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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ireland fits inside Indonesia 27 times

Indonesia: 1,916,910 km² (2024) · Ireland: 70,280 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Indonesia’s coastline is 38 times as long as Ireland’s

Indonesia: 54,716 km (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Indonesia’s highest peak towers 3,843 m above Ireland’s

Indonesia: 4,884 m (2026 edition) · Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 29% of Indonesia

Indonesia: 28.9% (2024) · Ireland: 65.1% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Indonesia has 52 times as many people as Ireland

Indonesia: 286 million (2025) · Ireland: 5.48 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Indonesia is 90% more densely populated than Ireland

Indonesia: 151 per km² (2025) · Ireland: 80 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ireland are 12.8 cm taller than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 166.3 cm (2019) · Ireland: 179 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ireland are 10.1 cm taller than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 154.4 cm (2019) · Ireland: 164.5 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ireland is 8.6 years older than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 29.8 years (2023) · Ireland: 38.4 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Indonesia have 0.6 more children on average than in Ireland

Indonesia: 2.12 children per woman (2024) · Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 7.5% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 7.5% (2025) · Ireland: 16.2% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ireland hosts 974 times as many refugees per resident as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.026 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, Indonesia 0.0

Indonesia: 0.035 (2026) · Ireland: 9.1 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Ireland has 2 official languages, Indonesia 1

Indonesia: 1 (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?

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

Indonesia: $1.45 trillion (2025) · Ireland: $722 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Ireland produces 8.8 times as much per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: Int$17,660 (2025) · Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Indonesia than in Ireland (Gini 5.4 points higher)

Indonesia: 34.4 (2025) · Ireland: 29 (2023)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

3.7% of people in Indonesia live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Indonesia: 3.7% (2025) · Ireland: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 3.2% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 3.2% (2025) · Ireland: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Indonesia spends 1.0% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Indonesia: 1% (2025) · Ireland: 0.2% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Indonesia: no data · Ireland: 17.9% (2024)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 3× Indonesia’s

Indonesia: 29% (2025) · Ireland: 85% (2025)

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ireland spends 56 times as much on health per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: $132 (2023) · Ireland: $7,395 (2024)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ireland live 12 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 71.3 years (2024) · Ireland: 83 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Indonesia is 4.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Indonesia: 15.2 per 1,000 (2024) · Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ireland has 7.4 times as many doctors per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.5 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

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

Indonesia: 1.4 per 1,000 (2023) · Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ireland is 3.3 times that in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.2 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 12% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 12% (2024) · Ireland: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

31% of adults in Indonesia smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Indonesia: 31% (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 1.31 points higher than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 5.62 (2025) · Ireland: 6.93 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ireland drink 102 times as much alcohol as in Indonesia

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

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ireland has 4.9 times as much meat per person as Indonesia

Indonesia: 20 kg (2023) · Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Ireland has 1,021 kcal more food per person per day than Indonesia

Indonesia: 2,900 kcal (2023) · Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Indonesia put in 304 more hours a year than in Ireland

Indonesia: 1,958 hours (2023) · Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Ireland went to school 3 years longer than in Indonesia

Indonesia: 8.7 years (2023) · Ireland: 11.7 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ireland welcomed 46 times as many tourists per resident as Indonesia (2019)

Indonesia: 0.05 (2024) · Ireland: 2.2 (2019)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Indonesia has 8 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (10 against 2)

Indonesia: 10 (2026) · Ireland: 2 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Indonesia 40

Indonesia: 40 (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 73% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 73% (2024) · Ireland: 97% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

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

Indonesia: 82 Mbps (2026) · Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Ireland and Indonesia are practically level

Indonesia: 99.9% (2024) · Ireland: 100% (2024)

Urban population

How many live in cities?

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 59% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 59% (2025) · Ireland: 65% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Indonesia has 123 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Indonesia: 123 (2024) · Ireland: 113 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Indonesia’s railway network is 3.3 times as long as Ireland’s

Indonesia: 5,483 km (2019) · Ireland: 1,650 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Ireland fly 103 times as many passengers per resident as those from Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.34 (2023) · Ireland: 35.11 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 51% of Indonesia, but only 12% of Ireland

Indonesia: 50.7% (2024) · Ireland: 12% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Ireland emits 2.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in Indonesia

Indonesia: 2.9 t (2024) · Ireland: 6.3 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 18% in Indonesia

Indonesia: 18.1% (2024) · Ireland: 48.1% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Indonesia carries 2.5 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Indonesia: 18.5 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 2.2 times as likely to be murdered in Ireland as in Indonesia

Indonesia: 0.3 per 100k (2022) · Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Indonesia are 3.3 times as deadly as in Ireland

Indonesia: 17.4 per 100k (2023) · Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Indonesia is on average 15.3 °C warmer than Ireland

Indonesia: 25.6°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Indonesia gets 3 times as much rain as Ireland

Indonesia: 3,437 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 Indonesia bigger than Ireland?

Indonesia is larger. Ireland fits inside Indonesia 27 times.

Which has more people, Indonesia or Ireland?

Indonesia has 52 times as many people as Ireland (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Indonesia or Ireland?

People in Ireland live 12 years longer than in Indonesia. Life expectancy at birth is 71.3 years in Indonesia and 83.0 in Ireland.

Are people taller in Indonesia or Ireland?

Men in Ireland are 12.8 cm taller than in Indonesia (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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