Country size comparison
compared to
Ireland is around the same size as West Virginia.
West Virginia is approximately 62,361 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 13% larger than West Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of West Virginia is ~1.9 million people (3.4 million more people live in Ireland).
This to-scale comparison of
West Virginia
vs.
Ireland
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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