Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 18 times smaller than Niger.

Niger is approximately 1,267,000 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 5.55% the size of Niger. Meanwhile, the population of Niger is ~24.5 million people (19.2 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Niger vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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