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Bulgaria: cities by population

Bulgaria has a population of 7,000,039, with Sofia as its capital. The 50 largest of its 320 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Sofia	Sofia-Capital	1,152,556
2	Plovdiv	Plovdiv	329,489
3	Varna	Varna	318,737
4	Burgas	Burgas	210,646
5	Stara Zagora	Stara Zagora	121,582
6	Ruse	Ruse	121,168
7	Pleven	Pleven	90,209
8	Sliven	Sliven	83,740
9	Pernik	Pernik	82,467
10	Shumen	Shumen	72,342
11	Dobrich	Dobrich	69,434
12	Blagoevgrad	Blagoevgrad	67,810
13	Haskovo	Haskovo	64,564
14	Yambol	Yambol	63,656
15	Veliko Tŭrnovo	Veliko Tarnovo	59,166
16	Pazardzhik	Pazardzhik	55,220
17	Asenovgrad	Plovdiv	54,778
18	Vratsa	Vratsa	49,569
19	Gabrovo	Gabrovo	48,133
20	Kazanlak	Stara Zagora	47,918
21	Montana	Montana	47,445
22	Kyustendil	Kyustendil	46,856
23	Kardzhali	Kardzhali	44,071
24	Dimitrovgrad	Haskovo	38,015
25	Vidin	Vidin	34,797
26	Targovishte	Targovishte	34,793
27	Dupnitsa	Kyustendil	34,764
28	Gorna Oryahovitsa	Veliko Tarnovo	32,792
29	Petrich	Blagoevgrad	30,722
30	Smolyan	Smolyan	30,689
31	Karlovo	Plovdiv	30,340
32	Svishtov	Veliko Tarnovo	30,157
33	Silistra	Silistra	29,498
34	Razgrad	Razgrad	28,931
35	Sandanski	Blagoevgrad	28,510
36	Lovech	Lovech	27,910
37	Samokov	Sofia	26,765
38	Sevlievo	Gabrovo	24,582
39	Nova Zagora	Sliven	23,625
40	Troyan	Lovech	21,162
41	Aytos	Burgas	20,986
42	Botevgrad	Sofia	20,909
43	Gotse Delchev	Blagoevgrad	20,522
44	Velingrad	Pazardzhik	20,286
45	Karnobat	Burgas	19,709
46	Panagyurishte	Pazardzhik	19,389
47	Harmanli	Haskovo	18,931
48	Peshtera	Pazardzhik	18,676
49	Lom	Montana	18,593
50	Parvomay	Plovdiv	17,000

Twenty years earlier: Bulgaria in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 7,506,098.