Country size comparison
compared to
Ireland is about 1.6 times smaller than Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania is approximately 116,075 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 60.54% the size of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the population of Pennsylvania is ~12.7 million people (7.4 million fewer people live in Ireland).
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