Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 6 times smaller than California.

California is approximately 403,882 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 17.4% the size of California. Meanwhile, the population of California is ~37.3 million people (32.0 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of California vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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