Country size comparison
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Ireland is about 31 times smaller than Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia is approximately 2,149,690 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 3.27% the size of Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the population of Saudi Arabia is ~35.4 million people (30.1 million fewer people live in Ireland).
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