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By 2030, 22 percent of the population in Bulgaria will be Roma
The Roma will make up 22% of the population in Bulgaria by 2030, according to a new study commissioned by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, presented by the professors. Dr. Nadezhda Ilieva and Assoc. Georgi Bardarov, Sofia University "St. Clement of Ohrid".
In 10 years the number of Bulgarians has decreased by 1 million, reports Bulgarian Nova TV.
According to official data, the number of Roma is 325,000, and informally it is three times higher and it is expected by 2030 that they are 1.2-1.3 million or 22 percent of the population.
The survey also shows that 60% of the Bulgarian territory of 2030 will become the so-called "demographic desert".
Almost half of the Bulgarians will live in 6 cities - Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Burgas, Rousse and Stara Zagora.
Today, there are no people under the age of 16 in 20 percent of the villages, and according to forecasts, by 2030 this percentage will double.
Link: https://expres.mk/do-2030-22-otsto-od-naselenieto-vo-bugarija-kje-bidat-romi/