Facts and Figures
Full name: Republic of Bulgaria
Nationality
noun: Bulgarian(s)
adjective: Bulgarian
Area total: 110,910 sq km water: 360 sq km land: 110,550 sq km
Population: 7,450,349 (July 2005 est.)
Ethnic groups
Bulgarian 83.9% Turk 9.4% Roma 4.7% other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001)
Capital: Sofia, population 1,110,000
Largest Cities
Plovdiv – 340,000 Pleven – 120,000 Varna – 315,000 Burgas – 190,000 Ruse – 160,000
Official Language: Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown
Religion
Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6% Muslim 12.2% Roman Catholic 1.7% Jewish 0.1%, Protestant Gregorian-Armenian other 3.4% (1998)
Political system: parliamentary democracy
GDP: purchasing power parity – $61.63 billion (2004 est.)
GDP per head: purchasing power parity – $8,200 (2004 est.)
Annual growth: 5.3% (2004 est.)
GDP – composition by sector
agriculture: 11.5% industry: 30.1% services: 58.4% (2004 est.)
Inflation: 6.1% (2004 est.)