Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 1.5 times smaller than Kentucky.

Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 68.3% the size of Kentucky. Meanwhile, the population of Kentucky is ~4.6 million people (877,503 more people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kentucky vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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