Sweden’s coastline is 2.2 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Sweden: 3,218 km (2026 edition)

Sweden’s highest peak towers 1,059 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Sweden: 2,100 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 7.3% of Sweden

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Sweden: 7.3% (2024)

Sweden has 93% more people than Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Sweden: 10.6 million (2025)

Ireland is 3.1 times as densely populated as Sweden

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Sweden: 26 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Sweden is 1.5 years older than in Ireland

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Sweden: 39.9 years (2023)

Ireland and Sweden are practically level

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Sweden: 1.43 children per woman (2024)

21% of people in Sweden are 65 or older, versus 16% in Ireland

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Sweden: 20.9% (2025)

Ireland hosts 85% more refugees per resident than Sweden

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Sweden: 13.6 per 1,000 (2025)

Sweden has produced 28.3 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Ireland 9.1

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Sweden: 28.3 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Sweden 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Sweden: 1 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 8% larger than Sweden’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Sweden: $669 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 2.1 times as much per person as Sweden

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Sweden: Int$72,529 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Sweden than in Ireland (Gini 0.3 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Sweden: 29.3 (2023)

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

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

Unemployment is 8.7% in Sweden, versus 4.6% in Ireland

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Sweden: 8.7% (2025)

Sweden spends 2.5% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Sweden: 2.5% (2025)

Sweden’s central government collects 27% of GDP in tax, Ireland’s 18%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Sweden: 27.2% (2024)

Sweden’s price level (US = 100) is 1× Ireland’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Sweden: 87% (2025)

Ireland spends 14% more on health per person than Sweden

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Sweden: $6,485 (2024)

A baby in Ireland is 70% more likely to die before turning one than in Sweden

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Sweden: 2 per 1,000 (2024)

Sweden has 14% more doctors per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Sweden: 4.4 per 1,000 (2021)

Ireland has 56% more hospital beds per person than Sweden

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Sweden: 1.9 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Sweden is 76% higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 per 100k (2023)

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

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Sweden: 18.7% (2024)

20% of adults in Sweden smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Sweden: 20.3% (2024)

People in Sweden rate their lives 0.33 points higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Sweden: 7.26 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 18% more alcohol than in Sweden

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Sweden: 8.7 litres (2023)

Ireland has 44% more meat per person than Sweden

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Sweden: 68.4 kg (2023)

Ireland has 554 kcal more food per person per day than Sweden

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Sweden: 3,367 kcal (2023)

Workers in Ireland put in 223 more hours a year than in Sweden

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Sweden: 1,432 hours (2023)

Adults in Sweden went to school 1 year longer than in Ireland

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Sweden: 12.7 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 3.5 times as many tourists per resident as Sweden (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Sweden: 0.63 (2022)

Sweden has 13 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (15 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Sweden: 15 (2026)

Sweden has won 709 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Sweden: 709 (2026 edition)

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

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Sweden: 96% (2025)

Home internet in Ireland is 21% faster than in Sweden

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Sweden: 248 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Sweden are practically level

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

89% of people in Sweden live in cities, versus 65% in Ireland

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Sweden: 89% (2025)

Sweden has 141 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Sweden: 141 (2024)

Sweden’s railway network is 5.9 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Sweden: 9,714 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 19 times as many passengers per resident as those from Sweden

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Sweden: 1.85 (2023)

Forest covers 69% of Sweden, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Sweden: 68.6% (2024)

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

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

71% of Sweden’s electricity is renewable, versus 48% in Ireland

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Sweden: 71.2% (2025)

The air in Ireland carries 30% more fine dust than in Sweden

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Sweden: 5.7 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 75% more likely to be murdered in Sweden than in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 1.1 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Ireland are 53% deadlier than in Sweden

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Sweden: 3.4 per 100k (2023)

Ireland is on average 5.9 °C warmer than Sweden

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 4.3°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 42% more rain than Sweden

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Sweden: 801 mm (2016–2025 avg)