Bulgarian diaspora
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The Bulgarian diaspora includes Bulgarians living outside Bulgaria and its surrounding countries, as well as immigrants from Bulgaria abroad.
The number of Bulgarians outside Bulgaria has sharply increased since 1989, following the Revolutions of 1989 in Central and Eastern Europe. Over one million Bulgarians have left the country, either permanently or as a temporary workforce, leading to a marked decline in its population. Many took advantage of the US green card lottery system. Also, many Bulgarians immigrated to Canada using the advantage of the Canadian immigration point system for skilled workers. Others went across the European Union. In countries such as Germany and Spain where many Bulgarians work and stay there intermittently, while retaining Bulgaria as their permanent residence. This trend increased following the 2007 enlargement of the European Union, when Bulgaria became a European Union member state.
Most of the causes for the spread of the post-1990s Bulgarian diaspora throughout the EU member states and North America have been related to work and education. Therefore, the majority of the emigrants have been allowed residence in other countries on skilled worker or student basis. That includes people of various skills - lower education workers (which usually deal with utilities and housekeeping), plumbers, construction workers, gardeners, handymen, maids, as well as a substantial amount of higher-education specialists - usually from the areas of engineering, computer science, chemistry and medicine.
The largest communities of the Bulgarian diaspora in the Western part of the European Union are in Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, France and Italy.
Other places that attracted Bulgarian immigration are Australia, New Zealand, South America (especially Argentina and Brazil), South Africa, and some expats in United Arab Emirates.
The numbers of Bulgarians living abroad has been reported in vastly different numbers by varying groups such as the government and various NGOs, leading to some criticism.[1]
Distribution by country[]
 | Some of this article's listed sources may not be reliable. (October 2020) |
| Country | Bulgarian Citizens | Article | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Turkey |
1,300,000 (in 2021)[2] | Bulgarian Turks in Turkey and Bulgarians in Turkey | |
 Greece |
472 migrant workers(in 2021)[2] | Bulgarians in Greece | |
 United States |
500,000 (in 2021)[2] | 95,588[3] 2010 US Census |
Bulgarian Americans |
 Spain |
250,000 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Spain | |
 Germany |
266,926 (in 2016)[4] | Bulgarians in Germany | |
 United Kingdom |
50,451 (in 2021)[2] | 35,000 (in 2009)[5] | Bulgarians in the United Kingdom |
 Italy |
2,000 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Italy | |
 Canada |
30.000 (in 2021)[2] | 30,485 (by ancestry, 2011 Census)[6] (official data) | Bulgarian Canadians |
 North Macedonia |
45 holders of Bulgarian passports(in 2021)[2] | Bulgarians in North Macedonia | |
 Cyprus |
27 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Cyprus | |
 Netherlands |
34 809 (in 2019)[7] | Bulgarians in the Netherlands | |
 Russia |
32,265 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Russia | |
 France |
3,000 (in 2011)[2] | 34,000 (in 2011)[citation needed] | Bulgarians in France |
 Moldova |
20,000 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Moldova | |
 South Africa |
1,000 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in South Africa | |
 Austria |
18,481 (in 2014)[2] | Bulgarians in Austria | |
 Belgium |
18,000 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Belgium | |
 Australia |
15,000 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarian Australian | |
 Portugal |
15,000 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Portugal | |
 Serbia |
150,000 (in 2011)[2] | 18,543 (2011) [8] | Bulgarians in Serbia |
 Poland |
14,000 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Poland | |
 Sweden |
9,105 (in 2016)[2] | Bulgarians in Sweden | |
 Israel |
7,500 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarian Jews in Israel | |
 Switzerland |
4,500 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Switzerland | |
 Denmark |
4,200 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Denmark | |
 UAE |
3,500 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in UAE | |
 Czech Republic |
3,206 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Czechoslovakia and | |
 Ireland |
3,000 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Ireland | |
 New Zealand |
3,000 | Bulgarians in New Zealand | |
 Hungary |
2,800 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Hungary | |
 Argentina |
2,500 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Argentina | |
 Romania |
2,000 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Romania | |
 Norway |
1,800 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Norway | |
 Slovakia |
1,800 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Slovakia | |
 Slovenia |
1,500 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Slovenia | |
 Syria |
1,200 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Syria | |
 Lebanon |
1,000 | Bulgarians in Lebanon | |
 Jordan |
1,000 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 State of Palestine |
1,000 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Finland |
1,000 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Uruguay |
1,000 (in 2005)[9][10] to 2,000 persons (1998)[11] | Bulgarians in Uruguay | |
 Latvia |
921 (2011 est.)[12] | ||
 Luxembourg |
800 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Kuwait |
700 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Qatar |
600 (in 2014)[13] | ||
 Mexico |
500 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Ukraine |
420 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Ukraine | |
 Japan |
350 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Morocco |
312 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Croatia |
872 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Croatia | |
 Brazil |
277 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Brazil | |
 China |
256 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Egypt |
250 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Nigeria |
250 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Indonesia |
235 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Algeria |
200 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Tunisia |
200 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Chile |
200 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 India |
104 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Belarus |
100 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Belarus | |
 Kosovo |
100 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Kosovo | |
 South Korea |
100 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Cuba |
65 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Yemen |
60 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Azerbaijan |
50 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Vietnam |
50 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Bosnia |
44 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Armenia |
30 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Albania |
2,600 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Albania | |
 Georgia |
25 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Montenegro |
25 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Iran |
20 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Kazakhstan |
20 (in 2011)[2] | Bulgarians in Kazakhstan | |
 Ethiopia |
16 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Pakistan |
11 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Uzbekistan |
8 (in 2011)[2] | 2,166 (in 1989 Soviet Census)[14] | |
 Mongolia |
62 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Afghanistan |
34 (in 2011)[2] | ||
 Nicaragua |
50 | ||
 Singapore |
350 | ||
| TOTAL | 2,000,000 - 2,500,000  Bulgaria: 6,916,548 (in 2020) |
See also[]
- Bulgarians
- List of Bulgarians
- Bulgarian Americans
- Bulgarian Canadians
- Bulgarians in South America
- Bulgarian Australian
- Bulgarians in Serbia
- Banat Bulgarians
- Bessarabian Bulgarians
- Macedonian Bulgarians
- Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia
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External links[]
- Bulgarian diaspora
- European diasporas