Sofia · Population

Question: What is the population of Sofia? Answer: Sofia (София), Bulgaria (Administrative unit: Sofia-Capital) - last known population is ≈ 1 228 300 (year 2014). This was 17.056% of total Bulgaria population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2011-2014 (+0.7%/year), Sofia population in 2018 would be: 1 263 154*.

Population history ^[1]

Annual population change

[1956-1965] +2.44 %/year
[1965-1975] +1.9 %/year
[1975-1985] +1.43 %/year
[1985-1992] +0 %/year
[1992-2001] -0.23 %/year
[2001-2011] +0.97 %/year
[2011-2014] +0.7 %/year

Location

GPS coordinates: 42.698, 23.324

Local time in Sofia: 04:30 Wednesday GMT+3.

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Sofia on city and population density map

City density ^[2] • population density ^[3] • Legend (Click on marker to hide it)

Population for places near Sofia

• Pernik 26 km, 245°
• Blagoevgrad 78 km, 193°
• Vratsa 60 km, 18°
• Kyustendil 69 km, 228°
• Montana 80 km, 354°
• Dupnitsa 51 km, 199°
• Samokov 44 km, 154°
• Velingrad 92 km, 143°
• Botevgrad 44 km, 58°
• Panagyurishte 74 km, 107°

Sources, Notices

1956e, 1965e, 1975e, 1985c, 1992c, 2001c, 2011c, 2014e. Legend: e-estimate, c-census, o-other, ..
* Unofficial, calculated population.
** In some cases boundaries changes also influence the comparability of the population data. Data is provided "as is" without warranty or any representation of accuracy, timeliness or completeness. Terms of use.
[1] Sources
• National Statistical Institute Bulgaria
• Population 2000-2014 Time series - xls
• National Statistical Institute - Towns population 1956-1992
[2] City density map, generated by population.city using data provided to us by 1km.net website. Every circle is city with population over 5000. Link
[3] Population density map generated by instructions from daysleeperrr on reddig. Link1. Used data source is the Gridded Population of the World (GPW), v3 online at the the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC) at Columbia University. Link2. Additional urban land cover: Extracted from Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0 and Binary MOD12Q1 data on shadedrelief.com. Link3 (PNG,0.5Mb).