Bulgaria covers 110,879 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.1% of all land on Earth. It ranks 106th of 237 countries worldwide and 15th in Europe. At 43° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 1.9×, drawing it closer to 205,769 km², a difference of roughly 86%.
For scale, Bulgaria is roughly the same size as Cuba (109,884 km²).
Bulgaria: key figures
| True area | 110,879 km² |
| World rank | 106th |
| Share of world land | 0.1% |
| Rank in Europe | 15th / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 1.9× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 205,769 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)