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Bulgaria

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Capital:	Sofia
Area size:	110550 sq. km Slightly larger than Portugal
Time zone:	Standard Time GMT +2, Summer Time GMT+3
Currency:	Lev
Area code:	(+) 359
Driving:	Right
Climate description:	Temperate continental climate variable according to altitude.

People

Standard of living

Economy & aid

Health

Disasters, conflict & migration

Language
Bulgarian is the official and predominant language. Minority languages include Romani, Turkish and Armenian.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2007	7.7 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	7.7 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	7.7 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	7.8 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	7.8 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	7.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	7.9 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	8.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
6.5 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2006)

Ethnic groups
Most of the population (85 percent) is of Slav origin. Ethnic Turks account for 9 percent of the population. There are also Armenian, Roma and other minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Orthodox Christian 83 percent, Muslim 13 percent. There are also small Jewish, Protestant and other communities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	70.5 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	70.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	70.0 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	69.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	69.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	69.3 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	69.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	68.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1944
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
92 (2006)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15

2005	13.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	14.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	14.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	14.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	15.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	15.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Average life expectancy

2005	72.7 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	72.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	72.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	70.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	70.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	70.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	69.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	69.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	68.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	67.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	67.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	67.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	76.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	75.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	75.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	74.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	74.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	74.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2006	12 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	12 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	12 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	14 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	14 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	14 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	14 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2006	14 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	15 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	15 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	15 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	16 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	16 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	16 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	99 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2002	No data available percent

Maternal mortality

2005	11 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	32 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	53	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	54	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	55	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	56	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	57	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	62	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2006	No data available percent
1996-2005	No data available percent
1996-2004	No data available percent
1995-2003	No data available percent
1995-2002	No data available percent
1995-2001	No data available percent
1995-2000	11 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population

2002-2004 average	8 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	9 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	99 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	99 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	99 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	99 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	98.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	98.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	98.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	98.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	98.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male

2004	98.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	98.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	99.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	99.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female

2004	97.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	97.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	98.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	98.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	97.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones

2007	301 per 1,000 people	International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2008
2006	313 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	322 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	351 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	360 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	364 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	364 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	360 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Cellular telephone subscribers

2007	1296 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	1076 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	808 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	608 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	447 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	329 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	195 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	92 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Internet users

2007	249 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2006	217 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2005	206 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2004	159 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2003	119 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2002	80 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2001	76 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008
2000	54 per 1,000 people	ITU 2008

Transparency International corruption ranking (1=least corrupt, 179=most corrupt)

2008	72 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	64 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	57 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	55 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	54 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	54 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	45 (joint)	Transparency International
2001	47 (joint)	Transparency International
2000	52 (joint)	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	No data available percent
1990-2004	No data available percent
1990-2002	No data available percent
1990-2001	4.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2006	3990 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	3510 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	2870 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	2230 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	1860 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	1720 current US$	WorldBankDataProfileTables2008
2000	1600 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country�s exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2006	31.5 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	27.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	24.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	20.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	15.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	13.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	12.6 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual GDP growth

2006	6.1� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	6.2� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	6.6� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	5.0� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	4.5� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	4.1� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	5.4� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2006	8.1� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	3.8� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	5.1� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	1.8� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	4.4� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	6.7� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	6.7� percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
3.4 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
23.9 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	356 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	356 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	344 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	344 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	No data available percent
2006	No data available percent
2005	No data available percent
2004	No data available percent
2003	No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases

2006	40 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2005	40 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2004	39 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2003	39 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2002	43 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2001	44 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008
2000	44 per 100,000 people	WHO 2008

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here

2007	3311	UNHCR
2006	3438	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	4254	UNHCR
2004	2215	UNHCR
2003	2567	UNHCR
2002	2841	UNHCR
2001	2121	UNHCR
2000	2404	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2007	4836	UNHCR
2006	4504	UNHCR
2005	4413	UNHCR
2004	4684	UNHCR
2003	4068	UNHCR
2002	3658	UNHCR
2001	3004	UNHCR
2000	1474	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

	No data available

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	2.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	2.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	2.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	2.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	2.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	3.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	4.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	4.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	3.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	No data available percent
1998-2000	3.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	4.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	4.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	4.4 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	3.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000	3.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

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