Brazil’s coastline is 5.2 times as long as Ireland’s

Brazil: 7,491 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Brazil’s highest peak towers 1,953 m above Ireland’s

Brazil: 2,994 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 28% of Brazil

Brazil: 28.4% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

Brazil has 39 times as many people as Ireland

Brazil: 213 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Ireland is 3.1 times as densely populated as Brazil

Brazil: 25 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 4.5 years older than in Brazil

Brazil: 33.9 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Women in Brazil have 0.1 more children on average than in Ireland

Brazil: 1.61 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 11% in Brazil

Brazil: 11.5% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 19 times as many refugees per resident as Brazil

Brazil: 1.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Brazil 0.0

Brazil: 0.047 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Brazil 1

Brazil: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Brazil’s economy is 3.2 times the size of Ireland’s

Brazil: $2.28 trillion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 6.6 times as much per person as Brazil

Brazil: Int$23,433 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Brazil than in Ireland (Gini 21.3 points higher)

Brazil: 50.3 (2024) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

3.0% of people in Brazil live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Brazil: 3% (2024) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Brazil, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Brazil: 6% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Brazil spends 1.1% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Brazil: 1.1% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Brazil’s 15%

Brazil: 15.4% (2024) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Brazil’s

Brazil: 46% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 7.3 times as much on health per person as Brazil

Brazil: $1,010 (2023) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

A baby in Brazil is 3.6 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Brazil: 12.3 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 64% more doctors per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 17% more hospital beds per person than Brazil

Brazil: 2.5 per 1,000 (2021) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Brazil is 22% higher than in Ireland

Brazil: 8.8 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

Brazil and Ireland are practically level

Brazil: 30.9% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

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

Brazil: 11.9% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.29 points higher than in Brazil

Brazil: 6.63 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Brazil and Ireland are nearly identical here

Brazil: 10.4 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Brazil has 6% more meat per person than Ireland

Brazil: 104.6 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 497 kcal more food per person per day than Brazil

Brazil: 3,423 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Brazil put in 340 more hours a year than in Ireland

Brazil: 1,994 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 3.3 years longer than in Brazil

Brazil: 8.4 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 69 times as many tourists per resident as Brazil (2019)

Brazil: 0.03 (2024) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

Brazil has 24 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (26 against 2)

Brazil: 26 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Brazil has won 171 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Brazil: 171 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 84% in Brazil

Brazil: 84% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 3% faster than in Brazil

Brazil: 293 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Brazil are practically level

Brazil: 99.8% (2024) · Ireland: 100% (2024)

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

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

Ireland has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Brazil 102

Brazil: 102 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Brazil’s railway network is 18 times as long as Ireland’s

Brazil: 29,850 km (2014) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 78 times as many passengers per resident as those from Brazil

Brazil: 0.45 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 59% of Brazil, but only 12% of Ireland

Brazil: 58.5% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 2.8 times as much CO₂ as someone in Brazil

Brazil: 2.3 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

87% of Brazil’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Brazil: 86.6% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Brazil carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Brazil: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 29 times as likely to be murdered in Brazil as in Ireland

Brazil: 19.3 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Brazil are 5 times as deadly as in Ireland

Brazil: 25.9 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Brazil is on average 15.0 °C warmer than Ireland

Brazil: 25.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Brazil gets 46% more rain than Ireland

Brazil: 1,661 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)