| Country (long form) |
Republic of Bulgaria |
| Capital |
Sofia |
| Total Area |
42,822.59 sq mi
110,910.00 sq km
(slightly larger than Tennessee) |
| Population |
7,796,694 (July 2000 est.) |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
4,478,866 |
| Languages |
Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown |
| Literacy |
98.0% total, 99.0% male, 98% female (1999) |
| 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) |
| Life Expectancy |
67.45 male, 74.56 female (2000 est.) |
| Government Type |
parliamentary democracy |
| Currency |
1 lev (Lv) = 100 stotinki |
| GDP (per capita) |
$4,300 (1999 est.) |
| Industry |
machine building and metal working, food processing, chemicals, construction materials, ferrous and nonferrous metals, nuclear fuel |
| Agriculture |
vegetables, fruits, tobacco, livestock, wine, wheat, barley, sunflowers, sugar beets |
| Arable Land |
43% |
| Natural Resources |
bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land |
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