Bulgaria
Indicator 1990 2000

Population
    Number (thousands) 8 718 7 949
    Rate of natural increase per 1,000 populationa -2.7 -6.3
    Rate of growth per 1,000 populationa -7.3 -11.2

Migration stockb
    Number (thousands) 22 101
    Per cent of population 0.2 1.3

Refugeesc
    Number (thousands) — 1.5
    Per cent of migrant stock — 1.5

Net migrationa
    Number (thousands) -40 -40
    Rate per 1,000 population -4.6 -4.9
    Number per 100 births -46 -61

Workers' remittancesd
    Total (millions of US dollars) .. ..
    Per cent of gross domestic product .. ..
    Per capita (US dollars) .. ..

Government positions concerning migration
    Immigration levels
        View Satisfactory Satisfactory
        Policy Maintain Maintain

    Emigration levels
        View Satisfactory Too high
        Policy No intervention Lower

Parties to United Nations Instruments (year ratified)
    1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1993
    1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees 1993
    1990 International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
      Migrant Workers and Members of their Families		 Not ratified
    2000 Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons,
      Especially Women and Childrene		 2001
    2000 Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Aire 2001

Projected population in 2050 (thousands)f

 4 531

Projected population in 2050 assuming zero migration after 2000g

 5 351

a  Estimates represent annual averages for 1990-1995 and 1995-2000.

b  Imputed mid-year number of migrants with the addition of refugees.

c  Data are compiled by UNHCR and refer to the end of the year.

d  Based on data compiled by IMF.

e  Supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime.

f  United Nations medium variant projection.

g  United Nations medium variant projection modified with zero migration after 2000.