Country size comparison

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Washington is about 2.5 times bigger than Ireland.

Ireland is approximately 70,273 sq km, while Washington is approximately 172,348 sq km, making Washington 145% larger than Ireland. Meanwhile, the population of Ireland is ~5.3 million people (1.4 million more people live in Washington).
This to-scale comparison of Ireland vs. Washington uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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