Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 7 times smaller than Spain.

Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 13.91% the size of Spain. Meanwhile, the population of Spain is ~47.2 million people (41.9 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Spain vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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