Bulgaria

• Area: 110,879 sq. km (42,811 sq. mi.)
• Population: 7,144,653 (2016 est.)
• Population growth rate: -0.6% (2016 est.)
• Life expectancy: 74.5 years (2016)
• Languages: Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Roma 3.8%
• Religions: Eastern Orthodox 59.4%, Muslim 7.8%, other (including Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Jewish) 1.7%, none 3.7%, unspecified 27.4%
• Formal name: Republic of Bulgaria
• Alternate names: Bălgariya, Blgariya, Bulgarie, Bulgarien, Bulgaristan, Bŭlgariya, Narodna Republika Bŭlgariya, People’s Republic of Bulgaria, Republic of Bulgaria, Republika Bălgariya, Republika Bŭlgariya
• Government type: parliamentary republic
• Leaders: chief of state: President Rosen PLEVNELIEV; head of government: Prime Minister Boyko BORISOV
• Capital: Sofia
• Administrative divisions: 28 provinces
• GDP per capita (PPP): $19,100 (2015 est.)
• Exports: clothing, footwear, iron and steel, machinery and equipment, fuels
• Imports: machinery and equipment; metals and ores; chemicals and plastics; fuels, minerals, and raw materials
• Currency: lev (BGN)

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