Bulgaria People - 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 est.)

Median age:
total: 40.5 years
male: 38.4 years
female: 42.4 years (2004 est.)

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: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate:
total: 21.31 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
male: 25.15 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.75 years
male: 68.14 years
female: 75.59 years (2004 est.)

See also: Healthy Life Expectancy

See also: Health Performance

Total fertility rate:
1.37 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
less than 0.1% - note: no country specific models provided (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
346 (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
100 (2001 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Bulgarian(s)
adjective: Bulgarian

Ethnic groups:
Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001)

Religions:
Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Roman Catholic 1.7%, Jewish 0.1%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 3.4% (1998)

Languages:
Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown