Bulgaria–Netherlands relations

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Bulgarian-Dutch relations

Bulgaria	Netherlands
Diplomatic mission
Embassy of Bulgaria, The Hague	Embassy of the Netherlands, Sofia

Bulgarian-Dutch relations are foreign relations between Bulgaria and the Netherlands. Bulgaria has an embassy in The Hague. The Netherlands has an embassy in Sofia.

Country comparison[]

	Bulgaria	the Netherlands
Coat of arms
Population	6,951,482	17,188,851[1]
Area	110,993.6 km2 (42,854.9 sq mi)	41,543 km2 (16,033 sq mi)
Population Density	63/km2 (163.2/sq mi)	415.1/km2 (1,075.1/sq mi)
Capital	Sofia	Amsterdam (capital), The Hague (seat of government)
Largest City	Sofia – 1,241,675 (1,678,041 Metro)	Amsterdam – 851,573 (2,431,000 Metro)
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic	Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Official language	Bulgarian	Dutch
Current Leader	President Rumen Radev Prime Minister Boyko Borisov	Monarch Willem-Alexander Prime Minister Mark Rutte
Main religions	82.64% Eastern Orthodox Christians, 12.20% Islam, 0.55% Catholic Christians, 0.53% Protestant Christians, 0.19% Other, 3.57% Does not self-identify, 0.31% Not shown	50.1% unaffiliated, 23.7% Roman Catholic, 6.5% Dutch Reformed Church, 5.7% Protestant Church in the Netherlands, 3.3% Reformed Churches in the Netherlands, 4.9% Islam, 4.6% other, 0.6% Hinduism, 0.4% Buddhism, 0.1% Judaism[2][3]
Ethnic groups	84.8% Bulgarians, 8.8% Turks, 4.9% Roma, 0.7% others	79.3% Dutch, 6.3% other European, 4.9% Indo, 2.4% Turkish, 2.2% Moroccan-Dutch, 2.1% Surinamese, 0.9% Caribbean, 0.3% Chinese, 0.3% Iraqi, 3.9% other
GDP (PPP)	$180.170 billion, $26,034 per capita	$945.327 billion[4]

Royal Visits to Bulgaria[]

• Beatrix of the Netherlands and Prince Claus of the Netherlands
  • 6–8 October 1999 - Sofia, Burgas and Nesebar
• The Prince of Orange
  • 25–26 May 2009 - Sofia

Diplomacy[]

See also[]

• Foreign relations of Bulgaria
• Foreign relations of the Netherlands
• Bulgarians in the Netherlands
• Dutchs in Bulgaria

References[]

External links[]

• Bulgarian embassy The Hague
• Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Bulgaria (in Dutch only)^{[permanent dead link]}
• Dutch embassy Sofia