Country size comparison

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Brunei is about 12 times smaller than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Brunei is approximately 5,765 sq km, making Brunei 8.2% the size of Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (4.8 million fewer people live in Brunei).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Brunei uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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