Telangana is 1.02× the size of Bulgaria
Telangana (state of India) covers about 115,000 km² (44,300 mi²) and Bulgaria (Europe) about 113,000 km² (43,500 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.
- 115,000km²Telangana
- 113,000km²Bulgaria
100 km
- Telangana
- Bulgaria
What fits
- Bulgaria is 98% of the size of Telangana.
- Telangana is larger by 2,060 km² (794 mi²), which is 1.8% of the area of Bulgaria.
- Measured in Belgiums: Telangana is about 3.74, Bulgaria about 3.68.
How they differ
- Telangana also has the larger population: 35.2 million against 6.4 million, 5.48× as many people.
- Per square kilometre that is 307 in Telangana against 57 in Bulgaria: Telangana is 5.38× as densely populated.
- Their centres are about 5,750 km apart.
- On a standard web map Bulgaria looks larger than Telangana: Telangana at 18°N is drawn about 1.1× too large and Bulgaria at 43°N about 1.9×, so the map shows Bulgaria as 1.65× the size of Telangana, when Telangana is 1.02× the size of Bulgaria.
- Together Telangana and Bulgaria cover 228,000 km², close to the size of Laos (228,000 km², 0.2% bigger).
- The gap between them, 2,060 km², is about the size of Mauritius (2,000 km²).
- At Bulgaria's density, Telangana would have 6.5 million people (it has 35.2 million). At Telangana's density, Bulgaria would have 34.6 million (it has 6.4 million).
- Bulgaria's centre is 25.0° of latitude, about 2,780 km, farther north than Telangana's.
- Telangana is the 11th largest of the 36 states and union territories of India and covers 3.6% of its area; it is the 21st most densely populated of them.
- Bulgaria ranks 104th of 246 countries and territories by area.
- Bulgaria lies about 25° of latitude (roughly 2,780 km) north of Telangana.
- Shared out evenly, each person in Telangana would have about 3,260 m² and each person in Bulgaria about 17,560 m².
- Laid side by side, Telangana and Bulgaria would cover 228,000 km², about the same size as Laos.
- Together they have 41.6 million people, about as many people as Afghanistan.
- Counted as a country, Telangana would rank 103rd by area and 42nd by population.
Side by side
| Telangana | Bulgaria | |
|---|---|---|
| Is a | StateIndia | CountryEurope |
| Area, measured | 115,000 km²44,300 mi² | 113,000 km²43,500 mi² |
| Official area | 112,000 km²Wikidata | 111,000 km²Wikidata |
| Rank by area | 11th of 36in India | 103rd of 239worldwide |
| Population | 35.2 millionWikidata, 2011 | 6.4 millionWikidata, 2025 |
| Rank by population | 12th of 36in India | 110th of 237worldwide |
| Density | 307 per km² | 57 per km² |
| Capital | Hyderabad | Sofia |
| Latitude range | 16°N to 20°N | 41°N to 44°N |
Population: Wikidata 2011 and Wikidata 2025. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).
- Our measured 115,000 km² is 2.4% above Wikidata's official figure of 112,000 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.
- 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 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
- 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
- 2026-11-12