The 1992 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

partners:

       Japan 53%, UK 12%, South Korea 9%, Thailand 7%, Singapore 5% (1990)

       Imports:

       $1.7 billion (c.i.f., 1990 est.)

       commodities:

       machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, chemicals

       partners:

       Singapore 35%, UK 26%, Switzerland 9%, US 9%, Japan 5% (1990)

       External debt:

       none

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 12.9% (1987); accounts for 52.4% of GDP

       Electricity:

       310,000 kW capacity; 890 million kWh produced, 2,400 kWh per capita (1990)

       Industries:

       petroleum, petroleum refining, liquefied natural gas, construction

       Agriculture:

       imports about 80% of its food needs; principal crops and livestock include

       rice, cassava, bananas, buffaloes, and pigs

       Economic aid:

       US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-87), $20.6 million; Western (non-US)

       countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $153 million

       Currency:

       Bruneian dollar (plural - dollars); 1 Bruneian dollar (B$) = 100 cents

       Exchange rates:

       Bruneian dollars (B$) per US$1 - 1.7454 (January 1991), 1.8125 (1990),

       1.9503 (1989), 2.0124 (1988), 2.1060 (1987), 2.1774 (1986); note - the

       Bruneian dollar is at par with the Singapore dollar

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      :Brunei Communications

      Railroads:

       13 km 0.610-meter narrow-gauge private line

       Highways:

       1,090 km total; 370 km paved (bituminous treated) and another 52 km under

       construction, 720 km gravel or unimproved

       Inland waterways:

       209 km; navigable by craft drawing less than 1.2 meters

       Pipelines:

       crude oil 135 km; petroleum products 418 km; natural gas 920 km

       Ports:

       Kuala Belait, Muara

       Merchant marine:

       7 liquefied gas carriers (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 348,476 GRT/340,635

       DWT

       Civil air:

       4 major transport aircraft (3 Boeing 757-200, 1 Boeing 737-200)

       Airports:

       2 total, 2 usable; 1 with permanent-surface runways; 1 with runway over

       3,659 m; 1 with runway 1,406 m

       Telecommunications:

       service throughout country is adequate for present needs; international

       service good to adjacent Malaysia; radiobroadcast coverage good; 33,000

       telephones (1987); broadcast stations - 4 AM/FM, 1 TV; 74,000 radio

       receivers (1987); satellite earth stations - 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT and 1

       Pacific Ocean INTELSAT

      :Brunei Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Ground Forces, Navy, Air Force, and Royal Brunei Police

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, 75,330; 43,969 fit for military service; 2,595 reach military

       age (18) annually

       Defense expenditures:

       exchange rate conversion - $233.1 million, 7.1% of GDP (1988)

      :Bulgaria Geography

      Total area:

       110,910 km2

       Land area:

       110,550 km2

       Comparative area:

       slightly larger than Tennessee

       Land boundaries:

       1,881 km; Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia and

       Montenegro 318 km, Turkey 240 km

       Coastline:

       354 km

       Maritime claims:

       Contiguous zone:

       24 nm

       Exclusive economic zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       12 nm

       Disputes:

       Macedonia question with Greece and Macedonia

       Climate:

       temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers

       Terrain:

       mostly mountains with lowlands in north and south

       Natural resources:

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

       Land use:

       arable land 34%; permanent crops 3%; meadows and pastures 18%; forest and

       woodland 35%; other 10%; includes irrigated 11%

       Environment:

       subject to earthquakes, landslides; deforestation; air pollution

       Note:

       strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from

       Europe to Middle East and Asia

      :Bulgaria People

      Population:

       8,869,161 (July 1992), growth rate —0.5% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       12 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       12 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       —5 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       13 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       69 years male, 76 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       1.7 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun - Bulgarian(s); adjective - Bulgarian

       Ethnic divisions:

       Bulgarian 85.3%, Turk 8.5%, Gypsy 2.6%, Macedonian 2.5%, Armenian 0.3%,

       Russian 0.2%, other 0.6%

       Religions:

       Bulgarian Orthodox 85%; Muslim 13%; Jewish 0.8%; Roman Catholic 0.5%; Uniate

       Catholic 0.2%; Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%

       Languages:

       Bulgarian; secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown

       Literacy:

       93% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)

       Labor force:

       4,300,000; industry 33%, agriculture 20%, other 47% (1987)

       Organized labor:

       Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (KNSB); Edinstvo