Which is the smallest of the four nations?

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Which is the smallest of the four nations?

Size here means land area. Among the four nations of the United Kingdom, the land areas go England largest, then Scotland, then Wales, with Northern Ireland being the smallest. In rough terms: England about 130,000 square kilometers, Scotland about 78,000, Wales about 21,000, and Northern Ireland about 14,000. So the smallest is Northern Ireland. If the question were about population, the same basic ordering holds in practice, with Northern Ireland having the fewest people. Wales is larger than Northern Ireland in area, so it isn’t the smallest.

Size here means land area. Among the four nations of the United Kingdom, the land areas go England largest, then Scotland, then Wales, with Northern Ireland being the smallest. In rough terms: England about 130,000 square kilometers, Scotland about 78,000, Wales about 21,000, and Northern Ireland about 14,000. So the smallest is Northern Ireland. If the question were about population, the same basic ordering holds in practice, with Northern Ireland having the fewest people. Wales is larger than Northern Ireland in area, so it isn’t the smallest.

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