Country size comparison
compared to
Ireland is about 1.5 times smaller than Virginia.
Virginia is approximately 102,548 sq km, while Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, making Ireland 68.53% the size of Virginia. Meanwhile, the population of Virginia is ~8.0 million people (2.7 million fewer people live in Ireland).
This to-scale comparison of
Virginia
vs.
Ireland
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