Country size comparison

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Virginia is about 1.5 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, making Virginia 46% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (2.7 million more people live in Virginia).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Virginia uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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