Country size comparison

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Ireland is about 8 times smaller than Yemen.

Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 13.31% the size of Yemen. Meanwhile, the population of Yemen is ~31.0 million people (25.7 million fewer people live in Ireland).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Yemen vs. Ireland uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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