Country size comparison

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Eritrea is about 1.7 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, making Eritrea 67% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (934,258 more people live in Eritrea).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Eritrea uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Moving from Eritrea to Ireland · UN DESA 2020
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