Country size comparison

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Somalia is about 9 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Somalia is approximately 637,657 sq km, making Somalia 807% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (7.1 million more people live in Somalia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Somalia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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