ДЕМОГРАФСКИТЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ НА БЪЛГАРИЯ ПРЕДИ COVID-19 И СЕГА (Bulgarian)

The demographic situation in Bulgaria began to deteriorate at the end of the 20th century, and in recent years our country has taken a leading place in the world rankings in terms of mortality and population decline. The aim of the current study was to analyse the effect of the global COVID-19 pandemic on key demographic indicators in Bulgaria. Data from the National Statistical Institute were used to calculate and analyse the levels of mortality, birth rate, infant mortality, life expectancy, size and age structure of the population of Bulgaria for the period 2019-2021. The analysis of the data shows that in 2019, before the occurrence of COVID-19, the Bulgarian population consisted of 6,951,481 people. In 2021, it decreases to 6,838,937 people. The death rate increased sharply - from 15.5‰ to 21.7‰. The increase affects men and women equally ‒ from 19.6‰ for men in 2019 to 23.2‰ in 2021 and from 16.4‰ for women to 20.2‰. Life expectancy has decreased ‒ from 74.9 years (2019) to 73.6 (2021). The share of persons over 65 years of age did not change during the analysed period ‒ 21.6% of the entire population. The Bulgarian population is very badly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a significant number of deaths worldwide, but Bulgaria ranks first in the world in terms of mortality. Society must make economically effective efforts to reduce mortality and improve the demographic characteristics of the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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