Ireland vs Portugal statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 10.7M in Portugal (ranked 90/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 35,369 sq mi for Portugal (ranked 119th vs. 108th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Portugal ranks 47/197 ($309B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Portugal ranks 44/197 ($28,844).

Ireland and Portugal: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Portugal economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Portugal

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Portugal
1960	$1,998,550,222	$3,339,150,158
1961	$2,151,772,980	$3,573,719,085
1962	$2,329,372,972	$3,835,883,663
1963	$2,505,073,358	$4,084,251,593
1964	$2,851,091,646	$4,429,202,657
1965	$3,035,655,794	$4,901,711,248
1966	$3,198,820,904	$5,370,108,031
1967	$3,445,739,915	$6,002,607,030
1968	$3,378,701,147	$6,644,693,214
1969	$3,902,721,632	$7,287,555,035
1970	$4,395,995,086	$8,108,235,704
1971	$5,098,250,287	$9,201,604,240
1972	$6,318,060,582	$11,239,117,865
1973	$7,481,173,066	$15,090,564,186
1974	$7,896,860,615	$17,512,391,476
1975	$9,483,808,362	$19,347,607,843
1976	$9,453,756,015	$20,332,831,565
1977	$11,248,340,431	$21,439,523,311
1978	$14,647,996,074	$23,487,614,051
1979	$18,319,334,300	$26,622,819,672
1980	$21,747,855,640	$32,896,519,824
1981	$20,670,190,138	$31,977,276,873
1982	$21,474,754,080	$30,527,754,793
1983	$20,766,047,764	$27,239,650,742
1984	$20,106,648,455	$25,217,969,050
1985	$21,270,013,326	$27,115,807,742
1986	$28,714,571,852	$38,745,901,354
1987	$33,920,518,493	$48,182,925,857
1988	$37,772,897,421	$56,347,250,696
1989	$39,238,392,678	$60,594,092,182
1990	$49,305,632,408	$78,713,860,217
1991	$49,787,502,852	$89,233,599,278
1992	$55,918,538,121	$107,592,098,307
1993	$52,417,477,614	$95,009,751,901
1994	$57,097,656,066	$99,688,641,304
1995	$69,139,823,232	$118,122,007,430
1996	$75,790,785,030	$122,630,089,680
1997	$82,856,648,758	$117,016,535,163
1998	$90,199,410,116	$123,946,327,916
1999	$98,893,958,263	$127,470,385,557
2000	$100,207,610,430	$118,605,192,877
2001	$109,346,669,230	$121,604,107,165
2002	$128,596,035,288	$134,795,565,549
2003	$164,670,771,260	$165,226,175,537
2004	$194,372,115,041	$189,382,122,532
2005	$211,876,989,656	$197,253,876,705
2006	$232,180,617,162	$208,756,449,276
2007	$270,079,279,420	$240,496,147,317
2008	$275,447,471,451	$263,416,394,624
2009	$236,443,117,248	$244,667,762,836
2010	$221,985,621,538	$238,443,864,993
2011	$241,337,364,610	$245,426,767,676
2012	$227,270,922,957	$216,536,676,772
2013	$243,301,556,085	$226,677,408,292
2014	$266,787,238,499	$230,078,616,300
2015	$302,391,428,540	$199,038,523,120
2016	$305,733,136,181	$206,305,431,242
2017	$348,532,394,024	$220,862,990,767
2018	$395,461,216,460	$242,092,894,543
2019	$407,124,824,065	$240,115,970,063
2020	$436,555,518,400	$229,618,773,423
2021	$531,306,516,908	$256,055,879,091
2022	$548,570,250,342	$256,898,675,069
2023	$551,394,889,340	$289,696,962,620
2024	$577,389,475,010	$308,683,317,393

Ireland and Portugal economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Portugal

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Portugal
1960	$707	$377
1961	$762	$400
1962	$821	$426
1963	$878	$452
1964	$995	$490
1965	$1,055	$545
1966	$1,107	$601
1967	$1,187	$676
1968	$1,159	$752
1969	$1,331	$832
1970	$1,487	$934
1971	$1,704	$1,065
1972	$2,080	$1,302
1973	$2,424	$1,748
1974	$2,517	$2,000
1975	$2,973	$2,128
1976	$2,920	$2,173
1977	$3,427	$2,267
1978	$4,400	$2,457
1979	$5,430	$2,756
1980	$6,372	$3,368
1981	$5,986	$3,246
1982	$6,161	$3,080
1983	$5,915	$2,735
1984	$5,692	$2,523
1985	$6,012	$2,705
1986	$8,112	$3,862
1987	$9,582	$4,804
1988	$10,716	$5,624
1989	$11,176	$6,056
1990	$14,031	$7,885
1991	$14,087	$8,959
1992	$15,714	$10,811
1993	$14,657	$9,535
1994	$15,903	$9,977
1995	$19,158	$11,781
1996	$20,836	$12,185
1997	$22,551	$11,576
1998	$24,295	$12,199
1999	$26,338	$12,475
2000	$26,335	$11,526
2001	$28,282	$11,735
2002	$32,705	$12,937
2003	$41,204	$15,798
2004	$47,754	$18,064
2005	$50,933	$18,780
2006	$54,329	$19,839
2007	$61,396	$22,811
2008	$61,353	$24,949
2009	$52,133	$23,151
2010	$48,679	$22,552
2011	$52,693	$23,247
2012	$49,412	$20,593
2013	$52,619	$21,676
2014	$57,278	$22,121
2015	$64,312	$19,216
2016	$64,193	$19,980
2017	$72,198	$21,442
2018	$80,739	$23,541
2019	$81,810	$23,343
2020	$86,623	$22,299
2021	$103,962	$24,711
2022	$105,235	$24,621
2023	$103,888	$27,386
2024	$107,316	$28,844

Ireland vs. Portugal life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Portugal

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Portugal
1950	65.6	58.5
1951	64.8	58.7
1952	67.2	59.8
1953	67.9	61.1
1954	68	62.2
1955	68	61.4
1956	69	61.2
1957	69	61.4
1958	69.3	63.7
1959	69.4	62.9
1960	70.2	64.1
1961	69.6	62.8
1962	69.9	64.3
1963	70.2	64.9
1964	70.4	65.1
1965	70.6	66.1
1966	70.2	65.6
1967	71.2	66.5
1968	70.9	66.8
1969	70.8	66.4
1970	70.8	67.1
1971	71.6	66.8
1972	71	69.2
1973	71.2	68.6
1974	71.1	69.1
1975	71.7	68.8
1976	71.8	69.1
1977	71.9	70.3
1978	71.9	70.8
1979	72.2	71.6
1980	72.5	71.7
1981	72.9	71.9
1982	73.2	72.7
1983	73.2	72.7
1984	73.6	72.9
1985	73.6	73.2
1986	73.6	73.6
1987	74.4	74.1
1988	74.4	74.1
1989	74.5	74.7
1990	74.8	74.3
1991	75	74.2
1992	75.4	74.9
1993	75.3	74.8
1994	75.8	75.7
1995	75.5	75.5
1996	75.8	75.5
1997	76	75.9
1998	76.2	76.1
1999	76.1	76.3
2000	76.5	76.8
2001	77.1	77.2
2002	77.6	77.4
2003	78.1	77.6
2004	78.5	78.4
2005	78.9	78.3
2006	79.2	79.1
2007	79.6	79.3
2008	79.8	79.6
2009	80.1	79.8
2010	80.6	80.1
2011	80.7	80.6
2012	80.9	80.6
2013	81.1	80.9
2014	81.4	81.3
2015	81.5	81.3
2016	81.7	81.4
2017	82.1	81.7
2018	82.1	81.6
2019	82.4	82
2020	82.4	81.4
2021	81.9	81.4
2022	82.1	81.2
2023	82.4	82.4
2024	82.6	82.6
2025	82.7	82.7

Ireland and Portugal population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Portugal

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Portugal
1960	2,828,600	8,857,716
1961	2,824,400	8,929,316
1962	2,836,050	8,993,985
1963	2,852,650	9,030,355
1964	2,866,550	9,035,365
1965	2,877,300	8,998,595
1966	2,888,800	8,930,990
1967	2,902,450	8,874,520
1968	2,915,550	8,836,650
1969	2,932,650	8,757,705
1970	2,957,250	8,680,431
1971	2,992,050	8,643,756
1972	3,036,850	8,630,430
1973	3,085,950	8,633,100
1974	3,137,500	8,754,365
1975	3,189,550	9,093,470
1976	3,238,050	9,355,810
1977	3,282,200	9,455,675
1978	3,329,100	9,558,250
1979	3,373,750	9,661,265
1980	3,412,800	9,766,312
1981	3,453,000	9,851,362
1982	3,485,800	9,911,771
1983	3,510,600	9,957,865
1984	3,532,423	9,996,232
1985	3,538,082	10,023,613
1986	3,539,690	10,032,734
1987	3,540,057	10,030,031
1988	3,524,949	10,019,610
1989	3,511,009	10,005,000
1990	3,513,974	9,983,218
1991	3,534,235	9,960,235
1992	3,558,430	9,952,494
1993	3,576,261	9,964,675
1994	3,590,386	9,991,525
1995	3,608,841	10,026,176
1996	3,637,510	10,063,945
1997	3,674,171	10,108,977
1998	3,712,696	10,160,196
1999	3,754,786	10,217,828
2000	3,805,174	10,289,898
2001	3,866,243	10,362,722
2002	3,931,947	10,419,631
2003	3,996,521	10,458,821
2004	4,070,262	10,483,861
2005	4,159,914	10,503,330
2006	4,273,591	10,522,288
2007	4,398,942	10,542,964
2008	4,489,544	10,558,177
2009	4,535,375	10,568,247
2010	4,560,155	10,573,100
2011	4,580,084	10,557,560
2012	4,599,533	10,514,844
2013	4,623,816	10,457,295
2014	4,657,740	10,401,062
2015	4,701,957	10,358,076
2016	4,762,722	10,325,452
2017	4,827,445	10,300,300
2018	4,898,022	10,283,822
2019	4,976,456	10,286,263
2020	5,039,747	10,297,081
2021	5,110,585	10,361,831
2022	5,212,836	10,434,332
2023	5,307,600	10,578,174
2024	5,380,257	10,701,636

Fertility rates in Ireland and Portugal

Fertility rate

Ireland

Portugal

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Portugal
1960	3.78	3.16
1961	3.78	3.21
1962	3.92	3.23
1963	4.01	3.12
1964	4.07	3.21
1965	4.04	3.15
1966	3.94	3.16
1967	3.84	3.16
1968	3.77	3.12
1969	3.83	3.12
1970	3.85	3.01
1971	3.93	3
1972	3.84	2.86
1973	3.71	2.77
1974	3.59	2.7
1975	3.37	2.75
1976	3.29	2.82
1977	3.24	2.69
1978	3.21	2.45
1979	3.21	2.31
1980	3.21	2.25
1981	3.05	2.13
1982	2.94	2.07
1983	2.74	1.95
1984	2.58	1.9
1985	2.48	1.72
1986	2.44	1.66
1987	2.32	1.62
1988	2.17	1.61
1989	2.08	1.57
1990	2.11	1.56
1991	2.08	1.56
1992	1.99	1.54
1993	1.9	1.52
1994	1.85	1.45
1995	1.84	1.41
1996	1.88	1.44
1997	1.93	1.47
1998	1.94	1.47
1999	1.9	1.5
2000	1.89	1.55
2001	1.94	1.45
2002	1.97	1.46
2003	1.96	1.44
2004	1.93	1.4
2005	1.86	1.41
2006	1.91	1.37
2007	2.01	1.35
2008	2.06	1.39
2009	2.06	1.34
2010	2.05	1.39
2011	2.03	1.35
2012	1.98	1.28
2013	1.93	1.21
2014	1.89	1.24
2015	1.85	1.31
2016	1.81	1.37
2017	1.77	1.38
2018	1.75	1.42
2019	1.71	1.44
2020	1.63	1.42
2021	1.78	1.35
2022	1.54	1.43
2023	1.5	1.44

Ireland and Portugal demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Portugal

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Portugal
1960	30.1	27.9
1961	29.8	28.1
1962	29.5	28.3
1963	29.2	28.5
1964	28.9	28.7
1965	28.6	28.8
1966	28.2	29
1967	28	29.1
1968	27.8	29.2
1969	27.6	29.4
1970	27.4	29.6
1971	27.1	29.7
1972	26.9	29.6
1973	26.7	29.6
1974	26.5	29.7
1975	26.5	29.7
1976	26.4	29.8
1977	26.5	29.9
1978	26.5	30
1979	26.5	30.3
1980	26.5	30.6
1981	26.6	30.8
1982	26.7	31.1
1983	26.9	31.4
1984	27.1	31.7
1985	27.3	32.1
1986	27.6	32.5
1987	27.9	32.9
1988	28.4	33.3
1989	28.8	33.7
1990	29.2	34.2
1991	29.6	34.6
1992	29.9	35
1993	30.2	35.4
1994	30.6	35.7
1995	30.9	36.1
1996	31.3	36.4
1997	31.6	36.8
1998	31.9	37.1
1999	32.2	37.4
2000	32.5	37.7
2001	32.7	38
2002	33	38.3
2003	33.2	38.6
2004	33.4	39
2005	33.4	39.4
2006	33.4	39.8
2007	33.4	40.2
2008	33.5	40.6
2009	33.9	41
2010	34.3	41.5
2011	34.8	41.9
2012	35.2	42.4
2013	35.6	42.9
2014	36	43.4
2015	36.4	43.8
2016	36.8	44.3
2017	37.1	44.7
2018	37.4	45.2
2019	37.8	45.6
2020	38.2	46.1
2021	38.6	46.5
2022	38.9	46.8
2023	39.4	47.2
2024	39.7	47.5

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