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Key facts

  • currency: Bulgarian lev
  • capital city: Sofia
  • region: Eastern Europe
  • continent: Europe
  • land area: 108,560 km²
  • population: 6,430,370 people
  • political leader: Boyko Borisov (Prime Minister)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [43°0′N, 25°0′E]

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Summary

Bulgaria is a country. The capital city is Sofia, located in the Eastern Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 108,560 km², a population of 6,430,370 people and uses the currency Bulgarian lev. The Prime Minister is Boyko Borisov.

Environment see more

  • Agricultural land: 50,465.97 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 25.83 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 50.10 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 46.21 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 3.82 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 11.61 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 33.81 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 0.37 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 6.37 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 36.55 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.78 births per woman
  • Forest area: 39,060 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 71.05 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 68.38 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 40.80
  • Methane emissions: 10.16 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 4.03 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 3,311,961 people
  • Male population: 3,118,409 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 20.40 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 108,913.94 km²
  • Rural population: 1,498,212 people
  • Urban land area: 2,109.34 km²
  • Urban population: 4,932,158 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.19 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Bulgaria by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical life expectancy at birth per fertility rate

Bulgaria historical median age per fertility rate

Evolution of historical forest area in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical rural land area per forest area

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical renewable energy consumption per fossil fuel energy consumption

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical urban land area per greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6)

Bulgaria historical urban land area per nitrous oxide emissions

Bulgaria historical urban population per greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6)

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical internet access in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical land area in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical median age in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical nitrous oxide emissions per methane emissions

Bulgaria historical population per methane emissions

Bulgaria historical rural population per methane emissions

Bulgaria historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per methane emissions

Bulgaria historical urban land area per methane emissions

Bulgaria historical urban population per methane emissions

Evolution of historical net migration in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical population per nitrous oxide emissions

Bulgaria historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per nitrous oxide emissions

Bulgaria historical urban population per nitrous oxide emissions

Evolution of historical population in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical urban land area per population

Evolution of historical female population in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical male population in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical total rural land area in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical rural population in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical urban land area per rural population

Evolution of historical total urban land in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical urban population per urban land area

Evolution of historical urban population in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical date per population

Bulgaria historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical methane emissions per agricultural land

Bulgaria historical nitrous oxide emissions per agricultural land

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical GDP per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Bulgaria historical methane emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Bulgaria historical nitrous oxide emissions per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Bulgaria historical urban land area per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Bulgaria historical urban population per carbon dioxide emissions (CO2)

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical birth rate per access to electricity

Bulgaria historical fertility rate per access to electricity

Bulgaria historical life expectancy at birth per access to electricity

Bulgaria historical renewable energy consumption per access to electricity

Bulgaria historical self-employed workers per access to electricity

Bulgaria historical vulnerable employment per access to electricity

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Bulgaria

Distribution of sites in Bulgaria by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Bulgaria by area

Distribution of transboundary sites in Bulgaria

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Bulgaria by mean width

Wildfires width mean per length mean in Bulgaria

Cities in Bulgaria

Sites in Bulgaria

Wildfires in Bulgaria

Business see more

  • Central government debt: 30.30 % of GDP
  • Expense: 31.19 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 101,584,384,672.79 current US$
  • Inflation: 9.44 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 11.09 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 21.80 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 4.29 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 7.26 % of total employment

Distribution of companies from Bulgaria by foundation year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical expense in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical GDP in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per GDP

Evolution of historical median inflation in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical self employed in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical vulnerable employment per self-employed workers

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical unemployment rate in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Bulgaria

Distribution of shops in Bulgaria by country

Companies from Bulgaria

Exchanges in Bulgaria

Shops from Bulgaria

Health see more

  • Birth rate: 8.80 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 18.40 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 1,040.00 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 8.56 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.03 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 7.77 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 74
  • Suicide mortality rate: 9.70 per 100,000 population

Distribution of diseases in Bulgaria by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Bulgaria by start date

Evolution of historical birth rate in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical fertility rate per birth rate

Bulgaria historical life expectancy at birth per birth rate

Bulgaria historical self-employed workers per birth rate

Bulgaria historical vulnerable employment per birth rate

Bulgaria historical median age per birth rate

Evolution of historical death rate in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical life expectancy at birth per death rate

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical life expectancy in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical self-employed workers per life expectancy at birth

Bulgaria historical vulnerable employment per life expectancy at birth

Evolution of historical suicide rate in Bulgaria

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical covid cases in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical covid deaths in Bulgaria

Diseases daily deaths per cases in Bulgaria

Diseases in Bulgaria

Politics see more

  • Armed forces personnel: 37,000 people
  • Democracy score: 7.03
  • Democracy type: Flawed democracy
  • Military expenditure: 1.51 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 24.17 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Bulgaria

Bulgaria historical methane emissions per armed forces personnel

Bulgaria historical nitrous oxide emissions per armed forces personnel

Bulgaria historical population per armed forces personnel

Bulgaria historical rural population per armed forces personnel

Bulgaria historical greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) per armed forces personnel

Bulgaria historical urban land area per armed forces personnel

Bulgaria historical urban population per armed forces personnel

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Bulgaria

Evolution of historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Bulgaria

Distribution of politicians from Bulgaria by birth date

Distribution of politicians from Bulgaria by gender

Political parties in Bulgaria

Politicians from Bulgaria

Culture see more

Distribution of artists from Bulgaria by birth date

Distribution of artists from Bulgaria by gender

Geographical distribution of museums in Bulgaria by visitors

Artists from Bulgaria

Museums in Bulgaria

Sports see more

Distribution of athletes from Bulgaria by birth year

Distribution of athletes by gender in Bulgaria

Distribution of competitions by city in Bulgaria

Distribution of competitions by country in Bulgaria

Distribution of competitions in Bulgaria by start date

Distribution of medals won by Bulgaria at the Olympics

Athletes from Bulgaria

Competitions in Bulgaria

Research see more

Geographical distribution of universities in Bulgaria by total students

Distribution of universities in Bulgaria by foundation year

Universities in Bulgaria

In literature

There are 160 books written about Bulgaria in the database

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