Ireland vs Poland statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 36.6M in Poland (ranked 42/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 118,252 sq mi for Poland (ranked 119th vs. 69th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Poland ranks 21/197 ($915B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Poland ranks 48/197 ($25,023).

Ireland and Poland: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Poland economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Poland

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Poland
1960	$1,998,550,222	-
1961	$2,151,772,980	-
1962	$2,329,372,972	-
1963	$2,505,073,358	-
1964	$2,851,091,646	-
1965	$3,035,655,794	-
1966	$3,198,820,904	-
1967	$3,445,739,915	-
1968	$3,378,701,147	-
1969	$3,902,721,632	-
1970	$4,395,995,086	-
1971	$5,098,250,287	-
1972	$6,318,060,582	-
1973	$7,481,173,066	-
1974	$7,896,860,615	-
1975	$9,483,808,362	-
1976	$9,453,756,015	-
1977	$11,248,340,431	-
1978	$14,647,996,074	-
1979	$18,319,334,300	-
1980	$21,747,855,640	-
1981	$20,670,190,138	-
1982	$21,474,754,080	-
1983	$20,766,047,764	-
1984	$20,106,648,455	-
1985	$21,270,013,326	-
1986	$28,714,571,852	-
1987	$33,920,518,493	-
1988	$37,772,897,421	-
1989	$39,238,392,678	-
1990	$49,305,632,408	$65,977,748,211
1991	$49,787,502,852	$85,500,935,935
1992	$55,918,538,121	$94,337,050,693
1993	$52,417,477,614	$96,043,157,273
1994	$57,097,656,066	$110,803,635,288
1995	$69,139,823,232	$142,838,527,115
1996	$75,790,785,030	$160,813,026,223
1997	$82,856,648,758	$159,893,964,917
1998	$90,199,410,116	$175,282,269,667
1999	$98,893,958,263	$170,704,452,715
2000	$100,207,610,430	$172,953,527,033
2001	$109,346,669,230	$191,823,200,371
2002	$128,596,035,288	$199,694,463,256
2003	$164,670,771,260	$218,561,225,998
2004	$194,372,115,041	$256,268,656,145
2005	$211,876,989,656	$306,999,913,151
2006	$232,180,617,162	$345,897,630,736
2007	$270,079,279,420	$429,715,132,138
2008	$275,447,471,451	$535,612,030,672
2009	$236,443,117,248	$440,891,472,247
2010	$221,985,621,538	$478,111,630,684
2011	$241,337,364,610	$527,848,543,023
2012	$227,270,922,957	$498,148,649,703
2013	$243,301,556,085	$518,179,836,405
2014	$266,787,238,499	$542,134,167,179
2015	$302,391,428,540	$480,054,118,583
2016	$305,733,136,181	$473,259,623,976
2017	$348,532,394,024	$528,356,723,263
2018	$395,461,216,460	$594,616,632,477
2019	$407,124,824,065	$602,683,770,145
2020	$436,555,518,400	$605,914,186,118
2021	$531,306,516,908	$689,170,171,187
2022	$548,570,250,342	$695,607,522,885
2023	$551,394,889,340	$812,451,128,979
2024	$577,389,475,010	$914,696,430,325

Ireland and Poland economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Poland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Poland
1960	$707	-
1961	$762	-
1962	$821	-
1963	$878	-
1964	$995	-
1965	$1,055	-
1966	$1,107	-
1967	$1,187	-
1968	$1,159	-
1969	$1,331	-
1970	$1,487	-
1971	$1,704	-
1972	$2,080	-
1973	$2,424	-
1974	$2,517	-
1975	$2,973	-
1976	$2,920	-
1977	$3,427	-
1978	$4,400	-
1979	$5,430	-
1980	$6,372	-
1981	$5,986	-
1982	$6,161	-
1983	$5,915	-
1984	$5,692	-
1985	$6,012	-
1986	$8,112	-
1987	$9,582	-
1988	$10,716	-
1989	$11,176	-
1990	$14,031	$1,731
1991	$14,087	$2,236
1992	$15,714	$2,459
1993	$14,657	$2,497
1994	$15,903	$2,875
1995	$19,158	$3,701
1996	$20,836	$4,164
1997	$22,551	$4,137
1998	$24,295	$4,534
1999	$26,338	$4,416
2000	$26,335	$4,521
2001	$28,282	$5,015
2002	$32,705	$5,223
2003	$41,204	$5,721
2004	$47,754	$6,712
2005	$50,933	$8,044
2006	$54,329	$9,069
2007	$61,396	$11,273
2008	$61,353	$14,049
2009	$52,133	$11,556
2010	$48,679	$12,568
2011	$52,693	$13,868
2012	$49,412	$13,087
2013	$52,619	$13,622
2014	$57,278	$14,262
2015	$64,312	$12,638
2016	$64,193	$12,464
2017	$72,198	$13,913
2018	$80,739	$15,658
2019	$81,810	$15,875
2020	$86,623	$16,151
2021	$103,962	$18,636
2022	$105,235	$18,891
2023	$103,888	$22,145
2024	$107,316	$25,023

Ireland vs. Poland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Poland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Poland
1950	65.6	58.3
1951	64.8	58.9
1952	67.2	59.7
1953	67.9	61.3
1954	68	62.3
1955	68	63.1
1956	69	63.4
1957	69	64.4
1958	69.3	64.9
1959	69.4	66.4
1960	70.2	67.1
1961	69.6	67.8
1962	69.9	68
1963	70.2	68.3
1964	70.4	68.9
1965	70.6	69.4
1966	70.2	69.7
1967	71.2	69.9
1968	70.9	69.8
1969	70.8	69.8
1970	70.8	69.6
1971	71.6	69.8
1972	71	70.1
1973	71.2	70.7
1974	71.1	70.7
1975	71.7	70.6
1976	71.8	70.4
1977	71.9	70.3
1978	71.9	70.4
1979	72.2	70.2
1980	72.5	70.5
1981	72.9	70.6
1982	73.2	70.9
1983	73.2	70.8
1984	73.6	70.6
1985	73.6	70.5
1986	73.6	70.6
1987	74.4	70.8
1988	74.4	70.8
1989	74.5	70.8
1990	74.8	70.6
1991	75	70.7
1992	75.4	70.9
1993	75.3	71.3
1994	75.8	71.7
1995	75.5	72
1996	75.8	72.3
1997	76	72.6
1998	76.2	72.8
1999	76.1	73.2
2000	76.5	73.6
2001	77.1	74.2
2002	77.6	74.5
2003	78.1	74.8
2004	78.5	74.9
2005	78.9	75.1
2006	79.2	75.3
2007	79.6	75.4
2008	79.8	75.6
2009	80.1	75.9
2010	80.6	76.3
2011	80.7	76.6
2012	80.9	76.8
2013	81.1	77.1
2014	81.4	77.3
2015	81.5	77.6
2016	81.7	77.6
2017	82.1	77.7
2018	82.1	77.6
2019	82.4	77.9
2020	82.4	76.6
2021	81.9	75.6
2022	82.1	77.9
2023	82.4	78.6
2024	82.6	78.8
2025	82.7	79

Ireland and Poland population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Poland

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Poland
1960	2,828,600	29,637,450
1961	2,824,400	29,964,000
1962	2,836,050	30,308,500
1963	2,852,650	30,712,000
1964	2,866,550	31,139,450
1965	2,877,300	31,444,950
1966	2,888,800	31,681,000
1967	2,902,450	31,987,155
1968	2,915,550	32,294,655
1969	2,932,650	32,548,300
1970	2,957,250	32,664,300
1971	2,992,050	32,783,500
1972	3,036,850	33,055,650
1973	3,085,950	33,357,200
1974	3,137,500	33,678,899
1975	3,189,550	34,015,199
1976	3,238,050	34,356,300
1977	3,282,200	34,689,050
1978	3,329,100	34,965,600
1979	3,373,750	35,247,217
1980	3,412,800	35,574,150
1981	3,453,000	35,898,587
1982	3,485,800	36,230,481
1983	3,510,600	36,571,808
1984	3,532,423	36,904,134
1985	3,538,082	37,201,885
1986	3,539,690	37,456,119
1987	3,540,057	37,668,045
1988	3,524,949	37,824,487
1989	3,511,009	37,961,529
1990	3,513,974	38,110,782
1991	3,534,235	38,246,193
1992	3,558,430	38,363,667
1993	3,576,261	38,461,408
1994	3,590,386	38,542,652
1995	3,608,841	38,594,998
1996	3,637,510	38,624,370
1997	3,674,171	38,649,660
1998	3,712,696	38,663,481
1999	3,754,786	38,660,271
2000	3,805,174	38,258,629
2001	3,866,243	38,248,076
2002	3,931,947	38,230,364
2003	3,996,521	38,204,570
2004	4,070,262	38,182,222
2005	4,159,914	38,165,445
2006	4,273,591	38,141,267
2007	4,398,942	38,120,560
2008	4,489,544	38,125,759
2009	4,535,375	38,151,603
2010	4,560,155	38,042,794
2011	4,580,084	38,063,255
2012	4,599,533	38,063,164
2013	4,623,816	38,040,196
2014	4,657,740	38,011,735
2015	4,701,957	37,986,412
2016	4,762,722	37,970,087
2017	4,827,445	37,974,826
2018	4,898,022	37,974,750
2019	4,976,456	37,965,475
2020	5,039,747	37,515,748
2021	5,110,585	36,981,559
2022	5,212,836	36,821,749
2023	5,307,600	36,687,353
2024	5,380,257	36,554,707

Fertility rates in Ireland and Poland

Fertility rate

Ireland

Poland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Poland
1960	3.78	2.98
1961	3.78	2.83
1962	3.92	2.72
1963	4.01	2.7
1964	4.07	2.57
1965	4.04	2.52
1966	3.94	2.34
1967	3.84	2.33
1968	3.77	2.24
1969	3.83	2.2
1970	3.85	2.2
1971	3.93	2.25
1972	3.84	2.24
1973	3.71	2.26
1974	3.59	2.26
1975	3.37	2.27
1976	3.29	2.3
1977	3.24	2.23
1978	3.21	2.21
1979	3.21	2.28
1980	3.21	2.28
1981	3.05	2.24
1982	2.94	2.34
1983	2.74	2.42
1984	2.58	2.37
1985	2.48	2.33
1986	2.44	2.22
1987	2.32	2.15
1988	2.17	2.13
1989	2.08	2.08
1990	2.11	2.06
1991	2.08	2.07
1992	1.99	1.95
1993	1.9	1.87
1994	1.85	1.81
1995	1.84	1.62
1996	1.88	1.59
1997	1.93	1.51
1998	1.94	1.44
1999	1.9	1.37
2000	1.89	1.37
2001	1.94	1.31
2002	1.97	1.25
2003	1.96	1.22
2004	1.93	1.23
2005	1.86	1.24
2006	1.91	1.27
2007	2.01	1.31
2008	2.06	1.39
2009	2.06	1.4
2010	2.05	1.41
2011	2.03	1.33
2012	1.98	1.33
2013	1.93	1.29
2014	1.89	1.32
2015	1.85	1.32
2016	1.81	1.39
2017	1.77	1.48
2018	1.75	1.46
2019	1.71	1.44
2020	1.63	1.39
2021	1.78	1.33
2022	1.54	1.29
2023	1.5	1.16

Ireland and Poland demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Poland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Poland
1960	30.1	26.6
1961	29.8	26.8
1962	29.5	26.9
1963	29.2	27.1
1964	28.9	27.3
1965	28.6	27.5
1966	28.2	27.7
1967	28	27.8
1968	27.8	28
1969	27.6	28.1
1970	27.4	28.2
1971	27.1	28.4
1972	26.9	28.5
1973	26.7	28.5
1974	26.5	28.6
1975	26.5	28.6
1976	26.4	28.7
1977	26.5	28.9
1978	26.5	29.1
1979	26.5	29.3
1980	26.5	29.5
1981	26.6	29.8
1982	26.7	30.1
1983	26.9	30.3
1984	27.1	30.6
1985	27.3	30.8
1986	27.6	31.1
1987	27.9	31.4
1988	28.4	31.7
1989	28.8	32.1
1990	29.2	32.4
1991	29.6	32.6
1992	29.9	32.9
1993	30.2	33.2
1994	30.6	33.5
1995	30.9	33.9
1996	31.3	34.2
1997	31.6	34.4
1998	31.9	34.7
1999	32.2	35
2000	32.5	35.2
2001	32.7	35.5
2002	33	35.8
2003	33.2	36
2004	33.4	36.3
2005	33.4	36.6
2006	33.4	36.9
2007	33.4	37.2
2008	33.5	37.5
2009	33.9	37.8
2010	34.3	38.1
2011	34.8	38.2
2012	35.2	38.4
2013	35.6	38.7
2014	36	39
2015	36.4	39.3
2016	36.8	39.7
2017	37.1	40
2018	37.4	40.4
2019	37.8	40.8
2020	38.2	41.1
2021	38.6	41.5
2022	38.9	41.9
2023	39.4	42.4
2024	39.7	42.9

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