Ireland’s coastline is 2% longer than Tanzania’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 1,424 km (2026 edition)

Tanzania’s highest peak towers 4,854 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 5,895 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 45% of Tanzania

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Tanzania: 45.1% (2024)

Tanzania has 13 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Tanzania: 70.5 million (2025)

Tanzania and Ireland are nearly identical here

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Tanzania: 80 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 21 years older than in Tanzania

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Tanzania: 17.2 years (2023)

Women in Tanzania have 3.1 more children on average than in Ireland

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Tanzania: 4.54 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 3.0% in Tanzania

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Tanzania: 3% (2025)

Ireland hosts 10 times as many refugees per resident as Tanzania

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Tanzania: 2.4 per 1,000 (2025)

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

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Tanzania: 0 (2026)

Ireland and Tanzania are practically level

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Tanzania: 2 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 8 times the size of Tanzania’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Tanzania: $90.1 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 35 times as much per person as Tanzania

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Tanzania: Int$4,471 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Tanzania than in Ireland (Gini 11.5 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Tanzania: 40.5 (2018)

51% of people in Tanzania live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Tanzania: 51.3% (2018)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 1.6% in Tanzania

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.6% (2025)

Tanzania spends 1.2% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Tanzania: 1.2% (2025)

Ireland’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Tanzania’s 12%

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Tanzania: 12.3% (2024)

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

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Tanzania: 29% (2025)

Ireland spends 204 times as much on health per person as Tanzania

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Tanzania: $36 (2023)

A baby in Tanzania is 8.4 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Tanzania: 28.7 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 29 times as many doctors per person as Tanzania

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.1 per 1,000 (2022)

Ireland has 3.5 times as many hospital beds per person as Tanzania

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.8 per 1,000 (2022)

The suicide rate in Tanzania is 2.1 times that in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 14.9 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 10% in Tanzania

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Tanzania: 10.5% (2024)

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 7.7% in Tanzania

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Tanzania: 7.7% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 3.03 points higher than in Tanzania

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Tanzania: 3.90 (2025)

Adults in Ireland drink 6.9 times as much alcohol as in Tanzania

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Tanzania: 1.5 litres (2023)

Ireland has 8.1 times as much meat per person as Tanzania

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Tanzania: 12.2 kg (2023)

Ireland has 1,403 kcal more food per person per day than Tanzania

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Tanzania: 2,518 kcal (2023)

Workers in Tanzania put in 475 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Tanzania: 2,129 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 5.7 years longer than in Tanzania

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Tanzania: 6.1 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 98 times as many tourists per resident as Tanzania (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Tanzania: 0.02 (2022)

Tanzania has 5 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (7 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Tanzania: 7 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Tanzania 2

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Tanzania: 2 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 31% in Tanzania

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Tanzania: 31% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 5.3 times as fast as in Tanzania

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Tanzania: 56 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Ireland have electricity, versus 52% in Tanzania

Ireland: 100% (2024) · Tanzania: 52.4% (2024)

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 37% in Tanzania

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Tanzania: 37% (2025)

Tanzania has 127 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Tanzania: 127 (2024)

Tanzania’s railway network is 64% longer than Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Tanzania: 2,701 km (2017)

Airlines from Ireland fly 1,296 times as many passengers per resident as those from Tanzania

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Tanzania: 0.03 (2023)

Forest covers 50% of Tanzania, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Tanzania: 49.6% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 22 times as much CO₂ as someone in Tanzania

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Tanzania: 0.3 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 33% in Tanzania

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Tanzania: 32.9% (2024)

The air in Tanzania carries 3.3 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Tanzania: 24.6 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 5.7 times as likely to be murdered in Tanzania as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 3.7 per 100k (2020)

Roads in Tanzania are 3.9 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Tanzania: 20.1 per 100k (2023)

Tanzania is on average 12.9 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 23.1°C (2016–2025 avg)

Ireland gets 3% more rain than Tanzania

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Tanzania: 1,102 mm (2016–2025 avg)