Land
Size, shape and altitude
How big is it, really?
Ireland fits inside Ivory Coast 4.6 times.
Ireland: 70,280 km² (2023) · Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2023)
How much coast is there?
Ireland’s coastline is 2.8 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.
Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 515 km (2026 edition)
How high can you climb?
Ivory Coast’s highest peak towers 711 m above Ireland’s.
Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 1,752 m (2026 edition)
People
Who lives there, and how closely
How many people live there?
Ivory Coast has 6 times as many people as Ireland.
Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Ivory Coast: 32.7 million (2025)
How crowded is it?
Ivory Coast is 29% more densely populated than Ireland.
Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)
How tall are the men?
Men in Ireland are 10.8 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 179 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 168.2 cm (2019)
How tall are the women?
Women in Ireland are 5.8 cm taller than in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 164.5 cm (2019) · Ivory Coast: 158.7 cm (2019)
How old is the typical person?
The typical person in Ireland is 20 years older than in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 18.1 years (2023)
How many children per woman?
Women in Ivory Coast have 2.8 more children on average than in Ireland.
Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Ivory Coast: 4.23 children per woman (2024)
How many people are 65 or older?
16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 2.7% in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.7% (2025)
How many Nobel laureates were born there?
Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ivory Coast none.
Ireland: 9.1 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2025)
How many official languages?
Ireland has 2 official languages, Ivory Coast 1.
Ireland: 2 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)
Money
What an economy looks like per person
How big is the economy?
Ireland’s economy is 7.2 times the size of Ivory Coast’s.
Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Ivory Coast: $99.8 billion (2025)
How much is produced per person?
Ireland produces 19 times as much per person as Ivory Coast.
Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Ivory Coast: Int$8,209 (2025)
How evenly is income shared?
Income is more unequally shared in Ivory Coast than in Ireland (Gini 6.3 points higher).
Ireland: 29 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 35.3 (2021)
How many people are looking for work?
Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 2.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3% (2025)
How much goes to the military?
Ivory Coast spends 0.8% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%.
Ireland: 0.2% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2024)
How expensive is it?
Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.3× Ivory Coast’s.
Ireland: 85% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 37% (2025)
Health
Long lives, small beginnings
How much is spent on health?
Ireland spends 84 times as much on health per person as Ivory Coast.
Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Ivory Coast: $88 (2023)
How long do people live?
People in Ireland live 21 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 83 years (2024) · Ivory Coast: 62.1 years (2024)
How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?
A baby in Ivory Coast is 13 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland.
Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 44.8 per 1,000 (2024)
How many doctors are there?
Ireland has 23 times as many doctors per person as Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.2 per 1,000 (2023)
How common is obesity?
31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)
How many adults smoke?
18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 7.3% in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 7.3% (2024)
Everyday life
Plates, glasses and happiness
How do people rate their lives?
People in Ireland rate their lives 1.78 points higher than in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 5.15 (2025)
How much do people drink?
Adults in Ireland drink 2.5 times as much alcohol as in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.2 litres (2023)
How much meat is on the menu?
Ireland has 8.2 times as much meat per person as Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Ivory Coast: 12 kg (2023)
How much food is there per day?
Ireland has 983 kcal more food per person per day than Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,938 kcal (2023)
How long do people work?
Workers in Ivory Coast put in 449 more hours a year than in Ireland.
Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Ivory Coast: 2,103 hours (2023)
How long do people go to school?
Adults in Ireland went to school 6.9 years longer than in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Ivory Coast: 4.9 years (2023)
How many tourists visit?
Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Ivory Coast: no data
Connected
Online, electrified, urban
How many people are online?
97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 97% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)
Who has electricity at home?
100% of people in Ireland have electricity, versus 73% in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 100% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 72.9% (2024)
How many live in cities?
65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 55% in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 65% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 55% (2025)
How many phones per person?
Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113.
Ireland: 113 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)
How much railway is there?
Ireland’s railway network is 2.6 times as long as Ivory Coast’s.
Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Ivory Coast: 639 km (2021)
How much do they fly?
Airlines from Ireland fly 1,603 times as many passengers per resident as those from Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Ivory Coast: 0.02 (2023)
Planet
Air, forests and energy
How much of the land is forest?
Forest covers 12% of Ireland, but only 7.9% of Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 11.5% (2023) · Ivory Coast: 7.9% (2023)
How much CO₂ does each person emit?
The average person in Ireland emits 14 times as much CO₂ as someone in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Ivory Coast: 0.5 t (2024)
How green is the power grid?
48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 29% in Ivory Coast.
Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 28.9% (2024)
How clean is the air?
The air in Ivory Coast carries 2.7 times as much fine dust as in Ireland.
Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Ivory Coast: 20.2 µg/m³ (2024)
Safety
Measured risk, not vibes
How common is murder?
Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data
How dangerous are the roads?
Roads in Ivory Coast are 7.4 times as deadly as in Ireland.
Ireland: 2.8 per 100k (2021) · Ivory Coast: 20.6 per 100k (2021)
Climate
What the year feels like
How warm is it?
Ivory Coast is on average 16.5 °C warmer than Ireland.
Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)
How much rain falls?
Ivory Coast gets 8% more rain than Ireland.
Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Ivory Coast: 1,226 mm (2016–2025 avg)
Quick answers
Is Ireland bigger than Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast is larger. Ireland fits inside Ivory Coast 4.6 times.
Which has more people, Ireland or Ivory Coast?
Ivory Coast has 6 times as many people as Ireland (2025 estimates).
Where do people live longer, Ireland or Ivory Coast?
People in Ireland live 21 years longer than in Ivory Coast. Life expectancy at birth is 83.0 years in Ireland and 62.1 in Ivory Coast.
Are people taller in Ireland or Ivory Coast?
Men in Ireland are 10.8 cm taller than in Ivory Coast (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).