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People Statistics · Country

Median age in Bulgaria

2014 – 2025 · 12 data points 2 of 14 · Countries Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: Eurostat, 2014 – 2025

Median age, 2014 – 2025 years · Bulgaria · World
+3.0 since 2015
Bulgaria World

Sources: Eurostat · United Nations, World Population Prospects, 2014 – 2025

Compared with Median age · years
Bulgaria
47.2
World
30.4 · 2023

Sources: Eurostat · United Nations, World Population Prospects

The series at a glance Bulgaria · 2014 – 2025
Latest value 47.2 · 2025
First value 43.7 · 2014
Highest 47.2 · 2025
Lowest 43.7 · 2014
Data points 12

By year

All years · 2014 – 2025

YearBulgariaChange World
2025 47.2 +0.2 —
2024 47.0 +0.2 —
2023 46.8 +0.1 30.4
2022 46.7 +0.2 30.1
2021 46.5 +0.2 29.8
2020 46.3 +0.5 29.6
2019 45.8 +0.4 29.3
2018 45.4 +0.4 29.0
2017 45.0 +0.4 28.8
2016 44.6 +0.4 28.5
2015 44.2 +0.5 28.3
2014 43.7 28.1

Sources: Eurostat · United Nations, World Population Prospects, 2014 – 2025

Ranking · Countries

2025 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryMedian age
1 Italy 49.0
2 Bulgaria 47.2
3 Greece 47.2
4 Spain 45.8
5 Germany 45.5
6 Lithuania 44.4
7 Czechia 44.2
8 Romania 44.0
9 Finland 43.6
10 Poland 43.5
11 France 42.8
12 Netherlands 42.6
13 Norway 40.9
14 Türkiye 34.4

Source: Eurostat, 2025

What it means

The age that splits residents into two equal halves — a quick read on whether a place is young or ageing.

How it is calculated

Half the residents are younger and half are older than this age, from census or population estimates by age.