Country size comparison
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Ireland is about 4.5 times smaller than New Mexico.
New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 22.36% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (3.2 million more people live in Ireland).
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