The following table shows the change of the population during the last four decades. Since 1992 Glavinitsa Municipality has comprised the former municipality of General Zafirovo and the numbers in the table reflect this unification.
Glavinitsa Municipality
Year
1975
1985
1992
2001
2005
2007
2009
2011
Population
10,230
9,930
15,579
13,848
13,298
12,959
12,610
...
Sources: Census 2001,[6] Census 2011,[7] „pop-stat.mashke.org“,[8]
Ethnic groups
Ethnic Turks constitute the majority of the population of Glavinitsa Municipality, followed by a large Bulgarian minority and a small Roma community.
Ethnic groups in Glavinitsa Municipality (2011 census)
The municipality of Glavinitsa is losing many inhabitants. Last decade, the number of births decreased slightly while the number of deaths increased significantly.
Population
Live births
Deaths
Natural growth
Birth rate (‰)
Death rate (‰)
Natural growth rate (‰)
2000
14,662
126
203
−77
8.6
13.8
−5.3
2001
13,743
126
201
−75
9.2
14.6
−5.5
2002
13,693
114
244
−130
8.3
17.8
−9.5
2003
13,564
118
201
−83
8.7
14.8
−6.1
2004
13,400
91
184
−93
6.8
13.7
−6.9
2005
13,298
110
193
−83
8.3
14.5
−6.2
2006
13,077
93
201
−108
7.1
15.4
8.3
2007
12,959
122
203
−81
9.4
15.7
−6.3
2008
12,767
116
209
−93
9.1
16.4
−7.3
2009
12,610
122
162
−40
9.7
12.8
−3.2
2010
12,445
98
184
−86
7.9
14.8
−6.9
2011
10,797
95
198
−103
8.8
18.3
−9.5
2012
10,642
96
208
−112
9.0
19.5
−10.5
2013
10,553
103
171
−68
9.8
16.2
−6.4
2014
10,407
93
202
−109
8.9
19.4
−10.5
2015
10,360
98
197
99
9.5
19.0
−9.6
2016
10,243
91
166
−75
8.9
16.2
−7.3
2017
10,085
82
169
−87
8.1
16.8
−8.6
2018
9,897
73
206
-133
7.4
20.8
-13.4
Religion
According to the latest Bulgarian census of 2011, the religious composition, among those who answered the optional question on religious identification, was the following:
Religious composition of Glavinitsa Municipality [9]
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