Country size comparison

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Rwanda is about 2.7 times smaller than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Rwanda is approximately 26,338 sq km, making Rwanda 37.48% the size of Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (7.9 million more people live in Rwanda).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Rwanda uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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