Ireland vs Kuwait statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 4.97M in Kuwait (ranked 127/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 6,880 sq mi for Kuwait (ranked 119th vs. 153rd).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Kuwait ranks 59/197 ($160B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Kuwait ranks 38/197 ($32,214).

Ireland and Kuwait: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Kuwait economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Kuwait
1960	$1,998,550,222	-
1961	$2,151,772,980	-
1962	$2,329,372,972	$1,828,107,503
1963	$2,505,073,358	$1,900,895,857
1964	$2,851,091,646	$2,071,668,533
1965	$3,035,655,794	$2,097,199,161
1966	$3,198,820,904	$2,391,199,044
1967	$3,445,739,915	$2,441,599,023
1968	$3,378,701,147	$2,662,798,935
1969	$3,902,721,632	$2,769,198,892
1970	$4,395,995,086	$2,873,638,851
1971	$5,098,250,287	$3,880,392,195
1972	$6,318,060,582	$4,450,537,925
1973	$7,481,173,066	$5,408,804,607
1974	$7,896,860,615	$13,006,948,296
1975	$9,483,808,362	$12,022,811,621
1976	$9,453,756,015	$13,132,252,802
1977	$11,248,340,431	$14,137,406,741
1978	$14,647,996,074	$15,503,557,496
1979	$18,319,334,300	$24,749,063,922
1980	$21,747,855,640	$28,638,868,356
1981	$20,670,190,138	$25,058,020,338
1982	$21,474,754,080	$21,577,153,356
1983	$20,766,047,764	$20,871,081,080
1984	$20,106,648,455	$21,700,082,753
1985	$21,270,013,326	$21,445,970,614
1986	$28,714,571,852	$17,903,989,745
1987	$33,920,518,493	$22,368,704,134
1988	$37,772,897,421	$20,690,322,153
1989	$39,238,392,678	$24,313,855,653
1990	$49,305,632,408	$18,427,777,778
1991	$49,787,502,852	$11,009,993,703
1992	$55,918,538,121	$19,858,555,215
1993	$52,417,477,614	$23,941,391,391
1994	$57,097,656,066	$24,848,483,838
1995	$69,139,823,232	$27,186,980,647
1996	$75,790,785,030	$31,492,373,309
1997	$82,856,648,758	$30,350,190,704
1998	$90,199,410,116	$25,943,705,784
1999	$98,893,958,263	$30,122,365,849
2000	$100,207,610,430	$37,718,743,480
2001	$109,346,669,230	$34,889,559,870
2002	$128,596,035,288	$38,135,788,414
2003	$164,670,771,260	$47,874,582,232
2004	$194,372,115,041	$59,439,090,601
2005	$211,876,989,656	$80,798,630,137
2006	$232,180,617,162	$101,557,330,723
2007	$270,079,279,420	$114,634,043,362
2008	$275,447,471,451	$147,379,737,230
2009	$236,443,117,248	$105,968,691,905
2010	$221,985,621,538	$115,416,245,238
2011	$241,337,364,610	$154,039,231,299
2012	$227,270,922,957	$174,047,662,555
2013	$243,301,556,085	$174,168,116,687
2014	$266,787,238,499	$162,650,450,785
2015	$302,391,428,540	$114,585,555,831
2016	$305,733,136,181	$109,406,674,088
2017	$348,532,394,024	$120,687,539,676
2018	$395,461,216,460	$138,646,316,322
2019	$407,124,824,065	$140,856,394,870
2020	$436,555,518,400	$111,045,470,461
2021	$531,306,516,908	$148,350,671,614
2022	$548,570,250,342	$183,502,046,669
2023	$551,394,889,340	$165,384,407,267
2024	$577,389,475,010	$160,227,273,001

Ireland and Kuwait economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Kuwait

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Kuwait
1960	$707	-
1961	$762	-
1962	$821	$4,748
1963	$878	$4,445
1964	$995	$4,379
1965	$1,055	$4,024
1966	$1,107	$4,176
1967	$1,187	$3,887
1968	$1,159	$3,872
1969	$1,331	$3,695
1970	$1,487	$3,552
1971	$1,704	$4,486
1972	$2,080	$4,836
1973	$2,424	$5,532
1974	$2,517	$12,527
1975	$2,973	$10,882
1976	$2,920	$11,141
1977	$3,427	$11,238
1978	$4,400	$11,567
1979	$5,430	$17,386
1980	$6,372	$19,032
1981	$5,986	$15,825
1982	$6,161	$12,979
1983	$5,915	$11,965
1984	$5,692	$11,919
1985	$6,012	$11,322
1986	$8,112	$9,077
1987	$9,582	$10,896
1988	$10,716	$9,692
1989	$11,176	$10,965
1990	$14,031	$10,938
1991	$14,087	$8,147
1992	$15,714	$12,146
1993	$14,657	$14,318
1994	$15,903	$14,930
1995	$19,158	$16,168
1996	$20,836	$18,201
1997	$22,551	$16,977
1998	$24,295	$14,067
1999	$26,338	$15,854
2000	$26,335	$19,296
2001	$28,282	$17,374
2002	$32,705	$18,513
2003	$41,204	$22,691
2004	$47,754	$27,552
2005	$50,933	$36,123
2006	$54,329	$42,947
2007	$61,396	$45,709
2008	$61,353	$55,585
2009	$52,133	$37,907
2010	$48,679	$39,212
2011	$52,693	$49,170
2012	$49,412	$52,155
2013	$52,619	$49,651
2014	$57,278	$44,369
2015	$64,312	$29,882
2016	$64,193	$27,324
2017	$72,198	$29,048
2018	$80,739	$32,068
2019	$81,810	$31,708
2020	$86,623	$25,236
2021	$103,962	$34,019
2022	$105,235	$39,982
2023	$103,888	$34,076
2024	$107,316	$32,214

Ireland vs. Kuwait life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Kuwait

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Kuwait
1950	65.6	49.7
1951	64.8	50.6
1952	67.2	51.4
1953	67.9	52.3
1954	68	53.1
1955	68	54
1956	69	54.9
1957	69	55.9
1958	69.3	56.9
1959	69.4	57.9
1960	70.2	58.9
1961	69.6	60
1962	69.9	61
1963	70.2	62
1964	70.4	63
1965	70.6	63.9
1966	70.2	64.9
1967	71.2	65.8
1968	70.9	66.6
1969	70.8	67.3
1970	70.8	68
1971	71.6	68.5
1972	71	68.9
1973	71.2	69.2
1974	71.1	69.4
1975	71.7	69.7
1976	71.8	69.9
1977	71.9	70.2
1978	71.9	70.5
1979	72.2	70.8
1980	72.5	71.1
1981	72.9	71.5
1982	73.2	71.9
1983	73.2	72.4
1984	73.6	72.9
1985	73.6	73.3
1986	73.6	73.8
1987	74.4	74.2
1988	74.4	74.6
1989	74.5	75
1990	74.8	72.9
1991	75	73.3
1992	75.4	75.7
1993	75.3	75.8
1994	75.8	75.7
1995	75.5	75.7
1996	75.8	75.6
1997	76	75.6
1998	76.2	75.6
1999	76.1	75.7
2000	76.5	75.9
2001	77.1	76
2002	77.6	76.2
2003	78.1	76.3
2004	78.5	76.4
2005	78.9	76.5
2006	79.2	76.6
2007	79.6	76.7
2008	79.8	76.9
2009	80.1	77.2
2010	80.6	77.5
2011	80.7	77.9
2012	80.9	78.2
2013	81.1	78.6
2014	81.4	78.9
2015	81.5	79.2
2016	81.7	79.5
2017	82.1	79.7
2018	82.1	79.9
2019	82.4	80
2020	82.4	78.2
2021	81.9	77.6
2022	82.1	78.8
2023	82.4	80.4
2024	82.6	80.6
2025	82.7	80.8

Ireland and Kuwait population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Kuwait

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Kuwait
1960	2,828,600	311,060
1961	2,824,400	345,945
1962	2,836,050	384,995
1963	2,852,650	427,694
1964	2,866,550	473,115
1965	2,877,300	521,174
1966	2,888,800	572,590
1967	2,902,450	628,089
1968	2,915,550	687,716
1969	2,932,650	749,452
1970	2,957,250	809,114
1971	2,992,050	865,076
1972	3,036,850	920,352
1973	3,085,950	977,654
1974	3,137,500	1,038,346
1975	3,189,550	1,104,863
1976	3,238,050	1,178,711
1977	3,282,200	1,258,023
1978	3,329,100	1,340,319
1979	3,373,750	1,423,514
1980	3,412,800	1,504,782
1981	3,453,000	1,583,426
1982	3,485,800	1,662,480
1983	3,510,600	1,744,295
1984	3,532,423	1,820,688
1985	3,538,082	1,894,242
1986	3,539,690	1,972,520
1987	3,540,057	2,052,994
1988	3,524,949	2,134,707
1989	3,511,009	2,217,468
1990	3,513,974	1,684,819
1991	3,534,235	1,351,399
1992	3,558,430	1,634,961
1993	3,576,261	1,672,151
1994	3,590,386	1,664,361
1995	3,608,841	1,681,513
1996	3,637,510	1,730,246
1997	3,674,171	1,787,683
1998	3,712,696	1,844,302
1999	3,754,786	1,900,030
2000	3,805,174	1,954,709
2001	3,866,243	2,008,121
2002	3,931,947	2,059,974
2003	3,996,521	2,109,881
2004	4,070,262	2,157,320
2005	4,159,914	2,236,788
2006	4,273,591	2,364,733
2007	4,398,942	2,507,887
2008	4,489,544	2,651,421
2009	4,535,375	2,795,484
2010	4,560,155	2,943,372
2011	4,580,084	3,132,814
2012	4,599,533	3,337,109
2013	4,623,816	3,507,844
2014	4,657,740	3,665,876
2015	4,701,957	3,834,574
2016	4,762,722	4,004,096
2017	4,827,445	4,154,812
2018	4,898,022	4,323,515
2019	4,976,456	4,442,316
2020	5,039,747	4,400,267
2021	5,110,585	4,360,865
2022	5,212,836	4,589,643
2023	5,307,600	4,853,420
2024	5,380,257	4,973,861

Fertility rates in Ireland and Kuwait

Fertility rate

Ireland

Kuwait

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Kuwait
1960	3.78	7.22
1961	3.78	7.25
1962	3.92	7.25
1963	4.01	7.28
1964	4.07	7.29
1965	4.04	7.31
1966	3.94	7.34
1967	3.84	7.33
1968	3.77	7.28
1969	3.83	7.18
1970	3.85	7.03
1971	3.93	6.84
1972	3.84	6.64
1973	3.71	6.43
1974	3.59	6.23
1975	3.37	6.06
1976	3.29	5.9
1977	3.24	5.71
1978	3.21	5.52
1979	3.21	5.33
1980	3.21	5.18
1981	3.05	5.02
1982	2.94	4.85
1983	2.74	4.66
1984	2.58	4.45
1985	2.48	4.22
1986	2.44	4
1987	2.32	3.83
1988	2.17	3.7
1989	2.08	3.59
1990	2.11	3.49
1991	2.08	3.4
1992	1.99	3.35
1993	1.9	3.31
1994	1.85	3.27
1995	1.84	3.25
1996	1.88	3.22
1997	1.93	3.14
1998	1.94	3.04
1999	1.9	2.95
2000	1.89	2.89
2001	1.94	2.84
2002	1.97	2.8
2003	1.96	2.77
2004	1.93	2.76
2005	1.86	2.73
2006	1.91	2.59
2007	2.01	2.41
2008	2.06	2.27
2009	2.06	2.15
2010	2.05	2.04
2011	2.03	1.96
2012	1.98	1.99
2013	1.93	1.97
2014	1.89	2.06
2015	1.85	2.03
2016	1.81	2.06
2017	1.77	2.16
2018	1.75	2.12
2019	1.71	2.08
2020	1.63	2.03
2021	1.78	2.15
2022	1.54	1.55
2023	1.5	1.52

Ireland and Kuwait demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Kuwait

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Kuwait
1960	30.1	22
1961	29.8	21.8
1962	29.5	21.5
1963	29.2	21
1964	28.9	20.7
1965	28.6	20.4
1966	28.2	20
1967	28	19.6
1968	27.8	19.2
1969	27.6	18.8
1970	27.4	18.5
1971	27.1	18.3
1972	26.9	18.3
1973	26.7	18.3
1974	26.5	18.4
1975	26.5	18.4
1976	26.4	18.7
1977	26.5	19.2
1978	26.5	19.6
1979	26.5	20.1
1980	26.5	20.5
1981	26.6	20.9
1982	26.7	21.3
1983	26.9	21.7
1984	27.1	22.1
1985	27.3	22.4
1986	27.6	22.7
1987	27.9	22.8
1988	28.4	23
1989	28.8	23.2
1990	29.2	23.4
1991	29.6	23.6
1992	29.9	23.8
1993	30.2	24.2
1994	30.6	25.1
1995	30.9	25.5
1996	31.3	25.5
1997	31.6	25.5
1998	31.9	25.5
1999	32.2	25.6
2000	32.5	25.9
2001	32.7	26.3
2002	33	26.8
2003	33.2	27.3
2004	33.4	27.9
2005	33.4	28.3
2006	33.4	28.5
2007	33.4	28.6
2008	33.5	28.8
2009	33.9	29.2
2010	34.3	29.6
2011	34.8	30.5
2012	35.2	31.5
2013	35.6	32.3
2014	36	33
2015	36.4	33.8
2016	36.8	34.7
2017	37.1	35.6
2018	37.4	36.4
2019	37.8	37.1
2020	38.2	37.7
2021	38.6	35.8
2022	38.9	34.4
2023	39.4	35.5
2024	39.7	35.8

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