1946 Bulgarian census explained

As of December 31, 1946, the population of the country was 7,029,349.

Ethnic groups

Number and share of ethnic groups.^[1]

!Ethnicity!Numbers!%

Bulgarians	5,903,580	84.0
Turks	675,500	9.6
Roma	170,011	2.4
Macedonians	169,544 ^[2]	2.4
Jews	44,209	0.6
Armenians	21,637	0.3
Russians	13,200	0.2
Tatars	8,133
Greeks	3,623
Romanians	2,459
Czechs	1,868
Germans	1,407
Albanians	1,128
Hungarians	778
Serbs	723
Slovaks	656
Italians	580
Slovenes	545
French	301
Croats	290
Poles	276
Ukrainians	61

Sources

1. Web site: "Population by place of residence, sex and ethnic group" .
2. Georgeoff, Peter John (with David Crowe), "National Minorities in Bulgaria, 1919– 1980" in Horak, Stephen, ed., Eastern European National Minorities 1919/1980: A Handbook, (Littleton, Co: Libraries Limited, Inc.).