Country size comparison

compared to

Kentucky is about 1.5 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Kentucky is approximately 102,896 sq km, making Kentucky 46% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (935,637 fewer people live in Kentucky).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Kentucky uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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Ireland is 26.8% more expensive than Kentucky
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