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Encyclopedia > Demographics of Bulgaria

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Natality, Mortality and Natural increase per 1,000 population in Bulgaria; year 2006, data of the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute.
Natality, Mortality and Natural increase per 1,000 population in Bulgaria; year 2006, data of the Bulgarian National Statistical Institute.
Demographics of Bulgaria, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
Demographics of Bulgaria, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

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[edit] Population

7,718,750 (2005)

[edit] Age structure

0-14 years: 14.1% (male 539,005/female 512,762)
15-64 years: 68.7% (male 2,516,368/female 2,599,524)
65 years and over: 17.2% (male 531,008/female 751,682) (2005 est.)

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[edit] Median age

Total: 40.66 years
Male: 38.59 years
Female: 42.66 years (2005 est.)

[edit] Population growth rate

-0.86% (2006 est.)

[edit] Birth rate

9.66 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

[edit] Death rate

14.26 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

[edit] Net migration rate

-4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

[edit] 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 (2005 est.)

[edit] Infant mortality rate

Total: 20.55 deaths/1,000 live births
Male: 24.31 deaths/1,000 live births
Female: 16.56 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 72.03 years
Male: 68.41 years
Female: 75.87 years (2005 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

1.38 children born/woman (2005 est.)

[edit] HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% - note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)
People living with HIV/AIDS: 346 (2001 est.)
Deaths: 100 (2001 est.)

[edit] Nationality

Noun: Bulgarian(s)
Adjective: Bulgarian

[edit] Ethnic groups

According to 2001 Census:
Total: 7,928,901
Bulgarian 6,655,210 83.9%
Turk 746,664 9.4%
Rom 370,908 4.7%
Russian 15,595 0.2%
Armenian 10,832 0.1%
Aromanian 10,566 0.1%
Karakachan 4,107 0.1%
Greek 3,408
Ukrainian 2,489
Arab 2,328
Crimean Tatar 1,803
Jew 1,363
Romanian 1,088
Pole 825
Vietnamese 635
Gagauz 540
German 436
Serb 422
Circassian 367
Czech 316
Albanian 278
French 195
Hungarian 169
Slovak 161
Kurd 147
African 78
Slovene 28
Bosniak 23
other ethnic group 5,641 0.1%
undeclared 62,108 0.8%
unknown 24,807 0.3%
non-existant ethnic groups: American 293

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[edit] Religion

Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Roman Catholic 0.6%, Protestant 0.5%, other, atheist and undeclared 4.1%

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ...

[edit] Languages

Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown.

[edit] See also

[edit] References


  Results from FactBites:
 
bulgaria - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com (1412 words)
Bulgaria was a significant European power in the 9th and the 10th century, while fighting with the Byzantine Empire for the control of the Balkans.
Bulgaria regained its independence in 1878 as an autonomous principality and was proclaimed a fully independent kingdom in 1908.
Main article: Demographics of Bulgaria According to the 2001 census, Bulgaria's population is mainly ethnic Bulgarian (83.9%), with two sizable minorities in the form of Turks (9.4%) and Roma (4.7%).
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