_#_Religion: Bulgarian Orthodox 85%; Muslim 13%; Jewish 0.8%; Roman Catholic 0.5%; Uniate Catholic 0.2%; Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other 0.5%
_#_Language: Bulgarian; secondary languages closely correspond to ethnic breakdown
_#_Literacy: 93% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1970 est.)
_#_Labor force: 4,300,000; industry 33%, agriculture 20%, other 47% (1987)
_#_Organized labor: Confederation of Independent Trade Unions of Bulgaria (KNSB); Edinstvo (Unity) People's Trade Union (splinter confederation from KNSB); Podkrepa (Support) Labor Confederation, legally registered in January 1990
_*Government #_Long-form name: Republic of Bulgaria
_#_Type: emerging democracy, continuing significant Communist party influence
_#_Capital: Sofia
_#_Administrative divisions: 9 provinces (oblasti, singular—oblast); Burgas, Grad Sofiya, Khaskovo, Lovech, Mikhaylovgrad, Plovdiv, Razgrad, Sofiya, Varna
_#_Independence: 22 September 1908 (from Ottoman Empire)