Demographics of Bulgaria 1961-2003, Data of
FAO; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
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.
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook.
Population
7,262,675 (July 2008 est.)
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.)
Median age
- Total: 40.66 years
- Male: 38.59 years
- Female: 42.66 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate
- -0.83% (2007 est.)
Birth rate
- 10.00 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
In 2007, there were a total of 75,915 births. [1]
Death rate
- 14.00 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Net migration rate
-3.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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: 0.71 male(s)/female
- Total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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.)
Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 72.03 years
- Male: 68.41 years
- Female: 75.87 years (2005 est.)
Total fertility rate
- 1.42 children born/woman (2007 est.)
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.)
Nationality
- Noun: Bulgarian(s)
- Adjective: Bulgarian
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%)
- 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
- Arab 328
- 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
Religion
- Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Roman Catholic 0.6%, Protestant 0.5%, other, atheist and undeclared 4.1%
Languages
- Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown.
See also
References
2005 Eurostat Report on European Demography
External links
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