Country size comparison

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San Francisco is about 581 times smaller than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while San Francisco (including the city proper only) is approximately 121 sq km, making San Francisco 0.17% the size of Ireland.
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. San Francisco uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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