Country size comparison

compared to

Bulgaria is around the same size as South Korea.

South Korea is approximately 99,720 sq km, while Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, making Bulgaria 11% larger than South Korea. Meanwhile, the population of South Korea is ~51.8 million people (45.0 million fewer people live in Bulgaria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of South Korea vs. Bulgaria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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