As of December 2018, the municipality of Ardino has 12,792 inhabitants. Only 4,002 inhabitants live in the town of Ardino and the remainder in one of the 51 villages.[1]
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
1946 Census
1956 Census
1965 Census
1975 Census
1985 Census
1992 Census
2001 Census
2011 Census
2018 Estimate
30,609
29,407
33,185
29,507
27,698
18,174
13,649
11,572
12,792
The municipality of Ardino has lost more than two thirds of its population in a period of seventy years.
The municipality of Ardino recorded just 66 birth, down from 132 in 2000. At the same time there were 193 deaths, up from 168 deaths in 2000.[2] Demographic trends in the municipality of Ardino have largely been unfavourable.
Population
Live births
Deaths
Natural growth
Birth rate (‰)
Death rate (‰)
Natural growth rate (‰)
2000
17,898
132
168
-36
7.4
9.4
-2.0
2001
13,492
124
148
-24
9.2
11.0
-1.8
2002
13,410
103
144
-41
7.7
10.7
-3.1
2003
13,236
118
150
-32
8.9
11.3
-2.4
2004
13,102
137
136
1
10.5
10.4
0.1
2005
12,916
126
151
-25
9.8
11.7
-1.9
2006
12,686
126
192
-66
9.9
15.1
-5.2
2007
12,503
122
153
-31
9.8
12.2
-2.5
2008
12,368
122
152
-30
9.9
12.3
-2.4
2009
12,128
107
168
-61
8.8
13.9
-5.0
2010
12,282
90
132
-42
7.3
10.7
-3.4
2011
11,476
81
163
-82
7.1
14.2
-7.1
2012
11,412
83
172
-89
7.3
15.1
-7.8
2013
11,286
83
170
-87
7.4
15.1
-7.7
2014
11,956
78
159
-81
6.5
13.3
-6.8
2015
12,377
89
168
-79
7.2
13.6
-6.4
2016
12,424
85
177
-92
6.8
14.2
-7.4
2017
12,630
100
177
-77
7.9
14.0
-6.1
2018
12,792
66
193
-127
5.2
15.1
-9.9
Ethnic composition
A majority of the population consists of ethnic Bulgarian Turks (71.2%).[3] Ethnic Bulgarians make up around 26.9% of the population. Most of those Bulgarians are Pomaks.
Ethnic groups in Ardino Municipality (2011 census)
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
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