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Bulgaria population

Bulgaria population now

6,655,740

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 6.5–6.7 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 6,795,803

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 6.66766 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 6.5–6.7 million
Median age: 46.0
Aged 65+: 22.5%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 2,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

BGR · 1950–2100 · in brief

Bulgaria in numbers

Bulgaria had 6,795,803 people in mid-2023, the 110th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.08% of the world's people. That is 6% fewer people than in 1950 (7.2 million).

Its population peaked in 1988 at 9.0 million and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 3.5 million in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 2.1 million to 6.0 million.

1990 was the last year births kept up with deaths. Every year since has had more deaths than births, as does every projected year to 2100.

The median age was 27.0 in 1950 and 45.3 in 2023; the projection has 50.7 in 2100. 21.8% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 32.3% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 1985 at 6.0 million; in 2023 it was 4.3 million.

By size it is the 110th country in 2023; the projection puts it 127th in 2050 and 136th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Hong Kong in 2067. It is overtaken by the Republic of the Congo in 2027, the Central African Republic in 2030 and El Salvador in 2030.

Population, mid-2023: 6,795,803
Rank by population, 2023: 110 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.08%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −0.44% · −30,061 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 63
Land area, 2023: 108,560 km²
Births, 2023: 62,645
Deaths, 2023: 102,980
Net migration, 2023: +5,173
Children per woman, 2023: 1.75
Median age, 2023: 45.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 75.6 years
In a city, 2025: 32 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 7,248,510
Projected, mid-2050: 5,402,216
Projected, mid-2100: 3,531,198

BGR · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Bulgaria, 1950–2100

Bulgaria: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	7,207,370		155,976	72,270	2.48	61.5
1951	estimate	7,289,651		154,771	76,682	2.45	60.7
1952	estimate	7,339,218		155,252	84,070	2.44	59.6
1953	estimate	7,384,686		153,693	67,290	2.41	64.2
1954	estimate	7,447,159		150,035	67,678	2.35	64.4
1955	estimate	7,505,378		150,663	67,298	2.37	64.8
1956	estimate	7,561,930		147,258	70,504	2.33	65.2
1957	estimate	7,612,401		139,930	65,166	2.24	66.6
1958	estimate	7,686,678		136,772	60,205	2.21	68.7
1959	estimate	7,763,105		135,427	73,306	2.21	66.6
1960	estimate	7,825,242		139,856	63,371	2.31	69.2
1961	estimate	7,900,611		137,293	62,292	2.28	70.2
1962	estimate	7,975,989		133,545	69,377	2.23	69.5
1963	estimate	8,040,661		131,470	65,825	2.20	70.3
1964	estimate	8,106,801		130,335	64,274	2.17	71.1
1965	estimate	8,173,368		126,042	66,540	2.08	71.3
1966	estimate	8,231,465		122,817	68,032	2.02	71.2
1967	estimate	8,286,106		125,005	74,546	2.03	70.4
1968	estimate	8,336,142		141,428	72,310	2.27	71.2
1969	estimate	8,405,134		143,421	79,935	2.27	70.5
1970	estimate	8,465,419		139,135	77,005	2.18	71.3
1971	estimate	8,516,230		135,569	82,581	2.10	70.9
1972	estimate	8,561,566		131,930	83,937	2.04	70.9
1973	estimate	8,598,259		139,965	81,473	2.15	71.3
1974	estimate	8,651,342		149,224	85,006	2.29	71.2
1975	estimate	8,714,168		145,836	89,791	2.23	71.0
1976	estimate	8,732,129		145,128	87,996	2.25	71.4
1977	estimate	8,786,746		141,762	93,922	2.21	70.8
1978	estimate	8,822,626		137,147	92,143	2.15	71.1
1979	estimate	8,804,867		135,007	93,876	2.15	71.2
1980	estimate	8,845,117		128,347	97,468	2.06	71.1
1981	estimate	8,873,956		124,725	95,206	2.01	71.5
1982	estimate	8,901,646		124,267	100,231	2.01	71.1
1983	estimate	8,923,818		123,017	102,126	2.01	71.2
1984	estimate	8,942,833		121,842	101,277	2.00	71.3
1985	estimate	8,962,375		119,186	107,000	1.97	71.0
1986	estimate	8,955,333		119,338	104,164	2.00	71.5
1987	estimate	8,971,605		116,591	107,751	1.96	71.3
1988	estimate	8,980,804		117,454	107,840	1.97	71.4
1989	estimate	8,990,626		113,679	107,472	1.89	71.5
1990	estimate	8,882,135		106,675	109,393	1.79	71.3
1991	estimate	8,762,595		96,993	111,231	1.65	71.2
1992	estimate	8,628,999		89,710	108,953	1.54	71.2
1993	estimate	8,489,202		84,354	109,725	1.46	71.2
1994	estimate	8,443,864		79,261	112,173	1.37	70.9
1995	estimate	8,389,971		72,113	114,881	1.25	71.0
1996	estimate	8,325,177		71,258	117,297	1.24	70.8
1997	estimate	8,257,619		63,819	121,887	1.11	70.3
1998	estimate	8,176,585		64,661	118,175	1.14	70.9
1999	estimate	8,099,804		70,955	111,802	1.26	71.6
2000	estimate	8,035,121		72,135	115,128	1.29	71.6
2001	estimate	7,965,918		67,967	112,175	1.23	71.9
2002	estimate	7,890,986		67,094	112,433	1.22	72.1
2003	estimate	7,832,899		67,996	111,800	1.25	72.4
2004	estimate	7,775,920		70,567	109,950	1.32	72.6
2005	estimate	7,722,940		71,885	113,225	1.36	72.6
2006	estimate	7,667,159		74,681	113,227	1.43	72.7
2007	estimate	7,613,429		76,095	112,812	1.48	73.0
2008	estimate	7,560,347		78,327	110,236	1.55	73.3
2009	estimate	7,510,836		81,232	107,824	1.64	73.7
2010	estimate	7,465,187		76,057	109,565	1.57	73.8
2011	estimate	7,410,010		71,337	107,964	1.50	74.2
2012	estimate	7,350,040		69,316	109,025	1.50	74.3
2013	estimate	7,283,987		66,702	104,156	1.48	74.8
2014	estimate	7,245,212		67,457	108,799	1.53	74.5
2015	estimate	7,201,687		65,896	110,010	1.53	74.6
2016	estimate	7,153,347		65,025	107,364	1.54	74.8
2017	estimate	7,101,521		63,939	109,605	1.56	74.8
2018	estimate	7,049,750		62,236	108,369	1.56	74.9
2019	estimate	6,999,741		61,503	107,892	1.58	75.1
2020	estimate	6,951,197		58,839	124,104	1.56	73.6
2021	estimate	6,916,107		59,000	148,512	1.59	71.4
2022	estimate	6,838,344		64,058	115,519	1.77	74.0
2023	estimate	6,813,384		62,645	102,980	1.75	75.6
2024	estimate	6,778,222		61,463	103,053	1.75	75.8
2025	projection	6,737,155	6.7–6.8 million	60,380	102,617	1.74	76.0
2026	projection	6,691,964	6.6–6.8 million	59,343	102,232	1.74	76.1
2027	projection	6,643,355	6.5–6.7 million	58,292	101,969	1.74	76.3
2028	projection	6,592,301	6.5–6.7 million	57,396	101,680	1.74	76.4
2029	projection	6,539,735	6.4–6.7 million	56,474	101,385	1.73	76.6
2030	projection	6,485,837	6.3–6.7 million	55,667	101,108	1.73	76.8
2031	projection	6,430,649	6.2–6.7 million	54,936	100,855	1.73	76.9
2032	projection	6,375,657	6.1–6.7 million	54,413	100,539	1.73	77.1
2033	projection	6,321,140	6.0–6.7 million	53,937	100,228	1.73	77.2
2034	projection	6,265,800	5.9–6.6 million	53,596	99,929	1.73	77.4
2035	projection	6,210,623	5.8–6.6 million	53,280	99,574	1.73	77.5
2036	projection	6,155,605	5.7–6.6 million	52,992	99,124	1.72	77.7
2037	projection	6,099,733	5.6–6.6 million	52,739	98,648	1.72	77.9
2038	projection	6,044,046	5.6–6.6 million	52,472	98,086	1.71	78.0
2039	projection	5,989,646	5.5–6.6 million	52,284	97,442	1.71	78.2
2040	projection	5,934,740	5.4–6.5 million	52,026	96,736	1.71	78.3
2041	projection	5,880,716	5.3–6.5 million	51,816	95,998	1.71	78.5
2042	projection	5,827,395	5.2–6.5 million	51,619	95,203	1.71	78.7
2043	projection	5,775,378	5.2–6.5 million	51,346	94,425	1.71	78.8
2044	projection	5,723,976	5.1–6.5 million	50,987	93,596	1.70	79.0
2045	projection	5,673,251	5.0–6.5 million	50,523	92,754	1.70	79.1
2046	projection	5,623,261	4.9–6.5 million	50,007	91,929	1.70	79.3
2047	projection	5,573,587	4.8–6.5 million	49,453	91,086	1.70	79.4
2048	projection	5,523,823	4.8–6.4 million	48,916	90,297	1.70	79.6
2049	projection	5,474,986	4.7–6.4 million	48,353	89,599	1.70	79.7
2050	projection	5,426,371	4.6–6.4 million	47,774	88,871	1.70	79.9
2051	projection	5,378,062	4.6–6.4 million	47,218	88,217	1.70	80.0
2052	projection	5,330,216	4.5–6.4 million	46,618	87,632	1.70	80.2
2053	projection	5,282,651	4.4–6.4 million	46,042	87,039	1.70	80.3
2054	projection	5,234,743	4.4–6.3 million	45,427	86,514	1.70	80.5
2055	projection	5,187,047	4.3–6.3 million	44,848	86,040	1.70	80.6
2056	projection	5,139,441	4.2–6.3 million	44,291	85,468	1.70	80.8
2057	projection	5,092,264	4.1–6.3 million	43,718	85,005	1.70	80.9
2058	projection	5,045,071	4.1–6.2 million	43,204	84,576	1.70	81.1
2059	projection	4,998,087	4.0–6.2 million	42,603	84,172	1.70	81.2
2060	projection	4,950,356	4.0–6.2 million	42,088	83,736	1.70	81.4
2061	projection	4,902,420	3.9–6.2 million	41,610	83,291	1.70	81.5
2062	projection	4,854,581	3.9–6.2 million	41,097	82,752	1.69	81.7
2063	projection	4,807,252	3.8–6.2 million	40,679	82,132	1.69	81.8
2064	projection	4,759,921	3.7–6.1 million	40,294	81,545	1.69	82.0
2065	projection	4,712,689	3.7–6.1 million	39,899	80,909	1.69	82.1
2066	projection	4,665,791	3.6–6.1 million	39,552	80,168	1.69	82.2
2067	projection	4,619,459	3.6–6.1 million	39,270	79,353	1.69	82.4
2068	projection	4,573,894	3.5–6.1 million	38,985	78,469	1.69	82.5
2069	projection	4,529,363	3.4–6.1 million	38,714	77,519	1.69	82.6
2070	projection	4,485,444	3.4–6.0 million	38,474	76,464	1.69	82.8
2071	projection	4,441,978	3.3–6.0 million	38,217	75,425	1.69	82.9
2072	projection	4,399,585	3.2–6.0 million	37,977	74,379	1.69	83.0
2073	projection	4,358,065	3.2–6.0 million	37,784	73,215	1.69	83.2
2074	projection	4,317,156	3.1–6.0 million	37,542	72,034	1.69	83.3
2075	projection	4,276,869	3.0–6.0 million	37,247	70,873	1.69	83.5
2076	projection	4,238,336	3.0–6.0 million	36,958	69,581	1.69	83.6
2077	projection	4,200,906	2.9–6.0 million	36,657	68,319	1.69	83.7
2078	projection	4,164,153	2.9–6.0 million	36,345	67,060	1.69	83.9
2079	projection	4,128,546	2.8–6.0 million	36,026	65,792	1.69	84.0
2080	projection	4,093,496	2.8–6.0 million	35,623	64,558	1.69	84.1
2081	projection	4,059,429	2.7–5.9 million	35,210	63,316	1.69	84.2
2082	projection	4,027,298	2.7–6.0 million	34,868	62,055	1.69	84.3
2083	projection	3,995,762	2.7–6.0 million	34,476	60,804	1.69	84.5
2084	projection	3,965,338	2.6–6.0 million	34,109	59,568	1.69	84.6
2085	projection	3,935,446	2.6–5.9 million	33,710	58,420	1.69	84.7
2086	projection	3,906,471	2.6–5.9 million	33,342	57,305	1.69	84.8
2087	projection	3,878,380	2.5–5.9 million	32,974	56,268	1.69	85.0
2088	projection	3,851,106	2.5–5.9 million	32,602	55,350	1.69	85.1
2089	projection	3,824,686	2.5–5.9 million	32,251	54,539	1.69	85.2
2090	projection	3,798,622	2.4–5.9 million	31,885	53,833	1.69	85.3
2091	projection	3,773,077	2.4–5.9 million	31,566	53,239	1.69	85.5
2092	projection	3,747,693	2.3–5.9 million	31,219	52,746	1.69	85.6
2093	projection	3,722,313	2.3–6.0 million	30,891	52,414	1.69	85.7
2094	projection	3,697,018	2.3–6.0 million	30,590	52,112	1.69	85.8
2095	projection	3,671,656	2.2–6.0 million	30,292	51,923	1.69	85.9
2096	projection	3,646,519	2.2–6.0 million	29,973	51,757	1.69	86.0
2097	projection	3,620,854	2.2–6.0 million	29,703	51,600	1.69	86.2
2098	projection	3,595,301	2.1–6.0 million	29,435	51,471	1.68	86.3
2099	projection	3,569,824	2.1–6.0 million	29,208	51,286	1.69	86.4
2100	projection	3,544,133	2.1–6.0 million	28,933	51,170	1.68	86.5

Show the numbers: Bulgaria, mid-2026, by single year of age

Bulgaria: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	30,618	28,898
1	31,121	29,370
2	31,724	29,932
3	32,509	30,672
4	31,557	29,895
5	30,435	28,842
6	31,291	29,676
7	32,260	30,464
8	33,044	31,191
9	33,690	32,032
10	34,194	32,276
11	34,768	32,754
12	34,380	32,732
13	34,383	32,592
14	35,402	33,207
15	35,738	33,665
16	36,504	34,844
17	36,649	34,953
18	35,501	33,420
19	34,617	32,530
20	33,794	31,929
21	33,117	31,419
22	32,525	30,780
23	32,026	29,968
24	31,924	29,836
25	32,742	31,041
26	33,651	32,248
27	31,947	30,528
28	29,752	27,923
29	30,830	28,882
30	32,266	30,600
31	33,808	32,282
32	36,726	34,929
33	39,035	36,880
34	41,597	39,439
35	44,895	42,800
36	47,648	45,573
37	49,371	46,968
38	49,348	46,927
39	49,158	46,933
40	49,174	46,656
41	49,118	46,032
42	49,318	46,194
43	49,120	45,978
44	49,452	46,019
45	49,924	46,718
46	51,515	48,384
47	52,582	49,862
48	53,086	50,901
49	54,435	52,192
50	54,785	52,643
51	55,238	53,512
52	53,779	52,726
53	50,172	49,182
54	48,984	47,838
55	49,866	48,968
56	50,562	50,195
57	49,671	50,322
58	45,415	46,671
59	41,683	43,118
60	41,054	43,130
61	41,319	44,333
62	41,493	45,066
63	40,916	45,386
64	40,746	46,146
65	40,434	46,461
66	38,884	45,862
67	37,602	45,714
68	36,824	46,040
69	36,387	46,714
70	35,726	47,358
71	34,061	46,512
72	32,767	45,540
73	31,277	44,883
74	28,996	43,344
75	28,932	44,841
76	28,636	45,733
77	25,972	42,828
78	23,200	39,694
79	21,534	37,644
80	19,120	34,366
81	15,683	29,121
82	13,532	25,894
83	12,036	23,681
84	10,396	20,902
85	8,936	18,312
86	7,403	15,686
87	6,036	13,298
88	5,086	11,432
89	4,232	9,735
90	3,383	7,901
91	2,717	6,449
92	2,086	5,028
93	1,521	3,682
94	1,011	2,504
95	638	1,650
96	425	1,101
97	270	697
98	160	422
99	93	246
100+	116	318

BGR · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Bulgaria, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

BGR · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Bulgaria

Bulgaria had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 1985: 6,004,460 people aged 15–64, against 4,324,130 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

23 children

34 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 41 years: 1950, 1962–1975, 1983–1987 and 1993–2013.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: one stripe a year from 1950 to 2100. A stripe takes colour in a year when fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people of working age, and stays grey otherwise; hatching means the year is projected.

How every country compares

BGR · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Bulgaria, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Bulgaria gains 11,511 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 1,410 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 200 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

Across the counted years, 1950 to 2023, its biggest single-year gain was 30,167 (2020); its biggest loss, 120,552 (1992).

In 2024, 299,100 people living in Bulgaria had been born in another country, 4 of every 100 people there, against fewer than 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

BGR · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Bulgaria

Of every 100 babies born in Bulgaria in 2023, 11 had a mother under 20, 71 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 18 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 12 under 20 and 9 aged 35 or older.

1950
12 · 79 · 9

2023
11 · 71 · 18

2050 · projected
2 · 73 · 25

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 62,645
Average age when women have a baby: 27.9 years; 26.7 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 39; 54 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Bulgaria by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	214	314	509	313	6	4
15–19	18,238	24,171	12,415	6,303	741	477
20–24	60,082	65,731	26,418	11,544	4,814	3,039
25–29	46,793	38,858	20,934	15,890	13,298	8,157
30–34	16,544	12,148	8,778	17,172	16,770	10,086
35–39	10,488	3,613	2,535	9,166	9,636	5,668
40–44	3,302	914	515	2,040	2,331	1,380
45–49	292	63	24	213	176	120
50–54	23	24	7	4	2	2
All babies	155,976	145,836	72,135	62,645	47,774	28,933

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

BGR · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Bulgaria

In Bulgaria, WHO puts the healthy years a newborn could expect in 2021 at 62.4 (95% range 61.8–63.0), out of 71.3 in all. The years in less than full health come to 8.9, below the world's 9.5: shorter lives leave fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

64.6 in full health, 10.4 not: 75.0 years

Men

60.4 in full health, 7.6 not: 68.0 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 64.6 healthy years of 75.0. Men: 60.4 of 68.0. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 65.7.

BGR · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Bulgaria

At the end of 2025, Bulgaria was hosting 106,913 people who had crossed a border into it, about 16 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad106,913
Bulgaria nationals abroad823

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: one square stands for 2,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Bulgaria living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 3,876 people asked for asylum in Bulgaria for the first time; 89 people from Bulgaria asked for asylum in another country. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

BGR · of every 100 people

How people live in Bulgaria

Of every 100 people in Bulgaria in 2025, 32 lived in a city, 29 in a town or suburb and 39 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 17.6 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

BGR · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Bulgaria went in school

Of every 100 adults in Bulgaria in 2020, 1 never went to school and 75 finished upper secondary or went further.

1 never went to school 1 some primary 4 finished primary 19 finished lower secondary 47 finished upper secondary 28 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; nor are the ones who finished upper secondary.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

BGR · cities · 2025

Cities in Bulgaria

Bulgaria had 9 cities in 2025, home to 2.1 million people. The largest, Sofia, holds 16 of every 100 people in Bulgaria.

Sofia1,067,136
Plovdiv329,838
Varna290,572
Burgas103,946
Ruse89,462
Stara Zagora83,631
Pleven57,487
Yambol51,631
Sliven51,592

How to read this: one bar for each of the 9 largest cities, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Bulgaria are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.