Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total was 6,478 in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total in Bulgaria, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Bulgaria is 6,478, measured in 2010.
The figure is down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Bulgaria peaked at 7,054 in 1985 and was at its lowest, 5,817, in 1960.
Bulgaria ranks 76th of 144 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,019 | 5,817 | 6,221 | 2 |
| 1970s | 6,676 | 6,552 | 6,801 | 2 |
| 1980s | 6,978 | 6,901 | 7,054 | 2 |
| 1990s | 6,870 | 6,804 | 6,936 | 2 |
| 2000s | 6,702 | 6,664 | 6,741 | 2 |
| 2010s | 6,478 | 6,478 | 6,478 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
More education data for Bulgaria
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 63.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.4% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 95.3% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 22,710 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs mean years of schooling 1.75 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 95.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Bulgaria?
- Barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total in Bulgaria was 6,478 in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 7,054 in 1985.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,817 in 1960.
- How does Bulgaria rank for barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total?
- Bulgaria ranks 76th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: population in thousands, age 15+, total rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Population in thousands, age 15+, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Population in thousands, age 15+, total is the total population over age 15 in thousands estimated by Barro-Lee.