Country size comparison

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Libya is about 25 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Libya is approximately 1,759,540 sq km, making Libya 2,404% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.5 million people (2.0 million more people live in Libya).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Libya uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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