Country size comparison
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Bulgaria is about 6 times bigger than New Jersey.
New Jersey is approximately 19,211 sq km, while Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, making Bulgaria 477% larger than New Jersey. Meanwhile, the population of New Jersey is ~8.8 million people (1.9 million fewer people live in Bulgaria).
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