The Shumen province had a population of 204,395 (204,378 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 194,090 of which 22.7% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
| Shumen Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 222,141 | 224,705 | 243,416 | 253,437 | 254,884 | 220,320 | 204,395 | 198,106 | 196,559 | 194,090 | 180,452 |
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