Egypt’s coastline is 69% longer than Ireland’s

Egypt: 2,450 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Egypt’s highest peak towers 1,588 m above Ireland’s

Egypt: 2,629 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 4.2% of Egypt

Egypt: 4.2% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

Egypt has 22 times as many people as Ireland

Egypt: 118 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Egypt is 49% more densely populated than Ireland

Egypt: 119 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 14 years older than in Egypt

Egypt: 24 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Women in Egypt have 1.3 more children on average than in Ireland

Egypt: 2.74 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 5.3% in Egypt

Egypt: 5.3% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 14 times as many refugees per resident as Egypt

Egypt: 1.9 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Egypt 0.5

Egypt: 0.5 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Egypt 1

Egypt: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 2 times the size of Egypt’s

Egypt: $365 billion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 7.7 times as much per person as Egypt

Egypt: Int$20,204 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ireland than in Egypt (Gini 0.5 points higher)

Egypt: 28.5 (2021) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

1.4% of people in Egypt live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Egypt: 1.4% (2021) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.8% in Egypt, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Egypt: 6.8% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Egypt and Ireland are practically level

Egypt: 0.6% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Egypt’s 13%

Egypt: 12.5% (2015) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 5.6× Egypt’s

Egypt: 15% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 52 times as much on health per person as Egypt

Egypt: $141 (2023) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

A baby in Egypt is 6.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Egypt: 20.8 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 5.8 times as many doctors per person as Egypt

Egypt: 0.7 per 1,000 (2020) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 2.8 times as many hospital beds per person as Egypt

Egypt: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 9 times that in Egypt

Egypt: 0.8 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

43% of adults in Egypt are obese, versus 31% in Ireland

Egypt: 42.8% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

25% of adults in Egypt smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Egypt: 25% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 3.07 points higher than in Egypt

Egypt: 3.86 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 100 times as much alcohol as in Egypt

Egypt: 0.1 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Ireland has 3.6 times as much meat per person as Egypt

Egypt: 27.6 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 827 kcal more food per person per day than Egypt

Egypt: 3,094 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Egypt put in 714 more hours a year than in Ireland

Egypt: 2,369 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 1.6 years longer than in Egypt

Egypt: 10.1 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 21 times as many tourists per resident as Egypt (2019)

Egypt: 0.1 (2022) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

Egypt has 5 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (7 against 2)

Egypt: 7 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Egypt 41

Egypt: 41 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 75% in Egypt

Egypt: 75% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 3.7 times as fast as in Egypt

Egypt: 80 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

Egypt and Ireland are practically level

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

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 43% in Egypt

Egypt: 43% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Ireland has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Egypt 97

Egypt: 97 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Egypt’s railway network is 3.1 times as long as Ireland’s

Egypt: 5,153 km (2016) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 249 times as many passengers per resident as those from Egypt

Egypt: 0.14 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 12% of Ireland, but only 0.0% of Egypt

Egypt: 0% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 2.9 times as much CO₂ as someone in Egypt

Egypt: 2.2 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 13% in Egypt

Egypt: 13% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Egypt carries 5.6 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Egypt: 41.3 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2 times as likely to be murdered in Egypt as in Ireland

Egypt: 1.3 per 100k (2017) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Egypt are 2.4 times as deadly as in Ireland

Egypt: 12.4 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Egypt is on average 13.3 °C warmer than Ireland

Egypt: 23.5°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 93 times as much rain as Egypt

Egypt: 12 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)