Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 4.6 times smaller than Norway.

Norway is approximately 323,802 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 21.7% the size of Norway. Meanwhile, the population of Norway is ~5.6 million people (278,836 fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Norway vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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