Ireland vs United Kingdom

This page compares Ireland and United Kingdom across 50 key World Bank indicators, grouped by category. Pick any indicator below to see the full side-by-side trend, ranking, and difference.

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Health & Population

Indicator	Ireland	United Kingdom	Detail
Death rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	6.50	9.70	Compare →
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)	10.00	9.89	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female	488,959.00	5.80M	Compare →
Population, male (% of total population)	49.50	49.24	Compare →
Rural population (% of total population)	35.65	16.76	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, male (per 1,000 male adults)	72.80	90.74	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, male (years)	81.40	79.54	Compare →
Urban population growth (annual %)	1.93	1.17	Compare →
Population, male	2.67M	34.09M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, total	3.54M	43.83M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, old (% of working-age population)	24.24	30.80	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male (% of male population)	15.09	18.06	Compare →
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population)	65.55	63.32	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, male	403,107.00	6.16M	Compare →
Urban population	3.47M	57.63M	Compare →
Mortality rate, adult, female (per 1,000 female adults)	44.09	56.40	Compare →
Population, female (% of total population)	50.50	50.76	Compare →
Rural population	1.92M	11.60M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, total	857,503.00	13.50M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio, young (% of working-age population)	28.31	27.14	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male (% of male population)	65.73	64.05	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)	17.94	16.50	Compare →
Sex ratio at birth (male births per female births)	1.06	1.06	Compare →
Survival to age 65, male (% of cohort)	89.25	87.07	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, female (years)	84.70	83.33	Compare →
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	1.47	1.55	Compare →
Urban population (% of total population)	64.35	83.24	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, total	1.00M	11.90M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female (% of female population)	16.68	20.90	Compare →
Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)	93.41	91.60	Compare →
Population, total	5.40M	69.23M	Compare →
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population)	52.55	57.94	Compare →
Population growth (annual %)	1.57	1.07	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female (% of female population)	65.38	62.61	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population)	19.18	17.90	Compare →
Population, female	2.72M	35.14M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above, female	454,396.00	7.34M	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, female	1.78M	22.00M	Compare →
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	83.01	81.39	Compare →
Population ages 0-14, male	512,256.00	6.10M	Compare →
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19)	4.01	7.82	Compare →
Net migration	35,417.00	389,911.00	Compare →
Population ages 15-64, male	1.76M	21.83M	Compare →
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population)	15.89	19.50	Compare →
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)	18.56	17.19	Compare →
International migrant stock (% of population)	23.10	17.10	Compare →

Environment

Indicator	Ireland	United Kingdom	Detail
Population density (people per sq. km of land area)	77.10	283.11	Compare →

Agriculture

Indicator	Ireland	United Kingdom	Detail
Surface area (sq. km)	70,280.00	243,610.00	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (sq. km)	1,358.49	8,983.56	Compare →
Rural land area where elevation is below 5 meters (% of total land area)	1.97	3.72	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.