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Ireland Republic of Ireland
Capital Dublin
Languages English, Irish
Currency Euro
People 5.48 million (2025)
Neighbours 1 Greetings from
Ireland
Highest air passengers per resident 35.11 · #1 of 165 · 2023 3rd highest GDP per person (PPP) Int$155,089 · #3 of 198 · 2025 3rd highest daily calories 3,921 kcal · #3 of 189 · 2023 IRL COUNTRYDUEL EUROPE
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Picked for surprise among Ireland’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Ireland among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Ireland sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 70,280 km² 120th of 205 2023 Coastline 1,448 km 67th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 1,041 m 155th of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 11.5% 152nd of 207 2023 Population 5.48 million 121st of 210 2025 Population density 80 per km² 119th of 209 2025 Height of men 179 cm 25th of 196 2019 Height of women 164.5 cm 40th of 196 2019 Median age 38.4 years 57th of 213 2023 Fertility rate 1.47 children per woman 155th of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 16.2% 59th of 210 2025 Economy size (GDP) $722 billion 23rd of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$155,089 3rd of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 29 133rd of 155 2023 Unemployment 4.6% 109th of 186 2025 Health spending per person $7,395 8th of 193 2024 Military spending 0.2% 156th of 158 2024 Life expectancy 83 years 23rd of 210 2024 Infant mortality 3.4 per 1,000 162nd of 194 2024 Doctors 3.9 per 1,000 35th of 190 2023 Adult obesity 30.6% 61st of 195 2024 Smoking 18.2% 87th of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 6.93 14th of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 10.3 litres 34th of 195 2023 Meat supply 98.4 kg 22nd of 189 2023 Daily calories 3,921 kcal 3rd of 189 2023 Working hours 1,654 hours 96th of 130 2023 Years of schooling 11.7 years 47th of 193 2023 Internet users 97% 18th of 208 2024 Access to electricity 100% 1st of 209 2024 Urban population 65% 103rd of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 113 110th of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 6.3 t 41st of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 48.1% 71st of 201 2025 Air pollution (PM2.5) 7.4 µg/m³ 182nd of 213 2024 Homicide rate 0.7 per 100k 138th of 160 2023 Road deaths 2.8 per 100k 181st of 193 2021 Average temperature 10.3°C 155th of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 1,139 mm 78th of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 9.1 13th of 160 2025 Railway network 1,650 km 77th of 133 2021 Air passengers per resident 35.11 1st of 165 2023 Tourists per resident 2.2 32nd of 179 2019 Official languages 2 31st of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 85% 26th of 198 2025
World twins The countries most like Ireland across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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