Country size comparison

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Belgium is about 2.3 times smaller than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Belgium is approximately 30,528 sq km, making Belgium 43.44% the size of Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (6.6 million more people live in Belgium).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Belgium uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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