language knowledge /eu publishes the latest language knowledge statistics for bulgarian in the European Union using European Commission data published in 2024. Explore which countries bulgarian is most spoken in, compare native with foreign speakers, and compare age groups to see where bulgarian is gaining or losing popularity.
According to European Commission Eurobarometer survey data (2024), the European countries with the highest proportion of Bulgarian speakers are Bulgaria (96.8%), Cyprus (1.1%), and Italy (0.5%).
1.7% of the European Union population speaks Bulgarian (1.5% as a native language and 0.2% as a foreign language).
In the European Union, 1.7% of 15–34 year olds speak Bulgarian, compared to 1.6% of people aged 55 and over.