Demography
The Smolyan province had a population of 140,066 according to the 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 124,795 of which 23.4% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
| Haskovo Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 111,193 | 145,072 | 160,255 | 156,157 | 158,011 | 154,553 | 140,066 | 131,010 | 128,200 | 124,795 | 120,567 |
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