Germany is 3.17× the size of Bulgaria

Germany covers about 358,000 km² (138,000 mi²) and Bulgaria about 113,000 km² (43,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

358,000km²Germany
113,000km²Bulgaria

200 km

Germany
Bulgaria

What fits

Bulgaria fits inside Germany about 3.17 times by area.
Germany is larger by 245,000 km² (94,600 mi²), which is 217% of the area of Bulgaria.
Measured in Belgiums: Germany is about 11.7, Bulgaria about 3.68.

How they differ

Germany also has the larger population: 83.5 million against 6.4 million, 13.0× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 233 in Germany against 57 in Bulgaria: Germany is 4.10× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,450 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Germany at 51°N is drawn about 2.5× too large and Bulgaria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Germany as 4.33× the size of Bulgaria instead of 3.17×.
Together Germany and Bulgaria cover 470,000 km², close to the size of Turkmenistan (471,000 km², 0.1% bigger).
The gap between them, 245,000 km², is about the size of Guinea (244,000 km²).
At Bulgaria's density, Germany would have 20.4 million people (it has 83.5 million). At Germany's density, Bulgaria would have 26.3 million (it has 6.4 million).
Germany's centre is 8.3° of latitude, about 920 km, farther north than Bulgaria's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Germany	3.17×
More people	Germany	13.0×
More crowded	Germany	4.10×
Farther north	Germany	8.3° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Germany	2.5× against 1.9×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Germany	Bulgaria
Belgium 30,700 km²	11.7×	3.68×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	1.47×	0.46×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.96×	0.30×
France 548,000 km²	0.65×	0.21×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.11×	0.04×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.04×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	0.02×	0.01×

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

Side by side

	Germany	Bulgaria
Area, main territory	358,000 km²138,000 mi²	113,000 km²43,500 mi²
Population	83.5 millionWikidata, 2025	6.4 millionWikidata, 2025
Density	233 per km²	57 per km²
Official area	358,000 km²Wikidata	111,000 km²Wikidata
Capital	Berlin	Sofia
Latitude range	47°N to 55°N	41°N to 44°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

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

Wikidata's official figure of 358,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 358,000 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 111,000 km² agrees with our measured area of 113,000 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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