Country size comparison

compared to

Ireland is around the same size as Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka is approximately 65,610 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 7% larger than Sri Lanka. Meanwhile, the population of Sri Lanka is ~23.2 million people (17.9 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sri Lanka vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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