Vietnam’s coastline is 2.4 times as long as Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,448 km (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,444 km (2026 edition)

Vietnam’s highest peak towers 2,103 m above Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,041 m (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 3,144 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 65% of Ireland, versus 39% of Vietnam

Ireland: 65.1% (2024) · Vietnam: 39.2% (2024)

Vietnam has 19 times as many people as Ireland

Ireland: 5.48 million (2025) · Vietnam: 102 million (2025)

Vietnam is 4.1 times as densely populated as Ireland

Ireland: 80 per km² (2025) · Vietnam: 324 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Ireland is 6 years older than in Vietnam

Ireland: 38.4 years (2023) · Vietnam: 32.4 years (2023)

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

Ireland: 1.47 children per woman (2024) · Vietnam: 1.9 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Ireland are 65 or older, versus 9.5% in Vietnam

Ireland: 16.2% (2025) · Vietnam: 9.5% (2025)

Ireland hosts 196,464 times as many refugees per resident as Vietnam

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

Ireland has produced 9.1 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Vietnam 0.1

Ireland: 9.1 (2026) · Vietnam: 0.1 (2026)

Ireland has 2 official languages, Vietnam 1

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Vietnam: 1 (2026)

Ireland’s economy is 40% larger than Vietnam’s

Ireland: $722 billion (2025) · Vietnam: $515 billion (2025)

Ireland produces 8.6 times as much per person as Vietnam

Ireland: Int$155,089 (2025) · Vietnam: Int$18,089 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Vietnam than in Ireland (Gini 7.1 points higher)

Ireland: 29 (2023) · Vietnam: 36.1 (2022)

1.6% of people in Vietnam live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.1% in Ireland

Ireland: 0.1% (2023) · Vietnam: 1.6% (2022)

Unemployment is 4.6% in Ireland, versus 1.5% in Vietnam

Ireland: 4.6% (2025) · Vietnam: 1.5% (2025)

Vietnam spends 2.2% of its GDP on the military, Ireland 0.2%

Ireland: 0.2% (2025) · Vietnam: 2.2% (2025)

Ireland: 17.9% (2024) · Vietnam: no data

Ireland’s price level (US = 100) is 3× Vietnam’s

Ireland: 85% (2025) · Vietnam: 28% (2025)

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

Ireland: $7,395 (2024) · Vietnam: $197 (2023)

A baby in Vietnam is 3.5 times as likely to die before turning one as in Ireland

Ireland: 3.4 per 1,000 (2024) · Vietnam: 12 per 1,000 (2024)

Ireland has 3.5 times as many doctors per person as Vietnam

Ireland: 3.9 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 1.1 per 1,000 (2021)

Ireland has 17% more hospital beds per person than Vietnam

Ireland: 3 per 1,000 (2023) · Vietnam: 2.5 per 1,000 (2017)

The suicide rate in Vietnam is 39% higher than in Ireland

Ireland: 7.2 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 10 per 100k (2023)

31% of adults in Ireland are obese, versus 2.5% in Vietnam

Ireland: 30.6% (2024) · Vietnam: 2.5% (2024)

21% of adults in Vietnam smoke, versus 18% in Ireland

Ireland: 18.2% (2024) · Vietnam: 21.1% (2024)

People in Ireland rate their lives 0.50 points higher than in Vietnam

Ireland: 6.93 (2025) · Vietnam: 6.43 (2025)

Adults in Vietnam drink 4% more alcohol than in Ireland

Ireland: 10.3 litres (2023) · Vietnam: 10.7 litres (2023)

Ireland has 63% more meat per person than Vietnam

Ireland: 98.4 kg (2023) · Vietnam: 60.5 kg (2023)

Ireland has 835 kcal more food per person per day than Vietnam

Ireland: 3,921 kcal (2023) · Vietnam: 3,086 kcal (2023)

Workers in Vietnam put in 506 more hours a year than in Ireland

Ireland: 1,654 hours (2023) · Vietnam: 2,160 hours (2023)

Adults in Ireland went to school 2.7 years longer than in Vietnam

Ireland: 11.7 years (2023) · Vietnam: 9 years (2023)

Ireland welcomed 27 times as many tourists per resident as Vietnam (2019)

Ireland: 2.2 (2019) · Vietnam: 0.08 (2015)

Vietnam has 7 more World Heritage sites than Ireland (9 against 2)

Ireland: 2 (2026) · Vietnam: 9 (2026)

Ireland has won 42 Olympic medals, Vietnam 5

Ireland: 42 (2026 edition) · Vietnam: 5 (2026 edition)

97% of people in Ireland are online, versus 84% in Vietnam

Ireland: 97% (2024) · Vietnam: 84% (2024)

Home internet in Ireland is 23% faster than in Vietnam

Ireland: 300 Mbps (2026) · Vietnam: 244 Mbps (2026)

Ireland and Vietnam are practically level

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

65% of people in Ireland live in cities, versus 39% in Vietnam

Ireland: 65% (2025) · Vietnam: 39% (2025)

Vietnam has 128 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Ireland 113

Ireland: 113 (2024) · Vietnam: 128 (2024)

Vietnam’s railway network is 91% longer than Ireland’s

Ireland: 1,650 km (2021) · Vietnam: 3,159 km (2021)

Airlines from Ireland fly 65 times as many passengers per resident as those from Vietnam

Ireland: 35.11 (2023) · Vietnam: 0.54 (2023)

Forest covers 47% of Vietnam, but only 12% of Ireland

Ireland: 12% (2024) · Vietnam: 47.1% (2024)

The average person in Ireland emits 73% more CO₂ than someone in Vietnam

Ireland: 6.3 t (2024) · Vietnam: 3.7 t (2024)

48% of Ireland’s electricity is renewable, versus 45% in Vietnam

Ireland: 48.1% (2025) · Vietnam: 45.4% (2025)

The air in Vietnam carries 3.5 times as much fine dust as in Ireland

Ireland: 7.4 µg/m³ (2024) · Vietnam: 25.6 µg/m³ (2024)

Ireland: 0.7 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: no data

Roads in Vietnam are 3.5 times as deadly as in Ireland

Ireland: 5.2 per 100k (2023) · Vietnam: 18.4 per 100k (2023)

Vietnam is on average 14.1 °C warmer than Ireland

Ireland: 10.3°C (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 24.4°C (2016–2025 avg)

Vietnam gets 87% more rain than Ireland

Ireland: 1,139 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Vietnam: 2,132 mm (2016–2025 avg)