Country size comparison

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New Zealand is about 2.4 times bigger than Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, while New Zealand is approximately 268,838 sq km, making New Zealand 142% larger than Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.9 million people (1.8 million fewer people live in New Zealand).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bulgaria vs. New Zealand uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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