Ireland is 2.98× the size of Valencian Community

Ireland (Europe) covers about 69,400 km² (26,800 mi²) and Valencian Community (autonomous community of Spain) about 23,300 km² (8,980 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

69,400km²Ireland
23,300km²Valencian Community

100 km

Ireland
Valencian Community

What fits

Valencian Community fits inside Ireland about 2.98 times by area.
Ireland is larger by 46,200 km² (17,800 mi²), which is 198% of the area of Valencian Community.
Measured in Belgiums: Ireland is about 2.26, Valencian Community about 0.76.

How they differ

Ireland is larger, but Valencian Community has the larger population: 5.3 million against 5.1 million, 1.03× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 229 in Valencian Community against 74 in Ireland: Valencian Community is 3.08× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 1,640 km apart.
A standard web map misstates the comparison: Ireland at 53°N is drawn about 2.8× too large and Valencian Community at 39°N about 1.7×, so the map shows Ireland as 4.96× the size of Valencian Community instead of 2.98×.
Together Ireland and Valencian Community cover 92,700 km², close to the size of Hungary (93,200 km², 0.5% bigger).
The gap between them, 46,200 km², is about the size of Estonia (45,800 km²).
At Valencian Community's density, Ireland would have 15.9 million people (it has 5.1 million). At Ireland's density, Valencian Community would have 1.7 million (it has 5.3 million).
Ireland's centre is 13.8° of latitude, about 1,530 km, farther north than Valencian Community's.
Ireland ranks 123rd of 246 countries and territories by area.
Valencian Community is the 8th largest of the 19 autonomous communities and cities of Spain and covers 4.6% of its area; it is the 8th most densely populated of them.
Ireland lies about 14° of latitude (roughly 1,530 km) north of Valencian Community.
Shared out evenly, each person in Ireland would have about 13,490 m² and each person in Valencian Community about 4,380 m².
Laid side by side, Ireland and Valencian Community would cover 92,700 km², about the same size as Hungary.
Together they have 10.5 million people, about as many people as Greece.
Counted as a country, Valencian Community would rank 150th by area and 119th by population.

Side by side

	Ireland	Valencian Community
Is a	CountryEurope	Autonomous communitySpain
Area, measured	69,400 km²26,800 mi²	23,300 km²8,980 mi²
Official area	69,800 km²Wikidata	23,300 km²Wikidata
Rank by area	122nd of 239worldwide	8th of 19in Spain
Population	5.1 millionWikidata, 2022	5.3 millionWikidata, 2024
Rank by population	123rd of 237worldwide	4th of 19in Spain
Density	74 per km²	229 per km²
Capital	Dublin	Valencia
Latitude range	51°N to 55°N	38°N to 41°N

Population: Wikidata 2022 and Wikidata 2024. 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 23,300 km² agrees with our measured area of 23,300 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 1 - States, Provinces, public domain for the region; Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain. The outline of Valencian Community is the provinces Natural Earth draws there, joined along their shared borders.
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. A region is drawn whole, every island included; a country is its main territory.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded.
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: 2026-11-12

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