Ireland covers 70,273 km² on the new Equal Earth world map, 0.1% of all land on Earth. It ranks 121st of 237 countries worldwide and 22nd in Europe. At 53° latitude the old Mercator map inflates area by about 2.8×, drawing it closer to 195,499 km², a difference of roughly 178%.
For scale, Ireland is roughly the same size as Czechia (78,871 km²).
Ireland: key figures
| True area | 70,273 km² |
| World rank | 121st |
| Share of world land | 0.1% |
| Rank in Europe | 22nd / 50 |
| Old-map (Mercator) inflation | 2.8× |
| Apparent size on Mercator | 195,499 km² |
Largest countries in Europe (true area)