Editing Sliven (section)

== Demographics ==
According to the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute, as of 2021, the total population of the [[Sliven Municipality]] is 115,241 inhabitants while 83,740 inhabitants live in the city of Sliven.<ref name="auto"/> The town is called the under-age mother capital of Europe, with 177 such births in 2008.{{historical populations|1887|20893|1910|25142|1934|30571|1946|34291|1956|46175|1965|68384|1975|90187|1985|102423|1992|106212|2001|100366|2011|91620|2021|83371|2022|82251|align=right|cols=1|source=Censuses<ref name="BAN">{{cite web |url=http://www.geography.iit.bas.bg/2009/1-09/13-17.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-02-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706142758/http://www.geography.iit.bas.bg/2009/1-09/13-17.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-06 }}</ref>{{cite web|title=National statistical institute|url=https://www.nsi.bg/bg/content/21559/bg009c-%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD|date=2024-10-31}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Cities of Bulgaria|url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/bulgaria-cities.htm|date=2024-04-03}}</ref>}}

=== Ethnic groups ===
Members of the following ethnic groups are represented in the city's population:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nsi.bg/ORPDOCS/Census2011_1.pop_by_age.xls|title=Population on 01.02.2011 by provinces, municipalities, settlements and age; National Statistical Institute|accessdate=Jul 20, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nsi.bg/ORPDOCS/Census2011_4.pop_by_ethnos.xls|title=Population by province, municipality, settlement and ethnic identification, by 01.02.2011; Bulgarian National Statistical Institute|accessdate=Jul 20, 2022}}</ref>
* [[Bulgarians]]: 68,853 (87.1%)
* [[Roma in Bulgaria|Roma]]: 5,666 (7.2%)
* [[Turks in Bulgaria|Turks]]: 2,637 (3.3%)
* [[Greeks in Bulgaria|Greeks (Sarakatsani)]], [[Armenians in Bulgaria|Armenians]] and others: 1,388 (1.8%)
* Undefinable: 491 (0.6%)
** Undeclared: 12,585 (13.7%)
Total: 91,620

In [[Sliven Municipality]], 88,750 declared as Bulgarians, 12,153 as Roma, 4,209 as Turks, and 18,641 did not declare their ethnic group. The city of Sliven, Sliven Municipality and [[Sliven Province]] have the largest number of Roma in Bulgaria.