Malaysia’s coastline is 3.2 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,675 km (2026 edition)

Malaysia’s highest peak towers 3,054 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 4,095 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 25% of Malaysia

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Malaysia: 24.8% (2024)

Malaysia has 6.6 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Malaysia: 36 million (2025)

Malaysia is 38% more densely populated than Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Malaysia: 110 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 8.4 years older than in Malaysia

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Malaysia: 30.1 years (2023)

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

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Malaysia: 1.54 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 8.0% in Malaysia

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Malaysia: 8% (2025)

Ireland hosts 6 times as many refugees per resident as Malaysia

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Malaysia: 4.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Malaysia none

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Malaysia: 0 (2026)

Ireland and Malaysia are practically level

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Malaysia: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 53% larger than Malaysia’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Malaysia: $472 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 3.7 times as much per person as Malaysia

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Malaysia: Int$41,498 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Malaysia than in Ireland (Gini 11.7 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Malaysia: 40.7 (2021)

Ireland and Malaysia are practically level

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Malaysia: 0% (2021)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 3.8% in Malaysia

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Malaysia: 3.8% (2025)

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

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

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Malaysia’s 12%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Malaysia: 12.4% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.7× Malaysia’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Malaysia: 32% (2025)

Ireland spends 16 times as much on health per person as Malaysia

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Malaysia: $450 (2023)

A baby in Malaysia is 2.1 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Malaysia: 7 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 66% more doctors per person than Malaysia

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Malaysia: 2.3 per 1,000 (2023)

Ireland has 51% more hospital beds per person than Malaysia

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Malaysia: 2 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 44% higher than in Malaysia

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 5 per 100k (2023)

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

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Malaysia: 23.6% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 17% in Malaysia

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Malaysia: 16.9% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.92 points higher than in Malaysia

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Malaysia: 6.01 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 13 times as much alcohol as in Malaysia

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Malaysia: 0.8 litres (2023)

Ireland has 42% more meat per person than Malaysia

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Malaysia: 69.1 kg (2023)

Ireland has 994 kcal more food per person per day than Malaysia

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Malaysia: 2,927 kcal (2023)

Workers in Malaysia put in 653 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Malaysia: 2,308 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 0.63 years longer than in Malaysia

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Malaysia: 11.1 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 7.6 times as many tourists per resident as Malaysia (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Malaysia: 0.29 (2022)

Malaysia has 4 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (6 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Malaysia: 6 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Malaysia 15

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Malaysia: 15 (2026 edition)

98% of people in Malaysia are online, versus 97% in Ireland

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Malaysia: 98% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 12% faster than in Malaysia

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Malaysia: 269 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Malaysia are practically level

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

77% of people in Malaysia live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Malaysia: 77% (2025)

Malaysia has 140 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Malaysia: 140 (2024)

Malaysia and Ireland are nearly identical here

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Malaysia: 1,655 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 27 times as many passengers per resident as those from Malaysia

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Malaysia: 1.3 (2023)

Forest covers 58% of Malaysia, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Malaysia: 57.7% (2024)

The average person in Malaysia emits 29% more CO₂ than someone in Ireland

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Malaysia: 8.2 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 21% in Malaysia

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Malaysia: 20.7% (2025)

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

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Malaysia: 15.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 12% more likely to be murdered in Malaysia than in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Malaysia are 3.1 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Malaysia: 16.2 per 100k (2023)

Malaysia is on average 15.7 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 26°C (2016–2025 avg)

Malaysia gets 2.7 times as much rain as Ireland

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Malaysia: 3,081 mm (2016–2025 avg)