Country size comparison
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California is about 3.6 times bigger than Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 264% larger than Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.9 million people (30.4 million more people live in California).
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