Country size comparison

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Yemen is about 8 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Yemen is approximately 527,968 sq km, making Yemen 651% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.5 million people (36.3 million more people live in Yemen).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Yemen uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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