Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Sofia
- Region
- Europe, Southeast Europe
- Population
- 6,433,302 (2025)
- Area
- 110,910 km²
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Languages
- Bulgarian, Turkish, Romany
- Calling code
- +359
- Internet domain
- .bg
- ISO codes
- BG, BGR, 100
- Time zone
- UTC+2:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Bulgaria covers about 110,910 square kilometres. By area it ranks 106th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Liberia and a little larger than Cuba. It shares a land border with 5 neighbours: Greece, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Türkiye. Its centre lies at about 43° north, 25° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 6.43 million people live in Bulgaria (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 112th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 58 people to each square kilometre. About 74 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 76 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Bulgarian, Turkish, Romany. A person from Bulgaria is called Bulgarian.
Money and economy
The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France and 28 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 131 billion (2025), which is about US$ 20,328 for each person (2025).
Time
Bulgaria uses one time zone, UTC+2:00 (Europe/Sofia). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Sofia | 1,152,556 |
| Plovdiv | 329,489 |
| Varna | 318,737 |
| Burgas | 210,646 |
| Stara Zagora | 121,582 |
| Ruse | 121,168 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southeast Europe
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.