Country size comparison
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Bulgaria is about 2.7 times bigger than Switzerland.
Switzerland is approximately 41,277 sq km, while Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, making Bulgaria 169% larger than Switzerland. Meanwhile, the population of Switzerland is ~8.5 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Bulgaria).
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