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Ireland

At a glance

  • Ireland has a population of about 5.5M; its total GDP of $721.7B ranks #23 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 58,263 km² is about 31% of the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Poverty rate ($2.15/day) stands out most against the median: 0.1% — rank #133 of 153 countries with data.

Ireland: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 5.5M (2025) #119 / 169 median 11.5M · 48%
Population growth 1.6% (2025) #60 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.5×
Urban population share 64.6% (2025) #82 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.0×
Population aged 65+ 16.2% (2025) #45 / 169 median 7.4% · 2.2×
Fertility rate 1.5 (2024) #126 / 169 median 2.1 · 70%
Birth rate 10.0‰ (2024) #124 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 63%
Death rate 6.5‰ (2024) #106 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 91%
Net migration 35.4K (2025) #26 / 169 N/A
Surface area 58,263 km² #127 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 31%
Population density derived 94.1/km² (2025) #72 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 1.3×
Economy
GDP (total) $721.7B (2025) #23 / 168 median $80.7B · 8.9×
GDP per capita $131,592 (2025) #2 / 168 median $6,834 · 19×
GNI per capita $87,360 (2025) #6 / 168 median $6,350 · 14×
GDP growth (annual) 12.3% (2025) #3 / 168 median 3.1% · 4.0×
Inflation rate 2.2% (2025) #108 / 162 median 3.3% · 67%
Unemployment rate 4.6% (2025) #99 / 168 median 5.1% · 90%
Gini index 29.0 (2023) #131 / 153 median 35.3 · 82%
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.1% (2023) #133 / 153 median 2.5% · 4%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 140.1% (2025) #2 / 163 median 35.0% · 4.0×
Imports share of GDP 99.9% (2025) #4 / 163 median 40.2% · 2.5×
Agriculture share of GDP 1.1% (2025) #153 / 168 median 7.2% · 15%
Manufacturing share of GDP 33.9% (2025) #2 / 165 median 11.2% · 3.0×
International tourist arrivals 11M (2019) #23 / 162 median 1.1M · 9.7×
Tourism receipts $4.2B (2020) #37 / 165 median $705M · 5.9×
Health & education
Life expectancy 83.0 years (2024) #13 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 3.4‰ (2024) #139 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 26%
Under-five mortality 3.9‰ (2024) #139 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 25%
DPT immunization 92.0% (2024) #69 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 3.0 per 1,000 (2023) #54 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.5×
Health spending share of GDP 6.9% (2024) #79 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.0×
Secondary school enrollment 130.6% (2022) #7 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.4×
Education spending share of GDP 2.9% (2021) #126 / 165 median 4.1% · 70%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.949 (2023) #10 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.3×
Internet users 97.2% (2024) #12 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.2×
Mobile subscriptions 112.6 per 100 (2024) #93 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 97%
Fixed broadband 32.3 per 100 (2024) #38 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 2.7×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #33 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 6.0 t (2024) #36 / 165 median 2.6 t · 2.3×
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 32.6 Mt (2024) #65 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 1.5×
Renewable electricity share 37.2% (2021) #79 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.1×
Renewable energy consumption 12.7% (2021) #122 / 169 median 26.9% · 47%
Forest area 11.5% (2023) #125 / 169 median 32.4% · 36%
Agricultural land 60.8% (2023) #34 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.5×
Arable land 6.4% (2023) #109 / 168 median 11.0% · 58%
PM2.5 exposure 7.5 µg/m³ (2023) #153 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 38%
Military spending 0.2% (2024) #155 / 157 median 1.8% · 13%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Ireland's true-shape outline

Ireland's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 58,263 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).