View source for Bulgarians in Kazakhstan

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| group            = Bulgarians in Kazakhstan
| native_name      = Българи в Казахстан
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| total            = 4523
| total_year       = 2009 census
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'''[[Bulgarians]]''' in [[Kazakhstan]] ({{Lang-bg|Българи в Казахстан}}; {{Lang-kk|Қазақстандағы болгарлар}}; {{Lang-ru|link=no|Болгары в Казахстане}}) 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 of Kazakhstan|regions]]:<ref name="pop-stat.mashke.org, 1970">{{cite web |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kazakhstan-ethnic1970reg-census.htm |title=Ethnic composition: 1970 census (data for regions) |publisher= pop-stat.mashke.org |accessdate=13 October 2016 |language= }}</ref><ref name="pop-stat.mashke.org, 1979">{{cite web |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kazakhstan-ethnic1979reg-census.htm |title=Ethnic composition: 1979 census (data for regions) |publisher= pop-stat.mashke.org |accessdate=13 October 2016 |language= }}</ref><ref name="pop-stat.mashke.org, 1989">{{cite web |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kazakhstan-ethnic1989reg-census.htm |title=Ethnic composition: 1989 census (data for regions) |publisher= pop-stat.mashke.org |accessdate=13 October 2016 |language= }}</ref><ref name="pop-stat.mashke.org, 1999">{{cite web |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kazakhstan-ethnic1999reg-census.htm |title=Ethnic composition: 1999 census (data for regions) |publisher= pop-stat.mashke.org |accessdate= 13 October 2016 |language= }}</ref><ref name="pop-stat.mashke.org, 2009">{{cite web |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/kazakhstan-ethnic2009-census.htm |title=Ethnic composition: 2009 census (data for regions) |publisher= pop-stat.mashke.org |accessdate= 7 December 2016 |language= }}</ref>

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

Share of Bulgarians according to the census over the years by regions (%):<ref name="pop-stat.mashke.org, 1970"/><ref name="pop-stat.mashke.org, 1979"/><ref name="pop-stat.mashke.org, 1989"/><ref name="pop-stat.mashke.org, 1999"/><ref name="pop-stat.mashke.org, 2009"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto" style="text-align:right;"
|- bgcolor="#ececec" valign=top
! !! 1970 !! 1979 !! 1989 !! 1999 !! 2009
|- bgcolor="#ececec" valign=top
| align="center"|[[Kazakhstan]] || 0,080 || 0,068 || 0,063 || 0,046 || 0,028
|-
|align="left"|[[Akmola Region]] || 0,038 || 0,028 || 0,026 || 0,024 || 0,022
|-
|align="left"|[[Aktobe Region]] || 0,225 || 0,200 || 0,198 || 0,153 || 0,090
|-
|align="left"|[[Almaty]] || 0,038 || 0,041 || 0,037 || 0,024 || 0,016
|-
|align="left"|[[Almaty Region]] || 0,054 || 0,042 || 0,036 || 0,025 || 0,013
|-
|align="left"|[[Astana]] || 0,066 || 0,059 || 0,052 || 0,040 || 0,018
|-
|align="left"|[[Atyrau Region]] || 0,371 || 0,260 || 0,203 || 0,099 || 0,050
|-
|align="left"|[[Jambyl Region]] || 0,038 || 0,041 || 0,031 || 0,011 || 0,009
|-
|align="left"|[[West Kazakhstan Region]] || 0,037 || 0,029 || 0,045 || 0,022 || 0,014
|-
|align="left"|[[East Kazakhstan Region]] || 0,063 || 0,056 || 0,047 || 0,034 || 0,020
|-
|align="left"|[[Karaganda Region]] || 0,146 || 0,131 || 0,132 || 0,117 || 0,083
|-
|align="left"|[[Kostanay Region]] || 0,040 || 0,033 || 0,037 || 0,029 || 0,017
|-
|align="left"|[[Kyzylorda Region]] || 0,010 || 0,008 || 0,006 || 0,002 || 0,001
|-
|align="left"|[[Mangystau Region]] || 0,055 || 0,064 || 0,036 || 0,025 || 0,007
|-
|align="left"|[[Pavlodar Region]] || 0,216 || 0,175 || 0,163 || 0,161 || 0,122
|-
|align="left"|[[North Kazakhstan Region]] || 0,014 || 0,013 || 0,016 || 0,013 || 0,010
|-
|align="left"|[[South Kazakhstan Region]] || 0,038 || 0,033 || 0,021 || 0,009 || 0,003
|}

==Prominent ethnic Bulgarians from Kazakhstan==

*[[Oleg Dimov]] (b. 1946), politician<ref>{{cite web |url=http://old.duma.bg/2009/0409/220409/obshtestvo/ob-5.html |title=Олег Димов: Ние сме последните българи на изток |publisher= duma.bg |accessdate= 7 December 2016 |language= bg}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Demographics of Kazakhstan]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Bulgarian diaspora}}
{{Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan}}

[[Category:Bulgarian diaspora|Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:European diaspora in Kazakhstan]]