Country size comparison

compared to

Ireland is about 1.9 times smaller than Alabama.

Alabama is approximately 131,426 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 53.47% the size of Alabama. Meanwhile, the population of Alabama is ~4.8 million people (495,268 more people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alabama vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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