Bulgaria’s coastline is 57% longer than Romania’s

Bulgaria: 354 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Bulgaria’s highest peak towers 381 m above Romania’s

Bulgaria: 2,925 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 55% of Romania, versus 46% of Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 46.2% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Romania has 3 times as many people as Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 6.43 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Romania is 39% more densely populated than Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 59 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Bulgaria is 1.7 years older than in Romania

Bulgaria: 44.3 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

Women in Bulgaria have 0.3 more children on average than in Romania

Bulgaria: 1.72 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

22% of people in Bulgaria are 65 or older, versus 20% in Romania

Bulgaria: 22.2% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Bulgaria hosts 51% more refugees per resident than Romania

Bulgaria: 16.4 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Romania has produced 2.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bulgaria 1.6

Bulgaria: 1.6 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Bulgaria and Romania are practically level

Bulgaria: 1 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Romania’s economy is 3.3 times the size of Bulgaria’s

Bulgaria: $131 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Romania produces 14% more per person than Bulgaria

Bulgaria: Int$44,451 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Bulgaria than in Romania (Gini 9.7 points higher)

Bulgaria: 39.5 (2023) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

Bulgaria and Romania are practically level

Bulgaria: 1% (2023) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 3.5% in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 3.5% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Romania and Bulgaria are practically level

Bulgaria: 2% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Bulgaria’s central government collects 21% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Bulgaria: 20.7% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Bulgaria’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Romania’s

Bulgaria: 46% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Bulgaria spends 20% more on health per person than Romania

Bulgaria: $1,258 (2023) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 30% more likely to die before turning one than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 4.6 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Bulgaria has 19% more doctors per person than Romania

Bulgaria: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Bulgaria has 13% more hospital beds per person than Romania

Bulgaria: 8.2 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Romania is 8% higher than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 24% in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 24% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

39% of adults in Bulgaria smoke, versus 30% in Romania

Bulgaria: 38.7% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Romania rate their lives 0.93 points higher than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 5.70 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 29% more alcohol than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 13.2 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Romania has 14% more meat per person than Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 63.7 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Romania has 649 kcal more food per person per day than Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 3,000 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Romania put in 167 more hours a year than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 1,659 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Romania went to school 0.1 years longer than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 11.5 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Bulgaria welcomed 23% more tourists per resident than Romania (2019)

Bulgaria: 0.86 (2022) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Romania has 1 more World Heritage site than Bulgaria (11 against 10)

Bulgaria: 10 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Bulgaria 239

Bulgaria: 239 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

91% of people in Romania are online, versus 82% in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 82% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 83% faster than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 173 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Bulgaria and Romania are practically level

Bulgaria: 100% (2024) · Romania: 100% (2024)

74% of people in Bulgaria live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Bulgaria: 74% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bulgaria 118

Bulgaria: 118 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 2.7 times as long as Bulgaria’s

Bulgaria: 4,031 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Romania fly 31% more passengers per resident than those from Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 0.11 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 36% of Bulgaria, but only 30% of Romania

Bulgaria: 36.4% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Bulgaria emits 30% more CO₂ than someone in Romania

Bulgaria: 4.7 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

47% of Romania’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 32.8% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Bulgaria carries 44% more fine dust than in Romania

Bulgaria: 20.6 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3% more likely to be murdered in Romania than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 1.1 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 7% deadlier than in Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 12.7 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Bulgaria is on average 1.4 °C warmer than Romania

Bulgaria: 12.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Romania gets 4% more rain than Bulgaria

Bulgaria: 730 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)