Bulgarians in Kazakhstan

Bulgarians in Kazakhstan

Българи в Казахстан
Total population
4,523 (2009 census)
Languages
Bulgarian, Kazakh, Russian

Bulgarians in Kazakhstan (Bulgarian: Българи в Казахстан; Kazakh: Қазақстандағы болгарлар; Russian: Болгары в Казахстане) are an ethnic minority in Kazakhstan, and make up a small percentage of the population.

Number and share

Censuses

Number and share of Bulgarians according to the census over the years by regions:

	Number					Share (in %)
	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
Kazakhstan	10,420	10,064	10,228	6,915	4,523	0,080	0,068	0,063	0,046	0,028
Akmola Region	372	279	286	208	168	0,038	0,028	0,026	0,024	0,022
Aktobe Region	1,241	1,267	1,457	1,045	689	0,225	0,200	0,198	0,153	0,090
Almaty	297	394	402	273	219	0,038	0,041	0,037	0,024	0,016
Almaty Region	690	621	600	405	239	0,054	0,042	0,036	0,025	0,013
Astana	120	138	147	129	116	0,066	0,059	0,052	0,040	0,018
Atyrau Region	1,264	973	864	436	257	0,371	0,260	0,203	0,099	0,050
East Kazakhstan Region	988	941	841	524	284	0,063	0,056	0,047	0,034	0,020
Jambyl Region	305	385	325	114	99	0,038	0,041	0,031	0,011	0,009
Karaganda Region	2,289	2,260	2,313	1,664	1,116	0,146	0,131	0,132	0,117	0,083
Kostanay Region	395	360	459	301	159	0,040	0,033	0,037	0,029	0,017
Kyzylorda Region	50	50	36	16	11	0,010	0,008	0,006	0,002	0,001
Mangystau Region	88	160	118	79	34	0,055	0,064	0,036	0,025	0,007
North Kazakhstan Region	123	122	150	101	64	0,014	0,013	0,016	0,013	0,010
Pavlodar Region	1,510	1,419	1,544	1,300	907	0,216	0,175	0,163	0,161	0,122
South Kazakhstan Region	498	521	397	183	77	0,038	0,033	0,021	0,009	0,003
West Kazakhstan Region	190	174	289	137	84	0,037	0,029	0,045	0,022	0,014

Notable people

• Oleg Dymov (b. 1946), politician

See also

• Bulgaria–Kazakhstan relations
• Bulgarian diaspora
• Demographics of Kazakhstan