The Republic of Ireland is home to 5,066,418 people as of 2022. The country is famous for Guinness Beer. Ireland is an open economy and ranks first in terms of high-value Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows. Further, it ranks nine on the Human Capital Index [HCI] as of 2020 and third on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita worldwide as of 2021. The country had approximately 28,900 people migrate to the U.S. in 2022. It is also the largest source of immigrants to Britain. In fact, approximately six million people in the U.K. are likely to have at least one grandparent of Irish descent. Ireland’s workforce comprises web developers, creative design experts, language specialists, and others.

The Kingdom of Norway is a Scandinavian country with a population of 5,520,086 as of 2022. It ranks 15 on the Human Capital Index [HCI] as of 2020 and six on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita worldwide as of 2021. There are nearly 4.5 million Norwegian Americans as of 2022. The country is known to be a Northern lights hotspot. Tourism, engineering, building and construction, and IT and communications are some of the top skills found in Norway.