Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Aromanian (secondary) · Bulgarian (secondary) · Bulgarian Sign Language (secondary) · Czech (secondary) · Czech (Moravian) (secondary) · Gagauz (secondary) · Levantine Arabic (secondary) · Modern Greek (secondary) · Modern Greek (biblical terms) (secondary) · Russian (secondary) · Russian (Pre-1918) (secondary) · Turkish (secondary) · Western Armenian (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Bulgaria

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Bulgarian	5484000	Bulgarian	Christianity
Turk	507000	Turkish	Islam
Romani, Bulgarian	266000	Bulgarian	Christianity
Romani, Balkan	89000	Romani, Balkan	Christianity
Millet	84000	Turkish	Islam
Pomak	63000	Bulgarian	Islam
Deaf	21000	Bulgarian Sign Language	Unknown
Russian	14000	Russian	Christianity
Arab, general	11000	Arabic, Levantine	Islam
Aromanian	9400	Aromanian	Christianity
Czech	8600	Czech	Non-Religious
Armenian	5300	Armenian, Western	Christianity
Gagauz	4400	Gagauz	Christianity
Karakachan	2300	Greek	Christianity
Jewish, Bulgarian	1200	Bulgarian	Judaism
Palityan, Bogomil	800	Bulgarian	Christianity

Languages

11 languages recorded here.

Arabic, Levantine

Armenian, Western

Aromanian

Bulgarian

Bulgarian Sign Language

Czech

Gagauz

Greek

Romani, Balkan

Russian

Turkish

All catalogue fields

148 fields recorded

rog3: BU
iso3: BGR
iso2: BG
ctry: Bulgaria
poplpeoples: 6571000
cntpeoples: 16
cntpeopleslr: 5
poplpeopleslr: 602000
jpscalectry: 3
rol3officiallanguage: bul
officiallang: Bulgarian
rlg3primary: 1
religionprimary: Christianity
percentchristianity: 82.15858990038
percentevangelical: 1.9979170857644
c_10_40window: N
rog2: EUR
continent: Europe
regioncode: 9
regionname: Europe, Eastern and Eurasia
workersneeded: 14
harvest_rog3: BU
harvest_iso3: BGR
harvest_iso2: BG
harvest_owcountrycode: BULG
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: BG
harvest_countrynumber: 32
harvest_ctry: Bulgaria
harvest_ctryshort: Bulgaria
harvest_countrynamechinese: 保加利亚
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 保加利亚
harvest_countrynamedutch: Bulgarije
harvest_countrynamefrench: Bulgarie
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Bulgarie
harvest_countrynamegerman: Bulgarien
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Bulgarien
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Bulgaria
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Bulgaria
harvest_countrynameitalian: Bulgaria
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Bulgaria
harvest_countrynamekorean: 불가리아
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 불가리아
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Bulgaria
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Bulgaria
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Bulgária
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Bulgária
harvest_countrynamerussian: Болгария
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Болгария
harvest_countrynamespanish: Bulgaria
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Bulgaria
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Bulgaria
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Bulgaria
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: de
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: na
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: N
harvest_rog2: EUR
harvest_regioncode2414: 11
harvest_regioncode: 9
harvest_unsr: 151
harvest_worldabc: C
harvest_capital: Sofia
harvest_population: 6715000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/bulgaria.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 77058978
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-bu.pdf
harvest_jpscale: 3
harvest_c_10_40window: N
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_owpctevang: 1.9
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 1.8164222
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 0.69999999
harvest_owcountrypage: bulgaria
harvest_literacyrate: 98
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 75
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: bul
harvest_rlg3primary: 1
harvest_rlg4primary: 4
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0.01
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 12.1
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0.04
harvest_pctnonreligious: 7.94
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 79.91
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 1.7
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.58
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.9899999999999999
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 78.56
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.15
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: -2.070000034679234
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A003
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.794
harvest_hdirank: 56
harvest_internetusers: 59.8
harvest_flashmapzoom: 1213
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -595
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -322
harvest_googlemapzoom: 6
harvest_googlemaplat: 42.7
harvest_googlemaplng: 25
harvest_ctrylatitude: 42.733883
harvest_ctrylongitude: 25.48583
harvest_securitylevel: 0
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/bulgaria/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 301
harvest_poplgrowthrate: -0.7466892082276698
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=bg&joshua=bu
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-bulgaria
harvest_internetusage: 65
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_areasquaremiles: 42822
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 110912
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 178
harvest_countryphonecode: 359
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 64.2
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 0.54
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 69
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 1.2
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 80.24000000000001
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 2
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .bg
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/bulgaria
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00