how big is ireland

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how big is ireland

Ireland, as an island, is about 84,421 square kilometers (32,595 square miles) in total area. This includes both the Republic of Ireland, which covers about 70,273 square kilometers (27,133 square miles), and Northern Ireland, which covers approximately 14,148 square kilometers (5,462 square miles).

To give a sense of scale, Ireland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest in the world. It is slightly larger than the U.S. state of West Virginia and roughly the size of Indiana. The island is about 486 km (302 miles) long from north to south and about 275 km (171 miles) wide from east to west.

In comparison to other regions, Ireland is about one-third the size of the United Kingdom and comparable in size to the country of Austria.