Total & land area: Bahamas vs Bulgaria size comparison

Bulgaria is 8 times bigger by total area compared to the Bahamas: 42,855 sq mi vs 5,358 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Bulgaria is 41,915 sq mi vs 3,865 sq mi for the Bahamas — a 10.8 times difference in territory size.

The Bahamas ranks 157/197 by total surface area vs 103/197 for Bulgaria.
The Bahamas occupies 0.007% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.07% for Bulgaria.
1.3% of the Bahamas' area is agricultural land vs 46.1% in Bulgaria.
The Bahamas has 0.0003% of the world's agricultural land area — Bulgaria has 0.1%.
50.9% of the Bahamas is covered by forests, compared to 36.2% in Bulgaria.
0.01% of the world's forests are in the Bahamas, and 0.1% are in Bulgaria.

True size map comparison: Bahamas vs Bulgaria

See how the Bahamas and Bulgaria compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Bahamas	Bulgaria
Total area	5,358 sq mi	42,855 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	8
Total area rank	157/197	103/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.003%	0.02%
Land area	3,865 sq mi	41,915 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	10.8
Land area rank	162/197	101/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.007%	0.07%
Population	401,283	6,441,421
Population density	104.7 ppl/mi²	151.7 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bahamas	Bulgaria
Forest area	1,969 sq mi	15,182 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	50.9%	36.2%
Forest area rank	139/196	77/196
World's forests share	0.01%	0.1%
Agricultural land area	50.2 sq mi	19,317 sq mi
Agricultural land share	1.3%	46.1%
Agricultural land area rank	176/194	88/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.0003%	0.1%
Arable land	30.9 sq mi	13,462 sq mi
Arable land share	0.8%	32.1%
Arable land area rank	168/191	64/191
Permanent cropland	11.6 sq mi	525 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.3%	1.25%
Permanent cropland area rank	168/192	96/192
Water area	1,493 sq mi	940 sq mi
Water as share of total area	27.9%	2.19%
Water area rank	74/197	87/197
Roads length	1,678 mi	12,124 mi
Land borders length	0 mi	1,122 mi
Coastline length	2,201 mi	220 mi
Share of marine protected waters	7.7%	8.2%

Bahamas vs Bulgaria size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06).

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