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Ireland vs Spain: Health & Population

This page compares Ireland and Spain across 109 Health & Population indicators. Pick any indicator below for the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Indicator Ireland Spain Detail
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population) 24.24 32.07 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 83.01 83.89 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults) 72.80 65.66 Compare →
Urban population (% of total population) 64.35 80.32 Compare →
Population, female (% of total population) 50.50 50.90 Compare →
Population, male 2.67M 23.98M Compare →
Population, male (% of total population) 49.50 49.10 Compare →
Rural population 1.92M 9.62M Compare →
Rural population (% of total population) 35.65 19.68 Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %) 1.93 1.25 Compare →
Urban population 3.47M 39.23M Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.47 1.10 Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults) 44.09 34.23 Compare →
Population, total 5.40M 48.85M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 15.89 21.15 Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 18.56 12.92 Compare →
Net migration 35,417.00 96,630.00 Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 4.01 4.85 Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 10.00 6.50 Compare →
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people) 6.50 8.90 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years) 84.70 86.50 Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years) 81.40 81.40 Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort) 93.41 94.49 Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort) 89.25 88.84 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female 488,959.00 3.06M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) 17.94 12.32 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male 512,256.00 3.25M Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) 19.18 13.54 Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total 1.00M 6.31M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female 1.78M 15.99M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population) 65.38 64.30 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male 1.76M 16.22M Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population) 65.73 67.63 Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total 3.54M 32.21M Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 65.55 65.93 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female 454,396.00 5.81M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population) 16.68 23.38 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male 403,107.00 4.52M Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population) 15.09 18.83 Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total 857,503.00 10.33M Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births) 1.06 1.07 Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 52.55 51.67 Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population) 28.31 19.60 Compare →
Population growth (annual %) 1.57 1.02 Compare →
Population, female 2.72M 24.87M Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population) 23.10 18.50 Compare →
International migrant stock, total 1.22M 8.87M Compare →
People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population) 97.10 99.92 Compare →
People using at least basic sanitation services (% of population) 89.73 99.92 Compare →
People practicing open defecation (% of population) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Diabetes prevalence (% of population ages 20 to 79) 3.60 9.70 Compare →
Rural population growth (annual %) 0.93 0.08 Compare →
Asylum-seekers by country or territory of origin 405.00 1,979.00 Compare →
Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of origin 68.00 174.00 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) 3.40 2.60 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years (per 1,000) 0.30 0.40 Compare →
Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years (per 1,000) 1.10 0.90 Compare →
Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years (per 1,000) 1.50 1.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) 3.60 2.90 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) 4.10 3.50 Compare →
Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) 2.60 1.70 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, female (per 1,000 live births) 3.20 2.40 Compare →
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births) 3.70 2.80 Compare →
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 3.90 3.20 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 17.00 148.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 24.00 203.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 81.00 447.00 Compare →
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 105.00 719.00 Compare →
Number of infant deaths 182.00 878.00 Compare →
Number of under-five deaths 206.00 1,073.00 Compare →
Number of neonatal deaths 136.00 575.00 Compare →
Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years (per 1,000) 0.30 0.40 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (%) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Physicians (per 1,000 people) 3.88 4.29 Compare →
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births) 4.00 3.00 Compare →
Number of maternal deaths 2.00 9.00 Compare →
Lifetime risk of maternal death (1 in: rate varies by country) 20,079.00 38,118.00 Compare →
Current health expenditure (% of GDP) 6.85 9.22 Compare →
UHC service coverage index 82.00 84.00 Compare →
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 90.00 97.00 Compare →
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 25.29 44.29 Compare →
Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) 92.00 94.00 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among pregnant women (%) 14.70 16.30 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (% of women ages 15-49) 14.00 15.60 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among non-pregnant women (% of women ages 15-49) 14.00 15.60 Compare →
Prevalence of anemia among children (% of children ages 6-59 months) 14.10 14.60 Compare →
Mortality caused by road traffic injury (per 100,000 population) 3.10 3.90 Compare →
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people) 2.96 2.91 Compare →
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) 92.00 94.00 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, male (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, male 15+ years of age) 16.60 14.52 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita, female (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, female 15+ years of age) 5.15 4.09 Compare →
Total alcohol consumption per capita (liters of pure alcohol, projected estimates, 15+ years of age) 10.77 9.16 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70 (%) 9.60 9.30 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning (per 100,000 population) 0.26 0.34 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, female (per 100,000 female population) 0.13 0.22 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unintentional poisoning, male (per 100,000 male population) 0.40 0.46 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, male (per 100,000 male population) 12.59 13.12 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) 8.55 8.72 Compare →
Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) 4.58 4.47 Compare →
Cause of death, by communicable diseases and maternal, prenatal and nutrition conditions (% of total) 14.72 12.84 Compare →
Cause of death, by injury (% of total) 3.55 3.55 Compare →
Cause of death, by non-communicable diseases (% of total) 81.73 83.61 Compare →
Cause of death, by other COVID-19 pandemic-related outcomes (% of total) 0.00 0.00 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, female (%) 7.90 6.20 Compare →
Mortality from CVD, cancer, diabetes or CRD between exact ages 30 and 70, male (%) 11.20 12.40 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, male (per 100,000 male population) 15.70 13.90 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized (per 100,000 population) 12.80 10.10 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to household and ambient air pollution, age-standardized, female (per 100,000 female population) 10.10 7.00 Compare →
Mortality rate attributed to unsafe water, unsafe sanitation and lack of hygiene (per 100,000 population) 2.70 3.20 Compare →
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Source: World Bank Open Data, CC BY 4.0. Values shown are the most recent reported year for each indicator and may differ between countries.