Ireland vs South Korea: Land animals slaughtered if all countries produced meat like..

Ireland

174.79 billion animals

in 2024

South Korea

178.10 billion animals

in 2024

Ireland rank

25th

South Korea rank

23rd

Land animals slaughtered if all countries produced meat like.. over time

South Korea currently reports 178.10 billion animals against 174.79 billion animals in Ireland, a difference of 3.31 billion animals.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ireland ahead.

Ireland ranks 25th and South Korea ranks 23rd of 198 regions.

Indicator: Land animals slaughtered if all countries produced meat like..
Unit: animals
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 11,563 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.