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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.)

      Median age:

       total: 40.66 years

       male: 38.59 years

       female: 42.66 years (2005 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       −0.89% (2005 est.)

      Birth rate:

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

      Death rate:

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

      Net migration rate:

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

      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.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 72.03 years

       male: 68.41 years

       female: 75.87 years (2005 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.38 children born/woman (2005 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 census)

      Religions:

       Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other

       4% (2001 census)

      Languages:

       Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified

       1.8% (2001 census)

      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; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Georgi PURVANOV (since 22 January 2002);

       Vice President Angel MARIN (since 22 January 2002)

       head of government: Prime Minister Sergei STANISHEV (since 16 August

       2005); Deputy Prime Minister Ivaylo KALFIN (since 16 August 2005)

       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 for five-year terms; election last held 11 and 18

       November 2001 (next to be held NA 2006); chairman of the Council of

       Ministers (prime minister) nominated by the president and elected by

       the National Assembly; deputy prime ministers nominated by the prime

       minister and elected by the National Assembly

       election results: Georgi PURVANOV elected president; percent of vote

       - Georgi PURVANOV 54.13%, Petar STOYANOV 45.87%; Sergei STANISHEV

       elected prime minister, result of legislative vote - 168 to 67

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sobranie (240 seats;

       members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms)

       elections: last held 25 June 2005 (next to be held June 2009)

       election results: percent of vote by party - CfB 31.1%, NMS2 19.9%,

       MRF 12.7%, ATAKA 8.2%, UDF 7.7%, DSB 6.5%, BPU 5.2%; seats by party

       - CfB 83, NMS2 53, MRF 33, ATAKA 21, UDF 20, DSB 17, BPU 13

      Judicial branch:

       Supreme Administrative Court; Supreme Court of Cassation;

       Constitutional Court (12 justices appointed or elected for nine-year

       terms); Supreme Judicial Council (consists of the chairmen of the

       two Supreme Courts, the Chief Prosecutor, and 22 other members;

       responsible for appointing the justices, prosecutors, and

       investigating magistrates in the justice system; members of the

       Supreme Judicial Council elected for five-year terms, 11 elected by

       the National Assembly and 11 by bodies of the judiciary)

      Political parties and leaders:

       Attack National Union [Volen Siderov]; ATAKA (Attack Coalition)

       (coalition of parties headed by the Attack National Union);

       Bulgarian Agrarian National Union-People's Union or BANU [Anastasia

       MOZER]; Bulgarian People's Union or BPU (coalition of UFD, IMRO, and

       BANU); Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP [Sergei STANISHEV];