Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 1.6 times bigger than Denmark.

Denmark is approximately 43,094 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 63% larger than Denmark. Meanwhile, the population of Denmark is ~5.9 million people (645,763 fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Denmark vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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