Country size comparison

compared to

Ireland is about 8 times smaller than Kenya.

Kenya is approximately 580,367 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 12.11% the size of Kenya. Meanwhile, the population of Kenya is ~55.9 million people (50.6 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Kenya vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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