Ireland’s coastline is 2.5 times as long as Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 580 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Bangladesh’s highest peak towers 19 m above Ireland’s

Bangladesh: 1,060 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 72% of Bangladesh, versus 65% of Ireland

Bangladesh: 72.2% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

Bangladesh has 32 times as many people as Ireland

Bangladesh: 176 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Bangladesh is 17 times as densely populated as Ireland

Bangladesh: 1,350 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 13 years older than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 25.3 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Women in Bangladesh have 0.7 more children on average than in Ireland

Bangladesh: 2.14 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 6.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 3.7 times as many refugees per resident as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.7 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Bangladesh 0.1

Bangladesh: 0.1 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Bangladesh 1

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

Ireland’s economy is 58% larger than Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: $456 billion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 15 times as much per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: Int$10,154 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Bangladesh than in Ireland (Gini 1.9 points higher)

Bangladesh: 30.9 (2022) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

5.9% of people in Bangladesh live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Bangladesh: 5.9% (2022) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 3.8% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 3.8% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Bangladesh spends 0.8% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Bangladesh: 0.8% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Bangladesh’s 7.6%

Bangladesh: 7.6% (2021) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 3.3× Bangladesh’s

Bangladesh: 26% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 138 times as much on health per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: $53 (2023) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

A baby in Bangladesh is 7.2 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Bangladesh: 24.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 5.4 times as many doctors per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.7 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 3.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 60% higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 5.7% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 5.7% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

32% of adults in Bangladesh smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Bangladesh: 32% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 2.61 points higher than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.32 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 3,526 times as much alcohol as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.0029 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Ireland has 22 times as much meat per person as Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 4.5 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 1,333 kcal more food per person per day than Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2,588 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Bangladesh put in 729 more hours a year than in Ireland

Bangladesh: 2,383 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 4.9 years longer than in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 6.8 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 1,124 times as many tourists per resident as Bangladesh (2019)

Bangladesh: 0.002 (2019) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

Bangladesh has 1 more World Heritage site than Ireland (3 against 2)

Bangladesh: 3 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Bangladesh none

Bangladesh: 0 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 53% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 53% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 3.5 times as fast as in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 86 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Ireland have electricity, versus 100% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 99.5% (2024) · Ireland: 100% (2024)

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 33% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 33% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Ireland has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Bangladesh 108

Bangladesh: 108 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Bangladesh’s railway network is 74% longer than Ireland’s

Bangladesh: 2,877 km (2019) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 930 times as many passengers per resident as those from Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.04 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 14% of Bangladesh, but only 12% of Ireland

Bangladesh: 14.4% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 10 times as much CO₂ as someone in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 0.6 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 2.1% in Bangladesh

Bangladesh: 2.1% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Bangladesh carries 8.8 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Bangladesh: 65 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 3.6 times as likely to be murdered in Bangladesh as in Ireland

Bangladesh: 2.3 per 100k (2018) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Bangladesh are 6.6 times as deadly as in Ireland

Bangladesh: 34.5 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Bangladesh is on average 15.5 °C warmer than Ireland

Bangladesh: 25.8°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Bangladesh gets 84% more rain than Ireland

Bangladesh: 2,096 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)