|
Country
|
Bulgaria |
|
|
Leader
|
President: Rosen Plevneliev
|
President: Manuel Pinto da Costa
|
|
Population
|
7,037,935
| 183,176
|
|
Life Expectancy
|
73.840 years
| 63.490 years
|
|
Capital City
|
Sofia
|
|
|
Largest city
|
| Sofia (population: 1,152,560) | Sao Tome (population: 53,300) |
|
Human Development Index
|
0.834
| 0.643
|
| GDP per capita |
$13,800 US
|
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
98.2%
| 84.9%
|
|
Corruption Perception Index
|
3.6
| 2.7
|
|
Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
21.7%
| 1.8%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
|
| Unemployment Rate |
9.600%
|
|
|
Death Penalty
|
Abolished
| Abolished
|
| |
|
Political System
|
parliamentary democracy
| republic
|
|
Independence date
|
3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)
|
|
| Religions |
Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)
| Catholic 70.3%, Evangelical 3.4%, New Apostolic 2%, Adventist 1.8%, other 3.1%, none 19.4% (2001 census)
|
| Languages |
Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)
| Portuguese (official)
|
| Exports |
clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
|
|
| External Debt |
$46,840,000,000 $
|
|
| Exchange Rate |
leva (BGN) per US dollar - 1.3171 (2008 est.), 1.4366 (2007), 1.5576 (2006), 1.5741 (2005), 1.5751 (2004)
|
|
| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
2.600%
|
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
5
| 0
|
| Location |
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
| Western Africa, islands in the Gulf of Guinea, straddling the Equator, west of Gabon
|
| Area |
110,879 km sq
| 964 km sq
|
| Coastline |
354 km
| 209 km
|
| Climate |
temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
| tropical; hot, humid; one rainy season (October to May)
|
|
|
|
