The Silistra province had a population of 142,000 according to a 2001 census, of which 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 127,659 of which 25.6% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
| Silistra Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 152,287 | 163,572 | 170,442 | 175,754 | 174,122 | 161,063 | 142,000 | 134,897 | 131,798 | 127,659 | 117,576 |
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