Bulgaria’s cabinet received the 2014 report of the updated National Strategy for Demographic Development of the Bulgarian Population 2012-2030. According to data of the National Statistical Institute, by December 31, 2014, Bulgaria’s population amounted to 7,202,198 people, or 1.4% of the population of the European Union. In 2014 the population of Bulgaria decreased with 43,479 people, or 0.6%, NSI further informs. The average life expectancy calculated in the period 2012-2014 is 74,7 years, or 0.2 years higher, as compared to the previous period. The increase in the number of the newly-born and the average life expectancy are positive trends, the document notes. According to the recent trends, the population of Bulgaria has been orientating towards a family model with more than one child.