Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 1.9 times smaller than Greece.

Greece is approximately 131,957 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 53.25% the size of Greece. Meanwhile, the population of Greece is ~10.5 million people (5.3 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Greece vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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