Colombia’s coastline is 2.2 times as long as Ireland’s

Colombia: 3,208 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Colombia’s highest peak towers 4,689 m above Ireland’s

Colombia: 5,730 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 37% of Colombia

Colombia: 36.5% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

Colombia has 9.7 times as many people as Ireland

Colombia: 53.4 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Ireland is 65% more densely populated than Colombia

Colombia: 48 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 6.8 years older than in Colombia

Colombia: 31.6 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Women in Colombia have 0.2 more children on average than in Ireland

Colombia: 1.63 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 10% in Colombia

Colombia: 10.2% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 917 times as many refugees per resident as Colombia

Colombia: 0.027 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Colombia 0.4

Colombia: 0.4 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Colombia 1

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

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

Colombia: $457 billion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 6.9 times as much per person as Colombia

Colombia: Int$22,640 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Colombia than in Ireland (Gini 25.4 points higher)

Colombia: 54.4 (2024) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

8.5% of people in Colombia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Colombia: 8.5% (2024) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 8.3% in Colombia, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Colombia: 8.3% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Colombia spends 3.2% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Colombia: 3.2% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

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

Colombia: 15.2% (2024) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.2× Colombia’s

Colombia: 38% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 11 times as much on health per person as Colombia

Colombia: $644 (2024) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

A baby in Colombia is 3.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Colombia: 10.5 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 53% more doctors per person than Colombia

Colombia: 2.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 74% more hospital beds per person than Colombia

Colombia: 1.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 6% higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.8 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 25% in Colombia

Colombia: 25.3% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 8.0% in Colombia

Colombia: 8% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.89 points higher than in Colombia

Colombia: 6.04 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 2.1 times as much alcohol as in Colombia

Colombia: 4.9 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Ireland has 57% more meat per person than Colombia

Colombia: 62.6 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 795 kcal more food per person per day than Colombia

Colombia: 3,126 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Colombia put in 817 more hours a year than in Ireland

Colombia: 2,471 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 2.7 years longer than in Colombia

Colombia: 9 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 25 times as many tourists per resident as Colombia (2019)

Colombia: 0.09 (2022) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

Colombia has 7 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (9 against 2)

Colombia: 9 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Colombia 38

Colombia: 38 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 79% in Colombia

Colombia: 79% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 22% faster than in Colombia

Colombia: 246 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Ireland have electricity, versus 99% in Colombia

Colombia: 98.9% (2024) · Ireland: 100% (2024)

79% of people in Colombia live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Colombia: 79% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Colombia has 174 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Colombia: 174 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Colombia’s railway network is 30% longer than Ireland’s

Colombia: 2,141 km (2019) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 44 times as many passengers per resident as those from Colombia

Colombia: 0.79 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 54% of Colombia, but only 12% of Ireland

Colombia: 53.7% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 3.6 times as much CO₂ as someone in Colombia

Colombia: 1.8 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

77% of Colombia’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Colombia: 77% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Colombia carries 2 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Colombia: 15.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 38 times as likely to be murdered in Colombia as in Ireland

Colombia: 24.9 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Colombia are 5.1 times as deadly as in Ireland

Colombia: 26.7 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Colombia is on average 14.1 °C warmer than Ireland

Colombia: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Colombia gets 2.8 times as much rain as Ireland

Colombia: 3,155 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)