Country size comparison
compared to
Ireland is about 8 times smaller than France.
France is approximately 551,500 sq km,
while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making
Ireland 12.74% the size of France.
Meanwhile, the population of France is ~68.3 million people
(63.0 million fewer people live in Ireland).
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This to-scale map shows a size comparison of France compared to Ireland. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of Ireland vs. France using our country comparison tool.