Country size comparison

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Bulgaria is about 8 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, making Bulgaria 12.0% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~237.5 million people (231.1 million fewer people live in Bulgaria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Bulgaria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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