---
title: "Australia vs Ireland — area, population, currency"
description: "Australia is 7,741,220 km² with 27,614,411 people; Ireland is 70,273 km² with 5,484,367. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-ireland/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Australia vs Ireland

**Australia vs Ireland: Australia is larger; Australia has more people**

7,741,220 km² vs 70,273 km² · 27,614,411 vs 5,484,367

Australia is 110 times larger than Ireland — 7,741,220 against 70,273 km². Australia is 5.0 times more populous than Ireland — 27,614,411 against 5,484,367 people.

## Side by side

|  | Australia | Ireland |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Canberra | Dublin |
| Area | 7,741,220 km² | 70,273 km² |
| Population | 27,614,411 (2025) | 5,484,367 (2025) |
| Density | 3.6 /km² | 78.0 /km² |
| Currency | Australian dollar (AUD) | Euro (EUR) |
| Official languages | English | English, Irish |
| Time zones | UTC+08:00, UTC+08:45, UTC+09:30, UTC+10:00, UTC+10:30 | UTC+00:00 |
| Calling code | +61 | +353 |
| Drives on the | left | left |
| Continent | Oceania | Europe |
| ISO codes | AU / AUS | IE / IRL |

## Population density

Ireland is 22 times more densely populated than Australia — 78 against 4 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Australian dollar and the Euro.
- Australia spans 5 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
- Different continents — Oceania and Europe.

## Australia

The sixth-largest country in the world and the only one that covers an entire continent. The Great Barrier Reef runs about 2,300 km and is the largest structure made by living organisms on Earth, visible from orbit. Around eighty percent of its mammals, reptiles and flowering plants exist nowhere else. Melbourne and Sydney are within roughly a hundred thousand people of each other, and which counts as the largest city depends on where the boundary is drawn.

## Ireland

The interior is a low limestone plain ringed by coastal mountains, which is why the rivers drain inward and the middle of the country is bog. The Cliffs of Moher run 14 km and reach 214 m. Ireland has no native snakes, and only one native reptile.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Australia bigger than Ireland?

Australia is larger — 7,741,220 km² against 70,273 km².

### Which has more people, Australia or Ireland?

Australia, with 27,614,411 against 5,484,367.

### What is the time difference between Australia and Ireland?

Australia is UTC+08:00, UTC+08:45, UTC+09:30, UTC+10:00, UTC+10:30 and Ireland is UTC+00:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Australia](https://atoneplace.net/country/australia/)
- [Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/country/ireland/)
- [India vs Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/india-vs-ireland/)
- [China vs Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/china-vs-ireland/)
- [Canada vs Ireland](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/canada-vs-ireland/)
- [Australia vs United States](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-united-states/)
- [Australia vs India](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-india/)
- [Australia vs China](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-china/)
- [Australia vs United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-united-kingdom/)
- [Australia vs Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-japan/)
- [Australia vs Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-canada/)
- [Australia vs New Zealand](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-new-zealand/)
- [Australia vs France](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-france/)
- [Australia vs Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/australia-vs-germany/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]