The 2004 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

land: 110,550 sq km

      Area - comparative:

       slightly larger than Tennessee

      Land boundaries:

       total: 1,808 km

       border countries: Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km,

       Serbia and Montenegro 318 km, Turkey 240 km

      Coastline:

       354 km

      Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      Climate:

       temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers

      Terrain:

       mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast

      Elevation extremes:

       lowest point: Black Sea 0 m

       highest point: Musala 2,925 m

      Natural resources:

       bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land

      Land use: arable land: 40.02% permanent crops: 1.92% other: 58.06% (2001)

      Irrigated land:

       8,000 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       earthquakes, landslides

      Environment - current issues:

       air pollution from industrial emissions; rivers polluted from raw

       sewage, heavy metals, detergents; deforestation; forest damage from

       air pollution and resulting acid rain; soil contamination from heavy

       metals from metallurgical plants and industrial wastes

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air

       Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85,

       Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental

       Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty,

       Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,

       Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,

       Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship

       Pollution, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Sulfur 94

      Geography - note:

       strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes

       from Europe to Middle East and Asia

      People Bulgaria

      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.)

      Median age:

       total: 40.5 years

       male: 38.4 years

       female: 42.4 years (2004 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       −0.92% (2004 est.)

      Birth rate:

       9.65 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)

      Death rate:

       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:

       total: 21.31 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 17.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)

       male: 25.15 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 71.75 years

       male: 68.14 years

       female: 75.59 years (2004 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.37 children born/woman (2004 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       less than 0.1% - note: no country specific models provided (2001

       est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       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.)

      Government Bulgaria

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Republic of Bulgaria

       conventional short form: Bulgaria

      Government type:

       parliamentary democracy

      Capital:

       Sofia

      Administrative divisions:

       28 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast); Blagoevgrad, Burgas,

       Dobrich, Gabrovo, Khaskovo, Kurdzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana,

       Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Ruse, Shumen,

       Silistra, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofiya, Sofiya-Grad, Stara Zagora,

       Turgovishte, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Yambol

      Independence:

       3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman

       Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman

       Empire)

      National holiday:

       Liberation Day, 3 March (1878)

      Constitution:

       adopted 12 July 1991

      Legal system:

       civil law and criminal law based on Roman law; accepts compulsory

       ICJ jurisdiction

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age;