The Philippines’ coastline is 25 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Philippines: 36,289 km (2026 edition)

The Philippines’ highest peak towers 1,913 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Philippines: 2,954 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 43% of the Philippines

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Philippines: 42.7% (2024)

The Philippines has 21 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Philippines: 117 million (2025)

The Philippines is 4.9 times as densely populated as Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Philippines: 392 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 13 years older than in the Philippines

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Philippines: 25.3 years (2023)

Women in the Philippines have 0.4 more children on average than in Ireland

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Philippines: 1.89 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 5.7% in the Philippines

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Philippines: 5.7% (2025)

Ireland hosts 2,845 times as many refugees per resident as the Philippines

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Philippines: 0.0088 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, the Philippines 0.1

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Philippines: 0.1 (2026)

Ireland and the Philippines are practically level

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Philippines: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 48% larger than the Philippines’

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Philippines: $487 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 12 times as much per person as the Philippines

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Philippines: Int$12,577 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in the Philippines than in Ireland (Gini 10.3 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Philippines: 39.3 (2023)

5.3% of people in the Philippines live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Philippines: 5.3% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 2.2% in the Philippines

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Philippines: 2.2% (2025)

The Philippines spends 1.3% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Philippines: 1.3% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, the Philippines’ 14%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Philippines: 14.4% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.6× the Philippines’

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Philippines: 33% (2025)

Ireland spends 38 times as much on health per person as the Philippines

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Philippines: $194 (2023)

A baby in the Philippines is 6.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Philippines: 21.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 4.9 times as many doctors per person as the Philippines

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Philippines: 0.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Ireland has 3.1 times as many hospital beds per person as the Philippines

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Philippines: 1 per 1,000 (2021)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 2.3 times that in the Philippines

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 3.1 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 9.7% in the Philippines

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Philippines: 9.7% (2024)

20% of adults in the Philippines smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Philippines: 19.9% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.72 points higher than in the Philippines

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Philippines: 6.21 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 68% more alcohol than in the Philippines

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Philippines: 6.1 litres (2023)

Ireland has 2.9 times as much meat per person as the Philippines

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Philippines: 33.6 kg (2023)

Ireland has 938 kcal more food per person per day than the Philippines

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Philippines: 2,983 kcal (2023)

Workers in the Philippines put in 442 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Philippines: 2,096 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 1.7 years longer than in the Philippines

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Philippines: 10 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 94 times as many tourists per resident as the Philippines (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Philippines: 0.02 (2022)

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

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

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, the Philippines 18

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Philippines: 18 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 67% in the Philippines

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Philippines: 67% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 81% faster than in the Philippines

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Philippines: 166 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Ireland have electricity, versus 95% in the Philippines

Ireland: 100% (2024) · Philippines: 94.8% (2024)

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 56% in the Philippines

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Philippines: 56% (2025)

The Philippines has 115 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Philippines: 115 (2024)

Ireland’s railway network is 3.2 times as long as the Philippines’

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Philippines: 509 km (2016)

Airlines from Ireland fly 99 times as many passengers per resident as those from the Philippines

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Philippines: 0.36 (2023)

Forest covers 25% of the Philippines, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Philippines: 24.8% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 4.2 times as much CO₂ as someone in the Philippines

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Philippines: 1.5 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 23% in the Philippines

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Philippines: 23.3% (2025)

The air in the Philippines carries 3.1 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Philippines: 23.1 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6.6 times as likely to be murdered in the Philippines as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 4.3 per 100k (2023)

Roads in the Philippines are 2.7 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Philippines: 13.8 per 100k (2023)

The Philippines is on average 16.1 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 26.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

The Philippines gets 2.6 times as much rain as Ireland

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Philippines: 3,001 mm (2016–2025 avg)