Country
Ireland
- IE
- Europe
- EUR
- .ie
Ireland (IE/IRL) is a country in Europe with its capital at Dublin. It covers about 70,273 km² with a population of roughly 5,200,000, uses the EUR, dials on +353, owns the .ie internet domain and keeps its capital on Europe/Dublin. It borders 1 country.
Identity
Official short nameIreland
CapitalDublin
ContinentEurope
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2IE
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3IRL
Internet TLD.ie
Calling code+353
Currency codeEUR
Geography
Latitude53.1424° N
Longitude7.6921° W
HemisphereNorthern and Western
Area70,273 km²27,133 square miles
Land neighbours1
Distance from London545 kmto the approximate centre of Ireland, not to Dublin. WNW, bearing 292.4°
Time
These values depend on today’s date and change daily.
Time zone of the capitalEurope/Dublinthe IANA zone for Dublin; a large country spans several zones
Standard offsetUTC+00:00
Observes daylight savingYesthe clock moves between UTC+00:00 and UTC+01:00
Summer offsetUTC+01:00
Offset in JanuaryUTC+00:00
Offset in JulyUTC+01:00
Current offsetUTC+01:00
Local time now9 Sept 2026, 19:56
Hours ahead of UTC1
Population & scale
Population5,200,000≈estimate, 2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Population density74 per km²≈
Share of world population0.064%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion
Area rank in this dataset52 of 59
Population rank in this dataset56 of 59
Neighbouring countries
United Kingdom372 km centre to centre
About this data
Dataset version2024 edition. Population figures are latest available national or UN estimates, rounded
Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform
Last updated2024-01-01
StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change
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