Bulgarians in Kazakhstan

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox ethnic group Bulgarians in Kazakhstan (Template:Lang-bg; Template:Lang-kk; Template:Lang-ru) are a ethnic minority in Kazakhstan, and make up a small percentage of the population.

Number and share

Censuses

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

	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
Kazakhstan	10,420	10,064	10,228	6,915	4,523
Akmola Region	372	279	286	208	168
Aktobe Region	1,241	1,267	1,457	1,045	689
Almaty	297	394	402	273	219
Almaty Region	690	621	600	405	239
Astana	120	138	147	129	116
Atyrau Region	1,264	973	864	436	257
Jambyl Region	305	385	325	114	99
West Kazakhstan Region	190	174	289	137	84
East Kazakhstan Region	988	941	841	524	284
Karaganda Region	2,289	2,260	2,313	1,664	1,116
Kostanay Region	395	360	459	301	159
Kyzylorda Region	50	50	36	16	11
Mangystau Region	88	160	118	79	34
Pavlodar Region	1,510	1,419	1,544	1,300	907
North Kazakhstan Region	123	122	150	101	64
South Kazakhstan Region	498	521	397	183	77

Share of Bulgarians according to the census over the years by regions (%):

	1970	1979	1989	1999	2009
Kazakhstan	0,080	0,068	0,063	0,046	0,028
Akmola Region	0,038	0,028	0,026	0,024	0,022
Aktobe Region	0,225	0,200	0,198	0,153	0,090
Almaty	0,038	0,041	0,037	0,024	0,016
Almaty Region	0,054	0,042	0,036	0,025	0,013
Astana	0,066	0,059	0,052	0,040	0,018
Atyrau Region	0,371	0,260	0,203	0,099	0,050
Jambyl Region	0,038	0,041	0,031	0,011	0,009
West Kazakhstan Region	0,037	0,029	0,045	0,022	0,014
East Kazakhstan Region	0,063	0,056	0,047	0,034	0,020
Karaganda Region	0,146	0,131	0,132	0,117	0,083
Kostanay Region	0,040	0,033	0,037	0,029	0,017
Kyzylorda Region	0,010	0,008	0,006	0,002	0,001
Mangystau Region	0,055	0,064	0,036	0,025	0,007
Pavlodar Region	0,216	0,175	0,163	0,161	0,122
North Kazakhstan Region	0,014	0,013	0,016	0,013	0,010
South Kazakhstan Region	0,038	0,033	0,021	0,009	0,003

Prominent ethnic Bulgarians from Kazakhstan

• Oleg Dimov (b. 1946), politician

See also

• Demographics of Kazakhstan

References

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