Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 6 times smaller than Sweden.

Sweden is approximately 450,295 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 15.61% the size of Sweden. Meanwhile, the population of Sweden is ~10.5 million people (5.2 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Sweden vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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