Demography
The Yambol province had a population of 156,080 (156,070 also given) according to a 2001 census, of which 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. As of the end of 2009, the population of the province, announced by the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, numbered 138,429 of which 27% are inhabitants aged over 60 years.
The following table represents the change of the population in the province after World War II:
| Yambol Province | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | 1946 | 1956 | 1965 | 1975 | 1985 | 1992 | 2001 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 |
| Population | 211,152 | 221,629 | 216,963 | 183,214 | 183,029 | 176,552 | 156,070 | 147,000 | 143,500 | 138,429 | 129,156 |
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