Country size comparison

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Italy is about 4.3 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Italy is approximately 301,340 sq km, making Italy 329% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (55.8 million more people live in Italy).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Italy uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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