Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 2.3 times bigger than Lesotho.

Lesotho is approximately 30,355 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 132% larger than Lesotho. Meanwhile, the population of Lesotho is ~2.2 million people (3.1 million more people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Lesotho vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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