Country size comparison
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Ireland is about 4.9 times smaller than Republic of the Congo.
Republic of the Congo is approximately 342,000 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 20.55% the size of Republic of the Congo. Meanwhile, the population of Republic of the Congo is ~5.5 million people (271,303 fewer people live in Ireland).
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