France’s coastline is 3.4 times as long as Ireland’s

France: 4,853 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

France’s highest peak towers 3,769 m above Ireland’s

France: 4,810 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 53% of France

France: 52.8% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

France has 13 times as many people as Ireland

France: 68.7 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

France is 60% more densely populated than Ireland

France: 128 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in France is 3.4 years older than in Ireland

France: 41.8 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

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

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

23% of people in France are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

France: 22.5% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Ireland hosts 2.2 times as many refugees per resident as France

France: 11.5 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

France has produced 9.5 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ireland 9.1

France: 9.5 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, France 1

France: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

France’s economy is 4.7 times the size of Ireland’s

France: $3.37 trillion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 2.4 times as much per person as France

France: Int$63,975 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in France than in Ireland (Gini 2.8 points higher)

France: 31.8 (2023) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

France and Ireland are practically level

France: 0.1% (2023) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 7.5% in France, versus 4.6% in Ireland

France: 7.5% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

France spends 2.0% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

France: 2% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

France’s central government collects 23% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

France: 22.8% (2024) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.1× France’s

France: 77% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 39% more on health per person than France

France: $5,327 (2024) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

France and Ireland are nearly identical here

France: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 18% more doctors per person than France

France: 3.3 per 1,000 (2022) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

France has 91% more hospital beds per person than Ireland

France: 5.7 per 1,000 (2022) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in France is 93% higher than in Ireland

France: 13.9 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 13% in France

France: 12.5% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

34% of adults in France smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

France: 33.6% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.34 points higher than in France

France: 6.59 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in France drink 9% more alcohol than in Ireland

France: 11.2 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Ireland has 23% more meat per person than France

France: 80.3 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 431 kcal more food per person per day than France

France: 3,490 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 167 more hours a year than in France

France: 1,487 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

France and Ireland are practically level

France: 11.8 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 63% more tourists per resident than France (2019)

France: 1.35 (2019) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

France has 54 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (56 against 2)

France: 56 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

France has won 985 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

France: 985 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 89% in France

France: 89% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in France is 53% faster than in Ireland

France: 460 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

France and Ireland are practically level

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

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

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

France has 117 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

France: 117 (2023) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

France’s railway network is 17 times as long as Ireland’s

France: 27,716 km (2021) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 37 times as many passengers per resident as those from France

France: 0.94 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Forest covers 33% of France, but only 12% of Ireland

France: 32.9% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 60% more CO₂ than someone in France

France: 4 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 26% in France

France: 26.1% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in France carries 20% more fine dust than in Ireland

France: 8.9 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.1 times as likely to be murdered in France as in Ireland

France: 1.3 per 100k (2024) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in France are 46% deadlier than in Ireland

France: 7.6 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

France is on average 3.9 °C warmer than Ireland

France: 14.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

France gets 2% more rain than Ireland

France: 1,158 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)