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Alfatar Facts

Area	5.1 km²
Population	1,124
Male Population	573 (51.0%)
Female Population	551 (49.0%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	-63.1%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-49.3%
Median Age	49 years (Male: 46.9, Female: 51.7)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$8,781 (2022)
Area Codes	8511
Local Time
Timezone	Eastern European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	43.95000, 27.28333
Postal Codes	7570

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Alfatar Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	3,044	2,694	2,218	1,688	1,124	990	900
Population Density	594 / km²	525.7 / km²	432.8 / km²	329.4 / km²	219.3 / km²	193.2 / km²	175.6 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Alfatar Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 49.3% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Alfatar	-63.1%	-58.3%	-49.3%
Silistra Province	—	—	—
Bulgaria	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Alfatar Median Age

Median Age: 49 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Alfatar	49 yrs	51.7 yrs	46.9 yrs
Silistra Province	44.9 yrs	47 yrs	43.1 yrs
Bulgaria	42.6 yrs	44.8 yrs	40.6 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Alfatar Population Density

Population Density: 219 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Alfatar	1,124	5.1 km²	219 / km²
Silistra Province	114,661	2,846.7 km²	40.3 / km²
Bulgaria	7.1 million	110,897.7 km²	64 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Alfatar Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Alfatar

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Alfatar

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Alfatar Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$5,564	$4,816	$4,254	$5,236	$5,813	$6,613	$6,830	$8,781
Total GDP	$23.7M	$19.1M	$15.5M	$17.6M	$18.1M	$18.8M	$17.7M	$21.8M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Alfatar CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Alfatar	4,444 tn	3.95 tn	867.1 tons/km²
Silistra Province	453,349 tn	3.95 tn	159.3 tons/km²
Bulgaria	31,066,756 tn	4.37 tn	280.1 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Alfatar CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	4,444 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	3.95 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	867.1 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (6)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
8/13/13	6:14 AM	3.9	93.5 km	2,000 m	8km SE of Provadiya, Bulgaria	usgs.gov
3/17/06	12:45 AM	3.1	55.4 km	58,100 m	Bulgaria	usgs.gov
2/4/06	10:50 PM	3	73 km	12,300 m	Bulgaria	usgs.gov
10/31/05	4:54 PM	3.1	59.1 km	6,000 m	Romania	usgs.gov
10/16/05	11:14 AM	3.1	60.7 km	6,700 m	Romania	usgs.gov
8/25/05	5:53 PM	4	95.3 km	10,000 m	Romania	usgs.gov
8/24/05	5:20 PM	3	85.8 km	7,100 m	Romania	usgs.gov
2/12/05	12:01 AM	3.6	60.6 km	0 m	Romania	usgs.gov
5/14/04	11:09 AM	4.2	89.4 km	24,000 m	Bulgaria	usgs.gov
12/17/03	11:15 PM	4.4	97.7 km	33,900 m	Bulgaria	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Alfatar

Alfatar (Bulgarian: Алфатар) is a town in Silistra Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located in 18 km (11 mi) to the south of the town of Silistra. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Alfatar Municipality. As of December 2009, the town h..

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