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).
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