Side by side

Ireland vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Ireland and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are compared here on capital city, currency, country calling code, ISO codes, population, area, languages and driving side, using the same source fields for both so every row is like for like.

First country

Second country

Ireland

IRL · +353

VS

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

GBR · +44

Every field, side by side

Numeric rows carry a proportional bar. The larger figure is marked.

Official name

Éire

United Kingdom

Capital

Dublin

London

Country calling code

+353

+44

ISO alpha-2

IE

GB

ISO alpha-3

IRL

GBR

Currency

Euro

British pound

Currency code

EUR

GBP

Population

4,994,724

67,215,293larger

Area

70,273 km²

242,900 km²larger

Continent

Europe

Region

Northern Europe

Languages

Irish, English

English

Time zone

UTC

UTC-08:00 +8

Land borders

1

Internet domain

.ie

.uk

Drives on the

left

Centre point

53, -8

54, -2

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