Australia’s coastline is 18 times as long as Ireland’s

Australia: 25,760 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Australia’s highest peak towers 1,187 m above Ireland’s

Australia: 2,228 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 47% of Australia

Australia: 47.3% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

Australia has 5 times as many people as Ireland

Australia: 27.6 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Ireland is 22 times as densely populated as Australia

Australia: 4 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 0.66 years older than in Australia

Australia: 37.8 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Australia and Ireland are practically level

Australia: 1.48 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Australia are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Australia: 18.1% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 21 times as many refugees per resident as Australia

Australia: 1.2 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Australia 3.6

Australia: 3.6 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Australia 1

Australia: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Australia’s economy is 2.5 times the size of Ireland’s

Australia: $1.8 trillion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 2.2 times as much per person as Australia

Australia: Int$71,934 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Australia than in Ireland (Gini 4.8 points higher)

Australia: 33.8 (2020) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

0.9% of people in Australia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Australia: 0.9% (2020) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 4.1% in Australia

Australia: 4.1% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Australia spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Australia: 1.9% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Australia’s central government collects 24% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

Australia: 23.6% (2022) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Australia’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× Ireland’s

Australia: 91% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 6% more on health per person than Australia

Australia: $6,980 (2023) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

A baby in Ireland is 10% more likely to die before turning one than in Australia

Australia: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Australia has 5% more doctors per person than Ireland

Australia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2022) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Australia has 29% more hospital beds per person than Ireland

Australia: 3.8 per 1,000 (2016) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Australia is 75% higher than in Ireland

Australia: 12.6 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

32% of adults in Australia are obese, versus 31% in Ireland

Australia: 32.4% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 12% in Australia

Australia: 11.6% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

Ireland and Australia are practically level

Australia: 6.92 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Australia drink 2% more alcohol than in Ireland

Australia: 10.5 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Australia has 19% more meat per person than Ireland

Australia: 116.8 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 359 kcal more food per person per day than Australia

Australia: 3,562 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 43 more hours a year than in Australia

Australia: 1,611 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Australia went to school 1.1 years longer than in Ireland

Australia: 12.9 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Australia: no data · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

Australia has 19 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (21 against 2)

Australia: 21 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Australia has won 619 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Australia: 619 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 96% in Australia

Australia: 96% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 15% faster than in Australia

Australia: 261 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

Australia and Ireland are practically level

Australia: 100% (2024) · Ireland: 100% (2024)

88% of people in Australia live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Australia: 88% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Ireland and Australia are practically level

Australia: 113 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Australia’s railway network is 20 times as long as Ireland’s

Australia: 32,606 km (2022) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 14 times as many passengers per resident as those from Australia

Australia: 2.5 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 17% of Australia, but only 12% of Ireland

Australia: 17.4% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Australia emits 2.3 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ireland

Australia: 14.5 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 39% in Australia

Australia: 38.6% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Ireland carries 37% more fine dust than in Australia

Australia: 5.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 31% more likely to be murdered in Australia than in Ireland

Australia: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Australia are 44% deadlier than in Ireland

Australia: 7.5 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Australia is on average 12.2 °C warmer than Ireland

Australia: 22.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 2.5 times as much rain as Australia

Australia: 447 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)