Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 4.3 times smaller than Italy.

Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 23.32% the size of Italy. Meanwhile, the population of Italy is ~58.9 million people (53.4 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Italy vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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