Country size comparison

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New York is around the same size as Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, while New York is approximately 122,283 sq km, making New York 10% larger than Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.9 million people (12.5 million more people live in New York).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bulgaria vs. New York uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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