Country size comparison

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Portugal is about 1.3 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Portugal is approximately 92,090 sq km, making Portugal 31% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.5 million people (5.3 million more people live in Portugal).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Portugal uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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