Indonesia vs Ireland

Indonesia is 27 times larger than Ireland — 1,904,569 against 70,273 km². Indonesia is 52 times more populous than Ireland — 285,721,236 against 5,484,367 people.

Side by side

Population density

Indonesia is 1.9 times more densely populated than Ireland — 150 against 78 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 Indonesian rupiah and the Euro.
• Indonesia spans 3 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
• Different continents — Asia and Europe.

Indonesia

The largest archipelago in the world: official surveys count more than 17,000 islands, of which around 6,000 are inhabited, spread over 5,100 km of ocean. Indonesia sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire and has about 130 active volcanoes, more than any other country. It also holds more of the world's remaining tropical peatland than anywhere except the Congo basin.

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.