_#_Note: strategic location near Turkish Straits; controls key land routes from Europe to Middle East and Asia
_*People #_Population: 8,910,622 (July 1991), growth rate - 0.2% (1991)
_#_Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Net migration rate: - 3 migrants/1,000 population (1991)
_#_Infant mortality rate: 13 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)
_#_Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 76 years female (1991)
_#_Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (1991)
_#_Nationality: noun—Bulgarian(s); adjective—Bulgarian
_#_Ethnic divisions: Bulgarian 85.3%, Turk 8.5%, Gypsy 2.6%, Macedonian 2.5%, Armenian 0.3%, Russian 0.2%, other 0.6%