Demographics of Bulgaria
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This article is about the demographic features of the population of Bulgaria, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
[edit] CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
[edit] Population
7,262,675 (July 2008 est.)
[edit] Age structure
0-14 years: 13.8% (male 514,238/female 489,608) 15-64 years: 68.6% (male 2,449,812/female 2,532,845) 65 years and over: 17.6% (male 520,962/female 755,210) (2008 est.)
[edit] Median age
- Total: 40.66 years
- Male: 38.59 years
- Female: 42.66 years (2005 est.)
[edit] Population growth rate
- -0.77% (2008 est.)
[edit] Birth rate
- 10.20 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
In 2008, there were a total of 78,283 births. [1]
[edit] Death rate
- 14.50 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
[edit] Net migration rate
-3.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
[edit] 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: 0.71 male(s)/female
- Total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
[edit] Infant mortality rate
- 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.)
[edit] Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 72.03 years
- Male: 68.41 years
- Female: 75.87 years (2005 est.)
[edit] Total fertility rate
- 1.48 children born/woman (2008 est.)
[edit] HIV/AIDS
- Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% - note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)
- People living with HIV/AIDS: 803 (November 2007)[1]
- Deaths: 100 (2001 est.)
[edit] Nationality
- Noun: Bulgarian(s)
- Adjective: Bulgarian
[edit] Ethnic groups
- According to 2001 Census:
- Total: 7,928,901
- Bulgarian 6,655,210 (83.9%)
- Turk 746,664 (9.4%)
- Rom 370,908 (4.7%)
- Russian 15,595 (0.2%)
- Armenian 10,832 (0.1%)
- Arab 10,000 (0.1%)
- Macedonians 5,071
- Romanian 4,540
- Karakachan 4,107
- Greek 3,408
- Ukrainian 2,489
- Crimean Tatar 1,803
- Jew 1,363
- Pole 825
- Vietnamese 635
- Gagauz 540
- German 436
- Serb 422
- Circassian 367
- Czech 316
- Albanian 278
- French 195
- Hungarian 169
- Slovak 161
- Kurd 147
- African 78
- Slovene 28
- Bosniak 23
- other ethnic group 5,641 0.1%
- undeclared 62,108 0.8%
- unknown 24,807 0.3%
- non-existent ethnic groups: American 293
[edit] Religion
- Bulgarian Orthodox 83.8%, Muslim 11%, Roman Catholic 0.6%, Protestant 0.5%, other, atheist and undeclared 4.1%
[edit] Languages
- Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ News.bg (2007-11-27). "803 HIV- Positive Registered Officially in Bulgaria". Kristalina Ilieva. http://international.ibox.bg/news/id_1502149034.
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".
2005 Eurostat Report on European Demography
[edit] External links
- Bulgarian Subject Files - Social Issues: Minorities Open Society Archives, Budapest
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