Spain’s coastline is 3.4 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Spain: 4,964 km (2026 edition)

Spain’s highest peak towers 2,677 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Spain: 3,718 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 49% of Spain

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Spain: 49.3% (2024)

Spain has 9 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Spain: 49.4 million (2025)

Spain is 24% more densely populated than Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Spain: 99 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Spain is 6.5 years older than in Ireland

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Spain: 44.9 years (2023)

Women in Ireland have 0.4 more children on average than in Spain

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Spain: 1.1 children per woman (2024)

22% of people in Spain are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Spain: 21.6% (2025)

Ireland hosts 2.4 times as many refugees per resident as Spain

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Spain: 10.4 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Spain 1.4

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Spain: 1.4 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Spain 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Spain: 1 (2026)

Spain’s economy is 2.6 times the size of Ireland’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Spain: $1.91 trillion (2025)

Ireland produces 2.6 times as much per person as Spain

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Spain: Int$59,868 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Spain than in Ireland (Gini 4.4 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Spain: 33.4 (2023)

0.8% of people in Spain live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Spain: 0.8% (2023)

Unemployment is 10% in Spain, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Spain: 10.4% (2025)

Spain spends 2.1% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Spain: 2.1% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Spain’s 15%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Spain: 14.9% (2024)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 1.3× Spain’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Spain: 65% (2025)

Ireland spends 2.4 times as much on health per person as Spain

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Spain: $3,107 (2023)

A baby in Ireland is 31% more likely to die before turning one than in Spain

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Spain: 2.6 per 1,000 (2024)

Spain has 11% more doctors per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Spain: 4.3 per 1,000 (2022)

Ireland has 2% more hospital beds per person than Spain

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Spain: 2.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Ireland is 1% higher than in Spain

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 7.1 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 19% in Spain

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Spain: 18.9% (2024)

28% of adults in Spain smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Spain: 27.6% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.39 points higher than in Spain

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Spain: 6.54 (2025)

Adults in Spain drink 18% more alcohol than in Ireland

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Spain: 12.1 litres (2023)

Spain has 2% more meat per person than Ireland

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Spain: 100.8 kg (2023)

Ireland has 544 kcal more food per person per day than Spain

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Spain: 3,377 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 16 more hours a year than in Spain

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Spain: 1,638 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 0.97 year longer than in Spain

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Spain: 10.8 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 15% more tourists per resident than Spain (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Spain: 1.92 (2024)

Spain has 48 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (50 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Spain: 50 (2026)

Spain has won 195 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Spain: 195 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 96% in Spain

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Spain: 96% (2024)

Home internet in Spain is 8% faster than in Ireland

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Spain: 324 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Spain are practically level

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

81% of people in Spain live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Spain: 81% (2025)

Spain has 130 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Spain: 130 (2024)

Spain’s railway network is 9.7 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Spain: 15,963 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 18 times as many passengers per resident as those from Spain

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Spain: 1.91 (2023)

Forest covers 38% of Spain, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Spain: 38.2% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 38% more CO₂ than someone in Spain

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Spain: 4.6 t (2024)

56% of Spain’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Spain: 55.9% (2025)

The air in Spain carries 35% more fine dust than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Spain: 10 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 6% more likely to be murdered in Spain than in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 0.7 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Spain are 19% deadlier than in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Spain: 6.2 per 100k (2023)

Spain is on average 4.5 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 14.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 71% more rain than Spain

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Spain: 665 mm (2016–2025 avg)