Colombia is 16 times larger than Ireland.
Area: 1,138,910 km2 World Factbook
Population: 46,245,297 (July 2014) World Factbook
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Area: 70,273 km2 World Factbook
Population: 4,832,765 (July 2014) World Factbook
Ireland, also commonly referred to as the Republic of Ireland, is a sovereign state in Europe occupying about five-sixths of the island of Ireland. Wikipedia