Population of Bulgaria - General Data

1. Population: 7,322,858 (July 2007 est.)
2. Age structure: 0-14 years: 13.9% (male 527,881/female 502,334)
   15-64 years: 68.7% (male 2,496,054/female 2,579,680)
   65 years and over: 17.3% (male 527,027/female 752,391)
3. Median age: 40.8 years
4. Growth rate: -0.86%
5. Infant mortality: 19.85 deaths/1,000 live births
6. Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.3 years
7. male: 68.68 years
8. female: 76.13 years
9. Total fertility rate: 1.38 children born/woman
10. 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)
11. Languages: Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown
12. Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
    total population: 98.6%
    male: 99.1%
    female: 98.2%
     

POPULATION DENSITY IN BULGARIA

POPULATION IN BULGARIA BY REGION