Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 21 times smaller than Alaska.

Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 4.74% the size of Alaska. Meanwhile, the population of Alaska is ~737,270 people (4.7 million more people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Alaska vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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