Country size comparison
compared to
Illinois is about 1.3 times bigger than Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km,
while Illinois is approximately 143,961 sq km, making
Illinois 30% larger than Bulgaria.
Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.9 million people
(6.0 million more people live in Illinois).
This to-scale comparison of
Bulgaria
vs.
Illinois
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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