Canada vs Ireland: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people

Canada

1,591 articles per million people

in 2023

Ireland

1,642 articles per million people

in 2023

Canada rank

14th

Ireland rank

13th

Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people over time

Canada
Ireland

How they compare

Ireland currently reports 1,642 articles per million people against 1,591 articles per million people in Canada, a difference of 50.6 articles per million people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1996 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 14th and Ireland ranks 13th of 196 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Annual articles published in scientific and technical journals per million people
Unit: articles per million people
Source: National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Indicators, via World Bank (2026); United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 196 places, 5,488 data points, 1996–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Scientific and technical journal articles per million people. Disciplines include physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.