Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 2.5 times smaller than Washington.

Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 40.77% the size of Washington. Meanwhile, the population of Washington is ~6.7 million people (1.4 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Washington vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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