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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 8,933,544 (July 1990), growth rate -0.3% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 12 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: -4 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 13 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 69 years male, 76 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (1990).
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  17. Nationality: noun--Bulgarian(s); adjective--Bulgarian.
  18.  
  19. Ethnic divisions: 85.3% Bulgarian, 8.5% Turk, 2.6% Gypsy, 
  20. 2.5% Macedonian, 0.3% Armenian, 0.2% Russian, 0.6% other.
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  22. Religion: religious background of population is 85% Bulgarian 
  23. Orthodox, 13% Muslim, 0.8% Jewish, 0.7% Roman Catholic, 
  24. 0.5% Protestant, Gregorian-Armenian, and other.
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  26. Language: Bulgarian; secondary languages closely correspond 
  27. to ethnic breakdown.
  28.  
  29. Literacy: 95% (est.).
  30.  
  31. Labor force: 4,300,000; 33% industry, 20% agriculture, 47% 
  32. other (1987).
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  34. Organized labor: all workers are members of the Central 
  35. Council of Trade Unions (CCTU); Pod Krepa (Support), an 
  36. independent trade union, legally registered in January 1990.
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