Country size comparison

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Alaska is about 21 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 2,008% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.5 million people (4.7 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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