Migration and Settlement: 12. Bulgaria

This collection of national reports deals with the comparative analysis of internal migration and spatial population growth in the 17 National Member Organization countries of IIASA. Patterns of population change are explored by applying the new multiregional methodologies and computer programs elaborated in the Human Settlements and Services Area. All reports have the same structure and include multiregional life tables, spatial mortality, fertility, and migration expectancies, and multiregional population projections. Each Migration and Settlement report is authored by a native collaborating scholar familiar with the demographic setting of his/her country. In this report, Dimiter Philipov analyzes recent changes in Bulgaria's patterns of population redistribution and studies in detail the demographic dynamics of seven economic planning regions