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GeographyLocation: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,808 km, Greece 494 km, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia and Montenegro 318 km (all with Serbia), Turkey 240 km Coastline: 354 km
PeoplePopulation: 8,775,198 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: -0.25% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 11.75 births/1,000 population Death rate: 11.31 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -2.91 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 11.4 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 1.71 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Bulgarian 85.3%, Turk 8.5%, Gypsy 2.6%, Macedonian 2.5%, Armenian 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, other 0.6% Religions: Bulgarian Orthodox 85%, Muslim 13%, Jewish 0.8%, Roman Catholic 0.5%, Uniate Catholic 0.2%, Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5% Languages: Bulgarian; secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1992)
Government
Names:
Type: emerging democracy Capital: Sofia Independence: 22 September 1908 (from Ottoman Empire) Constitution: adopted 12 July 1991
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $33.7 billion National product real growth rate: 0.2% National product per capita: $3,830 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 122% Unemployment rate: 16%
Electricity:
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| An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games. |