Bulgarians in Croatia (, ) are one of 22 national minorities in Croatia. According to the last census from 2011, there were 872 Bulgarians living in Croatia, most of them in Zagreb.
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.
Number of Bulgarians + Formal name of Croatia Year Number of Bulgarians part of Yugoslavia 1931 606 People's Republic of Croatia 1948 637 1953 464 1961 593 Socialist Republic of Croatia 1971 676 1981 441 Republic of Croatia 1991 458 2001 331 2011 350(Croatian Bureau of Statistics) Stanovništvo Hrvatske od 1931.-2001.
2011 census + CountyBulgariansTotal percentage City of Zagreb 120 42.86% Split-Dalmatia 48 13.71% Istria 34 9.71% Osijek-Baranja 26 7.43% Primorje-Gorski Kotar 24 6.86% Zagreb 16 4.57% Bjelovar Bilogora 12 3.43% Brod-Posavina 10 2.86% Zadar 10 2.86% Varaždin 9 2.57% Šibenik-Knin 8 2.29% Vukovar-Syrmia 7 2.00% Sisak-Moslavina 6 1.71% Karlovac 5 1.43% Dubrovnik Neretva 3 0.86% Požega-Slavonia 3 0.86% Virovitica-Podravina 3 0.86% Lika-Senj 2 1.57% Krapina-Zagorje 1 0.29% Međimurje 1 0.29% Total 350 100%(2011 census) Popis stanovništva 2001. godine
Notable people
Nikolaj Pešalov (b. 1970), weightlifter Marianna Radev (1913–1973), contralto Dubravka Ugrešić (1949–2023), writer, Bulgarian mother
See also
Bulgaria–Croatia relations Bulgarian diaspora Ethnic groups in Croatia Croats in Bulgaria
External links Bulgarians in Croatia
References