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Bulgaria People 1996

Population:

8,775,198 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

19% (female 800,413; male 841,697)

15-64 years:

66% (female 2,927,880; male 2,910,133)

65 years and over:

15% (female 735,706; male 559,369) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

-0.25% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

11.75 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

11.31 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-2.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

11.4 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

73.68 years

male:

70.43 years

female:

77.1 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.71 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Bulgarian(s)

adjective:

Bulgarian

Ethnic divisions:

Bulgarian 85.3%, Turk 8.5%, Gypsy 2.6%, Macedonian 2.5%, Armenian 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, other 0.6%

Religions:

Bulgarian Orthodox 85%, Muslim 13%, Jewish 0.8%, Roman Catholic 0.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%

Languages:

Bulgarian; secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1992)

total population:

98%

male:

99%

female:

97%

Labor force:

4.3 million

by occupation:

industry 33%, agriculture 20%, other 47% (1987)

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