Country size comparison

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Spain is about 7 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Spain is approximately 505,370 sq km, making Spain 619% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (41.9 million more people live in Spain).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Spain uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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