Portugal’s coastline is 24% longer than Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Portugal: 1,793 km (2026 edition)

Portugal’s highest peak towers 1,310 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Portugal: 2,351 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 41% of Portugal

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Portugal: 41.3% (2024)

Portugal has 2 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Portugal: 10.8 million (2025)

Portugal is 48% more densely populated than Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Portugal: 118 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Portugal is 7.8 years older than in Ireland

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Portugal: 46.2 years (2023)

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

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Portugal: 1.41 children per woman (2024)

25% of people in Portugal are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Portugal: 24.9% (2025)

Ireland hosts 3.9 times as many refugees per resident as Portugal

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Portugal: 6.5 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Portugal 1.9

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Portugal: 1.9 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Portugal 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Portugal: 1 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 2.1 times the size of Portugal’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Portugal: $347 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 2.9 times as much per person as Portugal

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Portugal: Int$53,146 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Portugal than in Ireland (Gini 4.9 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Portugal: 33.9 (2023)

Portugal and Ireland are practically level

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Portugal: 0.4% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.2% in Portugal, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Portugal: 6.2% (2025)

Portugal spends 1.7% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Portugal: 1.7% (2025)

Portugal’s central government collects 22% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Portugal: 22.3% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Portugal’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Portugal: 60% (2025)

Ireland spends 2.5 times as much on health per person as Portugal

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Portugal: $2,971 (2024)

A baby in Ireland is 26% more likely to die before turning one than in Portugal

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Portugal: 2.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Portugal has 51% more doctors per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 5.9 per 1,000 (2022)

Portugal has 18% more hospital beds per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Portugal: 3.5 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Portugal is 19% higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 8.6 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 23% in Portugal

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Portugal: 23% (2024)

29% of adults in Portugal smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Portugal: 28.6% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.90 points higher than in Portugal

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Portugal: 6.03 (2025)

Adults in Portugal drink 34% more alcohol than in Ireland

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Portugal: 13.7 litres (2023)

Portugal and Ireland are nearly identical here

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Portugal: 99.3 kg (2023)

Ireland has 368 kcal more food per person per day than Portugal

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Portugal: 3,553 kcal (2023)

Workers in Portugal put in 81 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Portugal: 1,735 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 2 years longer than in Portugal

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Portugal: 9.7 years (2023)

Portugal welcomed 23% more tourists per resident than Ireland (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Portugal: 2.71 (2024)

Portugal has 15 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (17 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Portugal: 17 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Portugal 32

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Portugal: 32 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 88% in Portugal

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Portugal: 88% (2024)

Home internet in Portugal is 10% faster than in Ireland

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Portugal: 330 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Portugal are practically level

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

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 61% in Portugal

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Portugal: 61% (2025)

Portugal has 124 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Portugal: 124 (2024)

Portugal’s railway network is 53% longer than Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Portugal: 2,527 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 21 times as many passengers per resident as those from Portugal

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Portugal: 1.69 (2023)

Forest covers 37% of Portugal, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Portugal: 36.6% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 86% more CO₂ than someone in Portugal

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Portugal: 3.4 t (2024)

81% of Portugal’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Portugal: 81% (2025)

The air in Portugal carries 42% more fine dust than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Portugal: 10.5 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 10% more likely to be murdered in Portugal than in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 0.7 per 100k (2022)

Roads in Portugal are 2.1 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Portugal: 11 per 100k (2023)

Portugal is on average 5.6 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 15.9°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 47% more rain than Portugal

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Portugal: 777 mm (2016–2025 avg)