Ireland vs Japan statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 124M in Japan (ranked 12/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 140,761 sq mi for Japan (ranked 119th vs. 61st).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476).

Ireland and Japan: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Japan economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Japan

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Japan
1960	$1,998,550,222	$47,419,238,274
1961	$2,151,772,980	$57,266,758,180
1962	$2,329,372,972	$64,987,857,542
1963	$2,505,073,358	$74,379,284,603
1964	$2,851,091,646	$87,490,590,818
1965	$3,035,655,794	$97,338,107,606
1966	$3,198,820,904	$113,046,784,179
1967	$3,445,739,915	$132,475,614,227
1968	$3,378,701,147	$156,897,496,759
1969	$3,902,721,632	$184,298,841,305
1970	$4,395,995,086	$217,223,652,719
1971	$5,098,250,287	$245,364,056,622
1972	$6,318,060,582	$324,933,841,269
1973	$7,481,173,066	$441,460,582,536
1974	$7,896,860,615	$490,035,789,970
1975	$9,483,808,362	$532,861,438,885
1976	$9,453,756,015	$598,883,902,156
1977	$11,248,340,431	$737,069,290,928
1978	$14,647,996,074	$1,035,611,588,217
1979	$18,319,334,300	$1,077,910,077,676
1980	$21,747,855,640	$1,129,377,244,854
1981	$20,670,190,138	$1,245,221,410,764
1982	$21,474,754,080	$1,158,731,426,906
1983	$20,766,047,764	$1,270,859,919,743
1984	$20,106,648,455	$1,345,824,500,837
1985	$21,270,013,326	$1,427,019,759,717
1986	$28,714,571,852	$2,120,083,812,110
1987	$33,920,518,493	$2,580,748,422,781
1988	$37,772,897,421	$3,125,724,434,401
1989	$39,238,392,678	$3,109,455,047,824
1990	$49,305,632,408	$3,185,904,656,664
1991	$49,787,502,852	$3,648,065,760,649
1992	$55,918,538,121	$3,980,702,922,118
1993	$52,417,477,614	$4,536,940,479,038
1994	$57,097,656,066	$4,998,797,547,741
1995	$69,139,823,232	$5,545,563,663,890
1996	$75,790,785,030	$4,923,391,533,852
1997	$82,856,648,758	$4,492,448,605,639
1998	$90,199,410,116	$4,098,362,709,531
1999	$98,893,958,263	$4,635,982,224,064
2000	$100,207,610,430	$4,968,359,075,957
2001	$109,346,669,230	$4,374,711,694,091
2002	$128,596,035,288	$4,182,846,045,874
2003	$164,670,771,260	$4,519,561,645,254
2004	$194,372,115,041	$4,893,116,005,657
2005	$211,876,989,656	$4,831,467,035,390
2006	$232,180,617,162	$4,601,663,122,650
2007	$270,079,279,420	$4,579,750,920,355
2008	$275,447,471,451	$5,106,679,115,127
2009	$236,443,117,248	$5,289,493,117,994
2010	$221,985,621,538	$5,759,071,769,013
2011	$241,337,364,610	$6,233,147,172,341
2012	$227,270,922,957	$6,272,362,996,105
2013	$243,301,556,085	$5,212,328,181,166
2014	$266,787,238,499	$4,896,994,405,353
2015	$302,391,428,540	$4,444,930,651,964
2016	$305,733,136,181	$5,003,677,627,544
2017	$348,532,394,024	$4,930,837,369,151
2018	$395,461,216,460	$5,040,880,939,325
2019	$407,124,824,065	$5,117,993,853,017
2020	$436,555,518,400	$5,054,068,005,376
2021	$531,306,516,908	$5,039,148,168,861
2022	$548,570,250,342	$4,262,463,317,797
2023	$551,394,889,340	$4,213,167,237,906
2024	$577,389,475,010	$4,026,210,821,147

Ireland and Japan economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Japan

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Japan
1960	$707	$509
1961	$762	$609
1962	$821	$685
1963	$878	$776
1964	$995	$903
1965	$1,055	$994
1966	$1,107	$1,144
1967	$1,187	$1,326
1968	$1,159	$1,553
1969	$1,331	$1,803
1970	$1,487	$2,101
1971	$1,704	$2,321
1972	$2,080	$3,031
1973	$2,424	$4,061
1974	$2,517	$4,448
1975	$2,973	$4,776
1976	$2,920	$5,310
1977	$3,427	$6,473
1978	$4,400	$9,012
1979	$5,430	$9,301
1980	$6,372	$9,669
1981	$5,986	$10,583
1982	$6,161	$9,780
1983	$5,915	$10,652
1984	$5,692	$11,207
1985	$6,012	$11,809
1986	$8,112	$17,452
1987	$9,582	$21,142
1988	$10,716	$25,500
1989	$11,176	$25,266
1990	$14,031	$25,801
1991	$14,087	$29,428
1992	$15,714	$31,993
1993	$14,657	$36,345
1994	$15,903	$39,934
1995	$19,158	$44,198
1996	$20,836	$39,150
1997	$22,551	$35,638
1998	$24,295	$32,424
1999	$26,338	$36,610
2000	$26,335	$39,169
2001	$28,282	$34,406
2002	$32,705	$32,821
2003	$41,204	$35,387
2004	$47,754	$38,299
2005	$50,933	$37,813
2006	$54,329	$35,992
2007	$61,396	$35,779
2008	$61,353	$39,876
2009	$52,133	$41,309
2010	$48,679	$44,968
2011	$52,693	$48,760
2012	$49,412	$49,145
2013	$52,619	$40,899
2014	$57,278	$38,475
2015	$64,312	$34,961
2016	$64,193	$39,375
2017	$72,198	$38,834
2018	$80,739	$39,751
2019	$81,810	$40,416
2020	$86,623	$40,029
2021	$103,962	$40,095
2022	$105,235	$34,066
2023	$103,888	$33,836
2024	$107,316	$32,476

Ireland vs. Japan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Japan

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Japan
1950	65.6	59.3
1951	64.8	61
1952	67.2	63
1953	67.9	63.3
1954	68	64.5
1955	68	65.7
1956	69	65.6
1957	69	65.4
1958	69.3	67
1959	69.4	67.5
1960	70.2	67.7
1961	69.6	68.4
1962	69.9	68.7
1963	70.2	69.7
1964	70.4	70.2
1965	70.6	70.3
1966	70.2	71.1
1967	71.2	71.4
1968	70.9	71.7
1969	70.8	71.9
1970	70.8	72
1971	71.6	72.8
1972	71	73.3
1973	71.2	73.4
1974	71.1	73.8
1975	71.7	74.4
1976	71.8	74.8
1977	71.9	75.3
1978	71.9	75.7
1979	72.2	76.2
1980	72.5	76.1
1981	72.9	76.6
1982	73.2	77.1
1983	73.2	77.1
1984	73.6	77.5
1985	73.6	77.8
1986	73.6	78.2
1987	74.4	78.6
1988	74.4	78.5
1989	74.5	79
1990	74.8	79
1991	75	79.3
1992	75.4	79.3
1993	75.3	79.4
1994	75.8	79.8
1995	75.5	79.7
1996	75.8	80.4
1997	76	80.6
1998	76.2	80.6
1999	76.1	80.6
2000	76.5	81.2
2001	77.1	81.5
2002	77.6	81.8
2003	78.1	81.9
2004	78.5	82.1
2005	78.9	82
2006	79.2	82.4
2007	79.6	82.5
2008	79.8	82.6
2009	80.1	83
2010	80.6	82.9
2011	80.7	82.7
2012	80.9	83.2
2013	81.1	83.4
2014	81.4	83.6
2015	81.5	83.9
2016	81.7	84.1
2017	82.1	84.2
2018	82.1	84.3
2019	82.4	84.4
2020	82.4	84.7
2021	81.9	84.6
2022	82.1	84.1
2023	82.4	84.7
2024	82.6	84.9
2025	82.7	85

Ireland and Japan population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Japan

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Japan
1960	2,828,600	93,216,000
1961	2,824,400	94,055,000
1962	2,836,050	94,933,000
1963	2,852,650	95,900,000
1964	2,866,550	96,903,000
1965	2,877,300	97,952,000
1966	2,888,800	98,851,000
1967	2,902,450	99,879,000
1968	2,915,550	101,011,000
1969	2,932,650	102,219,000
1970	2,957,250	103,403,000
1971	2,992,050	105,697,000
1972	3,036,850	107,188,000
1973	3,085,950	108,707,000
1974	3,137,500	110,162,000
1975	3,189,550	111,573,000
1976	3,238,050	112,775,000
1977	3,282,200	113,872,000
1978	3,329,100	114,913,000
1979	3,373,750	115,890,000
1980	3,412,800	116,807,000
1981	3,453,000	117,661,000
1982	3,485,800	118,480,000
1983	3,510,600	119,307,000
1984	3,532,423	120,083,000
1985	3,538,082	120,837,000
1986	3,539,690	121,482,000
1987	3,540,057	122,069,000
1988	3,524,949	122,578,000
1989	3,511,009	123,069,000
1990	3,513,974	123,478,000
1991	3,534,235	123,964,000
1992	3,558,430	124,425,000
1993	3,576,261	124,829,000
1994	3,590,386	125,178,000
1995	3,608,841	125,472,000
1996	3,637,510	125,757,000
1997	3,674,171	126,057,000
1998	3,712,696	126,400,000
1999	3,754,786	126,631,000
2000	3,805,174	126,843,000
2001	3,866,243	127,149,000
2002	3,931,947	127,445,000
2003	3,996,521	127,718,000
2004	4,070,262	127,761,000
2005	4,159,914	127,773,000
2006	4,273,591	127,854,000
2007	4,398,942	128,001,000
2008	4,489,544	128,063,000
2009	4,535,375	128,047,000
2010	4,560,155	128,070,000
2011	4,580,084	127,833,000
2012	4,599,533	127,629,000
2013	4,623,816	127,445,000
2014	4,657,740	127,276,000
2015	4,701,957	127,141,000
2016	4,762,722	127,076,000
2017	4,827,445	126,972,000
2018	4,898,022	126,811,000
2019	4,976,456	126,633,000
2020	5,039,747	126,261,000
2021	5,110,585	125,681,593
2022	5,212,836	125,124,989
2023	5,307,600	124,516,650
2024	5,380,257	123,975,371

Fertility rates in Ireland and Japan

Fertility rate

Ireland

Japan

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Japan
1960	3.78	2
1961	3.78	1.96
1962	3.92	1.98
1963	4.01	2
1964	4.07	2.05
1965	4.04	2.14
1966	3.94	1.58
1967	3.84	2.23
1968	3.77	2.13
1969	3.83	2.13
1970	3.85	2.13
1971	3.93	2.16
1972	3.84	2.14
1973	3.71	2.14
1974	3.59	2.05
1975	3.37	1.91
1976	3.29	1.85
1977	3.24	1.8
1978	3.21	1.79
1979	3.21	1.77
1980	3.21	1.75
1981	3.05	1.74
1982	2.94	1.77
1983	2.74	1.8
1984	2.58	1.81
1985	2.48	1.76
1986	2.44	1.72
1987	2.32	1.69
1988	2.17	1.66
1989	2.08	1.57
1990	2.11	1.54
1991	2.08	1.53
1992	1.99	1.5
1993	1.9	1.46
1994	1.85	1.5
1995	1.84	1.42
1996	1.88	1.43
1997	1.93	1.39
1998	1.94	1.38
1999	1.9	1.34
2000	1.89	1.36
2001	1.94	1.33
2002	1.97	1.32
2003	1.96	1.29
2004	1.93	1.29
2005	1.86	1.26
2006	1.91	1.32
2007	2.01	1.34
2008	2.06	1.37
2009	2.06	1.37
2010	2.05	1.39
2011	2.03	1.39
2012	1.98	1.41
2013	1.93	1.43
2014	1.89	1.42
2015	1.85	1.45
2016	1.81	1.44
2017	1.77	1.43
2018	1.75	1.42
2019	1.71	1.36
2020	1.63	1.33
2021	1.78	1.3
2022	1.54	1.26
2023	1.5	1.2

Ireland and Japan demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Japan

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Japan
1960	30.1	25.8
1961	29.8	26.2
1962	29.5	26.5
1963	29.2	26.9
1964	28.9	27.2
1965	28.6	27.6
1966	28.2	28
1967	28	28.4
1968	27.8	28.6
1969	27.6	28.9
1970	27.4	29.2
1971	27.1	29.6
1972	26.9	29.9
1973	26.7	30.2
1974	26.5	30.4
1975	26.5	30.6
1976	26.4	30.9
1977	26.5	31.5
1978	26.5	32
1979	26.5	32.4
1980	26.5	32.8
1981	26.6	33.1
1982	26.7	33.7
1983	26.9	34.3
1984	27.1	34.9
1985	27.3	35.4
1986	27.6	35.9
1987	27.9	36.3
1988	28.4	36.8
1989	28.8	37.2
1990	29.2	37.7
1991	29.6	38.2
1992	29.9	38.7
1993	30.2	39.2
1994	30.6	39.6
1995	30.9	40
1996	31.3	40.3
1997	31.6	40.7
1998	31.9	41
1999	32.2	41.4
2000	32.5	41.8
2001	32.7	42.1
2002	33	42.5
2003	33.2	42.8
2004	33.4	43.2
2005	33.4	43.6
2006	33.4	43.9
2007	33.4	44.2
2008	33.5	44.6
2009	33.9	44.9
2010	34.3	45.2
2011	34.8	45.5
2012	35.2	45.8
2013	35.6	46.2
2014	36	46.6
2015	36.4	47
2016	36.8	47.3
2017	37.1	47.6
2018	37.4	48
2019	37.8	48.3
2020	38.2	48.7
2021	38.6	49.1
2022	38.9	49.5
2023	39.4	50
2024	39.7	50.4

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