Total & land area: Bulgaria vs Romania size comparison

Romania is 2.15 times bigger by total area compared to Bulgaria: 92,046 sq mi vs 42,855 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Romania is 88,834 sq mi vs 41,915 sq mi for Bulgaria — a 2.12 times difference in territory size.

Bulgaria ranks 103/197 by total surface area vs 81/197 for Romania.
Bulgaria occupies 0.07% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.15% for Romania.
46.1% of Bulgaria's area is agricultural land vs 55.3% in Romania.
Bulgaria has 0.1% of the world's agricultural land area — Romania has 0.27%.
36.2% of Bulgaria is covered by forests, compared to 30.1% in Romania.
0.1% of the world's forests are in Bulgaria, and 0.17% are in Romania.

True size map comparison: Bulgaria vs Romania

See how Bulgaria and Romania 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	Romania
Total area	42,855 sq mi	92,046 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1	2.15
Total area rank	103/197	81/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.02%	0.05%
Land area	41,915 sq mi	88,834 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1	2.12
Land area rank	101/197	80/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.07%	0.15%
Population	6,441,421	19,051,804
Population density	151.7 ppl/mi²	212.1 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Bulgaria	Romania
Forest area	15,182 sq mi	26,753 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	36.2%	30.1%
Forest area rank	77/196	64/196
World's forests share	0.1%	0.17%
Agricultural land area	19,317 sq mi	49,093 sq mi
Agricultural land share	46.1%	55.3%
Agricultural land area rank	88/194	65/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.1%	0.27%
Arable land	13,462 sq mi	32,460 sq mi
Arable land share	32.1%	36.5%
Arable land area rank	64/191	29/191
Permanent cropland	525 sq mi	1,568 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	1.25%	1.76%
Permanent cropland area rank	96/192	58/192
Water area	940 sq mi	3,211 sq mi
Water as share of total area	2.19%	3.49%
Water area rank	87/197	51/197
Roads length	12,124 mi	53,964 mi
Land borders length	1,122 mi	1,767 mi
Coastline length	220 mi	139.8 mi
Share of marine protected waters	8.2%	22.1%

Bulgaria vs Romania 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 Romania 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.