Country size comparison

compared to

California is about 6 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while California is approximately 403,882 sq km, making California 475% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (32.0 million more people live in California).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. California uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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