Country size comparison
compared to
Ireland is around the same size as Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone is approximately 71,740 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 97.96% the size of Sierra Leone. Meanwhile, the population of Sierra Leone is ~8.7 million people (3.4 million fewer people live in Ireland).
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