: 2025-12-31

What the numbers say

  • Sofia, Bulgaria leads at 1,221,172 people.
  • Pomorie, Bulgaria sits at the other end with 27,092 people.
  • The middle of this ranking is 67,238 people, across 30 places that publish the metric.
  • The spread between first and last is 1,194,080 people.

Quick answer

What does Largest cities in Bulgaria show?

Sofia, Bulgaria has the highest population of the 30 cities compared: 1,221,172 people (BG001C - Sofia City Statistics, population row, 2022-01-01).

How this list is built

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.

  • Compare the displayed value, unit, source date and geographic grain together.
  • A city label does not change a regional observation into a city measurement.
Rows
30 places
Geographic grain
city
Observation period
2022-01-01 to 2025-12-31
Last checked
2026-08-05
With an official source link
30 of 30

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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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@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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[Largest cities in Bulgaria](https://immigrationdb.com/reports/bulgaria-largest-cities/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version a1b01120eb2d8c19e1f1a7ff8ebb6520; retrieved 2026-09-29; built 2026-09-29.

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Sources

  1. BG001C - Sofia City Statistics, population rowNational Statistical Institute of Bulgaria · Checked 2026-07-29
  2. NSI Infostat 1062 — population by sex, residence districts and municipalitiesNational Statistical Institute of Bulgaria · Checked 2026-07-27
  3. National Statistical Institute of the Republic of BulgariaNational Statistical Institute of the Republic of Bulgaria · Checked 2026-08-05