Bulgaria

country in southeast Europe
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World Factbook

CIA reference data · 4 sections
Geography
Location
Southeastern Europe, bordering the Black Sea, between Romania and Turkey
Climate
temperate; cold, damp winters; hot, dry summers
Terrain
mostly mountains with lowlands in north and southeast
Natural resources
bauxite, copper, lead, zinc, coal, timber, arable land
People & Society
Religions
Christian 64.7%, Muslim 9.8%, other 0.1%, none 4.7%, unspecified 20.7% (2021 est.)
Government
Government type
parliamentary republic
Independence
3 March 1878 (as an autonomous principality within the Ottoman Empire); 22 September 1908 (complete independence from the Ottoman Empire)
National holiday
Liberation Day, 3 March (1878)
Legal system
civil law
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$219.645 billion (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita
$34,100 (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate
2.8% (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
2.4% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate
4.2% (2024 est.)
Exports - partners
Germany 14%, Romania 11%, Italy 8%, Greece 6%, Turkey 5% (2023)
Imports - partners
Germany 12%, Turkey 8%, Romania 8%, Russia 7%, Italy 6% (2023)
Source: CIA World Factbook · public domain (US gov work, 17 USC §105) · fetched 2026-05-06

Summary

Bulgaria is a country[1]. Bulgaria draws 141,039 Wikipedia views per month (country category, ranking #7 of 27).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Bulgaria[3]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Black Sea[4]
  • Head of government: Kiril Petkov[5], Rosen Zhelyazkov[6], Rumen Radev[7]
  • Continent: Europe[8]
  • Instance of: unitary state[9], sovereign state[10]
  • Head of state: Rumen Radev[11], Iliana Yotova[12]
  • Capital: Sofia[13]
  • Official language: Bulgarian[14]
  • Currency: Bulgarian lev[15], euro[16]
  • Shares border with: Romania[17], Turkey[18], Greece[19], North Macedonia[20], Serbia[21], Black Sea[22], Middle East[23]
  • Top-level Internet domain: .bg[24], .бг[25]
  • Anthem: Mila Rodino[26]
  • Basic form of government: parliamentary republic[27]
  • Named after: Bulgars[28]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Blagoevgrad[29], Burgas[30], Dobrich[31], Plovdiv[32], Gabrovo[33], Haskovo[34], Yambol[35], Kardzhali[36], Kyustendil[37], Lovech[38], Montana Oblast[39], Pazardzhik[40], Pernik[41], Pleven[42]
  • Flag: flag of Bulgaria[43]
  • Twinned administrative body: Toyoake[44]
  • Legislative body: National Assembly of Bulgaria[45]
  • Executive body: Council of Ministers of Bulgaria[46]
  • Coat of arms: Coat of arms of Bulgaria[47]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Bulgaria include Regulus bulgaricus[48], a fossil taxon[49] and Sabanejewia bulgarica[50], a taxon[51].

Why It Matters

Bulgaria has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Bulgaria is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

Works attributed to Bulgaria include Invocation of the Vienna (Human Dimension) Mechanism on the Situation in Georgia[54], a document[55], written by Albania[56]. Entities named for Bulgaria include Regulus bulgaricus[48], a fossil taxon[49] and Sabanejewia bulgarica[50], a taxon[51].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . workwithdata.com. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Constitution of Bulgaria. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  39. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  42. [45] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  43. [4] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 17h ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-10-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Subject named as: Bulgaria, update metadata from fandom API ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/fb2d267272cf|details]])"
  2. 4d ago · Tomodachi94 · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fandom article id → europe:Bulgaria, countries:Bulgaria, gta:Bulgaria +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Fandom article id: historica:Bulgaria, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/299610883|Bulgaria (#299610883)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8197|Historica Wi"
  3. 5d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coextensive with → Bulgaria
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Coextensive with: Bulgaria"
  4. 6d ago · Sadads · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14968 → Komi Republic
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14968: Q2073, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/291586|batch #291586]]"
  5. 7d ago · Powerek38 · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eska.pl topic id → tg-eic1-323U-xPJm
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eska.pl topic id: tg-eic1-323U-xPJm, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/250704412|bułgaria (#250704412)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7420|eska.pl topic"
  6. 20d ago · MacTire02 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 361
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', 'ann', '
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Nominal gdp: 102,407,653,020 United States dollar"
  7. 5w ago · PaleoWolf · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'Bulharská republika'}, {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Република България'}, {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Republica Bulgaria'} +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Official name: Република България"
  8. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000775
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/54972|batch #54972]]"
  9. 6w ago · Lucivarius · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Name in native language → {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Република България Republika Bǎlgari
    Motto text → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A discovery to share'}, {'lang': 'cy', 'text': "Darganfyddiad i'w rannu"}, {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'Съединението прави силата'}
    Official name → {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'Bulharská republika'}, {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Република България'}, {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Republica Bulgaria'} +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Motto text: Съединението прави силата"
  10. 11w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → It-Bulgaria.ogg, Lb-Bulgarien.ogg, LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Bulgaria.wav +1
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q33573 (kin)-Adygrafix250-Bulugariya.wav"
  11. 12w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of geographic center → {'lat': 42.7339, 'lon': 25.4858}
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/44771|batch #44771]]"
  12. 12w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Romania, Turkey, Greece +9
    Nhk one news topic id → E0000000775
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Nhk one news topic id: 0002813"
  13. 12w ago · Ђидо · 2026-07-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Shares border with → Romania, Turkey, Greece +9
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Shares border with: Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia"
  14. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Locations/Bulgaria
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Locations/Bulgaria, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  15. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Sabine County
    Demonym → {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Bulgaar'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bulgarian'}, {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'bolgár'} +51
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q26889, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  16. 13w ago · FitikWasTaken · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 3818
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||isv-cyrl, isv-latn */"
  17. 17w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → Bulgaria
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Icannwiki page id: Bulgaria, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294322785|Bulgaria (#294322785)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]] #mix'n'ma"
  18. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → g0003680-Bulharsko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: g0003680-Bulharsko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  19. 19w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nrk topic id → 1.6402840, 1.14968254
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Nrk topic id: 1.14968254, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/281491738|Bulgaria (#281491738)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7452|NRK topic]] #mix'n'"
  20. 21w ago · BGPopBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+7867374'}, {'amount': '+7943118'}, {'amount': '+8012946'} +81
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-rank:1||1 */ Population: 6,437,360, nsi-population: demote superseded preferred population"
  21. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → bulgaria
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 106673, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  22. 22w ago · Yupik · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Demonym → {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Bulgaar'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bulgarian'}, {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'bolgár'} +51
    Anarâš aavis topic id → bulgaria
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Anarâš aavis topic id: bulgaria"
  23. 22w ago · TadejM · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Demonym → {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Bulgaar'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Bulgarian'}, {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'bolgár'} +51
    Wikidata description → country in southeast Europe
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Demonym: Bolgar"
  24. 23w ago · PaleoWolf · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official name → {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'Bulharská republika'}, {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'Република България'}, {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'Republica Bulgaria'} +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ Official name: България"
  25. 23w ago · Mobby 12 · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Head of government → Boyko Borissov, Ognyan Gerdzhikov, Kiril Petkov +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Head of government: Rumen Radev"
  26. 23w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dbnl country id → bulga01
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Dbnl country id: bulga01, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257631|batch #257631]]"
  27. 24w ago · Putnik · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → bulgarija
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: bulgarija"
  28. 25w ago · Anticeri · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → country, unitary state, sovereign state
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: demographics of country or region"
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