Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 222 times bigger than Malta.

Malta is approximately 316 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 22,138% larger than Malta. Meanwhile, the population of Malta is ~464,186 people (4.8 million more people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Malta vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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