Country size comparison
compared to
Bulgaria is around the same size as North Carolina.
North Carolina is approximately 126,161 sq km, while Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, making Bulgaria 87.89% the size of North Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of North Carolina is ~9.5 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in Bulgaria).
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