Country size comparison
compared to
Ireland is around the same size as South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 90.11% the size of South Carolina. Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people (649,640 more people live in Ireland).
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