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).
This to-scale comparison of Sierra Leone vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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