Country size comparison
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Sao Tome and Principe is about 73 times smaller than Ireland.
Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Sao Tome and Principe is approximately 964 sq km, making Sao Tome and Principe 1.37% the size of Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (5.1 million fewer people live in Sao Tome and Principe).
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