Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 2.5 times smaller than North Dakota.

North Dakota is approximately 178,647 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 39.34% the size of North Dakota. Meanwhile, the population of North Dakota is ~672,591 people (4.6 million more people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of North Dakota vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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