Bulgaria: Factsheet

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Name Република България Capital Sofia
Time
(Winter/Summer)
EET (UTC+2)/
EEST (UTC+3)
Area, sq km
(total/land/water)
110,910/
110,550/
360
Languages Bulgarian 84.5%;
Turkish 9.6%;
Roma 4.1%;
other 1.8%
Major cities Sofia 1,246,791;
Plovdiv 376,918;
Varna 345,522;
Burgas 259,985;
Rousse 176,118;
Stara Zagora 163,193
Population 7,322,858 Birth/Death rate,
per thousand
9.62/
14.28
Dialing Code +359 Telephones
(landlines/mobiles)
2.483 million/
6.245 million
Domain extension .bg Internet
(hosts/users)
184,975/
2.2 million
Currency Lev (BGL) GDP $28.06 billion
Unemployment 9.6% Inflation 6.5%

Source: Wikipedia, CIA Factbook (full compilation available here)