Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 4.7 times smaller than Malaysia.

Malaysia is approximately 329,847 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 21.3% the size of Malaysia. Meanwhile, the population of Malaysia is ~36.0 million people (30.5 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malaysia vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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