BIRTH RATE IN RURAL AREAS OF BULGARIA FOR THE PERIOD 2011-2021, ACCORDING TO NUTS 1

In the modern Globalized world, the migration movement is accompanied by a population of childbearing age, which in turn gives rise to a geo-demographic birth rate process. The study examines and analyzes the birth rate process on the territory of Bulgaria within the framework of the last two censuses. The aim is to apply a comparative analysis of the process in rural areas related to the results obtained, the deductions and the conclusion, applying the European classification NUTS 1. The research uses the National Methodology for the study of fertility and the application of the fertility rate. The ratio between rural areas during the study period will present the real geo-demographic picture of the country. The study includes the mechanical movement and the birth rate as geodemographic processes in the rural areas of Bulgaria according to the NUTS classification for a certain period of time. In the conclusion, conclusions are drawn based on the analysis and results, and recommendations for a future period of time are also given.