| Land area (sq. km) |
110,630.00 |
WDI |
| Arable land (% of land area) |
30.04 |
WDI |
| Population, total |
7,761,000.00 |
WDI |
| Population growth (annual %) |
(0.80) |
WDI |
| Population density (people per sq. km) |
70.15 |
WDI |
| Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above) |
98.20 |
WDI/UN/UNICEF |
| Life expectancy at birth, total (years) |
72.36 |
WDI |
| Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) |
12.30 |
WDI |
| Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty line (% of population)** |
13.4 (2002 est.) |
WDI/CIA/UNICEF |
| Urban population (% of total) |
69.78 |
WDI |
| Ethnic breakdown |
Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001 census) |
CIA |
| Religious breakdown |
Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census) |
CIA |
| Language |
Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census) |
CIA |
| Capital City |
Sofia |
CIA |
| Character of government |
Parliamentary democracy; Administrative Division: 28 provinces; Independence day: 3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire) and 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire) |
CIA* |
| Current President/Prime Minister |
President Georgi PURVANOV (since 22 January 2002); and Prime Minister Sergei STANISHEV (since 16 August 2005) |
CIA* |
| Executive branch description |
President is the chief of staff and Prime Minister is the head of government.; cabinet: Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister and elected by the National Assembly ; elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote |
CIA* |
| Legislative branch description |
unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sobranie (240 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms) |
CIA* |
| Judicial branch description |
|
CIA |
| Women in national parliament (% of total) |
26.00 |
WDI |
| Foreign aid per capita (current US$) |
80.20 |
WDI |
| Foreign direct investment, net inflow (BoP, current US$ bn) ** |
2.01 |
WDI |
| GDP growth (annual %) |
5.70 |
WDI |
| GDP per capita (constant 2000 US$) |
1,958.16 |
WDI |
| Inflation, consumer prices (annual %) |
6.35 |
WDI |
| Military expenditure (% of GDP) |
2.43 |
WDI/CIA/WRI |
| Military expenditure (% of central government expenditure) |
6.93 |
WDI/WRI/Dept of State/UNICEF |
| Health expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
4.09 (2003) |
WDI/WRI |
| Education expenditure, public (% of GDP) |
4.24 (2003) |
WDI/WRI |
| Main export |
clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels |
CIA |
| Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) |
12.70 |
WDI/CIA |
| External debt, total (DOD, current US$) |
15,660,900,352.00 |
WDI/CIA |
| Currency |
Lev (BGL) |
CIA |
| Local Currency Rate, per US$ |
1.58 |
CIA |
| Internet users (per 1,000 people) |
283.47 |
WDI/Comp Industry Almanac |
| Mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people) |
609.42 |
WDI |
| Personal computers (per 1,000 people) |
59.40 |
WDI |
| Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) |
356.94 |
WDI |
