Country size comparison

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Russia is about 243 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Russia is approximately 17,098,242 sq km, making Russia 24,231% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (136.7 million more people live in Russia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Russia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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