Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 5 times smaller than Germany.

Germany is approximately 357,022 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 19.68% the size of Germany. Meanwhile, the population of Germany is ~84.3 million people (79.0 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Germany vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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