Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 1.6 times smaller than Bulgaria.

Bulgaria is approximately 110,879 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 63.38% the size of Bulgaria. Meanwhile, the population of Bulgaria is ~6.9 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Bulgaria vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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