Belgium vs Ireland statistics compared

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 5.38M in Ireland (ranked 120/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 26,599 sq mi for Ireland (ranked 136th vs. 119th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316).

Belgium and Ireland: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Ireland economies compared

GDP

Belgium

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP
	Belgium	Ireland
1960	$11,810,619,368	$1,998,550,222
1961	$12,561,701,694	$2,151,772,980
1962	$13,436,827,167	$2,329,372,972
1963	$14,445,805,381	$2,505,073,358
1964	$16,168,044,450	$2,851,091,646
1965	$17,597,783,297	$3,035,655,794
1966	$18,894,891,312	$3,198,820,904
1967	$20,252,508,995	$3,445,739,915
1968	$21,654,856,965	$3,378,701,147
1969	$24,019,653,475	$3,902,721,632
1970	$26,706,196,047	$4,395,995,086
1971	$29,821,661,870	$5,098,250,287
1972	$37,209,418,019	$6,318,060,582
1973	$47,743,801,490	$7,481,173,066
1974	$56,033,077,879	$7,896,860,615
1975	$65,678,189,097	$9,483,808,362
1976	$71,113,882,968	$9,453,756,015
1977	$82,839,905,459	$11,248,340,431
1978	$101,246,526,194	$14,647,996,074
1979	$116,315,456,797	$18,319,334,300
1980	$126,829,314,388	$21,747,855,640
1981	$104,730,018,470	$20,670,190,138
1982	$92,095,926,188	$21,474,754,080
1983	$87,184,239,053	$20,766,047,764
1984	$83,349,530,159	$20,106,648,455
1985	$86,268,264,148	$21,270,013,326
1986	$120,018,787,249	$28,714,571,852
1987	$149,394,404,106	$33,920,518,493
1988	$162,299,103,675	$37,772,897,421
1989	$164,221,056,511	$39,238,392,678
1990	$205,331,747,948	$49,305,632,408
1991	$210,510,999,409	$49,787,502,852
1992	$234,781,652,447	$55,918,538,121
1993	$224,721,795,709	$52,417,477,614
1994	$244,884,129,491	$57,097,656,066
1995	$288,025,588,396	$69,139,823,232
1996	$279,201,433,225	$75,790,785,030
1997	$252,708,051,421	$82,856,648,758
1998	$258,528,339,631	$90,199,410,116
1999	$258,245,733,221	$98,893,958,263
2000	$236,792,460,312	$100,207,610,430
2001	$236,746,141,604	$109,346,669,230
2002	$258,383,599,375	$128,596,035,288
2003	$318,082,528,507	$164,670,771,260
2004	$369,214,712,443	$194,372,115,041
2005	$385,714,762,230	$211,876,989,656
2006	$408,259,840,869	$232,180,617,162
2007	$470,922,156,309	$270,079,279,420
2008	$517,328,087,920	$275,447,471,451
2009	$485,014,525,992	$236,443,117,248
2010	$481,556,503,720	$221,985,621,538
2011	$527,196,649,049	$241,337,364,610
2012	$498,414,364,945	$227,270,922,957
2013	$524,097,026,599	$243,301,556,085
2014	$537,987,419,164	$266,787,238,499
2015	$461,044,767,545	$302,391,428,540
2016	$474,271,566,740	$305,733,136,181
2017	$500,908,767,352	$348,532,394,024
2018	$542,638,913,428	$395,461,216,460
2019	$536,726,344,405	$407,124,824,065
2020	$529,694,473,502	$436,555,518,400
2021	$598,522,422,242	$531,306,516,908
2022	$593,614,574,326	$548,570,250,342
2023	$644,655,275,112	$551,394,889,340
2024	$664,564,181,487	$577,389,475,010

Belgium and Ireland economies compared

GDP per capita

Belgium

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Belgium	Ireland
1960	$1,290	$707
1961	$1,368	$762
1962	$1,457	$821
1963	$1,555	$878
1964	$1,724	$995
1965	$1,860	$1,055
1966	$1,983	$1,107
1967	$2,114	$1,187
1968	$2,251	$1,159
1969	$2,490	$1,331
1970	$2,766	$1,487
1971	$3,083	$1,704
1972	$3,832	$2,080
1973	$4,901	$2,424
1974	$5,734	$2,517
1975	$6,701	$2,973
1976	$7,243	$2,920
1977	$8,427	$3,427
1978	$10,290	$4,400
1979	$11,811	$5,430
1980	$12,864	$6,372
1981	$10,623	$5,986
1982	$9,344	$6,161
1983	$8,846	$5,915
1984	$8,457	$5,692
1985	$8,751	$6,012
1986	$12,170	$8,112
1987	$15,136	$9,582
1988	$16,391	$10,716
1989	$16,525	$11,176
1990	$20,600	$14,031
1991	$21,042	$14,087
1992	$23,373	$15,714
1993	$22,284	$14,657
1994	$24,209	$15,903
1995	$28,414	$19,158
1996	$27,490	$20,836
1997	$24,821	$22,551
1998	$25,338	$24,295
1999	$25,253	$26,338
2000	$23,099	$26,335
2001	$23,015	$28,282
2002	$25,006	$32,705
2003	$30,655	$41,204
2004	$35,429	$47,754
2005	$36,810	$50,933
2006	$38,705	$54,329
2007	$44,319	$61,396
2008	$48,303	$61,353
2009	$44,923	$52,133
2010	$44,197	$48,679
2011	$47,761	$52,693
2012	$44,874	$49,412
2013	$46,965	$52,619
2014	$47,996	$57,278
2015	$40,894	$64,312
2016	$41,855	$64,193
2017	$44,035	$72,198
2018	$47,487	$80,739
2019	$46,717	$81,810
2020	$45,906	$86,623
2021	$51,658	$103,962
2022	$50,822	$105,235
2023	$54,690	$103,888
2024	$55,955	$107,316

Belgium vs. Ireland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Belgium

Ireland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Belgium	Ireland
1950	66.3	65.6
1951	66.7	64.8
1952	68	67.2
1953	68.4	67.9
1954	68.6	68
1955	68.5	68
1956	68.8	69
1957	69.2	69
1958	69.9	69.3
1959	70.3	69.4
1960	69.6	70.2
1961	70.5	69.6
1962	70.2	69.9
1963	70	70.2
1964	70.7	70.4
1965	70.6	70.6
1966	70.6	70.2
1967	70.9	71.2
1968	70.6	70.9
1969	70.7	70.8
1970	70.9	70.8
1971	71.1	71.6
1972	71.4	71
1973	71.6	71.2
1974	72	71.1
1975	72	71.7
1976	72.1	71.8
1977	72.8	71.9
1978	72.7	71.9
1979	73.2	72.2
1980	73.2	72.5
1981	73.7	72.9
1982	73.9	73.2
1983	73.9	73.2
1984	74.4	73.6
1985	74.5	73.6
1986	74.7	73.6
1987	75.3	74.4
1988	75.6	74.4
1989	75.6	74.5
1990	76.1	74.8
1991	76.2	75
1992	76.4	75.4
1993	76.4	75.3
1994	76.7	75.8
1995	76.8	75.5
1996	77.2	75.8
1997	77.4	76
1998	77.5	76.2
1999	77.6	76.1
2000	77.8	76.5
2001	78.1	77.1
2002	78.2	77.6
2003	78.3	78.1
2004	79	78.5
2005	79.1	78.9
2006	79.4	79.2
2007	79.5	79.6
2008	79.6	79.8
2009	79.8	80.1
2010	80	80.6
2011	80.4	80.7
2012	80.3	80.9
2013	80.5	81.1
2014	81.1	81.4
2015	80.9	81.5
2016	81.3	81.7
2017	81.4	82.1
2018	81.5	82.1
2019	81.8	82.4
2020	80.8	82.4
2021	81.7	81.9
2022	81.2	82.1
2023	82.1	82.4
2024	82.3	82.6
2025	82.4	82.7

Belgium and Ireland population clocks and comparison

Population

Belgium

Ireland

Table

Year	Population
	Belgium	Ireland
1960	9,153,489	2,828,600
1961	9,183,948	2,824,400
1962	9,220,578	2,836,050
1963	9,289,770	2,852,650
1964	9,378,113	2,866,550
1965	9,463,667	2,877,300
1966	9,527,807	2,888,800
1967	9,580,991	2,902,450
1968	9,618,756	2,915,550
1969	9,646,032	2,932,650
1970	9,655,549	2,957,250
1971	9,673,162	2,992,050
1972	9,711,115	3,036,850
1973	9,741,720	3,085,950
1974	9,772,419	3,137,500
1975	9,800,700	3,189,550
1976	9,818,227	3,238,050
1977	9,830,358	3,282,200
1978	9,839,534	3,329,100
1979	9,848,382	3,373,750
1980	9,859,242	3,412,800
1981	9,858,982	3,453,000
1982	9,856,303	3,485,800
1983	9,855,520	3,510,600
1984	9,855,372	3,532,423
1985	9,858,308	3,538,082
1986	9,861,823	3,539,690
1987	9,870,234	3,540,057
1988	9,901,664	3,524,949
1989	9,937,697	3,511,009
1990	9,967,379	3,513,974
1991	10,004,486	3,534,235
1992	10,045,158	3,558,430
1993	10,084,475	3,576,261
1994	10,115,603	3,590,386
1995	10,136,811	3,608,841
1996	10,156,637	3,637,510
1997	10,181,245	3,674,171
1998	10,203,008	3,712,696
1999	10,226,419	3,754,786
2000	10,251,250	3,805,174
2001	10,286,570	3,866,243
2002	10,332,785	3,931,947
2003	10,376,133	3,996,521
2004	10,421,137	4,070,262
2005	10,478,617	4,159,914
2006	10,547,958	4,273,591
2007	10,625,700	4,398,942
2008	10,709,973	4,489,544
2009	10,796,493	4,535,375
2010	10,895,586	4,560,155
2011	11,038,264	4,580,084
2012	11,106,932	4,599,533
2013	11,159,407	4,623,816
2014	11,209,057	4,657,740
2015	11,274,196	4,701,957
2016	11,331,422	4,762,722
2017	11,375,158	4,827,445
2018	11,427,054	4,898,022
2019	11,488,980	4,976,456
2020	11,538,604	5,039,747
2021	11,586,195	5,110,585
2022	11,680,210	5,212,836
2023	11,787,423	5,307,600
2024	11,876,844	5,380,257

Fertility rates in Belgium and Ireland

Fertility rate

Belgium

Ireland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Ireland
1960	2.54	3.78
1961	2.63	3.78
1962	2.59	3.92
1963	2.68	4.01
1964	2.71	4.07
1965	2.61	4.04
1966	2.52	3.94
1967	2.41	3.84
1968	2.31	3.77
1969	2.27	3.83
1970	2.25	3.85
1971	2.21	3.93
1972	2.09	3.84
1973	1.95	3.71
1974	1.83	3.59
1975	1.74	3.37
1976	1.73	3.29
1977	1.71	3.24
1978	1.69	3.21
1979	1.69	3.21
1980	1.68	3.21
1981	1.66	3.05
1982	1.61	2.94
1983	1.57	2.74
1984	1.54	2.58
1985	1.51	2.48
1986	1.54	2.44
1987	1.54	2.32
1988	1.57	2.17
1989	1.58	2.08
1990	1.62	2.11
1991	1.66	2.08
1992	1.65	1.99
1993	1.61	1.9
1994	1.56	1.85
1995	1.56	1.84
1996	1.59	1.88
1997	1.6	1.93
1998	1.6	1.94
1999	1.62	1.9
2000	1.67	1.89
2001	1.67	1.94
2002	1.65	1.97
2003	1.67	1.96
2004	1.72	1.93
2005	1.76	1.86
2006	1.8	1.91
2007	1.82	2.01
2008	1.85	2.06
2009	1.84	2.06
2010	1.86	2.05
2011	1.81	2.03
2012	1.8	1.98
2013	1.76	1.93
2014	1.74	1.89
2015	1.7	1.85
2016	1.68	1.81
2017	1.65	1.77
2018	1.62	1.75
2019	1.6	1.71
2020	1.55	1.63
2021	1.6	1.78
2022	1.53	1.54
2023	1.47	1.5

Belgium and Ireland demographics compared

Median age

Belgium

Ireland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Belgium	Ireland
1960	34.9	30.1
1961	34.9	29.8
1962	34.9	29.5
1963	34.9	29.2
1964	34.8	28.9
1965	34.8	28.6
1966	34.7	28.2
1967	34.7	28
1968	34.7	27.8
1969	34.6	27.6
1970	34.5	27.4
1971	34.4	27.1
1972	34.3	26.9
1973	34.3	26.7
1974	34.3	26.5
1975	34.2	26.5
1976	34.1	26.4
1977	34.1	26.5
1978	34.1	26.5
1979	34.1	26.5
1980	34.2	26.5
1981	34.3	26.6
1982	34.5	26.7
1983	34.8	26.9
1984	35	27.1
1985	35.2	27.3
1986	35.4	27.6
1987	35.6	27.9
1988	35.9	28.4
1989	36.1	28.8
1990	36.3	29.2
1991	36.5	29.6
1992	36.7	29.9
1993	37	30.2
1994	37.2	30.6
1995	37.5	30.9
1996	37.8	31.3
1997	38.1	31.6
1998	38.3	31.9
1999	38.6	32.2
2000	38.9	32.5
2001	39.2	32.7
2002	39.4	33
2003	39.7	33.2
2004	40	33.4
2005	40.2	33.4
2006	40.4	33.4
2007	40.6	33.4
2008	40.7	33.5
2009	40.8	33.9
2010	40.8	34.3
2011	40.9	34.8
2012	41.1	35.2
2013	41.2	35.6
2014	41.3	36
2015	41.4	36.4
2016	41.4	36.8
2017	41.6	37.1
2018	41.7	37.4
2019	41.8	37.8
2020	41.9	38.2
2021	42	38.6
2022	42.2	38.9
2023	42.4	39.4
2024	42.7	39.7

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