Ireland vs New Zealand statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 5.34M in New Zealand (ranked 121/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 101,665 sq mi for New Zealand (ranked 119th vs. 74th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and New Zealand ranks 53/197 ($260B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while New Zealand ranks 26/197 ($48,747).

Ireland and New Zealand: Comparison Charts

Ireland and New Zealand economies compared

GDP

Ireland

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	New Zealand
1960	$1,998,550,222	$5,536,098,360
1961	$2,151,772,980	$5,721,994,864
1962	$2,329,372,972	$6,133,158,532
1963	$2,505,073,358	$6,699,741,645
1964	$2,851,091,646	$7,340,766,415
1965	$3,035,655,794	$5,706,251,400
1966	$3,198,820,904	$5,917,437,693
1967	$3,445,739,915	$6,016,017,227
1968	$3,378,701,147	$5,228,045,415
1969	$3,902,721,632	$5,814,357,709
1970	$4,395,995,086	$6,495,605,331
1971	$5,098,250,287	$7,911,136,757
1972	$6,318,060,582	$9,567,331,065
1973	$7,481,173,066	$12,802,281,898
1974	$7,896,860,615	$13,940,981,798
1975	$9,483,808,362	$12,861,983,284
1976	$9,453,756,015	$13,604,832,424
1977	$11,248,340,431	$15,446,825,318
1978	$14,647,996,074	$18,530,518,395
1979	$18,319,334,300	$20,731,243,113
1980	$21,747,855,640	$23,244,547,385
1981	$20,670,190,138	$24,417,617,184
1982	$21,474,754,080	$24,164,603,059
1983	$20,766,047,764	$24,309,279,706
1984	$20,106,648,455	$21,665,975,319
1985	$21,270,013,326	$24,679,795,396
1986	$28,714,571,852	$30,604,668,357
1987	$33,920,518,493	$40,376,354,070
1988	$37,772,897,421	$45,176,811,594
1989	$39,238,392,678	$43,920,222,525
1990	$49,305,632,408	$45,495,129,385
1991	$49,787,502,852	$42,745,329,732
1992	$55,918,538,121	$41,649,829,860
1993	$52,417,477,614	$46,775,620,817
1994	$57,097,656,066	$55,314,732,279
1995	$69,139,823,232	$63,918,703,507
1996	$75,790,785,030	$70,140,835,299
1997	$82,856,648,758	$66,075,143,415
1998	$90,199,410,116	$56,227,169,851
1999	$98,893,958,263	$58,762,260,626
2000	$100,207,610,430	$52,623,281,957
2001	$109,346,669,230	$53,872,425,917
2002	$128,596,035,288	$66,627,729,311
2003	$164,670,771,260	$88,250,885,550
2004	$194,372,115,041	$103,905,210,084
2005	$211,876,989,656	$114,720,129,550
2006	$232,180,617,162	$111,538,810,713
2007	$270,079,279,420	$137,188,946,866
2008	$275,447,471,451	$133,437,126,590
2009	$236,443,117,248	$121,663,439,315
2010	$221,985,621,538	$146,887,902,524
2011	$241,337,364,610	$168,484,908,960
2012	$227,270,922,957	$176,560,711,239
2013	$243,301,556,085	$191,012,364,177
2014	$266,787,238,499	$201,518,402,787
2015	$302,391,428,540	$178,224,167,088
2016	$305,733,136,181	$189,100,085,275
2017	$348,532,394,024	$206,745,969,246
2018	$395,461,216,460	$211,985,631,173
2019	$407,124,824,065	$213,006,341,102
2020	$436,555,518,400	$213,029,554,654
2021	$531,306,516,908	$253,977,931,815
2022	$548,570,250,342	$249,509,991,440
2023	$551,394,889,340	$255,194,972,673
2024	$577,389,475,010	$260,235,932,559

Ireland and New Zealand economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

New Zealand

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	New Zealand
1960	$707	$2,334
1961	$762	$2,365
1962	$821	$2,471
1963	$878	$2,646
1964	$995	$2,839
1965	$1,055	$2,171
1966	$1,107	$2,211
1967	$1,187	$2,208
1968	$1,159	$1,902
1969	$1,331	$2,097
1970	$1,487	$2,311
1971	$1,704	$2,773
1972	$2,080	$3,295
1973	$2,424	$4,323
1974	$2,517	$4,611
1975	$2,973	$4,172
1976	$2,920	$4,374
1977	$3,427	$4,951
1978	$4,400	$5,937
1979	$5,430	$6,668
1980	$6,372	$7,467
1981	$5,986	$7,814
1982	$6,161	$7,656
1983	$5,915	$7,598
1984	$5,692	$6,714
1985	$6,012	$7,601
1986	$8,112	$9,428
1987	$9,582	$12,331
1988	$10,716	$13,759
1989	$11,176	$13,312
1990	$14,031	$13,663
1991	$14,087	$12,230
1992	$15,714	$11,793
1993	$14,657	$13,094
1994	$15,903	$15,280
1995	$19,158	$17,400
1996	$20,836	$18,794
1997	$22,551	$17,474
1998	$24,295	$14,738
1999	$26,338	$15,322
2000	$26,335	$13,641
2001	$28,282	$13,883
2002	$32,705	$16,874
2003	$41,204	$21,914
2004	$47,754	$25,420
2005	$50,933	$27,751
2006	$54,329	$26,655
2007	$61,396	$32,480
2008	$61,353	$31,325
2009	$52,133	$28,277
2010	$48,679	$33,762
2011	$52,693	$38,432
2012	$49,412	$40,054
2013	$52,619	$43,000
2014	$57,278	$44,618
2015	$64,312	$38,665
2016	$64,193	$40,114
2017	$72,198	$42,950
2018	$80,739	$43,257
2019	$81,810	$42,779
2020	$86,623	$41,851
2021	$103,962	$49,689
2022	$105,235	$48,760
2023	$103,888	$48,655
2024	$107,316	$48,747

Ireland vs. New Zealand life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

New Zealand

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	New Zealand
1950	65.6	69.3
1951	64.8	69.1
1952	67.2	69.4
1953	67.9	70.2
1954	68	70.3
1955	68	70.5
1956	69	70.7
1957	69	70.3
1958	69.3	70.9
1959	69.4	70.8
1960	70.2	71.2
1961	69.6	70.9
1962	69.9	71.2
1963	70.2	71.3
1964	70.4	71.3
1965	70.6	71.2
1966	70.2	71.1
1967	71.2	71.4
1968	70.9	71.1
1969	70.8	71.5
1970	70.8	71.2
1971	71.6	71.7
1972	71	71.8
1973	71.2	71.7
1974	71.1	71.9
1975	71.7	72.2
1976	71.8	72.4
1977	71.9	72.1
1978	71.9	73
1979	72.2	73.1
1980	72.5	72.9
1981	72.9	73.6
1982	73.2	73.7
1983	73.2	73.8
1984	73.6	74.4
1985	73.6	73.9
1986	73.6	74.1
1987	74.4	74.2
1988	74.4	74.5
1989	74.5	74.9
1990	74.8	75.4
1991	75	76.1
1992	75.4	76.2
1993	75.3	76.5
1994	75.8	76.9
1995	75.5	76.8
1996	75.8	76.8
1997	76	77.3
1998	76.2	78.2
1999	76.1	77.9
2000	76.5	78.7
2001	77.1	78.7
2002	77.6	78.9
2003	78.1	79.1
2004	78.5	79.4
2005	78.9	80
2006	79.2	80
2007	79.6	80.1
2008	79.8	80.2
2009	80.1	80.5
2010	80.6	81.1
2011	80.7	80.8
2012	80.9	81.2
2013	81.1	81.6
2014	81.4	81.4
2015	81.5	81.6
2016	81.7	82
2017	82.1	81.6
2018	82.1	81.9
2019	82.4	81.8
2020	82.4	82.7
2021	81.9	82.3
2022	82.1	81
2023	82.4	82.1
2024	82.6	82.2
2025	82.7	82.4

Ireland and New Zealand population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

New Zealand

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	New Zealand
1960	2,828,600	2,371,800
1961	2,824,400	2,419,700
1962	2,836,050	2,482,000
1963	2,852,650	2,531,800
1964	2,866,550	2,585,400
1965	2,877,300	2,628,400
1966	2,888,800	2,675,900
1967	2,902,450	2,724,100
1968	2,915,550	2,748,100
1969	2,932,650	2,772,800
1970	2,957,250	2,810,700
1971	2,992,050	2,853,000
1972	3,036,850	2,903,900
1973	3,085,950	2,961,300
1974	3,137,500	3,023,700
1975	3,189,550	3,083,100
1976	3,238,050	3,110,500
1977	3,282,200	3,120,200
1978	3,329,100	3,121,200
1979	3,373,750	3,109,000
1980	3,412,800	3,112,900
1981	3,453,000	3,124,900
1982	3,485,800	3,156,100
1983	3,510,600	3,199,300
1984	3,532,423	3,227,100
1985	3,538,082	3,247,100
1986	3,539,690	3,246,300
1987	3,540,057	3,274,400
1988	3,524,949	3,283,400
1989	3,511,009	3,299,200
1990	3,513,974	3,329,800
1991	3,534,235	3,495,100
1992	3,558,430	3,531,700
1993	3,576,261	3,572,200
1994	3,590,386	3,620,000
1995	3,608,841	3,673,400
1996	3,637,510	3,732,000
1997	3,674,171	3,781,300
1998	3,712,696	3,815,000
1999	3,754,786	3,835,100
2000	3,805,174	3,857,700
2001	3,866,243	3,880,500
2002	3,931,947	3,948,500
2003	3,996,521	4,027,200
2004	4,070,262	4,087,500
2005	4,159,914	4,133,900
2006	4,273,591	4,184,600
2007	4,398,942	4,223,800
2008	4,489,544	4,259,800
2009	4,535,375	4,302,600
2010	4,560,155	4,350,700
2011	4,580,084	4,384,000
2012	4,599,533	4,408,100
2013	4,623,816	4,442,100
2014	4,657,740	4,516,500
2015	4,701,957	4,609,400
2016	4,762,722	4,714,100
2017	4,827,445	4,813,600
2018	4,898,022	4,900,600
2019	4,976,456	4,979,200
2020	5,039,747	5,090,200
2021	5,110,585	5,111,300
2022	5,212,836	5,117,100
2023	5,307,600	5,245,000
2024	5,380,257	5,338,500

Fertility rates in Ireland and New Zealand

Fertility rate

Ireland

New Zealand

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	New Zealand
1960	3.78	4.24
1961	3.78	4.31
1962	3.92	4.19
1963	4.01	4.05
1964	4.07	3.8
1965	4.04	3.54
1966	3.94	3.41
1967	3.84	3.35
1968	3.77	3.34
1969	3.83	3.28
1970	3.85	3.17
1971	3.93	3.18
1972	3.84	3
1973	3.71	2.76
1974	3.59	2.58
1975	3.37	2.37
1976	3.29	2.27
1977	3.24	2.21
1978	3.21	2.07
1979	3.21	2.12
1980	3.21	2.03
1981	3.05	2.01
1982	2.94	1.95
1983	2.74	1.92
1984	2.58	1.93
1985	2.48	1.93
1986	2.44	1.96
1987	2.32	2.03
1988	2.17	2.1
1989	2.08	2.12
1990	2.11	2.18
1991	2.08	2.09
1992	1.99	2.06
1993	1.9	2.04
1994	1.85	1.98
1995	1.84	1.98
1996	1.88	1.96
1997	1.93	1.96
1998	1.94	1.89
1999	1.9	1.97
2000	1.89	1.98
2001	1.94	1.97
2002	1.97	1.89
2003	1.96	1.93
2004	1.93	1.98
2005	1.86	1.97
2006	1.91	2.01
2007	2.01	2.18
2008	2.06	2.19
2009	2.06	2.13
2010	2.05	2.17
2011	2.03	2.09
2012	1.98	2.1
2013	1.93	2.01
2014	1.89	1.92
2015	1.85	1.99
2016	1.81	1.87
2017	1.77	1.81
2018	1.75	1.71
2019	1.71	1.72
2020	1.63	1.61
2021	1.78	1.64
2022	1.54	1.66
2023	1.5	1.56

Ireland and New Zealand demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

New Zealand

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	New Zealand
1960	30.1	27.5
1961	29.8	27.1
1962	29.5	26.8
1963	29.2	26.4
1964	28.9	26.2
1965	28.6	26
1966	28.2	25.9
1967	28	25.8
1968	27.8	25.7
1969	27.6	25.7
1970	27.4	25.6
1971	27.1	25.7
1972	26.9	25.9
1973	26.7	26
1974	26.5	26.2
1975	26.5	26.3
1976	26.4	26.5
1977	26.5	26.8
1978	26.5	27.1
1979	26.5	27.5
1980	26.5	27.9
1981	26.6	28.2
1982	26.7	28.5
1983	26.9	28.8
1984	27.1	29.1
1985	27.3	29.4
1986	27.6	29.8
1987	27.9	30.1
1988	28.4	30.4
1989	28.8	30.8
1990	29.2	31.1
1991	29.6	31.4
1992	29.9	31.7
1993	30.2	32
1994	30.6	32.3
1995	30.9	32.6
1996	31.3	32.8
1997	31.6	33.2
1998	31.9	33.6
1999	32.2	34
2000	32.5	34.3
2001	32.7	34.6
2002	33	34.8
2003	33.2	35
2004	33.4	35.2
2005	33.4	35.5
2006	33.4	35.8
2007	33.4	36.1
2008	33.5	36.4
2009	33.9	36.6
2010	34.3	36.8
2011	34.8	37
2012	35.2	37.2
2013	35.6	37.4
2014	36	37.5
2015	36.4	37.4
2016	36.8	37.3
2017	37.1	37.2
2018	37.4	37.3
2019	37.8	37.3
2020	38.2	37.5
2021	38.6	37.8
2022	38.9	38.1
2023	39.4	38.3
2024	39.7	38.6

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