Ireland is about 1.7 times smaller than Eritrea.

Eritrea is approximately 117,600 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 59.76% the size of Eritrea. Meanwhile, the population of Eritrea is ~6.2 million people (934,258 fewer people live in Ireland).
This to-scale comparison of Eritrea vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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