Bulgarians in Croatia

Bulgarians in Croatia (Croatian: Bugari Hrvatske, Bulgarian: Българи в Хърватия) are one of 22 national minorities in Croatia. According to the last census from 2001, there was 331 Bulgarians living in Croatia, from which most of them lived in Zagreb.

Bulgarians in Croatia
Total population
350[1]
Regions with significant populations
Zagreb110[2]
Languages
Croatian, Bulgarian
Religion
Bulgarian Orthodox
Related ethnic groups
Bulgarians, Macedonians, Croats

Bulgarians are officially recognized as an autochthonous national minority, and as such, they elect a special representative to the Croatian Parliament, shared with members of eleven other national minorities.[3]

Number of Bulgarians

Formal name of CroatiaYearNumber of Bulgarians
-1931606
People's Republic of Croatia1948637
1953464
1961593
Socialist Republic of Croatia1971676
1981441
Republic of Croatia1991458
2001331
2011350
(Croatian Bureau of Statistics) [1][4]

2001 census

County Bulgarians Total percentage
City of Zagreb11033,24%
Split-Dalmatia3711,18%
Primorje-Gorski Kotar339,98%
Istria339,98%
Osijek-Baranja206,05%
Bjelovar Bilogora185,44%
Sisak-Moslavina123,63%
Zagreb113,33%
Vukovar-Syrmia103,03%
Brod-Posavina92,72%
Varaždin72,12%
Zadar72,12%
Šibenik-Knin61,82%
Koprivnica-Križevci30,91%
Virovitica Podravina30,91%
Dubrovnik Neretva30,91%
Međimurje30,91%
Krapina-Zagorje20,61%
Karlovac20,61%
Požega-Slavonia20,61%
Total331100%
(2011 census) [2]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. "Stanovništvo prema narodnosti, popisi 1971. - 2011" (in Croatian). Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. Popis stanovništva 2001. godine
  3. "Pravo pripadnika nacionalnih manjina u Republici Hrvatskoj na zastupljenost u Hrvatskom saboru". Zakon o izborima zastupnika u Hrvatski sabor (in Croatian). Croatian Parliament. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
  4. Stanovništvo Hrvatske od 1931.-2001.
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