Country size comparison
compared to
Netherlands is about 1.7 times smaller than Ireland.
Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km,
while Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, making
Netherlands 59.12% the size of Ireland.
Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people
(12.1 million more people live in Netherlands).
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This to-scale map shows a size comparison of Ireland compared to Netherlands. For more details, see an in-depth quality of life comparison of Netherlands vs. Ireland using our country comparison tool.