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Demography

Population: 7,450,349 (July 2005 est.)

Population growth rate: -0.89% (2005 est.)

Birth rate: 9.66 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 14.26 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: -4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

total population: 0.93 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Ethnic groups: Bulgarian 83.9%, Turk 9.4%, Roma 4.7%, other 2% (including Macedonian, Armenian, Tatar, Circassian) (2001)

Religions: Bulgarian Orthodox 82.6%, Muslim 12.2%, other Christian 1.2%, other 4% (2001)