Population: 7,796,694 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
16% (male 623,285; female 591,655)
15-64 years:
68% (male 2,610,573; female 2,685,190)
65 years and over:
16% (male 546,029; female 739,962) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: -1.16% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 8.06 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 14.63 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -5.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 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:
0.74 male(s)/female
total population:
0.94 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 15.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
70.91 years
male:
67.45 years
female:
74.56 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.13 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Bulgarian(s)
adjective:
Bulgarian
Ethnic groups: Bulgarian 83%, Turk 8.5%, Roma 2.6%, Macedonia, Armenian, Tatar, Gagauz, Circassian, others (1998)
Religions: Bulgarian Orthodox 83.5%, Muslim 13%, Roman Catholic 1.5%, Jewish 0.8%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 1% (1998)
Languages: Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
98%
male:
99%
female:
98% (1999)