Country size comparison

compared to

Italy is about 2.7 times bigger than Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 172% larger than Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.9 million people (54.2 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bulgaria vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
Share

Compare further: Italy vs. Bulgaria

Flip Comparison · See true size
See Italy on top of Bulgaria
→
Quality of Life Comparison · 10 statistics
Be 43.6% less likely to be unemployed in Bulgaria
→
Cost of Living Comparison · 7 categories - 2026 data
Bulgaria is 37.4% cheaper than Italy overall
→
Moving from Italy to Bulgaria · UN DESA 2020
3,994 people born in Italy live in Bulgaria.
→
Our free app, MapSize by MyLifeElsewhere — compare any two places, to scale on your mobile device.
Download on the App Store GET IT ON Google Play