Country size comparison

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Libya is about 16 times bigger than Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 1,487% larger than Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.9 million people (264,678 more people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bulgaria vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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