Summary: In this paper we have outlined the demographic profile of overseas emigration from Bulgaria to the two Americas up to the 1940s observing the influencing factors and especially the current Bulgarian and host countries’ legislation. We have done this by analysing the data of the official Bulgarian statistics, namely: one special statistics, compiled in 1907, the 1910, 1920, 1926 and 1934 population censuses and the current demographic statistics from the period between 1931 and 1943. Bearing in mind that a significant part of this emigration originated from territories outside the borders of the nation-state, it should be noted that the statistical sources analysed here make it possible to characterise the emigration flow with a starting point from Bulgaria only.
Keywords: Bulgaria, emigration, North and South America, demographic profile, official statistics
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