Bulgaria Overview
Geography & Statistics
- Common frontiers: with Greece, Turkey, Romania, Macedonia and Serbia;
- Population: 7,875,000;
- Area: 110,994 km2;
- Administrative division: 28 districts;
- Capital: Sofia -1,191,370 population;
- Major cities: Varna, Burgas and Plovdiv;
- Infrastructure: 37 000 km road, including 416 km highways, 65 000 km railways, two main ports, The Danube river and The Black sea as international water roads, four international airports.
Overview Macroeconomic indicators
- Population: 7,875,000
- GDP 2005: 2 538 USD per capital;
- GDP growth: 2004/2005: 5,6%;
- Inflation: 2004/2005: 5,5%;
- Unemployment: 12%;
- Currency board: since 1997;
- Bulgarian Currency: 1 EURO = 1,95583 BGN;
- Member of NATO: from April, 2004;
- EU membership: full from 01.2007
General Demographic Information*
- POPULATION: 7,875,000
- POPULATION 18+: 6,418,800
- POPULATION 18 - 64 years: 5,055,600
- CAPITAL CITY POPULATION: 1,191,370
- NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS: 2,749,000
- AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER HOUSEHOLD: 2.9
* Population estimation based on results of the last census (Bulgaria population census - March 2001)
