Germany’s coastline is 65% longer than Ireland’s

Germany: 2,389 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Germany’s highest peak towers 1,922 m above Ireland’s

Germany: 2,963 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 47% of Germany

Germany: 47.4% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

Germany has 15 times as many people as Ireland

Germany: 83.5 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Germany is 3 times as densely populated as Ireland

Germany: 239 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Germany is 6.7 years older than in Ireland

Germany: 45.1 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

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

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

24% of people in Germany are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Germany: 23.7% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Germany hosts 27% more refugees per resident than Ireland

Germany: 31.8 per 1,000 (2025) · Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Germany has produced 10.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ireland 9.1

Germany: 10.3 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Germany 1

Germany: 1 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Germany’s economy is 7 times the size of Ireland’s

Germany: $5.05 trillion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 2.1 times as much per person as Germany

Germany: Int$75,407 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Germany than in Ireland (Gini 4.7 points higher)

Germany: 33.7 (2022) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

0.7% of people in Germany live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Germany: 0.7% (2022) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 3.7% in Germany

Germany: 3.7% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Germany spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Germany: 2.3% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Germany’s 11%

Germany: 10.9% (2024) · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

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

Germany: 80% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Ireland spends 8% more on health per person than Germany

Germany: $6,849 (2024) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

A baby in Ireland is 10% more likely to die before turning one than in Germany

Germany: 3.1 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Germany has 17% more doctors per person than Ireland

Germany: 4.5 per 1,000 (2022) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Germany has 2.6 times as many hospital beds per person as Ireland

Germany: 7.6 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Germany is 39% higher than in Ireland

Germany: 10 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 24% in Germany

Germany: 24.5% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

22% of adults in Germany smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Germany: 22% (2024) · Ireland: 18.2% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.05 points higher than in Germany

Germany: 6.88 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Adults in Germany drink 6% more alcohol than in Ireland

Germany: 10.9 litres (2023) · Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023)

Ireland has 39% more meat per person than Germany

Germany: 70.7 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 386 kcal more food per person per day than Germany

Germany: 3,535 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 319 more hours a year than in Germany

Germany: 1,335 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Adults in Germany went to school 2.6 years longer than in Ireland

Germany: 14.3 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 4.9 times as many tourists per resident as Germany (2019)

Germany: 0.45 (2024) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

Germany has 53 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (55 against 2)

Germany: 55 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Germany has won 980 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Germany: 980 (2026 edition) · Ireland: 42 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 94% in Germany

Germany: 94% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 61% faster than in Germany

Germany: 187 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

Germany and Ireland are practically level

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

82% of people in Germany live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Germany: 82% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Germany has 129 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Germany: 129 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Germany’s railway network is 20 times as long as Ireland’s

Germany: 33,401 km (2021) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

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

Germany: 0.96 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

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

Germany: 32.8% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

The average person in Germany emits 7% more CO₂ than someone in Ireland

Germany: 6.8 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

59% of Germany’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Germany: 59.1% (2025) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

The air in Germany carries 23% more fine dust than in Ireland

Germany: 9.1 µg/m³ (2024) · Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 39% more likely to be murdered in Germany than in Ireland

Germany: 0.9 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Germany are 4% deadlier than in Ireland

Germany: 5.4 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Ireland and Germany are practically level

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

Ireland gets 31% more rain than Germany

Germany: 871 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg)