Bulgaria is 1.03× the size of Cuba

Bulgaria covers about 113,000 km² (43,500 mi²) and Cuba about 110,000 km² (42,400 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

113,000km²Bulgaria
110,000km²Cuba

200 km

Bulgaria
Cuba

What fits

Cuba is 97% of the size of Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is larger by 2,830 km² (1,090 mi²), which is 2.6% of the area of Cuba.
Measured in Belgiums: Bulgaria is about 3.68, Cuba about 3.58.

How they differ

Bulgaria is larger, but Cuba has the larger population: 11.0 million against 6.4 million, 1.71× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 100 in Cuba against 57 in Bulgaria: Cuba is 1.75× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 9,480 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bulgaria at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Cuba at 22°N about 1.2×, so the map shows Bulgaria as 1.64× the size of Cuba instead of 1.03×.
Together Bulgaria and Cuba cover 223,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 2.4% bigger).
The gap between them, 2,830 km², is about the size of Samoa (2,780 km²).
At Cuba's density, Bulgaria would have 11.3 million people (it has 6.4 million). At Bulgaria's density, Cuba would have 6.3 million (it has 11.0 million).
Bulgaria's centre is 21.1° of latitude, about 2,350 km, farther north than Cuba's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Bulgaria	1.03×
More people	Cuba	1.71×
More crowded	Cuba	1.75×
Farther north	Bulgaria	21.1° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Bulgaria	1.9× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Bulgaria	Cuba
Belgium 30,700 km²	3.68×	3.58×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.46×	0.45×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.32×	0.31×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.30×	0.29×
France 548,000 km²	0.21×	0.20×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.04×	0.03×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Bulgaria	Cuba
Area, main territory	113,000 km²43,500 mi²	110,000 km²42,400 mi²
Population	6.4 millionWikidata, 2025	11.0 millionWikidata, 2023
Density	57 per km²	100 per km²
Official area	111,000 km²Wikidata	110,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Sofia	Havana
Latitude range	41°N to 44°N	20°N to 23°N
Continent	Europe	North America

Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2023, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 113,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 110,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 110,000 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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