Total & land area: Ireland vs Taiwan size comparison [2026]

Ireland is 1.93 times bigger by total area compared to Taiwan: 26,949 sq mi vs 13,974 sq mi. Without inland water, the land area of Ireland is 26,599 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan — a 1.9 times difference in territory size.

Ireland ranks 118/197 by total surface area vs 134/197 for Taiwan.
Ireland occupies 0.05% of the land mass of all countries, compared with 0.02% for Taiwan.
60.8% of Ireland's area is agricultural land vs 21.5% in Taiwan.
Ireland has 0.09% of the world's agricultural land area — Taiwan has 0.02%.
11.5% of Ireland is covered by forests, compared to 60.8% in Taiwan.
0.02% of the world's forests are in Ireland, and 0.05% are in Taiwan.

True size map comparison: Ireland vs Taiwan

See how Ireland and Taiwan compare in true size on the map. Drag the outlines to different latitudes to see how the Mercator projection affects their apparent size.

Total size and land area comparison

	Ireland	Taiwan
Total area	26,949 sq mi	13,974 sq mi
Size difference ratio	1.93	1
Total area rank	118/197	134/197
Share of all countries' surface area	0.01%	0.007%
Land area	26,599 sq mi	13,976 sq mi
Land area difference ratio	1.9	1
Land area rank	119/197	133/197
Share of all countries' land area	0.05%	0.02%
Population	5,395,790	23,331,886
Population density	207 ppl/mi²	1,662 ppl/mi²

Surface area by type

	Ireland	Taiwan
Forest area	3,066 sq mi	8,495 sq mi
Forest area as share of land	11.5%	60.8%
Forest area rank	130/196	103/196
World's forests share	0.02%	0.05%
Agricultural land area	16,174 sq mi	3,000 sq mi
Agricultural land share	60.8%	21.5%
Agricultural land area rank	93/194	143/194
Share of global agricultural land	0.09%	0.02%
Arable land	1,695 sq mi	n/a
Arable land share	6.37%	n/a
Arable land area rank	128/191	n/a
Permanent cropland	3.86 sq mi	962 sq mi
Permanent cropland share	0.01%	6.88%
Permanent cropland area rank	183/192	79/192
Water area	350 sq mi	0 sq mi
Water as share of total area	1.3%	0%
Water area rank	109/197	193/197
Roads length	62,031 mi	25,771 mi
Land borders length	304 mi	0 mi
Coastline length	900 mi	973 mi
Share of marine protected waters	2.4%	n/a

Ireland vs Taiwan size on the map

Data sources: World Bank | Agriculture & Rural Development (2026, retrieved 2026-04-06); National Statistics, Taiwan (2026, retrieved 2026-02-09).

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