Country size comparison

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Mali is about 18 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Mali is approximately 1,240,192 sq km, making Mali 1,665% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (15.5 million more people live in Mali).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Mali uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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