Population: 8,910,622 (July 1991), growth rate - 0.2% (1991)

Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 3 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 13 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 76 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (1991)

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%

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

Language: Bulgarian; secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown

Literacy: 93% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)

Labor force: 4,300,000; industry 33%, agriculture 20%, other 47% (1987)

Organized labor: Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (KNSB); Edinstvo (Unity) People's Trade Union (splinter confederation from KNSB); Podkrepa (Support) Labor Confederation, legally registered in January 1990

NOTE: The information regarding Bulgaria on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Bulgaria People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Bulgaria People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.