Country size comparison

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Vanuatu is about 6 times smaller than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Vanuatu is approximately 12,189 sq km, making Vanuatu 17.35% the size of Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (5.0 million fewer people live in Vanuatu).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Vanuatu uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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