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Austria vs Ireland
How Austria and Ireland compare on 38 measures, from 1789 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Ireland was higher: 82.4 years against 82 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Ireland was higher: $104,400 against $46,090
- Population · In 2023, Austria was higher: 9.13 million people against 5.2 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Austria was higher: 1.1% of GDP against 0.22% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Austria was higher: 6.32 tonnes against 6.04 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyAustria: 82 years in 2023Ireland: 82.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAustria: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Ireland: 0.4 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAustria: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Ireland: 2.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAustria: 98.9% in 2022Ireland: 96% in 2022
- DepressionAustria: 3.26% in 2017Ireland: 4.25% in 2017
- Suicide rateAustria: 11.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Ireland: 8.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAustria: 9.13 million people in 2023Ireland: 5.2 million people in 2023
- Population growthAustria: -0.12% a year in 2023Ireland: 1.19% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAustria: 1.32 births per woman in 2023Ireland: 1.6 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAustria: 69.7% in 2025Ireland: 64.6% in 2025
- Median ageAustria: 43.1 years in 2023Ireland: 38.4 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAustria: 20.2% in 2023Ireland: 15.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAustria: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023Ireland: 8.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAustria: 1.1% of GDP in 2025Ireland: 0.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAustria: $5.88B in 2025Ireland: $1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per personAustria: $697 in 2025Ireland: $272 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAustria: 2% of government spending in 2025Ireland: 0.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAustria: 23,000 people in 2020Ireland: 9,000 people in 2020
- National powerAustria: 0.17% of world capability in 2022Ireland: 0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAustria: 0.5% of the labour force in 2020Ireland: 0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAustria: 29 million TIV in 2025Ireland: 14 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAustria: 1 million TIV in 2025Ireland: 24 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, Our World in Data, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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