Australia vs Ireland statistics compared

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 5.4M in Ireland (ranked 120/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 26,599 sq mi for Ireland (ranked 6th vs. 119th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 14/197 ($1.76T) and Ireland ranks 25/197 ($609B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,604), while Ireland ranks 4/197 ($112,895).

Australia and Ireland: Comparison Charts

Australia and Ireland economies compared

GDP

Australia

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP
	Australia	Ireland
1960	$18,635,682,982	$1,998,550,222
1961	$19,713,123,154	$2,151,772,980
1962	$19,953,923,193	$2,329,372,972
1963	$21,573,443,452	$2,505,073,358
1964	$23,835,843,814	$2,851,091,646
1965	$26,014,244,162	$3,035,655,794
1966	$27,349,284,376	$3,198,820,904
1967	$30,487,524,878	$3,445,739,915
1968	$32,763,365,242	$3,378,701,147
1969	$36,738,245,878	$3,902,721,632
1970	$41,395,206,623	$4,395,995,086
1971	$45,283,847,245	$5,098,250,287
1972	$52,117,990,654	$6,318,060,582
1973	$63,923,126,201	$7,481,173,066
1974	$89,086,219,602	$7,896,860,615
1975	$97,440,939,506	$9,483,808,362
1976	$105,209,354,856	$9,453,756,015
1977	$110,504,702,914	$11,248,340,431
1978	$118,660,813,780	$14,647,996,074
1979	$135,093,718,051	$18,319,334,300
1980	$150,200,557,103	$21,747,855,640
1981	$177,151,979,566	$20,670,190,138
1982	$194,323,071,831	$21,474,752,962
1983	$177,523,719,680	$20,766,047,764
1984	$193,749,932,078	$20,106,648,455
1985	$180,861,108,959	$21,270,013,326
1986	$182,707,050,923	$28,714,571,852
1987	$189,726,707,253	$33,920,518,493
1988	$236,461,079,970	$37,772,896,221
1989	$300,264,309,002	$39,238,392,678
1990	$311,840,666,465	$49,305,632,408
1991	$326,416,407,861	$49,787,501,584
1992	$325,982,966,981	$55,918,538,121
1993	$312,568,858,910	$52,417,477,614
1994	$323,269,456,935	$57,097,656,066
1995	$368,725,126,225	$69,139,823,232
1996	$401,962,517,479	$75,790,786,290
1997	$436,321,902,767	$82,856,648,758
1998	$400,361,527,505	$90,199,410,116
1999	$390,347,787,943	$98,893,958,263
2000	$416,901,962,163	$100,207,610,430
2001	$380,360,222,861	$109,346,669,230
2002	$396,436,967,263	$128,596,035,288
2003	$468,517,181,130	$164,670,771,260
2004	$615,643,050,221	$194,372,115,041
2005	$696,811,489,613	$211,876,989,656
2006	$749,708,370,333	$232,180,617,162
2007	$856,603,595,823	$270,079,279,420
2008	$1,058,448,244,064	$275,447,471,451
2009	$931,761,689,771	$236,443,115,854
2010	$1,152,566,632,022	$221,732,824,603
2011	$1,402,939,868,653	$240,975,871,047
2012	$1,552,728,401,402	$226,921,827,888
2013	$1,583,737,461,925	$242,924,245,719
2014	$1,474,677,007,566	$266,490,442,124
2015	$1,356,805,839,936	$302,101,388,556
2016	$1,211,588,128,418	$305,431,252,709
2017	$1,330,890,554,614	$348,355,212,569
2018	$1,433,144,978,762	$395,780,319,817
2019	$1,398,349,602,956	$407,211,793,801
2020	$1,333,336,461,648	$436,009,027,819
2021	$1,560,617,493,203	$530,394,123,830
2022	$1,695,627,535,476	$548,341,794,599
2023	$1,734,451,264,656	$567,372,737,459
2024	$1,757,022,451,653	$609,157,459,747

Australia and Ireland economies compared

GDP per capita

Australia

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Australia	Ireland
1960	$1,813	$707
1961	$1,880	$762
1962	$1,858	$821
1963	$1,970	$878
1964	$2,134	$995
1965	$2,284	$1,055
1966	$2,347	$1,107
1967	$2,584	$1,187
1968	$2,728	$1,159
1969	$2,996	$1,331
1970	$3,310	$1,487
1971	$3,500	$1,704
1972	$3,955	$2,080
1973	$4,778	$2,424
1974	$6,492	$2,517
1975	$7,014	$2,973
1976	$7,497	$2,920
1977	$7,786	$3,427
1978	$8,264	$4,400
1979	$9,308	$5,430
1980	$10,223	$6,372
1981	$11,871	$5,986
1982	$12,798	$6,161
1983	$11,532	$5,915
1984	$12,436	$5,692
1985	$11,455	$6,012
1986	$11,406	$8,112
1987	$11,666	$9,582
1988	$14,303	$10,716
1989	$17,858	$11,176
1990	$18,274	$14,031
1991	$18,885	$14,087
1992	$18,650	$15,714
1993	$17,725	$14,657
1994	$18,156	$15,903
1995	$20,479	$19,158
1996	$22,056	$20,836
1997	$23,683	$22,551
1998	$21,516	$24,295
1999	$20,750	$26,338
2000	$21,909	$26,335
2001	$19,734	$28,282
2002	$20,335	$32,705
2003	$23,758	$41,204
2004	$30,886	$47,754
2005	$34,535	$50,933
2006	$36,659	$54,329
2007	$41,128	$61,396
2008	$49,811	$61,353
2009	$42,955	$52,133
2010	$52,314	$48,624
2011	$62,799	$52,614
2012	$68,301	$49,336
2013	$68,477	$52,538
2014	$62,817	$57,215
2015	$56,970	$64,250
2016	$50,084	$64,130
2017	$54,118	$72,161
2018	$57,410	$80,804
2019	$55,195	$81,828
2020	$51,983	$86,514
2021	$60,759	$103,783
2022	$65,170	$105,191
2023	$65,058	$106,819
2024	$64,604	$112,895

Australia vs. Ireland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Australia

Ireland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Australia	Ireland
1950	69	65.6
1951	68.7	64.8
1952	69.1	67.2
1953	69.7	67.9
1954	69.9	68
1955	70.2	68
1956	70	69
1957	70.3	69
1958	70.9	69.3
1959	70.4	69.4
1960	70.9	70.2
1961	71.1	69.6
1962	70.9	69.9
1963	71	70.2
1964	70.6	70.4
1965	70.8	70.6
1966	70.7	70.2
1967	71	71.2
1968	70.7	70.9
1969	71.1	70.8
1970	70.7	70.8
1971	71.5	71.6
1972	71.8	71
1973	72.1	71.2
1974	71.8	71.1
1975	72.8	71.7
1976	72.8	71.8
1977	73.5	71.9
1978	73.7	71.9
1979	74.3	72.2
1980	74.6	72.5
1981	74.8	72.9
1982	74.7	73.2
1983	75.4	73.2
1984	75.5	73.6
1985	75.4	73.6
1986	76.1	73.6
1987	76.1	74.4
1988	76.3	74.4
1989	76.2	74.5
1990	77	74.8
1991	77.5	75
1992	77.5	75.4
1993	78	75.3
1994	77.9	75.8
1995	78.3	75.5
1996	78.3	75.8
1997	78.6	76
1998	79	76.2
1999	79.3	76.1
2000	79.6	76.5
2001	80	77.1
2002	80.1	77.6
2003	80.4	78.1
2004	80.7	78.5
2005	81.1	78.9
2006	81.3	79.2
2007	81.2	79.6
2008	81.4	79.8
2009	81.7	80.1
2010	82	80.6
2011	82.1	80.7
2012	82.3	80.9
2013	82.6	81.1
2014	82.5	81.4
2015	82.6	81.5
2016	82.8	81.7
2017	82.7	82.1
2018	83.3	82.1
2019	83.2	82.4
2020	83.7	82.4
2021	83.6	81.9
2022	82.8	82.1
2023	83.9	82.4
2024	84.1	82.6
2025	84.2	82.7
2026	84.3	82.9

Australia and Ireland population clocks and comparison

Population

Australia

Ireland

Table

Year	Population
	Australia	Ireland
1960	10,276,477	2,828,600
1961	10,483,000	2,824,400
1962	10,742,000	2,836,050
1963	10,950,000	2,852,650
1964	11,167,000	2,866,550
1965	11,388,000	2,877,300
1966	11,651,000	2,888,800
1967	11,799,000	2,902,450
1968	12,009,000	2,915,550
1969	12,263,000	2,932,650
1970	12,507,000	2,957,250
1971	12,937,000	2,992,050
1972	13,177,000	3,036,850
1973	13,380,000	3,085,950
1974	13,723,000	3,137,500
1975	13,893,000	3,189,550
1976	14,033,000	3,238,050
1977	14,192,000	3,282,200
1978	14,358,000	3,329,100
1979	14,514,000	3,373,750
1980	14,692,000	3,412,800
1981	14,923,260	3,453,000
1982	15,184,247	3,485,800
1983	15,393,472	3,510,600
1984	15,579,391	3,532,423
1985	15,788,312	3,538,082
1986	16,018,350	3,539,690
1987	16,263,874	3,540,057
1988	16,532,164	3,524,949
1989	16,814,416	3,511,009
1990	17,065,128	3,513,974
1991	17,284,036	3,534,235
1992	17,478,635	3,558,430
1993	17,634,808	3,576,261
1994	17,805,468	3,590,386
1995	18,004,882	3,608,841
1996	18,224,767	3,637,510
1997	18,423,037	3,674,171
1998	18,607,584	3,712,696
1999	18,812,264	3,754,786
2000	19,028,802	3,805,174
2001	19,274,701	3,866,243
2002	19,495,210	3,931,947
2003	19,720,737	3,996,521
2004	19,932,722	4,070,262
2005	20,176,844	4,159,914
2006	20,450,966	4,273,591
2007	20,827,622	4,398,942
2008	21,249,199	4,489,544
2009	21,691,653	4,535,375
2010	22,031,750	4,560,155
2011	22,340,024	4,580,084
2012	22,733,465	4,599,533
2013	23,128,129	4,623,816
2014	23,475,686	4,657,740
2015	23,815,995	4,701,957
2016	24,190,907	4,762,722
2017	24,592,588	4,827,445
2018	24,963,258	4,898,022
2019	25,334,826	4,976,456
2020	25,649,248	5,039,747
2021	25,685,412	5,110,585
2022	26,018,721	5,212,836
2023	26,659,922	5,311,538
2024	27,196,812	5,395,790

Fertility rates in Australia and Ireland

Fertility rate

Australia

Ireland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Ireland
1960	3.45	3.78
1961	3.54	3.78
1962	3.44	3.92
1963	3.33	4.01
1964	3.15	4.07
1965	2.98	4.04
1966	2.88	3.94
1967	2.85	3.84
1968	2.89	3.77
1969	2.89	3.83
1970	2.86	3.85
1971	2.96	3.93
1972	2.74	3.84
1973	2.49	3.71
1974	2.4	3.59
1975	2.15	3.37
1976	2.06	3.29
1977	2.01	3.24
1978	1.95	3.21
1979	1.91	3.21
1980	1.89	3.21
1981	1.94	3.05
1982	1.93	2.94
1983	1.92	2.74
1984	1.84	2.58
1985	1.92	2.48
1986	1.87	2.44
1987	1.85	2.32
1988	1.83	2.17
1989	1.84	2.08
1990	1.9	2.11
1991	1.85	2.08
1992	1.89	1.99
1993	1.86	1.9
1994	1.84	1.85
1995	1.82	1.84
1996	1.8	1.88
1997	1.78	1.93
1998	1.76	1.94
1999	1.76	1.9
2000	1.76	1.89
2001	1.74	1.94
2002	1.76	1.97
2003	1.75	1.96
2004	1.77	1.93
2005	1.81	1.86
2006	1.91	1.91
2007	1.96	2.01
2008	1.98	2.06
2009	1.97	2.06
2010	1.93	2.05
2011	1.93	2.03
2012	1.92	1.98
2013	1.86	1.93
2014	1.83	1.89
2015	1.81	1.85
2016	1.75	1.81
2017	1.74	1.77
2018	1.74	1.75
2019	1.66	1.71
2020	1.58	1.63
2021	1.7	1.78
2022	1.63	1.54
2023	1.5	1.5

Australia and Ireland demographics compared

Median age

Australia

Ireland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Australia	Ireland
1960	29.5	30.1
1961	29.3	29.8
1962	29.1	29.5
1963	28.8	29.2
1964	28.6	28.9
1965	28.3	28.6
1966	28.1	28.2
1967	28	28
1968	27.9	27.8
1969	27.8	27.6
1970	27.7	27.4
1971	27.7	27.1
1972	27.7	26.9
1973	27.8	26.7
1974	28	26.5
1975	28.1	26.5
1976	28.4	26.4
1977	28.6	26.5
1978	28.9	26.5
1979	29.1	26.5
1980	29.4	26.5
1981	29.6	26.6
1982	29.9	26.7
1983	30.2	26.9
1984	30.5	27.1
1985	30.8	27.3
1986	31.1	27.6
1987	31.3	27.9
1988	31.6	28.4
1989	31.8	28.8
1990	32.1	29.2
1991	32.4	29.6
1992	32.7	29.9
1993	33	30.2
1994	33.3	30.6
1995	33.6	30.9
1996	34	31.3
1997	34.3	31.6
1998	34.7	31.9
1999	35.1	32.2
2000	35.4	32.5
2001	35.6	32.7
2002	35.8	33
2003	36.1	33.2
2004	36.3	33.4
2005	36.5	33.4
2006	36.7	33.4
2007	36.8	33.4
2008	36.8	33.5
2009	36.9	33.9
2010	37	34.3
2011	37.1	34.8
2012	37.2	35.2
2013	37.2	35.6
2014	37.3	36
2015	37.3	36.4
2016	37.3	36.8
2017	37.4	37.1
2018	37.4	37.4
2019	37.6	37.8
2020	38	38.2
2021	38.3	38.6
2022	38.5	38.9
2023	38.8	39.4
2024	39	39.7

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