Ireland’s coastline is 8% longer than Sri Lanka’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 1,340 km (2026 edition)

Sri Lanka’s highest peak towers 1,483 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2,524 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 49% of Sri Lanka

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 48.8% (2024)

Sri Lanka has 4 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Sri Lanka: 21.8 million (2025)

Sri Lanka is 4.4 times as densely populated as Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Sri Lanka: 352 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 5.6 years older than in Sri Lanka

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 32.8 years (2023)

Women in Sri Lanka have 0.5 more children on average than in Ireland

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Sri Lanka: 1.95 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 12% in Sri Lanka

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 12.5% (2025)

Ireland hosts 2,568 times as many refugees per resident as Sri Lanka

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 0.0098 per 1,000 (2025)

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Sri Lanka none

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 0 (2026)

Ireland and Sri Lanka are practically level

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 6.6 times the size of Sri Lanka’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Sri Lanka: $109 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 9.1 times as much per person as Sri Lanka

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Sri Lanka: Int$17,065 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sri Lanka than in Ireland (Gini 8.7 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 37.7 (2019)

2.7% of people in Sri Lanka live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.7% (2019)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 4.0% in Sri Lanka

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4% (2025)

Sri Lanka spends 1.3% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 1.3% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Sri Lanka’s 9.9%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 9.9% (2023)

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 2.9× Sri Lanka’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 29% (2025)

Ireland spends 55 times as much on health per person as Sri Lanka

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Sri Lanka: $134 (2023)

A baby in Sri Lanka is 53% more likely to die before turning one than in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 5.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 3.4 times as many doctors per person as Sri Lanka

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 1.1 per 1,000 (2023)

Sri Lanka has 33% more hospital beds per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Sri Lanka is 94% higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 14 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 11% in Sri Lanka

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 11.2% (2024)

21% of adults in Sri Lanka smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 2.92 points higher than in Sri Lanka

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Sri Lanka: 4.01 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 4.1 times as much alcohol as in Sri Lanka

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2.5 litres (2023)

Ireland has 8.5 times as much meat per person as Sri Lanka

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Sri Lanka: 11.6 kg (2023)

Ireland has 1,246 kcal more food per person per day than Sri Lanka

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,675 kcal (2023)

Workers in Sri Lanka put in 399 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Sri Lanka: 2,053 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 0.96 year longer than in Sri Lanka

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Sri Lanka: 10.8 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 68 times as many tourists per resident as Sri Lanka (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Sri Lanka: 0.03 (2022)

Sri Lanka has 6 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (8 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Sri Lanka: 8 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Sri Lanka 2

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Sri Lanka: 2 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 55% in Sri Lanka

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 55% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 4.8 times as fast as in Sri Lanka

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Sri Lanka: 63 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Sri Lanka are practically level

Ireland: 100% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 100% (2024)

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 20% in Sri Lanka

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 20% (2025)

Sri Lanka has 133 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Sri Lanka: 133 (2024)

Ireland’s railway network is 6% longer than Sri Lanka’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Sri Lanka: 1,562 km (2019)

Airlines from Ireland fly 198 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sri Lanka

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Sri Lanka: 0.18 (2023)

Forest covers 34% of Sri Lanka, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Sri Lanka: 34.4% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 7 times as much CO₂ as someone in Sri Lanka

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Sri Lanka: 0.9 t (2024)

62% of Sri Lanka’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Sri Lanka: 61.6% (2025)

The air in Sri Lanka carries 2.8 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Sri Lanka: 20.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.1 times as likely to be murdered in Sri Lanka as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 3.3 per 100k (2019)

Roads in Sri Lanka are 4.1 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Sri Lanka: 21.1 per 100k (2023)

Sri Lanka is on average 16.6 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 26.8°C (2016–2025 avg)

Sri Lanka gets 61% more rain than Ireland

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sri Lanka: 1,839 mm (2016–2025 avg)