Country size comparison
compared to
Pennsylvania is around the same size as Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, while Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, making Pennsylvania 5% larger than Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.9 million people (5.8 million more people live in Pennsylvania).
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