!!!Bulgaria: People & Society
||Population|7,144,653 (July 2016 est.)
||Nationality|''noun'': Bulgarian(s) \\ ''adjective'': Bulgarian \\ 
||Ethnic groups|Bulgarian 76.9%, Turkish 8%, Roma 4.4%, other 0.7% (including Russian, Armenian, and Vlach), other (unknown) 10% (2011 est.)
||Languages|Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Roma 3.8%, other 0.7%, unspecified 10.5% (2011 est.)
||Religions|Eastern Orthodox 59.4%, Muslim 7.8%, other (including Catholic, Protestant, Armenian Apostolic Orthodox, and Jewish) 1.7%, none 3.7%, unspecified 27.4% (2011 est.)
||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 14.54% (male 535,131/female 503,540) \\ ''15-24 years'': 9.73% (male 362,805/female 332,358) \\ ''25-54 years'': 43.33% (male 1,589,183/female 1,506,285) \\ ''55-64 years'': 13.38% (male 447,865/female 507,805) \\ ''65 years and over'': 19.03% (male 552,217/female 807,464) (2016 est.) \\ 
||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 51.9% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 21.5% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 30.4% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 3.3% (2015 est.) \\ 
||Median age|''total'': 42.4 years \\ ''male'': 40.6 years \\ ''female'': 44.5 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Population growth rate|-0.6% (2016 est.)
||Birth rate|8.8 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Death rate|14.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Net migration rate|-0.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Population distribution|a fairly even distribution throughout most of the country, with urban areas attracting larger populations
||Urbanization|''urban population'': 73.9% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': -0.31% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ 
||Major urban areas - population|SOFIA (capital) 1.226 million (2015)
||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.09 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.88 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.69 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ 
||Mother's mean age at first birth|26.5 (2013 est.)
||Maternal mortality rate|11 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 8.5 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 9.6 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 7.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ 
||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 74.5 years \\ ''male'': 71.2 years \\ ''female'': 78 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Total fertility rate|1.46 children born/woman (2016 est.)
||Contraceptive prevalence rate|69.2% \\ ''__note__'': percent of women age 20-49 (2007) \\ 
||Health expenditures|8.4% of GDP (2014)
||Physicians density|3.87 physicians/1,000 population (2012)
||Hospital bed density|6.4 beds/1,000 population (2011)
||Drinking water source|''improved'':  \\ urban: 99.6% of population \\ rural: 99% of population \\ total: 99.4% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 0.4% of population \\ rural: 1% of population \\ total: 0.6% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||Sanitation facility access|''improved'':  \\ urban: 86.8% of population \\ rural: 83.7% of population \\ total: 86% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 13.2% of population \\ rural: 16.3% of population \\ total: 14% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA
||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA
||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA
||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|25.6% (2014)
||Education expenditures|4.1% of GDP (2013)
||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 98.4% \\ ''male'': 98.7% \\ ''female'': 98.1% (2015 est.) \\ 
||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 15 years \\ ''male'': 15 years \\ ''female'': 15 years (2014) \\ 
||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 23.8% \\ ''male'': 23.8% \\ ''female'': 23.7% (2014 est.) \\