Ireland is 1.08× the size of Latvia

Ireland covers about 69,400 km² (26,800 mi²) and Latvia about 64,600 km² (24,900 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

69,400km²Ireland
64,600km²Latvia

100 km

Ireland
Latvia

What fits

Latvia is 93% of the size of Ireland.
Ireland is larger by 4,870 km² (1,880 mi²), which is 7.5% of the area of Latvia.
Measured in Belgiums: Ireland is about 2.26, Latvia about 2.11.

How they differ

Ireland also has the larger population: 5.1 million against 1.8 million, 2.79× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 74 in Ireland against 29 in Latvia: Ireland is 2.60× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 2,130 km apart.
On a standard web map Latvia looks larger than Ireland: Ireland at 53°N is drawn about 2.8× too large and Latvia at 57°N about 3.3×, so the map shows Latvia as 1.12× the size of Ireland, when Ireland is 1.08× the size of Latvia.
Together Ireland and Latvia cover 134,000 km², close to the size of Greece (131,000 km², 2.0% smaller).
The gap between them, 4,870 km², is about the size of Trinidad and Tobago (5,120 km²).
At Latvia's density, Ireland would have 2.0 million people (it has 5.1 million). At Ireland's density, Latvia would have 4.8 million (it has 1.8 million).
Latvia's centre is 3.7° of latitude, about 410 km, farther north than Ireland's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Ireland	1.08×
More people	Ireland	2.79×
More crowded	Ireland	2.60×
Farther north	Latvia	3.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Latvia	3.3× against 2.8×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Ireland	Latvia
Belgium 30,700 km²	2.26×	2.11×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.28×	0.26×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.19×	0.18×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.19×	0.17×
France 548,000 km²	0.13×	0.12×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.02×	0.02×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
United States 9,447,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 245	1 in 263

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Ireland	Latvia
Area, main territory	69,400 km²26,800 mi²	64,600 km²24,900 mi²
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2022	1.8 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	74 per km²	29 per km²
Official area	69,800 km²Wikidata	64,600 km²Wikidata
Capital	Dublin	Riga
Latitude range	51°N to 55°N	56°N to 58°N
Continent	Europe	Europe

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2026, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Wikidata's official figure of 69,800 km² agrees with our measured area of 69,400 km², to within 2%.
Wikidata's official figure of 64,600 km² agrees with our measured area of 64,600 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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