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Population:
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7,450,349 (July 2005 est.) |
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 14.1% (male 539,005/female 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.) |
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Median age:
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total: 40.66 years
male: 38.59 years female: 42.66 years (2005 est.) |
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Population growth rate:
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-0.89% (2005 est.) |
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Birth rate:
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9.66 births/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Death rate:
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14.26 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.) |
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Net migration rate:
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-4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 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 (2005 est.) |
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Infant mortality rate:
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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.) |
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 72.03 years
male: 68.41 years female: 75.87 years (2005 est.) |
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Total fertility rate:
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1.38 children born/woman (2005 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 census) |
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Religions:
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Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census) |
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Languages:
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Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census) |
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.6% male: 99.1% female: 98.2% (2003 est.) |
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