CountryDuel

Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Czechia is 12% bigger than Ireland

Czechia: 78,871 km² (2024) · Ireland: 70,280 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Czechia: 0 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Czechia’s highest peak towers 561 m above Ireland’s

Czechia: 1,602 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 46% of Czechia

Czechia: 45.8% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Czechia has 2 times as many people as Ireland

Czechia: 10.9 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Czechia is 77% more densely populated than Ireland

Czechia: 141 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Czechia are 2.2 cm taller than in Ireland

Czechia: 181.2 cm (2019) · Ireland: 179 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Czechia are 3.5 cm taller than in Ireland

Czechia: 168 cm (2019) · Ireland: 164.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Czechia is 4.3 years older than in Ireland

Czechia: 42.7 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

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

Czechia: 1.36 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

21% of people in Czechia are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Czechia: 21.2% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Czechia hosts 45% more refugees per resident than Ireland

Czechia: 36.3 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Czechia 5.5

Czechia: 5.5 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Czechia and Ireland are practically level

Czechia: 2 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Ireland’s economy is 85% larger than Czechia’s

Czechia: $391 billion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Ireland produces 2.6 times as much per person as Czechia

Czechia: Int$60,487 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Ireland than in Czechia (Gini 3.3 points higher)

Czechia: 25.7 (2023) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

Ireland and Czechia are practically level

Czechia: 0% (2023) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 2.8% in Czechia

Czechia: 2.8% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Czechia spends 1.8% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Czechia: 1.8% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Czechia’s central government collects 19% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

Czechia: 18.6% (2024) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Czechia’s

Czechia: 59% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ireland spends 2.7 times as much on health per person as Czechia

Czechia: $2,693 (2024) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ireland live 3 years longer than in Czechia

Czechia: 80 years (2024) · Ireland: 83 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Ireland is 62% more likely to die before turning one than in Czechia

Czechia: 2.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Czechia has 12% more doctors per person than Ireland

Czechia: 4.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Czechia has 2.2 times as many hospital beds per person as Ireland

Czechia: 6.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Czechia is 69% higher than in Ireland

Czechia: 12.2 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

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

Czechia: 31.6% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

28% of adults in Czechia smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Czechia: 28.4% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.11 points higher than in Czechia

Czechia: 6.82 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Czechia drink 32% more alcohol than in Ireland

Czechia: 13.5 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ireland has 20% more meat per person than Czechia

Czechia: 82.3 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Ireland has 537 kcal more food per person per day than Czechia

Czechia: 3,384 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Czechia put in 120 more hours a year than in Ireland

Czechia: 1,774 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Czechia went to school 1.2 years longer than in Ireland

Czechia: 13 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ireland welcomed 60% more tourists per resident than Czechia (2019)

Czechia: 1.37 (2019) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Czechia has 15 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (17 against 2)

Czechia: 17 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Czechia has won 111 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Czechia: 111 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 88% in Czechia

Czechia: 88% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ireland is 61% faster than in Czechia

Czechia: 186 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Czechia and Ireland are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

73% of people in Czechia live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Czechia: 73% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Czechia has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Czechia: 127 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Czechia’s railway network is 5.7 times as long as Ireland’s

Czechia: 9,357 km (2021) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Ireland fly 176 times as many passengers per resident as those from Czechia

Czechia: 0.2 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 38% of Czechia, but only 12% of Ireland

Czechia: 38.4% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Czechia emits 11% more CO₂ than someone in Ireland

Czechia: 7 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Czechia

Czechia: 16.8% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Czechia carries 64% more fine dust than in Ireland

Czechia: 12.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 17% more likely to be murdered in Czechia than in Ireland

Czechia: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Czechia are 37% deadlier than in Ireland

Czechia: 7.1 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Ireland is on average 0.8 °C warmer than Czechia

Czechia: 9.4°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ireland gets 41% more rain than Czechia

Czechia: 805 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Czechia bigger than Ireland?

Czechia is larger. Czechia is 12% bigger than Ireland.

Which has more people, Czechia or Ireland?

Czechia has 2 times as many people as Ireland (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Czechia or Ireland?

People in Ireland live 3 years longer than in Czechia. Life expectancy at birth is 80.0 years in Czechia and 83.0 in Ireland.

Are people taller in Czechia or Ireland?

Men in Czechia are 2.2 cm taller than in Ireland (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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