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Bulgaria: map and facts
Bulgaria is in Eastern Europe. It has about 6.43 million people (2025), the 110th largest population. It covers 111,000 km², the 103rd largest by area. That is about 58 people per km². Its highest point is Musala, at 2,925 m. The longest river on its map is the Danube, 2,850 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 6,433,302 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 111,000 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Sofia
- Highest point: Musala, 2,925 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 36.4% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Bulgaria, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Danube: 2,850 km
- Maritsa: 490 km
- Struma: 415 km
- Tundzha: 390 km
- Iskar: 368 km
- Arda: 290 km
- Yantra: 286 km
- Mesta: 230 km
- Nišava: 218 km
- Kamchiya: 191 km
Also on the map: Ogosta.
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Musala: 2,925 m (its highest point)
- Botev: 2,376 m
- Midzor: 2,169 m
Mountain ranges: Balkan Mountains.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Balkan Peninsula.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): farmland 35.9%, deciduous broadleaf forest 19.8%, grassland 16.6%, wooded savanna 11.1%, savanna 7.2%, evergreen conifer forest 4%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 43.8%, mountains 31.7%, plains 23.6%.
Forests covered 36.4% of its land in 2024, up from 30.1% in 1990 (World Bank).
Minerals and fuels
- World #9 in silica sand among the countries USGS lists (2025)
Neighbours
Bulgaria shares land borders with Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Turkey on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Credit: U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 data release (doi:10.5066/P1WKQ63T). Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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