Bulgaria

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Bulgarians overrun a Turkish position at bayonet-point during the First Balkan War of 1912-1913, Pai

Bulgarians overrun a Turkish position at bayonet-point during the First Balkan War of 1912-1913, Pai...

A Bulgarian sentry at his post, Sofia, 1942

A Bulgarian sentry at his post, Sofia, 1942

T-72 tanks from Sliven tank brigade prepare for a joint exercise with the USMC, May 2009

T-72 tanks from Sliven tank brigade prepare for a joint exercise with the USMC, May 2009

Guardsmen in front of the Presidency

Guardsmen in front of the Presidency

A view of Business Park Sofia. The capital generates a large portion of the nation's GDP.

A view of Business Park Sofia. The capital generates a large portion of the nation's GDP.

The Bulgarian Empire under Tsar Ivan Asen II

The Bulgarian Empire under Tsar Ivan Asen II

A sunflower field in Dobrudja. The region is one of the most fertile in Bulgaria

A sunflower field in Dobrudja. The region is one of the most fertile in Bulgaria

"Elatsite" gold and copper mine extracts about 13 million tonnes of ore annually, and produces about

"Elatsite" gold and copper mine extracts about 13 million tonnes of ore annually, and produces about...

Major cities in Bulgaria

  • Yuzhen tsentralen
    Yuzhen tsentralen
  • Yugoiztochen
    Yugoiztochen
  • Severoiztochen
    Severoiztochen
  • Severen tsentralen
    Severen tsentralen
  • Severozapaden
    Severozapaden
CityPopulation
Yuzhen tsentralen 1,700,000
Yugoiztochen 1,195,000
Severoiztochen 1,060,000
Severen tsentralen 1,035,000
Severozapaden 1,000,000
Plovdiv 379,882
Varna 358,582
Stara Zagora 162,416
Pleven 137,001
Pernik 121,366
Sliven 115,758
Dobrich 114,990
Shumen 103,016
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Population history of Bulgaria

YearEstimated Population
2011 7,476,000
2010 7,534,289
2009 7,585,131
2008 7,623,395
2007 7,659,764
2006 7,699,020
2005 7,739,900
2004 7,781,161
2003 7,823,557
2002 7,868,468
2001 8,020,282
2000 8,170,172
1999 8,210,624
1998 8,256,786
1997 8,312,068
1996 8,362,826
1995 8,406,067
1994 8,443,591
1993 8,472,313
1992 8,540,164
1991 8,632,367
1990 8,718,289
1989 8,876,972
1988 8,981,446
1987 8,971,359
1986 8,958,171
1985 8,960,547
1984 8,960,679
1983 8,939,738
1982 8,917,457
1981 8,891,117
1980 8,861,535
1979 8,825,940
1978 8,814,032
1977 8,804,183
1976 8,758,599
1975 8,720,742
1974 8,678,745
1973 8,620,967
1972 8,576,200
1971 8,536,395
1970 8,489,574
1969 8,434,172
1968 8,369,603
1967 8,310,226
1966 8,258,057
1965 8,204,168
1964 8,144,340
1963 8,078,145
1962 8,012,946
1961 7,943,118
1960 7,867,374
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Government officials of Bulgaria

OfficialOfficeStart of Term
Rosen Plevneliev 2012
Marin Raykov Prime Minister of Bulgaria 2013
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Olympic medals won by Bulgaria

OlympicsEventAthleteMedal
2012 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Heavyweight 81 - 91kg Tervel Pulev Bronze medal
2012 Summer Olympics Women's Freestyle Wrestling, Heavyweight 63 - 72kg Stanka Zlateva Silver medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Single Sculls Rumyana Neykova Gold medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Volleyball Vladimir Nikolov
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Welterweight 66 - 74kg Yavor Yanakiev Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Bantamweight 55kg Radoslav Velikov Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Welterweight 66-74kg Kiril Terziev Bronze medal
2008 Summer Olympics Women's Freestyle Wrestling, Heavyweight 63 - 72kg Stanka Zlateva Silver medal
2006 Winter Olympics Women's 500m Evgenia Radanova Silver medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's Beach Volleyball Tzvetelina Yanchulova
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, 60 - 64 kg (light welterweight) Boris Georgiev Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Rings Yordan Yovchev Silver medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Floor exercises Yordan Yovchev Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Judo, 60 - 66kg (half-lightweight) Georgi Georgiev Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Single sculls Ivo Yanakiev Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's Single Sculls Rumyana Neykova Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's 25m pistol Maria Grozdeva Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Women's 10m air pistol Maria Grozdeva Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Middle Heavyweight 85-94 kg Milen Dobrev Gold medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Super Heavyweight + 105kg Velichko Cholakov Bronze medal
2004 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Featherweight 55 - 60kg Armen Nazaryan Bronze medal
2002 Winter Olympics Women's 500m Evgenia Radanova Silver medal
2002 Winter Olympics Women's 10 km Pursuit Irina Nikulchina Bronze medal
2002 Winter Olympics Women's 1500m Evgenia Radanova Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Women's Beach Volleyball Tzvetelina Yanchulova
2000 Summer Olympics Women's Triple jump Tereza Marinova Gold medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's K-1 500m (kayak single) Petar Merkov Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's K-1 1000m (kayak single) Petar Merkov Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Rings Yordan Yovchev Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Floor exercises Yordan Yovchev Bronze medal
2000 Summer Olympics Women's Single Sculls Rumyana Neykova Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's 50m pistol Tanyu Kiryakov Gold medal
2000 Summer Olympics Women's 25m pistol Maria Grozdeva Gold medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Heavyweight 94 - 105 kg Alan Tsagaev Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Bantamweight 54-58 kg Armen Nazaryan Gold medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Featherweight 58-63 kg Serafim Barzakov Silver medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Lightweight 62-69 kg Galabin Boevski Gold medal
2000 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Lightweight 62-69 kg Georgi Markov Silver medal
1998 Winter Olympics Women's 15 km Individual Ekaterina Dafovska Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Volleyball Lubomir Ganev
1996 Summer Olympics Women's 10m air pistol Maria Grozdeva Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Women's High jump Stefka Kostadinova Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Middleweight 70-76kg Yoto Yotov Silver medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Bantamweight 54-59 kg Nikolay Pechalov Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Lightweight 57 - 60kg Tontcho Tontchev Silver medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Featherweight 54 - 57 kg Serafim Todorov Silver medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, - Light Flyweight -48kg Daniel Petrov Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Horizontal bar Krasimir Dounev Silver medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, flyweight 48-52 kg Valentin Yordanov Gold medal
1996 Summer Olympics Men's 10m air pistol Tanyu Kiryakov Bronze medal
1996 Summer Olympics Women's 25m pistol Diana Iorgova Silver medal
1992 Summer Olympics Women's Athletics, 100m hurdles Yordanka Donkova Bronze medal
1992 Summer Olympics Women's Discus throw Tsvetanka Khristova Silver medal
1992 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, - Light Flyweight -48kg Daniel Petrov Silver medal
1992 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Super Heavyweight +91kg Svilen Rusinov Bronze medal
1992 Summer Olympics Men's C-1 1000m (canoe single) Nikolay Bukhalov Gold medal
1992 Summer Olympics Men's C-1 500m (canoe single) Nikolay Bukhalov Gold medal
1992 Summer Olympics Women's 10m air pistol Maria Grozdeva Bronze medal
1992 Summer Olympics Women's 10m air rifle Vesela Lecheva Silver medal
1992 Summer Olympics Women's 50m rifle 3 positions Nonka Detcheva Matova Silver medal
1992 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Featherweight 56-60kg Nikolay Pechalov Silver medal
1992 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Flyweight -52kg Ivan Ivanov Gold medal
1992 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Heavyweight 100-110 kg Stefan Botev Bronze medal
1992 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Lightweight 60-67.5kg Yoto Yotov Silver medal
1992 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, flyweight 48-52 kg Valentin Yordanov Bronze medal
1992 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle, Lightweight 62-68kg Valentin Dotchev Getzov Silver medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Triple jump Hristo Markov Gold medal
1988 Summer Olympics Women's Athletics, 100m hurdles Yordanka Donkova Gold medal
1988 Summer Olympics Women's Discus throw Tsvetanka Khristova Bronze medal
1988 Summer Olympics Women's High jump Stefka Kostadinova Silver medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, Bantamweight 51 - 54kg Aleksandar Hristov Silver medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, - Light Flyweight -48kg Ivailo Marinov Gold medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's C-1 1000m (canoe single) Nikolay Bukhalov Bronze medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's C-1 500m (canoe single) Martin Marinov Bronze medal
1988 Summer Olympics Women's K-1 500m (kayak single) Vanja Gesheva-Tsvetkova Gold medal
1988 Summer Olympics Women's Floor exercises Diana Doudeva Bronze medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Pommel horse Lubomir Geraskov Gold medal
1988 Summer Olympics Women's Rhythmic gymnastics, individual all-round Adriana Dunavska Silver medal
1988 Summer Olympics Women's Single Sculls Magdalena Georgieva Bronze medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's 10m air pistol Tanyu Kiryakov Gold medal
1988 Summer Olympics Women's 100m breaststroke Tania Dangalakova Gold medal
1988 Summer Olympics Women's 100m breaststroke Antoaneta Frenkeva Silver medal
1988 Summer Olympics Women's 200m breaststroke Antoaneta Frenkeva Bronze medal
1988 Summer Olympics Women's Tennis, singles Manuela Maleeva Bronze medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Featherweight 56-60kg Stefan Topurov Silver medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Flyweight -52kg Sevdalin Marinov Gold medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Middleweight 67.5-75kg Borislav Gidikov Gold medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Weightlifting, Middleweight 67.5-75kg Aleksander Varbanov Bronze medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, Featherweight 57-62kg Simeon Shterev Bronze medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Freestyle Wrestling, 48kg Ivan Tzonov Silver medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Bantamweight 52-57kg Stoyan Balov Silver medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Light Flyweight -48kg Bratan Tzenov Tsenov Bronze medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Light Heavyweight 82-90 kg Atanas Komchev Gold medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Super Heavyweight 100-130 kg Rangel Ivanov Gerovski Silver medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling, Featherweight 57-62 kg Zhivko Vangelov Silver medal
1988 Summer Olympics Men's freestyle Wrestling, Welterweight 68-74 kg Rahmat Sofiadi Bronze medal
1980 Winter Olympics Men's Cross-country, 30km Ivan Lebanov Bronze medal
1980 Summer Olympics Men's Athletics, 100m Petar Petrov Bronze medal
1980 Summer Olympics Women's Discus throw Mariya Petkova Silver medal
1980 Summer Olympics Men's Boxing, - Light Flyweight -48kg Ivailo Marinov Bronze medal
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    Which currency is used in Bulgaria?
  • A:
    The currencies accepted in this country include the Bulgarian lev.
  • Q:
    What time zone is Bulgaria in?
  • A:
    This area is in the UTC+2.
  • Q:
    What famous people were born in Bulgaria?
  • A:
    Famous people born in Bulgaria include:
    - Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
    - Simeon I of Bulgaria
    - Milena Ivanova
    - Borislav Mikhailov
    - Iliya Pavlov
    - Mesut Mert
    - Magdalina Vulchanova
  • Q:
    What are the official languages spoken in Bulgaria?
  • A:
    Bulgarian and Torlakian are the official languages for this country.
  • Q:
    What is the calling code for calling numbers in Bulgaria?
  • A:
    The calling code prefix is 359.
  • Q:
    Under which form of government does Bulgaria operate?
  • A:
    The government regime is a Parliamentary system.
  • Q:
    What is Bulgaria's national anthem named?
  • A:
    The song is called, "Mila Rodino."
  • Q:
    What is the capital of the country, Bulgaria?
  • A:
    Sofia is the capital of this country.
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#6
Industrial Production Growth Rate
Rate: 14.00%
#6
of 15
Summer Olympics Women's Basketball
Total Medals: 2
#11
of 20
Summer Olympics Men's Basketball
Total Medals: 2
#23
Annual Death Rate
Deaths Per 1,000 People: 14.30
#33
Consumer Inflation
Rate: 9.8%
#50
Electricity Production
kWh: 45,700,000,000
#53
Cell Phones
Users: 9,897,000
#55
Telephone Lines in Use
Lines: 2,300,000
#63
Internet Users
Number: 1,899,000
#68
Purchasing Power Parity
PPP: $86,710,000,000
#73
Real GDP Growth Rate
Growth Rate: 6.20%
#87
Per Capita GDP
GDP: $11,800
#89
Oil Proved Reserves
Barrels: 407,000
#94
Prime Lending Rate
Rate: 10.00%
#96
Population
#98
Unemployment
Rate: 7.70%
#106
Total Labor Force
Workers: 2,593,000
#113
Lowest Life Expectancy
Years: 72.8
#150
Living with AIDS
Estimate: 346
#194
Fertility Rate
Rate: 1.4
#204
Annual Birth Rate
Births Per 1,000 People: 9.6
#207
Population Growth
Rate: -0.81%

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