Ireland vs Italy statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 59M in Italy (ranked 25/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 114,178 sq mi for Italy (ranked 119th vs. 72nd).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Italy ranks 8/197 ($2.37T). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Italy ranks 29/197 ($40,226).

Ireland and Italy: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Italy economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Italy

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Italy
1960	$1,998,550,222	$42,012,422,612
1961	$2,151,772,980	$46,649,487,320
1962	$2,329,372,972	$52,413,872,628
1963	$2,505,073,358	$60,035,924,618
1964	$2,851,091,646	$65,720,771,779
1965	$3,035,655,794	$70,717,012,186
1966	$3,198,820,904	$76,622,444,787
1967	$3,445,739,915	$84,401,995,573
1968	$3,378,701,147	$91,485,448,148
1969	$3,902,721,632	$100,996,667,239
1970	$4,395,995,086	$113,656,669,765
1971	$5,098,250,287	$124,959,712,859
1972	$6,318,060,582	$145,594,833,997
1973	$7,481,173,066	$175,896,529,392
1974	$7,896,860,615	$200,024,444,775
1975	$9,483,808,362	$228,220,643,535
1976	$9,453,756,015	$225,235,205,862
1977	$11,248,340,431	$258,190,019,750
1978	$14,647,996,074	$315,784,469,541
1979	$18,319,334,300	$394,584,507,108
1980	$21,747,855,640	$478,356,755,596
1981	$20,670,190,138	$431,695,533,981
1982	$21,474,754,080	$428,257,421,618
1983	$20,766,047,764	$444,063,496,940
1984	$20,106,648,455	$438,896,930,791
1985	$21,270,013,326	$453,259,761,687
1986	$28,714,571,852	$641,862,313,287
1987	$33,920,518,493	$807,570,134,449
1988	$37,772,897,421	$893,663,934,841
1989	$39,238,392,678	$930,801,709,004
1990	$49,305,632,408	$1,183,945,130,899
1991	$49,787,502,852	$1,249,092,439,519
1992	$55,918,538,121	$1,323,204,350,354
1993	$52,417,477,614	$1,067,412,587,671
1994	$57,097,656,066	$1,101,750,159,702
1995	$69,139,823,232	$1,177,369,428,266
1996	$75,790,785,030	$1,314,776,508,972
1997	$82,856,648,758	$1,244,988,176,444
1998	$90,199,410,116	$1,272,729,786,997
1999	$98,893,958,263	$1,255,004,736,464
2000	$100,207,610,430	$1,149,661,363,439
2001	$109,346,669,230	$1,172,041,488,806
2002	$128,596,035,288	$1,281,746,271,196
2003	$164,670,771,260	$1,582,930,016,539
2004	$194,372,115,041	$1,812,808,753,295
2005	$211,876,989,656	$1,864,982,261,287
2006	$232,180,617,162	$1,958,563,654,386
2007	$270,079,279,420	$2,222,524,108,128
2008	$275,447,471,451	$2,417,508,414,187
2009	$236,443,117,248	$2,209,484,319,013
2010	$221,985,621,538	$2,144,936,254,535
2011	$241,337,364,610	$2,306,974,020,278
2012	$227,270,922,957	$2,097,929,495,122
2013	$243,301,556,085	$2,153,225,581,941
2014	$266,787,238,499	$2,173,255,507,986
2015	$302,391,428,540	$1,845,428,048,839
2016	$305,733,136,181	$1,887,111,188,177
2017	$348,532,394,024	$1,970,720,904,585
2018	$395,461,216,460	$2,099,435,266,459
2019	$407,124,824,065	$2,019,606,796,584
2020	$436,555,518,400	$1,907,481,094,079
2021	$531,306,516,908	$2,179,207,773,596
2022	$548,570,250,342	$2,104,067,630,319
2023	$551,394,889,340	$2,304,605,139,863
2024	$577,389,475,010	$2,372,774,547,793

Ireland and Italy economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Italy

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Italy
1960	$707	$837
1961	$762	$923
1962	$821	$1,030
1963	$878	$1,171
1964	$995	$1,272
1965	$1,055	$1,357
1966	$1,107	$1,459
1967	$1,187	$1,595
1968	$1,159	$1,718
1969	$1,331	$1,886
1970	$1,487	$2,112
1971	$1,704	$2,311
1972	$2,080	$2,677
1973	$2,424	$3,213
1974	$2,517	$3,629
1975	$2,973	$4,116
1976	$2,920	$4,042
1977	$3,427	$4,614
1978	$4,400	$5,623
1979	$5,430	$7,006
1980	$6,372	$8,476
1981	$5,986	$7,640
1982	$6,161	$7,574
1983	$5,915	$7,851
1984	$5,692	$7,758
1985	$6,012	$8,009
1986	$8,112	$11,341
1987	$9,582	$14,268
1988	$10,716	$15,781
1989	$11,176	$16,424
1990	$14,031	$20,874
1991	$14,087	$22,007
1992	$15,714	$23,297
1993	$14,657	$18,782
1994	$15,903	$19,382
1995	$19,158	$20,712
1996	$20,836	$23,123
1997	$22,551	$21,884
1998	$24,295	$22,365
1999	$26,338	$22,050
2000	$26,335	$20,190
2001	$28,282	$20,570
2002	$32,705	$22,451
2003	$41,204	$27,578
2004	$47,754	$31,348
2005	$50,933	$32,063
2006	$54,329	$33,537
2007	$61,396	$37,826
2008	$61,353	$40,829
2009	$52,133	$37,100
2010	$48,679	$35,857
2011	$52,693	$38,432
2012	$49,412	$34,854
2013	$52,619	$35,702
2014	$57,278	$36,028
2015	$64,312	$30,640
2016	$64,193	$31,392
2017	$72,198	$32,844
2018	$80,739	$34,904
2019	$81,810	$33,813
2020	$86,623	$32,091
2021	$103,962	$36,853
2022	$105,235	$35,654
2023	$103,888	$39,065
2024	$107,316	$40,226

Ireland vs. Italy life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Italy

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Italy
1950	65.6	65.7
1951	64.8	65.3
1952	67.2	65.9
1953	67.9	66.6
1954	68	67.9
1955	68	68.3
1956	69	67.6
1957	69	67.8
1958	69.3	68.9
1959	69.4	69.3
1960	70.2	69.2
1961	69.6	69.8
1962	69.9	69.2
1963	70.2	69.3
1964	70.4	70.4
1965	70.6	70.3
1966	70.2	71
1967	71.2	71
1968	70.9	70.9
1969	70.8	70.9
1970	70.8	71.6
1971	71.6	71.9
1972	71	72.1
1973	71.2	72.1
1974	71.1	72.8
1975	71.7	72.7
1976	71.8	73.1
1977	71.9	73.4
1978	71.9	73.8
1979	72.2	74.1
1980	72.5	74.1
1981	72.9	74.4
1982	73.2	74.9
1983	73.2	74.7
1984	73.6	75.5
1985	73.6	75.6
1986	73.6	75.9
1987	74.4	76.3
1988	74.4	76.5
1989	74.5	76.9
1990	74.8	77
1991	75	77
1992	75.4	77.4
1993	75.3	77.7
1994	75.8	77.9
1995	75.5	78.1
1996	75.8	78.4
1997	76	78.7
1998	76.2	78.8
1999	76.1	79.2
2000	76.5	79.6
2001	77.1	79.9
2002	77.6	80.1
2003	78.1	80.2
2004	78.5	81
2005	78.9	81
2006	79.2	81.4
2007	79.6	81.5
2008	79.8	81.6
2009	80.1	81.8
2010	80.6	82.1
2011	80.7	82.2
2012	80.9	82.3
2013	81.1	82.7
2014	81.4	82.9
2015	81.5	82.5
2016	81.7	83
2017	82.1	82.7
2018	82.1	83.2
2019	82.4	83.3
2020	82.4	82.2
2021	81.9	82.9
2022	82.1	82.1
2023	82.4	83.7
2024	82.6	83.9
2025	82.7	84

Ireland and Italy population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Italy

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Italy
1960	2,828,600	50,199,700
1961	2,824,400	50,536,350
1962	2,836,050	50,879,450
1963	2,852,650	51,252,000
1964	2,866,550	51,675,350
1965	2,877,300	52,112,350
1966	2,888,800	52,519,000
1967	2,902,450	52,900,500
1968	2,915,550	53,235,750
1969	2,932,650	53,537,950
1970	2,957,250	53,821,850
1971	2,992,050	54,073,490
1972	3,036,850	54,381,345
1973	3,085,950	54,751,406
1974	3,137,500	55,110,868
1975	3,189,550	55,441,001
1976	3,238,050	55,718,260
1977	3,282,200	55,955,411
1978	3,329,100	56,155,143
1979	3,373,750	56,317,749
1980	3,412,800	56,433,883
1981	3,453,000	56,501,675
1982	3,485,800	56,543,548
1983	3,510,600	56,564,074
1984	3,532,423	56,576,718
1985	3,538,082	56,593,071
1986	3,539,690	56,596,155
1987	3,540,057	56,601,931
1988	3,524,949	56,629,288
1989	3,511,009	56,671,781
1990	3,513,974	56,719,240
1991	3,534,235	56,758,521
1992	3,558,430	56,797,087
1993	3,576,261	56,831,821
1994	3,590,386	56,843,400
1995	3,608,841	56,844,303
1996	3,637,510	56,860,281
1997	3,674,171	56,890,372
1998	3,712,696	56,906,744
1999	3,754,786	56,916,317
2000	3,805,174	56,942,108
2001	3,866,243	56,976,981
2002	3,931,947	57,089,824
2003	3,996,521	57,399,184
2004	4,070,262	57,828,179
2005	4,159,914	58,166,682
2006	4,273,591	58,399,861
2007	4,398,942	58,756,247
2008	4,489,544	59,211,181
2009	4,535,375	59,555,454
2010	4,560,155	59,819,407
2011	4,580,084	60,026,841
2012	4,599,533	60,191,247
2013	4,623,816	60,311,613
2014	4,657,740	60,320,707
2015	4,701,957	60,229,605
2016	4,762,722	60,115,223
2017	4,827,445	60,002,252
2018	4,898,022	60,148,658
2019	4,976,456	59,729,081
2020	5,039,747	59,438,851
2021	5,110,585	59,133,173
2022	5,212,836	59,013,667
2023	5,307,600	58,993,475
2024	5,380,257	58,986,023

Fertility rates in Ireland and Italy

Fertility rate

Ireland

Italy

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Italy
1960	3.78	2.4
1961	3.78	2.44
1962	3.92	2.46
1963	4.01	2.51
1964	4.07	2.66
1965	4.04	2.6
1966	3.94	2.58
1967	3.84	2.5
1968	3.77	2.46
1969	3.83	2.47
1970	3.85	2.38
1971	3.93	2.4
1972	3.84	2.35
1973	3.71	2.3
1974	3.59	2.28
1975	3.37	2.17
1976	3.29	2.04
1977	3.24	1.93
1978	3.21	1.84
1979	3.21	1.73
1980	3.21	1.64
1981	3.05	1.58
1982	2.94	1.56
1983	2.74	1.51
1984	2.58	1.46
1985	2.48	1.42
1986	2.44	1.35
1987	2.32	1.33
1988	2.17	1.36
1989	2.08	1.33
1990	2.11	1.33
1991	2.08	1.3
1992	1.99	1.3
1993	1.9	1.25
1994	1.85	1.21
1995	1.84	1.19
1996	1.88	1.2
1997	1.93	1.22
1998	1.94	1.22
1999	1.9	1.23
2000	1.89	1.26
2001	1.94	1.25
2002	1.97	1.27
2003	1.96	1.29
2004	1.93	1.34
2005	1.86	1.33
2006	1.91	1.37
2007	2.01	1.39
2008	2.06	1.44
2009	2.06	1.44
2010	2.05	1.44
2011	2.03	1.42
2012	1.98	1.42
2013	1.93	1.39
2014	1.89	1.38
2015	1.85	1.36
2016	1.81	1.36
2017	1.77	1.34
2018	1.75	1.31
2019	1.71	1.27
2020	1.63	1.24
2021	1.78	1.25
2022	1.54	1.24
2023	1.5	1.2

Ireland and Italy demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Italy

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Italy
1960	30.1	31.6
1961	29.8	31.8
1962	29.5	32
1963	29.2	32.1
1964	28.9	32.2
1965	28.6	32.3
1966	28.2	32.4
1967	28	32.5
1968	27.8	32.7
1969	27.6	32.8
1970	27.4	33
1971	27.1	33.1
1972	26.9	33.2
1973	26.7	33.3
1974	26.5	33.4
1975	26.5	33.5
1976	26.4	33.6
1977	26.5	33.7
1978	26.5	33.9
1979	26.5	34
1980	26.5	34.1
1981	26.6	34.3
1982	26.7	34.6
1983	26.9	34.9
1984	27.1	35.3
1985	27.3	35.6
1986	27.6	35.8
1987	27.9	36.1
1988	28.4	36.4
1989	28.8	36.8
1990	29.2	37.1
1991	29.6	37.5
1992	29.9	37.9
1993	30.2	38.2
1994	30.6	38.6
1995	30.9	38.9
1996	31.3	39.1
1997	31.6	39.4
1998	31.9	39.6
1999	32.2	39.9
2000	32.5	40.3
2001	32.7	40.6
2002	33	41
2003	33.2	41.3
2004	33.4	41.6
2005	33.4	41.9
2006	33.4	42.3
2007	33.4	42.6
2008	33.5	42.8
2009	33.9	43.1
2010	34.3	43.5
2011	34.8	43.9
2012	35.2	44.2
2013	35.6	44.6
2014	36	45
2015	36.4	45.4
2016	36.8	45.8
2017	37.1	46.2
2018	37.4	46.6
2019	37.8	47
2020	38.2	47.4
2021	38.6	47.7
2022	38.9	48.1
2023	39.4	48.4
2024	39.7	48.8

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