Flag of Bulgaria

🎨 What the flag means

Bulgaria's flag has three horizontal stripes of white, green and red. It was first adopted in the late 1870s. Bulgarian law says the flag expresses the country's independence, but it does not give each colour an official meaning.

📊 Quick facts

👥 Population

6.4 million (2025)

🏙️ Capital

Sofia1.2 million people (2025)

🗣️ Main language

Bulgarian

✨ 3 fun facts

1. Gold jewellery found near Varna is over 6,000 years old, the oldest known gold jewellery in the world.
2. Bulgaria is the world's largest producer of rose oil and lavender oil, which are used in perfumes.
3. The Cyrillic alphabet, now used to write many languages, was developed in the First Bulgarian Empire over 1,000 years ago.