List of cities and towns in Bulgaria explained

This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold. Primary sources are the National Statistical Institute (NSI)^[1] and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

The largest city is Sofia with about 1.4 million inhabitants and the smallest is Melnik with about 300. Towns are not necessarily larger than all villages. Indeed, many villages are more populous than many towns–compare for instance Lozen, a large village with more than 6,000 inhabitants, with Melnik.

List

Rank	CoA	City/Town	Province (Oblast)	Population 1946^[2] ^[3]	Population 1992 census	Population 2001 census	Population 2011 census^[4]	Population2021 census	Image
1		Sofia	Sofia City Province	366,801	1,114,925	1,091,772	1,204,685	1,190,256
2		Plovdiv		126,563	341,058	338,224	338,153	321,824
3		Varna		76,954	308,432	312,889	334,870	311,093
4		Burgas		44,449	195,686	192,390	200,271	188,242
5		Ruse		57,509	170,038	161,453	149,642	123,134
6		Stara Zagora		38,325	150,518	143,420	138,272	121,582
7		Pleven		39,059	130,812	122,149	106,954	90,209
8		Sliven		34,291	106,212	100,366	91,620	79,362
9		Dobrich		30,522	104,494	100,000	91,030	71,947
10		Shumen		31,327	93,390	89,054	80,855	67,300
11		Pernik		28,545	90,549	86,133	80,191	66,991
12		Haskovo		27,435	80,700	80,870	76,397	64,564
13		Blagoevgrad		14,200	71,476	71,361	70,881	62,524
14		Yambol		30,576	91,497	82,924	74,132	60,641
15		Veliko Tarnovo		16,223	67,540	66,998	72,653	59,166
16		Pazardzhik		30,376	82,578	78,855	71,979	55,220
17		Vratsa		19,620	75,518	69,423	60,692	49,569
18				20,952	52,360	52,116	50,846	45,473
19		Gabrovo		21,180	76,522	67,350	58,930	44,786
20				20,096	60,095	54,021	47,325	41,768
21		Kardzhali		10,502	45,793	45,729	43,880	40,937
22		Montana		8,049	52,476	49,368	43,781	36,633
23		Kyustendil		19,238	54,431	50,243	44,532	35,100
24		Vidin		18,481	62,691	57,614	48,071	34,797
25		Targovishte		10,561	43,016	40,775	37,611	32,957
26				-	50,977	45,918	38,785	31,187
27		Razgrad		15,010	40,933	39,036	33,880	28,509
28		Lovech		11,829	48,242	44,262	36,600	27,910
29		Silistra		15,951	48,360	42,153	35,607	27,727
30				19,301	41,398	38,323	35,506	26,973
31				13,493	27,659	29,785	29,836	26,093
32				10,488	38,914	35,621	32,079	25,764
33		Smolyan		5,406	34,086	33,153	30,642	24,920
34				13,218	28,608	27,664	26,061	24,186
35				7,447	26,096	26,695	26,959	23,844
36				-	25,634	25,009	23,479	20,031
37				9,827	25,494	24,775	23,908
38				15,255	31,133	27,897	23,836	18,593
39				8,903	27,291	25,715	23,797	19,373
40				-	25,634	25,009	23,479	20,286
41				10,988	26,260	25,453	23,325
42				5,206	25,104	23,332	21,723
43				9,929	22,401	21,339	20,930
44				6,079	23,006	21,545	20,444
45				14,358	20,454	20,426	19,721
46				8,938	19,280	19,411	19,288
47				9,225	21,349	19,927	18,360
48				10,265	21,917	20,587	18,214
49				9,686	18,643	18,982	18,005
50				12,014	21,131	19,994	17,675
51				13,220	19,940	18,022	16,133
52				6,525	19,722	17,791	15,286
53				-	15,799	16,184	15,052
54				5,783	16,909	15,631	13,873
55			Sofia City Province	-	-	-	13,855
56				-	13,632	14,871	13,752
57				5,050	16,809	15,266	13,733
58				6,876	16,146	15,459	13,721
59				5,244	18,003	15,792	13,634
60				4,823	13,946	13,641	13,432
61				6,526	12,926	13,615	13,297
62				-	14,447	14,595	13,207
63				8,729	15,251	14,141	12,766
64				5,477	14,284	13,542	12,613
65				6,912	13,422	12,614	12,472
66				9,324	15,995	13,832	12,289
67				2,286	8,604	8,789	12,133
68				6,131	12,235	12,448	12,127
69				-	12,123	12,120	11,896
70				-	13,015	12,490	11,575
71				5,652	12,139	11,479	11,340
72				13,035	13,690	12,658	11,063
73				6,383	13,996	12,879	10,850
74				-	13,006	12,387	10,769
75				3,021	12,078	11,371	10,750
76				5,122	13,178	12,166	10,528
77				4,817	12,567	11,427	10,429
78				6,720	13,776	12,070	10,367
79			Sofia City Province	-	-	-	10,126
80				4,355	12,491	11,131	9,569
81				7,751	10,505	10,002	9,535
82				7,183	11,573	10,322	9,371
83				-	10,464	9,548	9,122
84				3,644	11,774	9,926	9,076
85			Ruse Province	6,352	11,222	10,006	8,890
86				4,127	9,969	9,328	8,886
87				-	10,494	9,953	8,829
88				-	10,453	9,903	8,761
89				4,233	8,938	8,893	8,612
90				6,161	9,385	9,204	8,562
91				-	8,761	8,544	8,463
92				-	9,507	9,166	8,425
93				-	8,412	8,648	8,369
94				-	9,361	8,937	8,320
95				-	8,417	8,442	8,277
96				5,541	10,050	9,109	8,164
97				-	8,410	8,559	8,033
98				-	7,039	7,283	7,978
99				-	9,906	9,045	7,898
100				3,764	9,673	8,655	7,892
101				-	7,970	8,071	7,878
102				-	8,566	8,372	7,651
103				-	8,499	8,163	7,587
104				3,143	7,266	7,948	7,542
105				-	8,455	7,878	7,333
106				-	9,149	8,299	7,239
107				4,182	8,831	7,887	7,077
108				-	10,866	9,954	7,018
109				2,695	6,411	7,485	6,996
110				-	8,955	8,042	6,979
111				4,261	8,294	7,648	6,941
112				-	7,466	7,127	6,781
113				-	6,646	6,700	6,705
114				-	7,126	6,863	6,698
115				-	7,859	7,178	6,682
116				-	7,618	7,001	6,568
117				-	7,635	7,199	6,428
118				3,674	7,781	6,893	6,066
119				-	8,545	6,573	6,026
120				-	6,613	6,176	5,977
121				-	6,801	6,364	5,951
122				-	7,655	6,915	5,891
123				1,960	6,005	5,854	5,882
124				-	5,647	5,907	5,837
125				-	7,196	5,983	5,651
126				-	6,455	6,139	5,627
127				2,658	7,226	6,412	5,623
128				6,668	7,386	6,618	5,542
129				-	-	4,822	5,439
130				-	6,264	5,633	5,344
131				6,985	6,767	6,088	5,331
132				-	-	4,679	5,286
133				2,192	6,635	5,838	5,242
134				-	5,586	5,385	5,149
135				-	5,636	5,757	5,090
136				-	5,554	5,279	5,085
137				1,514	5,286	5,239	4,861
138				-	5,391	5,094	4,784
139				-	5,304	5,319	4,781
140			Ruse Province	-	5,287	4,991	4,758
141				-	4,799	4,702	4,745
142				-	-	4,891	4,706
143				-	-	4,911	4,665
144				-	-	4,430	4,621
145				-	-	5,071	4,529
146				-	5,471	5,160	4,470
147				-	-	4,784	4,460
148				-	-	4,529	4,386
149				-	-	5,115	4,383
150				-	-	4,801	4,355
151				-	-	4,763	4,342
152			Ruse Province	-	-	4,790	4,314
153				-	-	4,535	4,277
154				-	-	4,128	4,254
155				-	-	4,678	4,240
156				-	-	4,328	4,069
157				1,442	3,711	3,963	4,026
158				-	-	4,331	3,986
159				-	-	4,394	3,940
160				-	-	2,311	3,886
161				-	-	4,758	3,832
162				-	-	4,303	3,795
163				-	-	4,592	3,794
164				-	-	4,848	3,782
165				-	-	4,442	3,704
166				-	-	4,176	3,696
167			Ruse Province	-	-	3,759	3,673
168			Ruse Province	-	-	4,366	3,596
169				-	-	3,803	3,579
170				-	-	4,389	3,577
171				-	-	4,204	3,560
172				-	-	3,925	3,539
173				-	3,663	3,733	3,530
174				-	-	3,945	3,505
175				-	-	4,361	3,499
176				-	-	3,554	3,463
177				-	-	3,882	3,428
178				-	-	3,882	3,427
179				-	-	3,806	3,422
180				-	-	3,610	3,398
181				-	-	3,670	3,392
182				-	-	3,817	3,372
183				-	-	3,551	3,332
184				-	-	4,208	3,316
185				1,214	3,682	3,636	3,295
186				-	-	3,810	3,289
187				-	-	3,461	3,282
188				-	-	3,756	3,282
189				-	-	3,669	3,260
190				-	-	3,683	3,250
191				-	-	3,802	3,220
192				-	-	3,475	3,191
193			Ruse Province	-	-	3,867	3,179
194				-	-	3,749	3,175
195				-	-	3,122	3,121
196				-	-	3,582	3,091
197				-	-	3,602	3,088
198				-	2,294	2,871	2,982
199				-	-	3,227	2,969
200			Sofia City Province	-	-	3,227	2,952
201				-	-	3,159	2,917
202				-	-	3,060	2,914
203				-	-	3,167	2,864
204				-	-	3,080	2,855
205				-	-	2,905	2,820
206				-	-	3,224	2,817
207				-	-	2,959	2,807
208				-	-	2,960	2,774
209				-	-	2,834	2,730
210				-	-	2,919	2,681
211				-	-	3,045	2,610
212				-	-	2,809	2,552
213				-	-	2,952	2,547
214				-	-	2,845	2,544
215				-	-	2,210	2,542
216				-	-	2,693	2,540
217				-	-	2,838	2,492
218				-	-	2,613	2,491
219				-	-	2,432	2,406
220				-	-	2,567	2,377
221				-	-	2,801	2,377
222				-	-	3,004	2,361
223				-	-	2,033	2,351
224				-	-	2,470	2,292
225			Ruse Province	-	-	2,613	2,275
226				-	-	2,447	2,247
227				-	-	-	2,204
228				-	-	-	2,183
229				-	-	2,081	2,130
230				-	-	2,189	2,086
231				-	-	2,182	2,086
232				-	-	2,043	1,915
233				-	-	2,133	1,891
234				-	-	2,267	1,862
235				-	-	2,082	1,859
236				-	-	1,976	1,858
237				-	-	2,043	1,854
238				-	-	1,892	1,834
239				-	-	2,094	1,819
240				-	-	1,761	1,668
241				-	-	1,804	1,615
242				-	-	1,730	1,580
243			Ruse Province	-	-	1,616	1,550
244				-	-	1,790	1,543
245				-	-	3,073	1,492
246				-	-	1,348	1,466
247				-	-	1,796	1,429
248				-	-	1,328	1,310
249				-	-	1,383	1,291
250				-	-	1,350	1,264
251				-	-	1,444	1,264
252				-	-	1,404	1,241
253				-	-	1,343	1,188
254				-	-	1,075	1,127
255				-	-	1,034	1,045
256				-	-	696	613
257				472	287	252	347
		Bulgaria	Total:	7,029,349	8,487,317	7,932,984	7,364,570

See also

• List of villages in Bulgaria
• Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) of Bulgaria
• List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits
• List of European cities by population within city limits

External links

• Map main cities in Bulgaria at Visitmybulgaria.com
• Map of Bulgarian towns at BGMaps.com
  • Maps of Bulgarian towns at Domino.bg
• Veliko Tarnovo of Bulgaria
• Map of Bulgaria

Notes and References

1. Web site: ПРЕБРОЯВАНЕ 2011. Nsi.bg. bg. 17 October 2017.
2. Web site: УРБАНИЗАЦИЯТА В БЪЛГАРИЯ ОТ ОСВОБОЖДЕНИЕТО ДО КРАЯ НА ВТОРАТА СВЕТОВНА ВОЙНА. Urbanization In Bulgaria from the Liberation to the End of World War II. Prokarstterra.bas.bg. bg. 17 October 2017.
3. Web site: България / Bălgarija. Pop-stat.mashke.org. bg. 17 October 2017.
4. Web site: Bulgarian National Statistical Institute. 6.1.4. Population by towns and sex – Table data. 13 November 2010. 17 October 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101113165731/http://www.nsi.bg/otrasalen.php?otr=53&a1=1583&a2=1584&a3=1588. 13 November 2010.