| Population : |
7,517,973 (July 2004 est.) |
| Age Structure : |
0-14 years: 14.4% (male 553,801; female 526,856)
15-64 years: 68.5% (male 2,533,784; female 2,615,968)
65 years and over: 17.1% (male 535,954; female 751,610) (2004 est.) |
| Population Growth Rate : |
-0.92% (2004 est.) |
| Birth Rate / 1000 : |
9.65 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Death Rate / 1000 : |
14.25 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Net Migration Rate : |
-4.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) |
| Sex Ratio : |
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2004 est.) |
| Infant Mortality Rate / 1,000 Live Births : |
total: 21.31 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy At Birth : |
total population: 71.75 years
male: 68.14 years
female: 75.59 years (2004 est.) |
| Fertility Rate - Children Born/Woman : |
1.37 children born/woman (2004 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Adult Prevalence Rate : |
less than 0.1% - note: no country specific models |
| HIV/AIDS - Infected People Living : |
346 (2001 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - Deaths : |
100 (2001 est.) |
| Nationality : |
noun: Bulgarian(s)
adjective: Bulgarian |
| Ethnic Groups : |
Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001) |
| Religions : |
Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish 0.1%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 3.4% (1998) |
| Languages : |
Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown |
| Literacy : |
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6%
male: 99.1%
female: 98.2% (2003 est.) |
