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General facts
- Population: 4.58 million (1915)
- Capital: Sofia (1910 population 103,000)
Government
- Head of State:
- King Ferdinand I (7 July 1887 – 3 October 1918)
- King Boris III (3 October 1918 – 28 August 1943)
- Head of Government:
- Prime Minister Vasil Radoslavov (17 July 1913 – 21 June 1918)
- Prime Minister Aleksander Malinov (21 June – 28 November 1918)
- Prime Minister Teodor Teodrov (28 November 1918 – 6 October 1919)
- Prime Minister Aleksander Stamboliyski (6 October 1919 – 23 June 1923)
Participation in the War
- Entered the war: 14 October 1915 (Bulgaria declared war on Serbia)
- Ceased hostilities: 29 September 1918 (armistice with the Allies)
- Ended status as a belligerent: 27 November 1919 (Treaty of Neuilly-sur-Seine signed with the Allies)
Military forces
Army
- Peacetime strength 1915: 85,000 Active Army (Deystvuyushta Armiya)
- Reserves 1915: 360,000 Reserve Army (Reserna Armiya) and 72,000 National Militia (Narodno Opolecnie)
- Full mobilisation 1915: 517,000
- Total mobilised during the war: 850,000
Navy
- Peacetime strength 1915: 500
Fleet (1915)
- Training cruiser (Black Sea Flotilla)
- Assortment of obsolete gunboats, torpedo-boats and launches divided between the Black Sea Flotilla and the Danube River Flotilla
Casualties
Military
- Dead (all causes): 101,200
- Wounded: 152,400
- Total: 253,600
