Ireland’s coastline is 3.3 times as long as Poland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Poland: 440 km (2026 edition)

Poland’s highest peak towers 1,458 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Poland: 2,499 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 46% of Poland

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Poland: 46.2% (2024)

Poland has 6.6 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Poland: 36.4 million (2025)

Poland is 50% more densely populated than Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Poland: 119 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Poland is 2.9 years older than in Ireland

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Poland: 41.3 years (2023)

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

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Poland: 1.14 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Poland are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Poland: 20.8% (2025)

Poland hosts 8% more refugees per resident than Ireland

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Poland: 27.2 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Poland 7.7

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Poland: 7.7 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Poland 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Poland: 1 (2026)

Poland’s economy is 43% larger than Ireland’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Poland: $1.04 trillion (2025)

Ireland produces 2.9 times as much per person as Poland

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Poland: Int$54,262 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Ireland than in Poland (Gini 0.5 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Poland: 28.5 (2023)

Poland and Ireland are practically level

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Poland: 0.2% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 3.0% in Poland

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Poland: 3% (2025)

Poland spends 4.5% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Poland: 4.5% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Poland’s 17%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Poland: 17.4% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.6× Poland’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Poland: 52% (2025)

Ireland spends 3.7 times as much on health per person as Poland

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Poland: $2,014 (2024)

A baby in Poland is 6% more likely to die before turning one than in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Poland: 3.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Poland has 4% more doctors per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Poland: 4 per 1,000 (2023)

Poland has 2 times as many hospital beds per person as Ireland

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Poland: 6 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Poland is 86% higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 26% in Poland

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Poland: 25.9% (2024)

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

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Poland: 21.7% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.16 points higher than in Poland

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Poland: 6.77 (2025)

Adults in Poland drink 12% more alcohol than in Ireland

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Poland: 11.5 litres (2023)

Ireland has 18% more meat per person than Poland

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Poland: 83.3 kg (2023)

Ireland has 191 kcal more food per person per day than Poland

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Poland: 3,730 kcal (2023)

Workers in Poland put in 153 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Poland: 1,807 hours (2023)

Adults in Poland went to school 1.5 years longer than in Ireland

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Poland: 13.2 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 4.1 times as many tourists per resident as Poland (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Poland: 0.54 (2024)

Poland has 16 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (18 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Poland: 18 (2026)

Poland has won 335 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Poland: 335 (2026 edition)

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

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

Home internet in Ireland is 4% faster than in Poland

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Poland: 288 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Poland are practically level

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

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 60% in Poland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Poland: 60% (2025)

Poland has 138 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Poland: 138 (2024)

Poland’s railway network is 11 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Poland: 18,620 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 146 times as many passengers per resident as those from Poland

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Poland: 0.24 (2023)

Forest covers 31% of Poland, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Poland: 31% (2024)

The average person in Poland emits 12% more CO₂ than someone in Ireland

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Poland: 7.1 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 32% in Poland

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Poland: 31.5% (2025)

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

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Poland: 15.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 23% more likely to be murdered in Poland than in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 0.8 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Poland are 2.2 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Poland: 11.5 per 100k (2023)

Ireland is on average 0.6 °C warmer than Poland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 9.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 49% more rain than Poland

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Poland: 763 mm (2016–2025 avg)