Ireland is 31 times larger than Shouguang (China).
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
Area: 2,257 km2 calculated
Shouguang is a county level city located in Weifang Prefecture-level city, Shandong Province, China. It is a relatively large city with 1,139,400 people residing within the municipality and its surrounding towns and villages, even though the built-up area is much smaller. Wikipedia