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District of Columbia vs Ireland Geography
Land area
- District of Columbia has a land area of 61 square miles (158 km²), while Ireland has 26,596 square miles (68,883 km²).
- Ireland's land area is 436.0 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Total area
- District of Columbia: 68 square miles (177 km²) vs Ireland: 27,133 square miles (70,273 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Ireland's total area is 397.0 times larger than District of Columbia's.
Length
- District of Columbia is 13 miles (22 km) long from north to south; Ireland is 287 miles (462 km).
- Ireland's north-south length is 22.1 times longer than District of Columbia's.
Width
- District of Columbia spans 12 miles (19 km) east to west; Ireland spans 191 miles (308 km).
- Ireland's east-west width is 15.9 times wider than District of Columbia's.
Highest point
- District of Columbia's highest point is Fort Reno at 429 feet (131 m); Ireland's is Carrauntoohil at 3,406 feet (1,038 m).
- Carrauntoohil is 2,977 feet higher than Fort Reno.
Lowest point
- District of Columbia's lowest point is Potomac River at 0 feet; Ireland's is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet.
- Both lowest points are at or near sea level.
District of Columbia vs Ireland Population and History
Population
- District of Columbia has a population of 702,250 (2024), while Ireland has 5,525,600 (2026).
- Ireland's population is 7.9 times (687%) larger than District of Columbia's.
Population density
- District of Columbia: 11,493.5 people per square mile vs Ireland: 207.8.
- District of Columbia's population density is 55.3 times higher than Ireland's.
Biggest city
- District of Columbia's biggest city is Washington with 702,250 people; Ireland's is Dublin with 592,713.
- Washington's population is 1.2 times (18%) larger than Dublin's.
Largest metro area
- District of Columbia's largest metropolitan area is Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area (6,436,489 people) vs Ireland's Greater Dublin Area (2,082,605).
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area's population is 3.1 times (209%) larger than Greater Dublin Area's.
History
- District of Columbia: The federal district, established by the Residence Act on July 16, 1790; not a state.
- Ireland: Independent since December 6, 1922, as the Irish Free State; a republic since 1949.
- In its current form, District of Columbia is the older of the two by 132 years.
District of Columbia vs Ireland Economy
GDP
- District of Columbia's GDP is $184.3 billion (2024) vs Ireland's $721.7 billion.
- Ireland's economic output is 3.9 times (292%) larger than District of Columbia's.
GDP per capita
- District of Columbia: $262,439 per person vs Ireland: $131,593.
- District of Columbia's GDP per capita is 2.0 times (99%) higher than Ireland's.
Average income
- District of Columbia: $111,185 vs Ireland: $87,360 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- District of Columbia's average income is 1.3 times (27%) higher than Ireland's.
Official Websites
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