Usually resident population on 1 January (demo_urespop)

National Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure (ESMS)

Compiling agency: National Statistical Institute


Eurostat metadata
Reference metadata
1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment
Related Metadata
Annexes (including footnotes)
 



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

National Statistical Institute
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Population and Housing Fund Statistics Department
1.5. Contact mail address

1038 Sofia, Bulgaria, 2, P. Volov Str.


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 30/08/2023
2.2. Metadata last posted 30/08/2023
2.3. Metadata last update 30/08/2023


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

Total usual residence population for the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council.
3.2. Classification system

Not applicable.
3.3. Coverage - sector

Total usual residence population at national level.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

People usually living at the country territory and who have not left it officially as of 31.12 of the reference year for a period more than 12 months. Illegaly staying persons are not included.
3.5. Statistical unit

Person.
3.6. Statistical population

Not applicable.
3.7. Reference area

Data are available at national level of geographical detail.
3.8. Coverage - Time

Not applicable.
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

Person.


5. Reference Period Top

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December).


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

Law on the Statistics

EU Regulation 1260/2013

EU Regulation 862/2007

EU Regulation 2020/851
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not applicable.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

Not applicable.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Not applicable.


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

Final data on population and demographic events are made available 4 months after the end of reference year
8.2. Release calendar access

Not applicable.
8.3. Release policy - user access

Not applicable.


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Annual


10. Accessibility and clarity Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Not applicable.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Not applicable.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology

See the information in the Annex file.
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Not applicable.


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Quality of data is assured through procedures for data validation, editing, coding and verifying. The procedures are performed following clearly prescribed rules.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
1. Nationals
Please indicate the type of duration of stay when counting a person with national citizenship as an usual resident with a minimum duration of stay of 12 months according to Art. 2(d) of Reg. 1260/2013.
1. Actual 2. Intended 3. Actual and intended 4. Other. Please specify below:
     X  
    

 

2. EEA Citizens
Please indicate the type of duration of stay when counting a person with EEA citizenship as an usual resident with a minimum duration of stay of 12 months according to Art. 2(d) of Reg. 1260/2013.
1. Actual 2. Intended 3. Actual and intended 4. Other. Please specify below:
     X  
    

 

3. NON-EEA Citizens
Please indicate the type of duration of stay when counting a person with non-EEA foreign citizenship as an usual resident with a minimum duration of stay of 12 months according to Art. 2(d) of Reg. 1260/2013.
1. Actual 2. Intended 3. Actual and intended 4. Other. Please specify below:
     X  
    


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs

Data requested in Art. 4.1 of Reg. 1260/2013.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Not applicable.
12.3. Completeness

Data transmitted as requested in Art. 4.1 of Reg. 1260/2013.


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall

no reasons exist for any unreliabilty of data.
13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error

Not applicable.


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness

For the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data on the total population at national level at the reference time, in accordance with Article 2 ( c ), within eight months of the end of the reference year.
14.2. Punctuality

Not applicable.


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time

Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

The total usual residence population  transmitted by the national statistical offices to Eurostat in the framework of the Usual Residence Population data collection may differ from those available in National Accounts, Labour Force Survey or in the survey on Income and Living Conditions. The difference is given by the population coverage (see metadata specific to each domain).
15.4. Coherence - internal

The total usual residence population  transmitted by the national statistical offices to Eurostat in the framework of the Usual Residence Population data collection may differ from those available in the rest of the Demographic domain. The difference is given by the population definition (see metadata specific to each domain).


16. Cost and Burden Top

Population and demographic statistics data production is included in the National Programme for Statistical Surveys, financed by the State budget


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Not applicable.
17.2. Data revision - practice

Not applicable.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data

Population Register, Ministry of Interior, National Revenue Agency, National Social Security Institute
18.2. Frequency of data collection

Monthly of births and deaths

Annually of migration data
18.3. Data collection

Administrative data sources are used for production of official statistics. Data files are provided to NSI containing information on demographic events - births, deaths, marriages, divorces, change of address in the country, intenational migration
18.4. Data validation

Data validation is performed at three stages:

At data transmission – preliminary checking and processing, the proper application of the criterion for length of stay of 12 months.

At the data processing stage - criteria for doubling, correctness, validation rules for each record’s characteristic.

Before data release - checking the frequencies of separate variables, consistency of table and cross-tabulations.
18.5. Data compilation

Data are processed, edited and validated through the Information System Demography, respecting the settled in advance system and logic criteria.

Records linkage is done based on Identification Number of the persons subject of a demographic event. 
18.6. Adjustment

Estimates and assumptions concerning the volume of emigrants are done to improve figures produced both for emigration and population number. Since 2022 sign of life method is used for estimation of the emigration and the number of population.

Еstimates (based on NSI sample survey on trips of Bulgarians abroad and visitors to Bulgaria) are done in production of breakdowns of emigrants by destination countries.


19. Comment Top

Metadata on 2022 usual residence population


Related metadata Top


Annexes Top
DEMOMIGR_UREESMS_A_BG_2022