Official name
Republic of Bulgaria
Name in local language
Република България (bg) ; Republika Bǎlgarija (bg)
Continent
Europe
Subcontinent
European Union
Population (ranking: 108e )
7,050,034 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
-0.74 % / year
Area
110,912 km²
Density
63.56 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 76e )65.133 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
9,273 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
3.10 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
74.90 years (2018)
Birth rate
9.10 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate
1.54 children / woman (2016)
Death rate (ranking )
15.10 ‰ (2016)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
6.50 ‰ (2016)
Literacy rate
98.00 % (2015)
Official languages
Bulgarian
Currency
Lev (BGN)
HDI (ranking: 75e )0.816 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )67.85 (2018)
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
Head of State
President Rumen Radev
National Day
22 September (independence of 1908)
ISO Codes BG, BGR
Demonym
Bulgarian
Tourists (ranking )
8,883,000 people (2017)
Bulgaria is a country in South-Eastern Europe located in the Balkan Peninsula. It covers part of the territory of ancient Thrace. It is bordered by the Black Sea to the east. It shares borders with Greece and Turkey to the south, Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west. Its capital and largest urban area is Sofia.
Karandila, Sliven, Bulgaria. Photo: Evgeni Dinev Sofia, capital of the Bulgaria. Photo: Tsvetan Bondzhov Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Photo: Al Di The 7 lakes of the Rila, Bulgaria Urban areas (2016)
Urban areas
Population
Sofia
1,681,592 inhabitants
Plovdiv
592,262 inhabitants
Varna
401,232 inhabitants
Burgas
259,539 inhabitants
Ruse
180,442 inhabitants
Stara Zagora
158,262 inhabitants
Pleven
151,694 inhabitants
Veliko Tarnovo
142,723 inhabitants
Pazardzhik
133,619 inhabitants
Sliven
120,635 inhabitants
Dobrich
106,284 inhabitants
Shumen
89,092 inhabitants
Haskovo
88,471 inhabitants
Blagoevgrad
75,862 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Oblasti (districts)
Population
Area
Blagoevgrad
310,321 inhabitants
6,478 km²
Burgas
412,684 inhabitants
7,618 km²
Dobrich
178,438 inhabitants
4,700 km²
Gabrovo
112,334 inhabitants
2,053 km²
Haskovo
233,415 inhabitants
4,033 km²
Kardzhali
150,837 inhabitants
4,032 km²
Kyustendil
123,431 inhabitants
3,027 km²
Lovech
129,222 inhabitants
4,134 km²
Montana
134,669 inhabitants
3,595 km²
Pazardzhik
260,814 inhabitants
4,393 km²
Pernik
123,770 inhabitants
2,377 km²
Pleven
248,138 inhabitants
4,216 km²
Plovdiv
671,573 inhabitants
5,588 km²
Razgrad
115,402 inhabitants
2,648 km²
Ruse
223,489 inhabitants
2,616 km²
Shumen
174,476 inhabitants
3,365 km²
Silistra
111,957 inhabitants
2,862 km²
Sliven
189,788 inhabitants
3,646 km²
Smolyan
109,425 inhabitants
3,532 km²
Sofia
234,185 inhabitants
7,277 km²
Sofia-city
1,323,637 inhabitants
1,119 km²
Stara Zagora
321,377 inhabitants
4,959 km²
Targovishte
113,694 inhabitants
2,735 km²
Varna
472,654 inhabitants
3,847 km²
Veliko Tarnovo
242,259 inhabitants
4,684 km²
See also
