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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ireland fits inside Ivory Coast 4.6 times

Ireland: 70,280 km² (2024) · Ivory Coast: 322,460 km² (2024)

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Coastline

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)

Highest point

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)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 84% of Ivory Coast, versus 65% of Ireland

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 83.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

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)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Ivory Coast is 29% more densely populated than Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Ivory Coast: 103 per km² (2025)

Height of men

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)

Height of women

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)

Median age

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)

Fertility rate

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)

Aged 65 and over

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)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ireland hosts 11 times as many refugees per resident as Ivory Coast

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Ivory Coast: 2.3 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, Ivory Coast none

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 0 (2026)

Official languages

How many official languages?

Ireland has 2 official languages, Ivory Coast 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 1 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

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)

GDP per person (PPP)

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)

Income inequality (Gini)

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)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

21% of people in Ivory Coast live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Ivory Coast: 20.8% (2021)

Unemployment

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)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

Ivory Coast spends 0.8% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Ivory Coast: 0.8% (2025)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Ivory Coast’s 13%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 13% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

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

Health spending per person

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)

Life expectancy

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)

Infant mortality

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)

Doctors

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)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Ivory Coast is 2.3 times that in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 16.5 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 12% in Ivory Coast

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12% (2024)

Smoking

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

Life satisfaction

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)

Alcohol consumption

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)

Meat supply

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)

Daily calories

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)

Working hours

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)

Years of schooling

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)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Ivory Coast: no data

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

Ivory Coast has 3 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (5 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Ivory Coast 5

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Ivory Coast: 5 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 41% in Ivory Coast

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 41% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ireland is 3.5 times as fast as in Ivory Coast

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Ivory Coast: 85 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

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)

Urban population

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)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ivory Coast has 184 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Ivory Coast: 184 (2024)

Railway network

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)

Air passengers per resident

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

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Ivory Coast and Ireland are practically level

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Ivory Coast: 12.1% (2024)

CO₂ per person

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)

Renewable electricity

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)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

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)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: no data

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Ivory Coast are 5.9 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Ivory Coast: 30.9 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

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)

Rainfall

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)

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 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).

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