Country size comparison

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Germany is about 5 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, making Germany 408% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (79.0 million more people live in Germany).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Germany uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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