Facts & Figures

Population of Bulgaria: (July 2006 est.) 7,385,367
Population of Sofia: (July 2006 est) 1,377,531.
Ethnic composition: Bulgarian 83.9%, Turkish 9.4%, Roma 4.7%.
Religion: Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, Roman Catholic 0.6%, Protestant 0.5%.
Territory: Bulgaria takes up 110, 550 km² of land. It shares borders with Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Serbia and Romania. The country is bordered to the east by a 354km-long stretch of Black Sea coastline.
Highest peak: Musala (2925m), south of Sofia in the Rila mountains.
Local time: Bulgaria is part of the Eastern European Time Zone (GMT +2); when it is noon in Sofia it is 11:00 in Berlin, 10:00 in London, and 05:00 in New York.