Ireland vs Netherlands statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 18M in The Netherlands (ranked 72/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 13,000 sq mi for The Netherlands (ranked 119th vs. 134th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and The Netherlands ranks 19/197 ($1.23T). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while The Netherlands ranks 13/197 ($68,219).

Ireland and Netherlands: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Netherlands economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Netherlands
1960	$1,998,550,222	$13,282,979,015
1961	$2,151,772,980	$14,599,836,396
1962	$2,329,372,972	$15,847,582,341
1963	$2,505,073,358	$17,193,744,109
1964	$2,851,091,646	$20,232,048,553
1965	$3,035,655,794	$22,721,869,808
1966	$3,198,820,904	$24,741,480,717
1967	$3,445,739,915	$27,143,828,099
1968	$3,378,701,147	$30,097,635,751
1969	$3,902,721,632	$34,086,038,090
1970	$4,395,995,086	$38,220,884,519
1971	$5,098,250,287	$44,644,730,576
1972	$6,318,060,582	$54,787,070,173
1973	$7,481,173,066	$71,946,639,603
1974	$7,896,860,615	$87,371,810,804
1975	$9,483,808,362	$100,397,061,694
1976	$9,453,756,015	$109,329,386,564
1977	$11,248,340,431	$127,203,923,857
1978	$14,647,996,074	$156,089,077,205
1979	$18,319,334,300	$179,933,827,310
1980	$21,747,855,640	$195,439,301,707
1981	$20,670,190,138	$164,375,775,854
1982	$21,474,754,080	$158,712,765,536
1983	$20,766,047,764	$153,671,294,109
1984	$20,106,648,455	$144,124,462,912
1985	$21,270,013,326	$144,057,523,222
1986	$28,714,571,852	$201,157,708,221
1987	$33,920,518,493	$245,406,949,521
1988	$37,772,897,421	$262,295,966,105
1989	$39,238,392,678	$258,716,904,292
1990	$49,305,632,408	$318,799,003,994
1991	$49,787,502,852	$327,982,316,124
1992	$55,918,538,121	$363,497,050,125
1993	$52,417,477,614	$354,070,495,966
1994	$57,097,656,066	$379,688,232,232
1995	$69,139,823,232	$452,967,334,614
1996	$75,790,785,030	$451,372,549,020
1997	$82,856,648,758	$417,506,211,882
1998	$90,199,410,116	$438,612,530,549
1999	$98,893,958,263	$447,778,514,140
2000	$100,207,610,430	$417,649,282,154
2001	$109,346,669,230	$432,536,219,669
2002	$128,596,035,288	$475,529,972,123
2003	$164,670,771,260	$582,435,617,082
2004	$194,372,115,041	$661,224,886,143
2005	$211,876,989,656	$688,133,699,636
2006	$232,180,617,162	$737,593,995,289
2007	$270,079,279,420	$853,499,460,873
2008	$275,447,471,451	$957,901,566,041
2009	$236,443,117,248	$878,954,223,140
2010	$221,985,621,538	$852,464,982,433
2011	$241,337,364,610	$913,140,741,333
2012	$227,270,922,957	$845,689,017,066
2013	$243,301,556,085	$883,951,539,007
2014	$266,787,238,499	$901,556,501,756
2015	$302,391,428,540	$775,743,675,303
2016	$305,733,136,181	$797,163,949,290
2017	$348,532,394,024	$848,233,537,846
2018	$395,461,216,460	$929,733,599,797
2019	$407,124,824,065	$928,903,005,576
2020	$436,555,518,400	$932,560,861,701
2021	$531,306,516,908	$1,054,472,123,450
2022	$548,570,250,342	$1,046,540,797,549
2023	$551,394,889,340	$1,154,361,305,398
2024	$577,389,475,010	$1,227,543,925,316

Ireland and Netherlands economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Netherlands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Netherlands
1960	$707	$1,156
1961	$762	$1,254
1962	$821	$1,342
1963	$878	$1,437
1964	$995	$1,668
1965	$1,055	$1,848
1966	$1,107	$1,986
1967	$1,187	$2,155
1968	$1,159	$2,364
1969	$1,331	$2,647
1970	$1,487	$2,931
1971	$1,704	$3,384
1972	$2,080	$4,110
1973	$2,424	$5,353
1974	$2,517	$6,450
1975	$2,973	$7,346
1976	$2,920	$7,937
1977	$3,427	$9,180
1978	$4,400	$11,196
1979	$5,430	$12,817
1980	$6,372	$13,812
1981	$5,986	$11,537
1982	$6,161	$11,089
1983	$5,915	$10,696
1984	$5,692	$9,992
1985	$6,012	$9,941
1986	$8,112	$13,804
1987	$9,582	$16,734
1988	$10,716	$17,771
1989	$11,176	$17,423
1990	$14,031	$21,322
1991	$14,087	$21,764
1992	$15,714	$23,939
1993	$14,657	$23,156
1994	$15,903	$24,683
1995	$19,158	$29,301
1996	$20,836	$29,064
1997	$22,551	$26,745
1998	$24,295	$27,924
1999	$26,338	$28,319
2000	$26,335	$26,225
2001	$28,282	$26,956
2002	$32,705	$29,447
2003	$41,204	$35,897
2004	$47,754	$40,611
2005	$50,933	$42,165
2006	$54,329	$45,124
2007	$61,396	$52,101
2008	$61,353	$58,247
2009	$52,133	$53,172
2010	$48,679	$51,306
2011	$52,693	$54,702
2012	$49,412	$50,474
2013	$52,619	$52,602
2014	$57,278	$53,457
2015	$64,312	$45,794
2016	$64,193	$46,809
2017	$72,198	$49,514
2018	$80,739	$53,955
2019	$81,810	$53,555
2020	$86,623	$53,468
2021	$103,962	$60,142
2022	$105,235	$59,123
2023	$103,888	$64,572
2024	$107,316	$68,219

Ireland vs. Netherlands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Netherlands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Netherlands
1950	65.6	71.4
1951	64.8	71.5
1952	67.2	72.1
1953	67.9	71.7
1954	68	72.4
1955	68	72.5
1956	69	72.5
1957	69	73
1958	69.3	73.1
1959	69.4	73.2
1960	70.2	73.4
1961	69.6	73.6
1962	69.9	73.2
1963	70.2	73.4
1964	70.4	73.7
1965	70.6	73.6
1966	70.2	73.6
1967	71.2	73.8
1968	70.9	73.6
1969	70.8	73.6
1970	70.8	73.6
1971	71.6	73.9
1972	71	73.8
1973	71.2	74.2
1974	71.1	74.6
1975	71.7	74.6
1976	71.8	74.7
1977	71.9	75.3
1978	71.9	75.2
1979	72.2	75.6
1980	72.5	75.8
1981	72.9	76
1982	73.2	76.1
1983	73.2	76.3
1984	73.6	76.3
1985	73.6	76.4
1986	73.6	76.4
1987	74.4	76.8
1988	74.4	77
1989	74.5	76.8
1990	74.8	77
1991	75	77.2
1992	75.4	77.4
1993	75.3	77
1994	75.8	77.5
1995	75.5	77.6
1996	75.8	77.6
1997	76	77.9
1998	76.2	78
1999	76.1	78
2000	76.5	78.1
2001	77.1	78.3
2002	77.6	78.4
2003	78.1	78.7
2004	78.5	79.2
2005	78.9	79.5
2006	79.2	79.8
2007	79.6	80.3
2008	79.8	80.4
2009	80.1	80.7
2010	80.6	80.8
2011	80.7	81.1
2012	80.9	81.1
2013	81.1	81.3
2014	81.4	81.7
2015	81.5	81.5
2016	81.7	81.6
2017	82.1	81.7
2018	82.1	81.8
2019	82.4	82.1
2020	82.4	81.4
2021	81.9	81.4
2022	82.1	81.9
2023	82.4	82.2
2024	82.6	82.3
2025	82.7	82.4

Ireland and Netherlands population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Netherlands

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Netherlands
1960	2,828,600	11,486,631
1961	2,824,400	11,638,712
1962	2,836,050	11,805,689
1963	2,852,650	11,965,966
1964	2,866,550	12,127,120
1965	2,877,300	12,294,732
1966	2,888,800	12,456,251
1967	2,902,450	12,598,201
1968	2,915,550	12,729,721
1969	2,932,650	12,877,984
1970	2,957,250	13,038,526
1971	2,992,050	13,194,497
1972	3,036,850	13,328,593
1973	3,085,950	13,439,322
1974	3,137,500	13,545,056
1975	3,189,550	13,666,335
1976	3,238,050	13,774,037
1977	3,282,200	13,856,185
1978	3,329,100	13,941,700
1979	3,373,750	14,038,270
1980	3,412,800	14,149,800
1981	3,453,000	14,247,208
1982	3,485,800	14,312,690
1983	3,510,600	14,367,070
1984	3,532,423	14,424,211
1985	3,538,082	14,491,632
1986	3,539,690	14,572,278
1987	3,540,057	14,665,037
1988	3,524,949	14,760,094
1989	3,511,009	14,848,907
1990	3,513,974	14,951,510
1991	3,534,235	15,069,798
1992	3,558,430	15,184,166
1993	3,576,261	15,290,368
1994	3,590,386	15,382,838
1995	3,608,841	15,459,006
1996	3,637,510	15,530,498
1997	3,674,171	15,610,650
1998	3,712,696	15,707,209
1999	3,754,786	15,812,088
2000	3,805,174	15,925,513
2001	3,866,243	16,046,180
2002	3,931,947	16,148,929
2003	3,996,521	16,225,302
2004	4,070,262	16,281,779
2005	4,159,914	16,319,868
2006	4,273,591	16,346,101
2007	4,398,942	16,381,696
2008	4,489,544	16,445,593
2009	4,535,375	16,530,388
2010	4,560,155	16,615,394
2011	4,580,084	16,693,074
2012	4,599,533	16,754,962
2013	4,623,816	16,804,432
2014	4,657,740	16,865,008
2015	4,701,957	16,939,923
2016	4,762,722	17,030,314
2017	4,827,445	17,131,296
2018	4,898,022	17,231,624
2019	4,976,456	17,344,874
2020	5,039,747	17,441,500
2021	5,110,585	17,533,044
2022	5,212,836	17,700,982
2023	5,307,600	17,877,117
2024	5,380,257	17,994,237

Fertility rates in Ireland and Netherlands

Fertility rate

Ireland

Netherlands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Netherlands
1960	3.78	3.12
1961	3.78	3.22
1962	3.92	3.18
1963	4.01	3.19
1964	4.07	3.17
1965	4.04	3.04
1966	3.94	2.9
1967	3.84	2.81
1968	3.77	2.72
1969	3.83	2.75
1970	3.85	2.57
1971	3.93	2.36
1972	3.84	2.15
1973	3.71	1.9
1974	3.59	1.77
1975	3.37	1.66
1976	3.29	1.63
1977	3.24	1.58
1978	3.21	1.58
1979	3.21	1.56
1980	3.21	1.6
1981	3.05	1.56
1982	2.94	1.5
1983	2.74	1.47
1984	2.58	1.49
1985	2.48	1.51
1986	2.44	1.55
1987	2.32	1.56
1988	2.17	1.55
1989	2.08	1.55
1990	2.11	1.62
1991	2.08	1.61
1992	1.99	1.59
1993	1.9	1.57
1994	1.85	1.57
1995	1.84	1.53
1996	1.88	1.53
1997	1.93	1.56
1998	1.94	1.63
1999	1.9	1.65
2000	1.89	1.72
2001	1.94	1.71
2002	1.97	1.73
2003	1.96	1.75
2004	1.93	1.72
2005	1.86	1.71
2006	1.91	1.72
2007	2.01	1.72
2008	2.06	1.77
2009	2.06	1.79
2010	2.05	1.79
2011	2.03	1.76
2012	1.98	1.72
2013	1.93	1.68
2014	1.89	1.71
2015	1.85	1.66
2016	1.81	1.66
2017	1.77	1.62
2018	1.75	1.59
2019	1.71	1.57
2020	1.63	1.54
2021	1.78	1.62
2022	1.54	1.49
2023	1.5	1.43

Ireland and Netherlands demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Netherlands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Netherlands
1960	30.1	28.8
1961	29.8	28.8
1962	29.5	28.7
1963	29.2	28.7
1964	28.9	28.6
1965	28.6	28.6
1966	28.2	28.6
1967	28	28.5
1968	27.8	28.6
1969	27.6	28.6
1970	27.4	28.6
1971	27.1	28.7
1972	26.9	28.9
1973	26.7	29
1974	26.5	29.3
1975	26.5	29.4
1976	26.4	29.8
1977	26.5	30.3
1978	26.5	30.7
1979	26.5	31
1980	26.5	31.3
1981	26.6	31.6
1982	26.7	31.9
1983	26.9	32.3
1984	27.1	32.6
1985	27.3	32.9
1986	27.6	33.2
1987	27.9	33.5
1988	28.4	33.8
1989	28.8	34.1
1990	29.2	34.3
1991	29.6	34.6
1992	29.9	34.8
1993	30.2	35.1
1994	30.6	35.4
1995	30.9	35.7
1996	31.3	36.1
1997	31.6	36.4
1998	31.9	36.7
1999	32.2	37
2000	32.5	37.3
2001	32.7	37.5
2002	33	37.8
2003	33.2	38.1
2004	33.4	38.5
2005	33.4	38.9
2006	33.4	39.3
2007	33.4	39.7
2008	33.5	40
2009	33.9	40.3
2010	34.3	40.7
2011	34.8	41
2012	35.2	41.3
2013	35.6	41.6
2014	36	41.8
2015	36.4	42
2016	36.8	42.2
2017	37.1	42.3
2018	37.4	42.4
2019	37.8	42.5
2020	38.2	42.5
2021	38.6	42.6
2022	38.9	42.5
2023	39.4	42.4
2024	39.7	42.4

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