Official
name:
Republika Bulgaria (Republic of Bulgaria).
Form of government: unitary multiparty republic with one
legislative body (National Assembly [240]).
Chief of state: President.
Head of government: Prime Minister.
Population (1998): 8,273,000.
Population
projection: (2000) 8,179,000; (2010) 7,926,000.
Natural
increase rate per 1,000 population (1996): -5.4 (world avg.
15.7).
Land
use (1995): forested 30.2%; meadows and pastures 16.2%;
agricultural and under permanent cultivation 38.0%; other 15.6%.
Gross
national product (1996): U.S.$9,924,000,000 (U.S.$1,190 per
capita).
