1946 Bulgarian census

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

Ethnic groups

Share of Turks in town halls, compared to the territories of today's municipalities.

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
Ethnicity (1946)
Bulgarians
 
 84.0%
Turks
 
 9.6%
Roma
 
 2.4%
Macedonians
 
 2.4%
Jews
 
 0.6%

Sources

  1. ^ ""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.).
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