This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Ireland and United States. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
General information
| Ireland | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Region: | Northern Europe | North America |
| Area: | 70,280 km² | 9,525,067 km² |
| Government form: | Parliamentary republic | Federal presidential republic |
| Capital: | Dublin | Washington, D.C. |
Population
Details for Ireland and the United States
| Ireland | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Population: | 5,262,000 | 334,915,000 |
| Inhabitants/km²: | 74.9 | 35.2 |
| Life expectancy males: | Ø 81 years | Ø 75 years |
| Life expectancy females: | Ø 85 years | Ø 80 years |
| Average age: | Ø 40.2 years | Ø 38.9 years |
| Birth rate: | 12.00 ‰ | 11.00 ‰ |
| Death rate: | 6.90 ‰ | 9.80 ‰ |
| Migrationrate: | 1.90 ‰ | 2.98 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
| Ireland | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Political stability: | 86 | 70 |
| Civil rights: | 94 | 83 |
| Health: | 84 | 73 |
| Climate: | 21 | 71 |
| Cost of Living: | 43 | 40 |
| Popularity: | 55 | 92 |
Economy
Details for Ireland and the United States
| Ireland | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Currency: | euro (1 EUR = 100 Cent) | US dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
| Unemployment rate: | 4.3 % | 3.6 % |
| Inflation rate: | 6.30 % | 4.12 % |
| Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 102.75 % | 100.00 % |
| Commercial taxes and contributions: | 26.10 % | 36.60 % |
| Average income: | 80,390 US$ | 80,300 US$ |
| Average wage: | 57,240 US$ | 79,546 US$ |
| Central government debt (% of GDP): | 50.69 % | 110.15 % |
| General government debt (% of GDP): | 43.70 % | 121.38 % |
| Corruption index: | 23 (good) | 31 (moderate) |
| IRL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gross domestic product: | 545,629 M US$ | 103.68 M US$ | 27,360,935 M US$ | 81.70 M US$ |
| Gross national product: | 423,059 M US$ | 80.39 M US$ | 26,894,543 M US$ | 80.30 M US$ |
| Exported goods: | 731,814 M US$ | 139.07 M US$ | 3,051,824 M US$ | 9.11 M US$ |
| Imported goods: | 548,827 M US$ | 104.29 M US$ | 3,831,614 M US$ | 11.44 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Ireland and the United States
| IRL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways: | 102,227 km | 19.43 km | 6,832,000 km | 20.40 km |
| Railways: | 1,688 km | 0.32 km | 293,564 km | 0.88 km |
| Waterways: | 956 km | 0.18 km | 41,009 km | 0.12 km |
| Passenger airports: | 14 | 0.0027 | 1,244 | 0.0037 |
Energy balance
Details for Ireland and the United States
| IRL: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Production capacity: | 101,002.8 GWh | 19,193.36 MWh | 10,520,760.0 GWh | 31,413.23 MWh |
| Energy consumption: | 30,736.0 GWh | 5,840.70 MWh | 4,128,000.0 GWh | 12,325.52 MWh |
| Energy production: | 32,981.0 GWh | 6,267.31 MWh | 4,291,777.0 GWh | 12,814.53 MWh |
| Energy export: | 1,342.0 GWh | 255.02 MWh | 15,758.0 GWh | 47.05 MWh |
| Energy imports: | 1,552.0 GWh | 294.92 MWh | 56,970.0 GWh | 170.10 MWh |
| CO2 emissions: | 33.74 m t | 6,411.96 t | 4.32 bn t | 12,900.39 t |
Telecommunication
Details for Ireland and the United States
| Ireland | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| International dialing: | +353 | +1 |
| Internet domain: | .ie | .us |
| IRL total | IRL per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landlines: | 1,497,863 | 285 | 91,623,000 | 274 |
| Mobile cellulars: | 5,690,017 | 1081 | 372,682,000 | 1113 |
| Internet users: | 5,008,186 | 952 | 307,295,161 | 918 |
| Broadband Internet: | 1,611,509 | 306 | 127,123,000 | 380 |
Healthcare system
Details for Ireland and the United States
| Ireland | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 2.97 | 2.87 |
| Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 4.06 | 3.56 |
| HIV: | 1.30 ‰ | 1.70 ‰ |
| Tuberculosis: | 0.05 ‰ | 0.03 ‰ |
| Diabetes: | 3.0 % | 10.7 % |
| Smokers: | 20.8 % | 23.0 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.
The data for each country can be found here: Ireland and United States
| Ireland | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Daytime temperatures: | 13.0 °C | 18.9 °C |
| Nighttime temperatures: | 7.1 °C | 7.4 °C |
| Water temperature: | 11.3 °C | 19.1 °C |
| Rel. humidity: | 83 % | 67 % |
| Rain days: | 15.0 | 7.1 |
| Sunshine hours per day: | 3.8 | 7.2 |
Maximum daily temperatures in comparison
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Ireland
Native languages
| Ireland | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| English: | 98.4 % | 82.1 % |
| Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
| Irish: | 1.6 % | n/a |
| Chinese: | n/a | 0.9 % |
| French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
| Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
| German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
| Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
| Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
| Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
| Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Armenian: | n/a | 0.1 % |
| other: | 0.0 % | 2.5 % |
Religions
| Ireland | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Christianity: | 90.1 % | 69.9 % |
| Nondenominational: | 5.7 % | 23.3 % |
| Judaism: | n/a | 1.4 % |
| Islam: | 1.1 % | 0.8 % |
| Buddhism: | n/a | 0.8 % |
| Hinduism: | n/a | 0.5 % |
| other: | 3.1 % | 3.3 % |
Data inventory and updates
A country comparison like this can be based on several hundred individual data items from dozens of different sources. All data are based on the most recent data available to us. Most of them refer to the previous year and are updated around March of the following year. If a country has not yet published data for the most recent or penultimate year, we present the most recent official data. Updates are made on an ongoing basis depending on the subject area or source, so there is no single "cutoff date" for this comparison. Sources for almost all data can be found on our respective country pages.
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