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Population
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7,517,973 (July 2004 est.)
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Age structure
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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.)
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Median age
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total: 40.5 years
male: 38.4 years
female: 42.4 years (2004 est.)
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Population growth rate
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-0.92% (2004 est.)
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Birth rate
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9.65 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Death rate
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14.25 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Net migration rate
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-4.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)
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Sex ratio
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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.)
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Infant mortality rate
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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
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Life expectancy at birth
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total population: 71.75 years
male: 68.14 years
female: 75.59 years (2004 est.)
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Total fertility rate
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1.37 children born/woman (2004 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
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less than 0.1% - note: no country specific models provided (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS
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346 (2001 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - deaths
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100 (2001 est.)
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Nationality
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noun: Bulgarian(s)
adjective: Bulgarian
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Ethnic groups
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Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001)
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Religions
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Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish 0.1%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 3.4% (1998)
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Languages
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Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown
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Literacy
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conventional long form: Republic of Bulgaria
conventional short form: Bulgaria
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