page_title: Race and ethnicity in censuses
section_title: Bulgaria
hierarchical_section_title: Race and ethnicity in censuses / Europe / Bulgaria
caption_attribution_description: English: The ethnic composition of Bulgaria by municipality, according to the optional question on ethnicity in the 2011 census
context_page_description: Many countries and national censuses currently enumerate or have previously enumerated their populations by race, ethnicity, nationality, or a combination of these characteristics. Different countries have different classifications and census options for race and ethnicity/nationality which are not comparable with data from other countries. In addition, many of the race and ethnicity concepts that appear on national censuses worldwide have their origins in Europe or in the views of Europeans, rather than in the views of the locals of these countries.
context_section_description: Bulgaria enumerated people by mother tongue in 1880 and 1887 and used this info to determine their ethnicities. Bulgaria directly enumerated people by ethnicity from 1900 all the way up to its most recent census in 2011, with the exception of the 1985 census.
caption: Dominant ethnicities in Bulgaria in 2011
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