Country size comparison

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Bulgaria is around the same size as Virginia.

Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, making Bulgaria 8% larger than Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (1.1 million fewer people live in Bulgaria).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Virginia vs. Bulgaria uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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