Italy’s coastline is 5.2 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Italy: 7,600 km (2026 edition)

Italy’s highest peak towers 3,707 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Italy: 4,748 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 44% of Italy

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Italy: 43.6% (2024)

Italy has 11 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Italy: 58.9 million (2025)

Italy is 2.5 times as densely populated as Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Italy: 199 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Italy is 9 years older than in Ireland

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Italy: 47.5 years (2023)

Women in Ireland have 0.3 more children on average than in Italy

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Italy: 1.18 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Italy are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Italy: 25.1% (2025)

Ireland hosts 7.7 times as many refugees per resident as Italy

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Italy: 3.3 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Italy 3.4

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Italy: 3.4 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Italy 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Italy: 1 (2026)

Italy’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Ireland’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Italy: $2.55 trillion (2025)

Ireland produces 2.5 times as much per person as Italy

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Italy: Int$62,803 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Italy than in Ireland (Gini 5.3 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Italy: 34.3 (2023)

0.9% of people in Italy live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Italy: 0.9% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.4% in Italy, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Italy: 6.4% (2025)

Italy spends 1.9% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Italy: 1.9% (2025)

Italy’s central government collects 26% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Italy: 25.6% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.2× Italy’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Italy: 69% (2025)

Ireland spends 2.2 times as much on health per person as Italy

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Italy: $3,398 (2024)

A baby in Ireland is 48% more likely to die before turning one than in Italy

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Italy: 2.3 per 1,000 (2024)

Italy has 8% more doctors per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Italy: 4.2 per 1,000 (2022)

Italy has 3% more hospital beds per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Italy: 3.1 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 26% higher than in Italy

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 5.7 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 18% in Italy

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Italy: 17.9% (2024)

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

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Italy: 22.4% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.35 points higher than in Italy

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Italy: 6.57 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 22% more alcohol than in Italy

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Italy: 8.4 litres (2023)

Ireland has 38% more meat per person than Italy

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Italy: 71.2 kg (2023)

Ireland has 168 kcal more food per person per day than Italy

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Italy: 3,753 kcal (2023)

Workers in Italy put in 47 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Italy: 1,701 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 0.9 years longer than in Italy

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Italy: 10.8 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 2.2 times as many tourists per resident as Italy (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Italy: 0.98 (2024)

Italy has 60 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (62 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Italy: 62 (2026)

Italy has won 829 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Italy: 829 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Ireland is 10% faster than in Italy

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Italy: 274 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Italy are practically level

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

70% of people in Italy live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Italy: 70% (2025)

Italy has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Italy: 133 (2024)

Italy’s railway network is 10 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Italy: 17,305 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 102 times as many passengers per resident as those from Italy

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

Forest covers 32% of Italy, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Italy: 31.8% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 25% more CO₂ than someone in Italy

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Italy: 5.1 t (2024)

49% of Italy’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Italy: 48.8% (2025)

The air in Italy carries 2.1 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Italy: 15.2 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 15% more likely to be murdered in Ireland than in Italy

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 0.6 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Italy are 63% deadlier than in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Italy: 8.5 per 100k (2023)

Italy is on average 3.6 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 13.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 11% more rain than Italy

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Italy: 1,030 mm (2016–2025 avg)