Country size comparison

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Bulgaria is about 1.6 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, making Bulgaria 58% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (1.6 million more people live in Bulgaria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Bulgaria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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