Russia’s coastline is 26 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Russia: 37,653 km (2026 edition)

Russia’s highest peak towers 4,601 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Russia: 5,642 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 13% of Russia

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Russia: 13.2% (2024)

Russia has 26 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Russia: 144 million (2025)

Ireland is 9.1 times as densely populated as Russia

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Russia: 9 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Russia is 1 year older than in Ireland

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Russia: 39.5 years (2023)

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

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Russia: 1.42 children per woman (2024)

18% of people in Russia are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Russia: 17.8% (2025)

Ireland hosts 305 times as many refugees per resident as Russia

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Russia: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Russia 2.0

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Russia: 2 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Russia 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Russia: 1 (2026)

Russia’s economy is 3.5 times the size of Ireland’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Russia: $2.56 trillion (2025)

Ireland produces 3.1 times as much per person as Russia

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Russia: Int$49,568 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Russia than in Ireland (Gini 4 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Russia: 33 (2023)

Ireland and Russia are practically level

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Russia: 0.1% (2023)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 2.1% in Russia

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Russia: 2.1% (2025)

Russia spends 7.5% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Russia: 7.5% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Russia’s 11%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Russia: 10.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.4× Russia’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Russia: 35% (2025)

Ireland spends 7.4 times as much on health per person as Russia

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Russia: $1,003 (2023)

A baby in Russia is 21% more likely to die before turning one than in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Russia: 4.1 per 1,000 (2024)

Russia has 32% more doctors per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 5.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Russia has 2.3 times as many hospital beds per person as Ireland

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Russia: 6.8 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Russia is 2.8 times that in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 19.8 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 21% in Russia

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Russia: 21.2% (2024)

27% of adults in Russia smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Russia: 27% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 1.09 points higher than in Russia

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Russia: 5.83 (2025)

Adults in Russia drink 1% more alcohol than in Ireland

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Russia: 10.4 litres (2023)

Ireland has 16% more meat per person than Russia

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Russia: 84.8 kg (2023)

Ireland has 393 kcal more food per person per day than Russia

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Russia: 3,528 kcal (2023)

Workers in Russia put in 433 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Russia: 2,087 hours (2023)

Adults in Russia went to school 0.69 years longer than in Ireland

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Russia: 12.4 years (2023)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Russia: no data

Russia has 31 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (33 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Russia: 33 (2026)

Russia has won 539 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Russia: 539 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 94% in Russia

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Russia: 94% (2024)

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Russia: no data

Ireland and Russia are practically level

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

75% of people in Russia live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Russia: 75% (2025)

Russia has 186 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Russia: 186 (2024)

Russia’s railway network is 52 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Russia: 85,544 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 51 times as many passengers per resident as those from Russia

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Russia: 0.69 (2023)

Forest covers 51% of Russia, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Russia: 50.8% (2024)

The average person in Russia emits 94% more CO₂ than someone in Ireland

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Russia: 12.3 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 17% in Russia

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Russia: 17.4% (2025)

The air in Russia carries 74% more fine dust than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Russia: 12.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 12 times as likely to be murdered in Russia as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 7.8 per 100k (2024)

Roads in Russia are 2.6 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Russia: 13.4 per 100k (2023)

Ireland is on average 12.8 °C warmer than Russia

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: -2.6°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 94% more rain than Russia

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Russia: 586 mm (2016–2025 avg)