China vs Ireland statistics compared

China has a population of 1.41B (ranked 2/197), compared with 5.38M in Ireland (ranked 120/197). China's land area is 3,624,808 sq mi versus 26,599 sq mi for Ireland (ranked 2nd vs. 119th).

By GDP, China ranks 2/197 ($18.7T) and Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B). By GDP per capita, China ranks 76/197 ($13,303), while Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316).

China and Ireland: Comparison Charts

China and Ireland economies compared

GDP

China

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP
	China	Ireland
1960	$59,846,235,025	$1,998,550,222
1961	$50,162,299,350	$2,151,772,980
1962	$47,310,737,754	$2,329,372,972
1963	$50,812,227,919	$2,505,073,358
1964	$59,821,862,703	$2,851,091,646
1965	$70,565,994,356	$3,035,655,794
1966	$76,854,053,259	$3,198,820,904
1967	$73,011,350,596	$3,445,739,915
1968	$70,980,323,819	$3,378,701,147
1969	$79,847,786,729	$3,902,721,632
1970	$92,752,930,873	$4,395,995,086
1971	$99,959,013,880	$5,098,250,287
1972	$113,871,930,714	$6,318,060,582
1973	$138,764,340,892	$7,481,173,066
1974	$144,418,433,058	$7,896,860,615
1975	$163,687,619,736	$9,483,808,362
1976	$154,196,810,059	$9,453,756,015
1977	$175,226,595,860	$11,248,340,431
1978	$149,788,617,886	$14,647,996,074
1979	$178,573,913,043	$18,319,334,300
1980	$191,487,500,000	$21,747,855,640
1981	$196,218,253,968	$20,670,190,138
1982	$205,480,916,031	$21,474,754,080
1983	$231,130,268,199	$20,766,047,764
1984	$260,442,857,143	$20,106,648,455
1985	$310,064,625,850	$21,270,013,326
1986	$301,310,144,928	$28,714,571,852
1987	$273,455,156,951	$33,920,518,493
1988	$312,888,888,889	$37,772,897,421
1989	$348,380,566,802	$39,238,392,678
1990	$361,560,229,446	$49,305,632,408
1991	$384,510,452,962	$49,787,502,852
1992	$428,502,354,788	$55,918,538,121
1993	$446,557,291,212	$52,417,477,614
1994	$566,929,539,493	$57,097,656,066
1995	$738,190,896,228	$69,139,823,232
1996	$868,523,936,530	$75,790,785,030
1997	$967,753,570,435	$82,856,648,758
1998	$1,037,134,141,760	$90,199,410,116
1999	$1,103,843,203,576	$98,893,958,263
2000	$1,223,754,919,971	$100,207,610,430
2001	$1,355,036,590,252	$109,346,669,230
2002	$1,489,821,682,051	$128,596,035,288
2003	$1,683,903,309,844	$164,670,771,260
2004	$1,984,196,551,300	$194,372,115,041
2005	$2,317,551,298,052	$211,876,989,656
2006	$2,791,498,472,804	$232,180,617,162
2007	$3,604,055,822,572	$270,079,279,420
2008	$4,667,346,414,522	$275,447,471,451
2009	$5,189,577,094,998	$236,443,117,248
2010	$6,192,564,874,453	$221,985,621,538
2011	$7,671,757,207,851	$241,337,364,610
2012	$8,673,664,713,189	$227,270,922,957
2013	$9,743,124,247,267	$243,301,556,085
2014	$10,674,533,168,257	$266,787,238,499
2015	$11,280,814,787,469	$302,391,428,540
2016	$11,456,024,084,962	$305,733,136,181
2017	$12,537,559,062,283	$348,532,394,024
2018	$14,147,765,772,964	$395,461,216,460
2019	$14,560,167,101,283	$407,124,824,065
2020	$14,996,414,166,715	$436,555,518,400
2021	$18,201,698,719,564	$531,306,516,908
2022	$18,316,765,021,690	$548,570,250,342
2023	$18,270,356,654,533	$551,394,889,340
2024	$18,743,803,170,827	$577,389,475,010

China and Ireland economies compared

GDP per capita

China

Ireland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	China	Ireland
1960	$89.7	$707
1961	$76	$762
1962	$71.1	$821
1963	$74.5	$878
1964	$85.7	$995
1965	$98.7	$1,055
1966	$104.5	$1,107
1967	$96.8	$1,187
1968	$91.6	$1,159
1969	$100.3	$1,331
1970	$113.3	$1,487
1971	$118.8	$1,704
1972	$132.1	$2,080
1973	$157.3	$2,424
1974	$160.4	$2,517
1975	$178.6	$2,973
1976	$165.7	$2,920
1977	$185.7	$3,427
1978	$156.7	$4,400
1979	$184.3	$5,430
1980	$195.1	$6,372
1981	$197.4	$5,986
1982	$203.7	$6,161
1983	$225.9	$5,915
1984	$251.2	$5,692
1985	$295	$6,012
1986	$282.4	$8,112
1987	$252.3	$9,582
1988	$284	$10,716
1989	$311	$11,176
1990	$319	$14,031
1991	$334	$14,087
1992	$368	$15,714
1993	$379	$14,657
1994	$476	$15,903
1995	$613	$19,158
1996	$713	$20,836
1997	$787	$22,551
1998	$835	$24,295
1999	$881	$26,338
2000	$969	$26,335
2001	$1,065	$28,282
2002	$1,164	$32,705
2003	$1,307	$41,204
2004	$1,531	$47,754
2005	$1,778	$50,933
2006	$2,129	$54,329
2007	$2,735	$61,396
2008	$3,523	$61,353
2009	$3,898	$52,133
2010	$4,629	$48,679
2011	$5,704	$52,693
2012	$6,405	$49,412
2013	$7,147	$52,619
2014	$7,781	$57,278
2015	$8,175	$64,312
2016	$8,255	$64,193
2017	$8,980	$72,198
2018	$10,086	$80,739
2019	$10,343	$81,810
2020	$10,627	$86,623
2021	$12,887	$103,962
2022	$12,971	$105,235
2023	$12,951	$103,888
2024	$13,303	$107,316

China vs. Ireland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

China

Ireland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	China	Ireland
1950	43.8	65.6
1951	44.6	64.8
1952	45.3	67.2
1953	45.9	67.9
1954	46.8	68
1955	47.2	68
1956	47.8	69
1957	48.4	69
1958	48.8	69.3
1959	40.2	69.4
1960	33.4	70.2
1961	40.2	69.6
1962	51	69.9
1963	51.7	70.2
1964	52.3	70.4
1965	53	70.6
1966	53.7	70.2
1967	54.4	71.2
1968	55.2	70.9
1969	56	70.8
1970	56.8	70.8
1971	57.7	71.6
1972	58.6	71
1973	59.5	71.2
1974	60.2	71.1
1975	61	71.7
1976	61.2	71.8
1977	62.5	71.9
1978	63.1	71.9
1979	63.7	72.2
1980	64.2	72.5
1981	64.8	72.9
1982	65.2	73.2
1983	65.7	73.2
1984	66.1	73.6
1985	66.5	73.6
1986	66.9	73.6
1987	67.3	74.4
1988	67.6	74.4
1989	67.9	74.5
1990	68.2	74.8
1991	68.6	75
1992	69.1	75.4
1993	69.5	75.3
1994	69.8	75.8
1995	70.4	75.5
1996	70.8	75.8
1997	71.2	76
1998	71.6	76.2
1999	72	76.1
2000	72.3	76.5
2001	72.7	77.1
2002	73	77.6
2003	73.4	78.1
2004	73.7	78.5
2005	74.1	78.9
2006	74.4	79.2
2007	74.8	79.6
2008	74.8	79.8
2009	75.3	80.1
2010	75.7	80.6
2011	75.9	80.7
2012	76.2	80.9
2013	76.5	81.1
2014	76.7	81.4
2015	77	81.5
2016	77.2	81.7
2017	77.2	82.1
2018	77.7	82.1
2019	77.9	82.4
2020	78	82.4
2021	78.1	81.9
2022	78.2	82.1
2023	78	82.4
2024	78	82.6
2025	78.4	82.7

China and Ireland population clocks and comparison

Population

China

Ireland

Table

Year	Population
	China	Ireland
1960	667,070,000	2,828,600
1961	660,330,000	2,824,400
1962	665,770,000	2,836,050
1963	682,335,000	2,852,650
1964	698,355,000	2,866,550
1965	715,185,000	2,877,300
1966	735,400,000	2,888,800
1967	754,550,000	2,902,450
1968	774,510,000	2,915,550
1969	796,025,000	2,932,650
1970	818,315,000	2,957,250
1971	841,105,000	2,992,050
1972	862,030,000	3,036,850
1973	881,940,000	3,085,950
1974	900,350,000	3,137,500
1975	916,395,000	3,189,550
1976	930,685,000	3,238,050
1977	943,455,000	3,282,200
1978	956,165,000	3,329,100
1979	969,005,000	3,373,750
1980	981,235,000	3,412,800
1981	993,885,000	3,453,000
1982	1,008,630,000	3,485,800
1983	1,023,310,000	3,510,600
1984	1,036,825,000	3,532,423
1985	1,051,040,000	3,538,082
1986	1,066,790,000	3,539,690
1987	1,084,035,000	3,540,057
1988	1,101,630,000	3,524,949
1989	1,118,650,000	3,511,009
1990	1,135,185,000	3,513,974
1991	1,150,780,000	3,534,235
1992	1,164,970,000	3,558,430
1993	1,178,440,000	3,576,261
1994	1,191,835,000	3,590,386
1995	1,204,855,000	3,608,841
1996	1,217,550,000	3,637,510
1997	1,230,075,000	3,674,171
1998	1,241,935,000	3,712,696
1999	1,252,735,000	3,754,786
2000	1,262,645,000	3,805,174
2001	1,271,850,000	3,866,243
2002	1,280,400,000	3,931,947
2003	1,288,400,000	3,996,521
2004	1,296,075,000	4,070,262
2005	1,303,720,000	4,159,914
2006	1,311,020,000	4,273,591
2007	1,317,885,000	4,398,942
2008	1,324,655,000	4,489,544
2009	1,331,260,000	4,535,375
2010	1,337,705,000	4,560,155
2011	1,345,035,000	4,580,084
2012	1,354,190,000	4,599,533
2013	1,363,240,000	4,623,816
2014	1,371,860,000	4,657,740
2015	1,379,860,000	4,701,957
2016	1,387,790,000	4,762,722
2017	1,396,215,000	4,827,445
2018	1,402,760,000	4,898,022
2019	1,407,745,000	4,976,456
2020	1,411,100,000	5,039,747
2021	1,412,360,000	5,110,585
2022	1,412,175,000	5,212,836
2023	1,410,710,000	5,307,600
2024	1,408,975,000	5,380,257

Fertility rates in China and Ireland

Fertility rate

China

Ireland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	China	Ireland
1960	4.45	3.78
1961	3.86	3.78
1962	6.09	3.92
1963	7.51	4.01
1964	6.67	4.07
1965	6.61	4.04
1966	6.31	3.94
1967	5.81	3.84
1968	6.51	3.77
1969	6.18	3.83
1970	6.09	3.85
1971	5.52	3.93
1972	5.11	3.84
1973	4.73	3.71
1974	4.17	3.59
1975	3.57	3.37
1976	3.24	3.29
1977	2.84	3.24
1978	2.72	3.21
1979	2.75	3.21
1980	2.74	3.21
1981	2.79	3.05
1982	2.97	2.94
1983	2.56	2.74
1984	2.61	2.58
1985	2.63	2.48
1986	2.72	2.44
1987	2.76	2.32
1988	2.54	2.17
1989	2.52	2.08
1990	2.51	2.11
1991	1.93	2.08
1992	1.78	1.99
1993	1.69	1.9
1994	1.63	1.85
1995	1.59	1.84
1996	1.55	1.88
1997	1.53	1.93
1998	1.52	1.94
1999	1.53	1.9
2000	1.63	1.89
2001	1.56	1.94
2002	1.57	1.97
2003	1.57	1.96
2004	1.61	1.93
2005	1.62	1.86
2006	1.64	1.91
2007	1.67	2.01
2008	1.7	2.06
2009	1.71	2.06
2010	1.69	2.05
2011	1.67	2.03
2012	1.8	1.98
2013	1.71	1.93
2014	1.77	1.89
2015	1.67	1.85
2016	1.77	1.81
2017	1.8	1.77
2018	1.54	1.75
2019	1.5	1.71
2020	1.24	1.63
2021	1.12	1.78
2022	1.03	1.54
2023	1	1.5

China and Ireland demographics compared

Median age

China

Ireland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	China	Ireland
1960	20.9	30.1
1961	21.1	29.8
1962	21	29.5
1963	20.4	29.2
1964	19.9	28.9
1965	19.6	28.6
1966	19.3	28.2
1967	19.2	28
1968	19.2	27.8
1969	19.1	27.6
1970	19.1	27.4
1971	19.2	27.1
1972	19.3	26.9
1973	19.5	26.7
1974	19.7	26.5
1975	20.1	26.5
1976	20.4	26.4
1977	20.8	26.5
1978	21.2	26.5
1979	21.4	26.5
1980	21.6	26.5
1981	21.8	26.6
1982	22.1	26.7
1983	22.6	26.9
1984	23	27.1
1985	23.2	27.3
1986	23.4	27.6
1987	23.6	27.9
1988	23.9	28.4
1989	24.4	28.8
1990	24.7	29.2
1991	25.1	29.6
1992	25.6	29.9
1993	26.1	30.2
1994	26.6	30.6
1995	27.2	30.9
1996	27.8	31.3
1997	28.3	31.6
1998	28.8	31.9
1999	29.4	32.2
2000	30	32.5
2001	30.5	32.7
2002	31.1	33
2003	31.6	33.2
2004	32.1	33.4
2005	32.6	33.4
2006	33.1	33.4
2007	33.7	33.4
2008	34.2	33.5
2009	34.7	33.9
2010	35.1	34.3
2011	35.5	34.8
2012	35.7	35.2
2013	36	35.6
2014	36.3	36
2015	36.7	36.4
2016	37.1	36.8
2017	37.4	37.1
2018	37.7	37.4
2019	38.1	37.8
2020	38.5	38.2
2021	39	38.6
2022	39.6	38.9
2023	40.1	39.4
2024	40.6	39.7

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