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Demographics of Bulgaria
Statistical indicators
From CIA World Factbook 2004
Population: 7,517,973 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
14.4% (male 553,801; female 526,856)
15-64 years:
68.5% (male 2,533,784; female 2,615,968)
65 years and over:
17.1% (male 535,954; female 751,610) (2004 estimate)
Population growth rate: -0.92% (2004 est.)
Birth rate: 9.65 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate: 14.25 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate: -4.58 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 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:
0.74 male(s)/female
total population:
0.93 male(s)/female (2000 estimate)
Infant mortality rate: 21.31 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
71.75 years
male:
68.14 years
female:
75.59 years (2004 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.37 children born/woman (2004 est.)
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
98.6%
male:
99.1%
female:
98.2% (2003 est.)
From Census 2001
Nationality:
noun:
Bulgarian(s)
adjective:
Bulgarian
Ethnic groups: Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, Russian 0.2%, Armenian 0.1%, Vlach 0.1%, Macedonian 0.05%, other 0.4%, undeclared and unknown 1.1% (2001)
Religions: 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
The number of the ethnic Roma in Bulgaria is generally thought to be between 1.5 and 2 times higher than what census results indicate as a great number of people of Roma origin present themselves both in censuses, as well as in ordinary life as Bulgarians, Turks or Vlachs. This is partly owing to the fact that they speak Bulgarian, Turkish or Vlach as mother tongue, and partly as an identity defferent from the Roma one is generally thought to provide better chances for integration in Bulgarian society. In 1994, INTEREG estimated the size of the Roma community in Bulgaria at 650,000 (7.7% of the population).
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