Bulgarian diaspora

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The Bulgarian diaspora includes ethnic Bulgarians living outside Bulgaria and immigrants from Bulgaria abroad.

The number of Bulgarians outside Bulgaria has sharply increased since 1989, following the collapse of the communism in Central and Eastern Europe. Over one million Bulgarians have left the country, either permanently or as temporary workforce, leading to a marked decline in its population. Many took advantage of the US green card lottery system (people applied for tickets, they did not purchase them). 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 Greece and Spain many Bulgarians work and stay there intermittently while retaining Bulgaria as their permanent residence, especially after the country became a European Union member state in 2007.

Most of the causes for the spread of the post-1990s Bulgarian diaspora throughout the EU member states and Northern America (USA and Canada) 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, 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

Country Bulgarian Citizens Ethnic Bulgarians Article
Turkey Turkey500,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarian Turks in Turkey and Bulgarians in Turkey
Greece Greece300,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Greece
United States United States300,000 (in 2011)[2]95,588[3]
2010 US Census		Bulgarian Americans
Spain Spain250,000 (in 2011)[2]150,878 (in 2011)[4]Bulgarians in Spain
Germany Germany226,926 (in 2016)[5]Bulgarians in Germany
United Kingdom United Kingdom100,000 (in 2011)[2]35,000 (in 2009)[6]Bulgarians in the United Kingdom
Italy Italy100,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Italy
Canada Canada70,000 (in 2011)[2]30,485 (by ancestry, 2011 Census)[7] (official data)Bulgarian Canadians
Republic of Macedonia Macedonia50,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in the Republic of Macedonia
Cyprus Cyprus35,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Cyprus
Russia Russia32,265 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Russia
France France30,000 (in 2011)[2]34,000 (in 2011)Bulgarians in France
Moldova Moldova20,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Moldova
South Africa South Africa20,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in South Africa
Austria Austria18,481 (in 2014)[2]Bulgarians in Austria
Belgium Belgium18,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Belgium
Australia Australia15,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarian Australian
Portugal Portugal15,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Portugal
Serbia Serbia15,000 (in 2011)[2]18,543 (2011) [8]Bulgarians in Serbia
Poland Poland14,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Poland
Netherlands Netherlands27,729 (in December 2016)[9]Bulgarians in the Netherlands
Sweden Sweden9,105 (in 2016)[2]Bulgarians in Sweden
Israel Israel7,500 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarian Jews in Israel
Switzerland Switzerland4,500 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Switzerland
Denmark Denmark4,200 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Denmark
United Arab Emirates UAE3,500 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in UAE
Czech Republic Czech Republic3,206 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Czechoslovakia and Bulgarians in Czech Republic
Republic of Ireland Ireland3,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Ireland
New Zealand New Zealand3,000Bulgarians in New Zealand
Hungary Hungary2,800 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Hungary
Argentina Argentina2,500 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Argentina
Romania Romania2,000 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Romania
Norway Norway1,800 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Norway
Slovakia Slovakia1,800 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Slovakia
Slovenia Slovenia1,500 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Slovenia
Syria Syria1,200 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Syria
Lebanon Lebanon1,000Bulgarians in Lebanon
Jordan Jordan1,000 (in 2011)[2]
State of Palestine State of Palestine1,000 (in 2011)[2]
Finland Finland1,000 (in 2011)[2]
Uruguay Uruguay1,000 (in 2005)[10][11] to 2,000 persons (1998)[12]Bulgarians in Uruguay
Latvia Latvia921 (2011 est.)[13]
Luxembourg Luxembourg800 (in 2011)[2]
Kuwait Kuwait700 (in 2011)[2]
Qatar Qatar600 (in 2014)[14]
Mexico Mexico500 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Mexico
Ukraine Ukraine420 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Ukraine
Japan Japan350 (in 2011)[2]
Morocco Morocco312 (in 2011)[2]
Croatia Croatia300 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Croatia
Brazil Brazil277 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Brazil
China China256 (in 2011)[2]
Egypt Egypt250 (in 2011)[2]
Nigeria Nigeria250 (in 2011)[2]
Indonesia Indonesia235 (in 2011)[2]
Algeria Algeria200 (in 2011)[2]
Tunisia Tunisia200 (in 2011)[2]
Chile Chile200 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Chile
India India104 (in 2011)[2]
Belarus Belarus100 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Belarus
Kosovo Kosovo100 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Kosovo
South Korea South Korea100 (in 2011)[2]
Cuba Cuba65 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Cuba
Yemen Yemen60 (in 2011)[2]
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan50 (in 2011)[2]
Vietnam Vietnam50 (in 2011)[2]
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia44 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Bosnia
Armenia Armenia30 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarian Armenians in Armenia
Albania Albania26 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Albania
Georgia (country) Georgia25 (in 2011)[2]
Montenegro Montenegro25 (in 2011)[2]
Iran Iran20 (in 2011)[2]
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan20 (in 2011)[2]Bulgarians in Kazakhstan
Ethiopia Ethiopia16 (in 2011)[2]
Pakistan Pakistan11 (in 2011)[2]
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan8 (in 2011)[2]2,166 (in 1989 Soviet Census)[15]
Mongolia Mongolia6 (in 2011)[2]
Afghanistan Afghanistan2 (in 2011)[2]
Nicaragua Nicaragua50Bulgarians in Nicaragua
TOTAL2,009,718 - 2,012,218 (Bulgaria Bulgaria: 7,364,570 (in 2011)[16] )

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 Брой на българските граждани в чужбина (2011 г.) | www.EuroChicago.com - The Bulgarian Media Portal in Chicago
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  4. ↑ "National Institute of Statistics of Spain - 2011 Census" (PDF). ine.es. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  5. ↑ "Ausländische Bevölkerung. Ergebnisse des Ausländerzentralregisters" (in German). Statistisches Bundesamt. 2016. p. 37. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  6. ↑ "Estimated population resident in the United Kingdom, by foreign country of birth (Table 1.3)". Office for National Statistics. September 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  7. ↑ Statistics Canada. "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 11 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Serbian 2011 census".
  9. ↑ CBS
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  12. ↑ "??????? ????? - Държавата се е "самоотстранила" от българския национален въпрос (отпечатване)". vestnikataka.com.
  13. ↑ (in Latvian) Latvijas iedzīvotāju sadalījums pēc nacionālā sastāva un valstiskās piederības
  14. ↑ Qatar´s population by nationality - bq magazine
  15. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  16. ↑ Национален статистически институт - Преброяване 2011
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