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Land

Size, shape and altitude

Total area

How big is it, really?

Ireland fits inside Uzbekistan 6.4 times

Ireland: 70,280 km² (2024) · Uzbekistan: 448,923 km² (2024)

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Coastline

How much coast is there?

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 0 km (2026 edition)

Highest point

How high can you climb?

Uzbekistan’s highest peak towers 3,602 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 4,643 m (2026 edition)

Farmland

How much of the land is farmed?

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 59% of Uzbekistan

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 58.9% (2024)

How far apart are they?

People

Who lives there, and how closely

Population

How many people live there?

Uzbekistan has 6.8 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Uzbekistan: 37.1 million (2025)

Population density

How crowded is it?

Uzbekistan is 6% more densely populated than Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Uzbekistan: 84 per km² (2025)

Height of men

How tall are the men?

Men in Ireland are 8.1 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 179 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 170.9 cm (2019)

Height of women

How tall are the women?

Women in Ireland are 4.2 cm taller than in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 164.5 cm (2019) · Uzbekistan: 160.3 cm (2019)

Median age

How old is the typical person?

The typical person in Ireland is 12 years older than in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 26.9 years (2023)

Fertility rate

How many children per woman?

Women in Uzbekistan have 2.0 more children on average than in Ireland

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.49 children per woman (2024)

Aged 65 and over

How many people are 65 or older?

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 6.1% in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.1% (2025)

Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents

How many refugees does it host?

Ireland hosts 186,294 times as many refugees per resident as Uzbekistan

Ireland: 25.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 0.00013 per 1,000 (2025)

Nobel laureates per 10 million people

How many Nobel laureates were born there?

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

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

Official languages

How many official languages?

Ireland and Uzbekistan are practically level

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 2 (2026)

What shape is the population?

Money

What an economy looks like per person

Economy size (GDP)

How big is the economy?

Ireland’s economy is 4.9 times the size of Uzbekistan’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Uzbekistan: $147 billion (2025)

GDP per person (PPP)

How much is produced per person?

Ireland produces 11 times as much per person as Uzbekistan

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Uzbekistan: Int$13,601 (2025)

Income inequality (Gini)

How evenly is income shared?

Income is more unequally shared in Uzbekistan than in Ireland (Gini 3.7 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 32.7 (2025)

Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day)

How many live on less than $3 a day?

2.3% of people in Uzbekistan live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.3% (2025)

Unemployment

How many people are looking for work?

Ireland and Uzbekistan are practically level

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 4.6% (2025)

Military spending

How much goes to the military?

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

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 2.5% (2018)

Tax revenue (central government)

How much does the central government collect in tax?

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

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 11% (2023)

Price level (US = 100)

How expensive is it?

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

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

Health

Long lives, small beginnings

Health spending per person

How much is spent on health?

Ireland spends 38 times as much on health per person as Uzbekistan

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Uzbekistan: $192 (2023)

Life expectancy

How long do people live?

People in Ireland live 10 years longer than in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 83 years (2024) · Uzbekistan: 72.5 years (2024)

Infant mortality

How many babies don’t reach their first birthday?

A baby in Uzbekistan is 3.8 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 12.8 per 1,000 (2024)

Doctors

How many doctors are there?

Ireland has 38% more doctors per person than Uzbekistan

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.8 per 1,000 (2021)

Hospital beds

How many hospital beds are there?

Uzbekistan has 65% more hospital beds per person than Ireland

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 4.9 per 1,000 (2023)

Suicide rate

How common is suicide?

The suicide rate in Uzbekistan is 8% higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 7.8 per 100k (2023)

Adult obesity

How common is obesity?

Ireland and Uzbekistan are practically level

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30.6% (2024)

Smoking

How many adults smoke?

18% of adults in Ireland smoke, versus 16% in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 16.3% (2024)

Everyday life

Plates, glasses and happiness

Life satisfaction

How do people rate their lives?

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.64 points higher than in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Uzbekistan: 6.28 (2025)

Alcohol consumption

How much do people drink?

Adults in Ireland drink 4.9 times as much alcohol as in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2.1 litres (2023)

Meat supply

How much meat is on the menu?

Ireland has 2.1 times as much meat per person as Uzbekistan

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Uzbekistan: 47.4 kg (2023)

Daily calories

How much food is there per day?

Ireland has 624 kcal more food per person per day than Uzbekistan

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Uzbekistan: 3,297 kcal (2023)

Working hours

How long do people work?

Workers in Uzbekistan put in 445 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Uzbekistan: 2,099 hours (2023)

Years of schooling

How long do people go to school?

Adults in Uzbekistan went to school 0.19 years longer than in Ireland

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Uzbekistan: 11.9 years (2023)

Tourists per resident

How many tourists visit?

Ireland welcomed 10 times as many tourists per resident as Uzbekistan (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Uzbekistan: 0.22 (2024)

World Heritage sites

How many World Heritage sites?

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

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Uzbekistan: 8 (2026)

Olympic medals (all time)

How many Olympic medals has it won?

Uzbekistan has won 50 Olympic medals, Ireland 42

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Uzbekistan: 50 (2026 edition)

Connected

Online, electrified, urban

Internet users

How many people are online?

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 90% in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 90% (2024)

Fixed broadband download speed

How fast is home internet?

Home internet in Ireland is 40% faster than in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Uzbekistan: 215 Mbps (2026)

Access to electricity

Who has electricity at home?

Ireland and Uzbekistan are practically level

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

Urban population

How many live in cities?

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 51% in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 51% (2025)

Mobile subscriptions

How many phones per person?

Ireland has 113 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Uzbekistan 110

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Uzbekistan: 110 (2024)

Railway network

How much railway is there?

Uzbekistan’s railway network is 2.9 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Uzbekistan: 4,732 km (2021)

Air passengers per resident

How much do they fly?

Airlines from Ireland fly 268 times as many passengers per resident as those from Uzbekistan

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Uzbekistan: 0.13 (2023)

Planet

Air, forests and energy

Forest cover

How much of the land is forest?

Forest covers 12% of Ireland, but only 8.8% of Uzbekistan

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Uzbekistan: 8.8% (2024)

CO₂ per person

How much CO₂ does each person emit?

The average person in Ireland emits 66% more CO₂ than someone in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Uzbekistan: 3.8 t (2024)

Renewable electricity

How green is the power grid?

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 19% in Uzbekistan

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Uzbekistan: 19.4% (2025)

Air pollution (PM2.5)

How clean is the air?

The air in Uzbekistan carries 4.1 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Uzbekistan: 30 µg/m³ (2024)

Where does the power come from?

Safety

Measured risk, not vibes

Homicide rate

How common is murder?

You are 2.1 times as likely to be murdered in Uzbekistan as in Ireland

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 1.4 per 100k (2021)

Road deaths

How dangerous are the roads?

Roads in Uzbekistan are 2.5 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Uzbekistan: 13 per 100k (2023)

Climate

What the year feels like

Average temperature

How warm is it?

Uzbekistan is on average 4.1 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 14.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Rainfall

How much rain falls?

Ireland gets 5.2 times as much rain as Uzbekistan

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uzbekistan: 221 mm (2016–2025 avg)

What does the year feel like?

Between them

People, goods and passports that cross from one to the other

Who has moved between them?
Can they visit without a visa?
What do they sell each other?
Have they met on the pitch?
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Quick answers

Is Ireland bigger than Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan is larger. Ireland fits inside Uzbekistan 6.4 times.

Which has more people, Ireland or Uzbekistan?

Uzbekistan has 6.8 times as many people as Ireland (2025 estimates).

Where do people live longer, Ireland or Uzbekistan?

People in Ireland live 10 years longer than in Uzbekistan. Life expectancy at birth is 83.0 years in Ireland and 72.5 in Uzbekistan.

Are people taller in Ireland or Uzbekistan?

Men in Ireland are 8.1 cm taller than in Uzbekistan (NCD-RisC, cohort born 2019).

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