The 2008 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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СКАЧАТЬ Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping,

       Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

      strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia

      People

       Bulgaria

      Population:

      7,262,675 (July 2008 est.)

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 13.8% (male 514,238/female 489,608) 15–64 years: 68.6% (male 2,449,812/female 2,532,845) 65 years and over: 17.6% (male 520,962/female 755,210) (2008 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 41.1 years male: 38.9 years female: 43.4 years (2008 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      −0.813% (2008 est.)

      Birth rate:

      9.58 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Death rate:

      14.3 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

      Net migration rate:

      −3.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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: 0.69 male(s)/female total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 18.51 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22 deaths/1,000 live births female: 14.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 72.83 years male: 69.22 years female: 76.66 years (2008 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      1.4 children born/woman (2008 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      less than 0.1% (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 census)

      Religions:

      Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001 census)

      Languages:

      Bulgarian 84.5%, Turkish 9.6%, Roma 4.1%, other and unspecified 1.8% (2001 census)

      Literacy:

      definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.2% male: 98.7% female: 97.7% (2001 census)

      School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

      total: 14 years male: 13 years female: 14 years (2006)

      Education expenditures:

      4.5% of GDP (2005)

      Government

       Bulgaria

      Country name:

      conventional long form: Republic of Bulgaria conventional short form: Bulgaria local long form: Republika Balgariya local short form: Balgariya

      Government type:

      parliamentary democracy

      Capital:

      name: Sofia geographic coordinates: 42 41 N, 23 19 E time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

      Administrative divisions:

      28 provinces (oblasti, singular - oblast); Blagoevgrad, Burgas,

       Dobrich, Gabrovo, Khaskovo, Kurdzhali, Kyustendil, Lovech, Montana,

       Pazardzhik, Pernik, Pleven, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Ruse, Shumen,

       Silistra, Sliven, Smolyan, Sofiya, Sofiya-Grad, Stara Zagora,

       Turgovishte, Varna, Veliko Turnovo, Vidin, Vratsa, Yambol

      Independence:

      3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)

      National holiday:

      Liberation Day, 3 March (1878)

      Constitution:

      adopted 12 July 1991

      Legal system:

      civil and criminal law based on Roman law; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations

      Suffrage:

      18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

      chief of state: President Georgi PARVANOV (since 22 January 2002); Vice President Angel MARIN (since 22 January 2002) head of government: Prime Minister Sergei STANISHEV (since 16 August 2005); Deputy Prime Ministers Ivaylo KALFIN, Daniel VULCHEV, and Emel ETEM (since 16 August 2005) and Meglena PLUGCHIEVA (since 25 April 2008) cabinet: Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister and elected by the National Assembly elections: president and vice president elected on the same ticket by popular vote for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held 22 and 29 October 2006 (next to be held in 2011); chairman of the Council of Ministers (prime minister) nominated by the president and elected by the National Assembly; deputy prime ministers nominated by the prime minister and elected by the National Assembly election results: Georgi PARVANOV reelected president; percent of vote - Georgi PARVANOV 77.3%, Volen SIDEROV 22.7%; Sergei STANISHEV elected prime minister, result of legislative vote - 168 to 67

      Legislative branch:

      unicameral National СКАЧАТЬ