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Area 
        total: 110,910 sq km 
        water: 360 sq km 
        land: 110,550 sq km

Population: 7,262,675 (July 2008 est.)

Ethnic groups 
        Bulgarian 83.9% 
        Turk 9.4% 
        Roma 4.7% 
        other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001)

Capital: Sofia, population 1,500,000

Largest Cities 
        Plovdiv - 755,570
        Pleven - 137,000 
        Varna - 356,852
        Burgas - 229,742
        Ruse - 175,600

Official Language: Bulgarian, secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown

Religion 
        Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6% 
        Muslim 12.2% 
        Roman Catholic 1.7% 
        Jewish 0.1%, Protestant 
        Gregorian-Armenian 
        other 3.4% (1998)

Political system: parliamentary democracy

Ruling Party: GERB, forming the second Bulgarian minority cabinet
Prime Minister: Boiko Borissov

GDP: purchasing power parity - $88.48 billion (2007 est.) 

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $12,900 (2008 est.)

Annual growth: 6.0% (2008)

GDP - composition by sector 
        agriculture: 4.6% 
        industry: 28.7% 
        services: 66.7% (2008 est.)

Inflation: 7.8% (2008 est.)