Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 14 times smaller than Egypt.

Egypt is approximately 1,001,450 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 7.02% the size of Egypt. Meanwhile, the population of Egypt is ~107.8 million people (102.5 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Egypt vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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