SOFIA (Bulgaria), March 28 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's population decreased by 0.51% to 7,640,240 last year, a tad slower than it did in 2006, the National Statistic Institute (NSI) reported.
The population of the country, which joined the European Union on January 1, 2007, decreased by 0.52% to 7,679,290 in 2006.
NSI said in a statement late on Thursday that slowing drop in population numbers, increased birth rate, lower infant mortality and rise in average life expectancy were the positive trends in Bulgaria's demographic development in 2007.
In 2007, 75,349 children were born in Bulgaria, up from 73,978 in 2006, raising the birth rate to 9.8 per thousand, which is comparable with birth rates in other EU member states like Italy, Greece, Hungary, Poland and Latvia. In comparison, Germany, Lithuania, Austria and Slovenia have birth rates of about 9.4 per thousand, while the other EU members have birth rates of over 10 per thousand.
Some 70.7% of Bulgarians lived in cities and the average age of the population was 41.5 years in 2007.
Labour-active people in Bulgaria decreased by some 3,000 to 4.817 million last year, equal to 63% of the population.
Some 1.717 million Bulgarians were above employment age at the end of 2007, down 22,000 from a year earlier, mainly due to increased pension age.
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