Total & land area: Bulgaria vs Georgia size comparison

Bulgaria is 1.59 times bigger by total area compared to Georgia: 42,855 sq mi vs 26,911 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Bulgaria is 41,915 sq mi vs 26,830 sq mi for Georgia — a 1.56 times difference in territory size.

Bulgaria ranks 103/197 by total surface area vs 119/197 for Georgia.
Bulgaria occupies 0.07% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.05% for Georgia.
46.1% of Bulgaria's area is agricultural land vs 34.1% in Georgia.
Bulgaria has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Georgia has 0.05%.
36.2% of Bulgaria is covered by forests, compared to 40.6% in Georgia.
0.1% of the world's forests are in Bulgaria, and 0.07% are in Georgia.

True size map comparison: Bulgaria vs Georgia

See how Bulgaria and Georgia 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

	Bulgaria	Georgia
Total area	42,855 sq mi	26,911 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.59	1
Total area rank	103/197	119/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.01%
Land area	41,915 sq mi	26,830 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.56	1
Land area rank	101/197	118/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.07%	0.05%
Population	6,441,421	3,699,557
Population density	151.7 ppl/mi²	137.8 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bulgaria	Georgia
Forest area	15,182 sq mi	10,897 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	36.2%	40.6%
Forest area rank	77/196	92/196
World's forests share	0.1%	0.07%
Agricultural land area	19,317 sq mi	9,158 sq mi
Agricultural land share	46.1%	34.1%
Agricultural land area rank	88/194	111/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.05%
Arable land	13,462 sq mi	1,174 sq mi
Arable land share	32.1%	4.37%
Arable land area rank	64/191	136/191
Permanent cropland	525 sq mi	494 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.25%	1.84%
Permanent cropland area rank	96/192	98/192
Water area	940 sq mi	81.1 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.19%	0.3%
Water area rank	87/197	128/197
Roads length	12,124 mi	12,611 mi
Land borders length	1,122 mi	1,127 mi
Coastline length	220 mi	192.6 mi
Share of marine protected waters	8.2%	0.8%

Bulgaria vs Georgia size on the map

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

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The map above outlines the borders of Bulgaria and Georgia but is not accurate for size comparison because it's a 2d map with Mercator projection that distorts territories near the poles. The farther a country is from the equator, the more magnified it appears. More about country size projections.