Country size comparison
compared to
Ireland is about 1.7 times bigger than Netherlands.
Netherlands is approximately 41,543 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 69% larger than Netherlands. Meanwhile, the population of Netherlands is ~17.4 million people (12.1 million fewer people live in Ireland).
This to-scale comparison of
Netherlands
vs.
Ireland
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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