Exact population: 7,385,367 (July 2006 est.)

Literacy: Total population: 98.6%; male: 99.1%; female: 98.2%

Ethnicities: Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001 census)

Area: Total: 110,910 sq km; land: 110,550 sq km; water: 360 sq km

Land boundaries: Total: 1,808 km; border countries: Greece 494 km, Macedonia 148 km, Romania 608 km, Serbia and Montenegro 318 km, Turkey 240 km

Terrain: Mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast

Extremes: Lowest point: Black Sea 0 m; highest point: Musala 2,925 m

Imports: Germany 15.1%, Italy 10.2%, Russia 7.9%, Greece 7.5%, Turkey 6.9%, France 4.4% (2004)

Exports: Italy 13.1%, Germany 11.6%, Turkey 9.3%, Belgium 6.1%, Greece 5.6%, US 5.3%, France 4.9% (2004)

Industries: Electricity, gas and water; food, beverages and tobacco; machinery and equipment, base metals, chemical products, coke, refined petroleum, nuclear fuel

Source: CIA World Factbook