Bulgaria is 1.04× the size of Guatemala
Bulgaria covers about 113,000 km² (43,500 mi²) and Guatemala about 109,000 km² (42,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 113,000km²Bulgaria
- 109,000km²Guatemala
100 km
- Bulgaria
- Guatemala
What fits
- Guatemala is 96% of the size of Bulgaria.
- Bulgaria is larger by 3,950 km² (1,520 mi²), which is 3.6% of the area of Guatemala.
- Measured in Belgiums: Bulgaria is about 3.68, Guatemala about 3.55.
How they differ
- Bulgaria is larger, but Guatemala has the larger population: 17.3 million against 6.4 million, 2.69× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 159 in Guatemala against 57 in Bulgaria: Guatemala is 2.79× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 10,800 km apart.
- A standard web map misstates the comparison: Bulgaria at 43°N is drawn about 1.9× too large and Guatemala at 16°N about 1.1×, so the map shows Bulgaria as 1.78× the size of Guatemala instead of 1.04×.
- Together Bulgaria and Guatemala cover 222,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 3.0% bigger).
- The gap between them, 3,950 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
- At Guatemala's density, Bulgaria would have 17.9 million people (it has 6.4 million). At Bulgaria's density, Guatemala would have 6.2 million (it has 17.3 million).
- Bulgaria's centre is 27.1° of latitude, about 3,010 km, farther north than Guatemala's.
Who wins on what
| Measure | Winner | By |
|---|---|---|
| Larger area | Bulgaria | 1.04× |
| More people | Guatemala | 2.69× |
| More crowded | Guatemala | 2.79× |
| Farther north | Bulgaria | 27.1° of latitude |
| Stretched more on a web map | Bulgaria | 1.9× against 1.1× |
Both against the same yardsticks
| Yardstick | Bulgaria | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium 30,700 km² | 3.68× | 3.55× |
| United Kingdom 244,000 km² | 0.46× | 0.45× |
| Germany 358,000 km² | 0.32× | 0.30× |
| 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 | Guatemala | |
|---|---|---|
| Area, main territory | 113,000 km²43,500 mi² | 109,000 km²42,000 mi² |
| Population | 6.4 millionWikidata, 2025 | 17.3 millionWikidata, 2018 |
| Density | 57 per km² | 159 per km² |
| Official area | 111,000 km²Wikidata | 109,000 km²Wikidata |
| Capital | Sofia | Guatemala City |
| Latitude range | 41°N to 44°N | 14°N to 18°N |
| Continent | Europe | North America |
Population: Wikidata 2025 and Wikidata 2018, 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 109,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 109,000 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