Ireland’s coastline is 6.4 times as long as Romania’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Romania: 225 km (2026 edition)

Romania’s highest peak towers 1,503 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Romania: 2,544 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 55% of Romania

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Romania: 55.2% (2024)

Romania has 3.5 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Romania: 19 million (2025)

Romania is 4% more densely populated than Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Romania: 83 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Romania is 4.2 years older than in Ireland

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Romania: 42.6 years (2023)

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

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Romania: 1.39 children per woman (2024)

20% of people in Romania are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Romania: 20.1% (2025)

Ireland hosts 2.3 times as many refugees per resident as Romania

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Romania: 10.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Romania 2.1

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Romania: 2.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Romania 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Romania: 1 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 68% larger than Romania’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Romania: $429 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 3 times as much per person as Romania

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Romania: Int$50,895 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Romania than in Ireland (Gini 0.8 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Romania: 29.8 (2023)

0.7% of people in Romania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Romania: 0.7% (2023)

Unemployment is 6.0% in Romania, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Romania: 6% (2025)

Romania spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Romania: 2.3% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Romania’s 16%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Romania: 16.2% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.9× Romania’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Romania: 44% (2025)

Ireland spends 7 times as much on health per person as Romania

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Romania: $1,051 (2023)

A baby in Romania is 76% more likely to die before turning one than in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Romania: 6 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 7% more doctors per person than Romania

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 3.6 per 1,000 (2022)

Romania has 2.4 times as many hospital beds per person as Ireland

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Romania: 7.2 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Romania is 14% higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 8.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Romania are obese, versus 31% in Ireland

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Romania: 37.7% (2024)

30% of adults in Romania smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Romania: 29.7% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.30 points higher than in Romania

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Romania: 6.63 (2025)

Adults in Romania drink 66% more alcohol than in Ireland

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Romania: 17.1 litres (2023)

Ireland has 36% more meat per person than Romania

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Romania: 72.5 kg (2023)

Ireland has 272 kcal more food per person per day than Romania

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Romania: 3,649 kcal (2023)

Workers in Romania put in 172 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Romania: 1,826 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 0.17 years longer than in Romania

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Romania: 11.6 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 3.1 times as many tourists per resident as Romania (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Romania: 0.7 (2024)

Romania has 9 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (11 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Romania: 11 (2026)

Romania has won 318 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Romania: 318 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 91% in Romania

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Romania: 91% (2024)

Home internet in Romania is 5% faster than in Ireland

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Romania: 316 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Romania are practically level

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

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 52% in Romania

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Romania: 52% (2025)

Romania has 120 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Romania: 120 (2024)

Romania’s railway network is 6.5 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Romania: 10,769 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 238 times as many passengers per resident as those from Romania

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Romania: 0.15 (2023)

Forest covers 30% of Romania, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Romania: 30.2% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 76% more CO₂ than someone in Romania

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Romania: 3.6 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 47% in Romania

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Romania: 47% (2025)

The air in Romania carries 93% more fine dust than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Romania: 14.3 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 71% more likely to be murdered in Romania than in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 1.1 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Romania are 2.6 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Romania: 13.6 per 100k (2023)

Romania is on average 0.7 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 11°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 50% more rain than Romania

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Romania: 758 mm (2016–2025 avg)