Bulgaria vs Turkey
Turkey is 7.06 times larger than Bulgaria. Bulgaria would fit into Turkey about 7.1 times.
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Bulgaria is 0.14× the area of Turkey. Put the other way, Turkey is 7.06× the size of Bulgaria.
| Bulgaria | Turkey | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 110,994 km² | 783,562 km² |
| Population | 6,433,302 | 85,878,556 |
| Density | 58 / km² | 110 / km² |
| Capital | Sofia | Ankara |
| Region | Eastern Europe | Western Asia |
| Coastline | Has a coast | Has a coast |
| Neighbours | 5 | 8 |
Why the map you grew up with disagrees
On a Mercator map, area grows with distance from the equator. Bulgaria sits at about 43°N and is stretched to 1.86× its true area; Turkey at 39° N is stretched to 1.66×. Here the two are distorted about the same amount, so Mercator gets this pair roughly right. The figure above uses the Equal Earth projection, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
Questions about this pair
- Is Bulgaria bigger than Turkey?
- No. Bulgaria is 7.06 times smaller than Turkey. Bulgaria covers 110,994 km² and Turkey covers 783,562 km².
- How many times does Bulgaria fit into Turkey?
- About 7.1 times: Turkey has 7.06× the area of Bulgaria.
- Why do Bulgaria and Turkey look different on Google Maps?
- Web maps use the Mercator projection, which stretches area with distance from the equator. Bulgaria is drawn about 1.86× its true area there and Turkey about 1.66×. For this pair the distortion is similar, so Mercator gets the comparison roughly right. Kartavera uses Equal Earth, where every square kilometre is drawn the same size.
- Which has more people, Bulgaria or Turkey?
- Turkey: 85,878,556 people against 6,433,302. Density: Bulgaria 58 per km², Turkey 110 per km².