Ireland vs Somalia statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 19M in Somalia (ranked 68/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 242,217 sq mi for Somalia (ranked 119th vs. 42nd).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Somalia ranks 149/197 ($12.1B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Somalia ranks 191/197 ($637).

Ireland and Somalia: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Somalia economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Somalia
1960	$1,998,550,222	$180,459,937
1961	$2,151,772,980	$191,659,914
1962	$2,329,372,972	$203,531,928
1963	$2,505,073,358	$216,145,936
1964	$2,851,091,646	$229,529,913
1965	$3,035,655,794	$243,725,898
1966	$3,198,820,904	$257,375,897
1967	$3,445,739,915	$271,781,887
1968	$3,378,701,147	$286,719,885
1969	$3,902,721,632	$306,357,285
1970	$4,395,995,086	$347,985,394
1971	$5,098,250,287	$347,039,446
1972	$6,318,060,582	$447,883,941
1973	$7,481,173,066	$483,699,611
1974	$7,896,860,615	$572,504,036
1975	$9,483,808,362	$757,015,879
1976	$9,453,756,015	$871,344,245
1977	$11,248,340,431	$498,550,725
1978	$14,647,996,074	$564,571,823
1979	$18,319,334,300	$589,566,929
1980	$21,747,855,640	$602,515,548
1981	$20,670,190,138	$699,302,473
1982	$21,474,754,080	$774,578,932
1983	$20,766,047,764	$735,408,642
1984	$20,106,648,455	$787,434,542
1985	$21,270,013,326	$875,702,247
1986	$28,714,571,852	$916,590,786
1987	$33,920,518,493	$1,018,972,664
1988	$37,772,897,421	$1,051,596,967
1989	$39,238,392,678	$1,181,360,844
1990	$49,305,632,408	$1,031,282,081
1991	$49,787,502,852	$717,974,930
1992	$55,918,538,121	$709,297,579
1993	$52,417,477,614	$1,260,132,956
1994	$57,097,656,066	$1,481,205,098
1995	$69,139,823,232	$1,534,756,135
1996	$75,790,785,030	$1,792,234,297
1997	$82,856,648,758	$2,191,749,014
1998	$90,199,410,116	$2,962,047,564
1999	$98,893,958,263	$3,045,751,528
2000	$100,207,610,430	$3,412,797,450
2001	$109,346,669,230	$2,252,847,465
2002	$128,596,035,288	$2,192,684,135
2003	$164,670,771,260	$2,836,724,352
2004	$194,372,115,041	$3,859,592,813
2005	$211,876,989,656	$4,683,246,454
2006	$232,180,617,162	$5,026,743,282
2007	$270,079,279,420	$5,430,713,729
2008	$275,447,471,451	$5,913,620,293
2009	$236,443,117,248	$2,948,594,552
2010	$221,985,621,538	$2,687,807,004
2011	$241,337,364,610	$2,906,000,097
2012	$227,270,922,957	$4,364,670,160
2013	$243,301,556,085	$5,062,881,600
2014	$266,787,238,499	$5,728,399,720
2015	$302,391,428,540	$6,152,149,100
2016	$305,733,136,181	$6,613,743,070
2017	$348,532,394,024	$7,621,501,710
2018	$395,461,216,460	$7,873,440,830
2019	$407,124,824,065	$8,655,023,960
2020	$436,555,518,400	$8,628,393,720
2021	$531,306,516,908	$9,483,997,390
2022	$548,570,250,342	$10,202,767,270
2023	$551,394,889,340	$10,968,517,090
2024	$577,389,475,010	$12,108,515,110

Ireland and Somalia economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Somalia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Somalia
1960	$707	$62.7
1961	$762	$64.9
1962	$821	$67.2
1963	$878	$69.5
1964	$995	$71.9
1965	$1,055	$74.4
1966	$1,107	$76.5
1967	$1,187	$78.7
1968	$1,159	$80.8
1969	$1,331	$84.1
1970	$1,487	$93.1
1971	$1,704	$90.4
1972	$2,080	$113.7
1973	$2,424	$119.6
1974	$2,517	$137.9
1975	$2,973	$177.8
1976	$2,920	$199.6
1977	$3,427	$111.2
1978	$4,400	$117.3
1979	$5,430	$108.2
1980	$6,372	$101.5
1981	$5,986	$116.9
1982	$6,161	$129
1983	$5,915	$118.6
1984	$5,692	$122.5
1985	$6,012	$130.8
1986	$8,112	$131.4
1987	$9,582	$141
1988	$10,716	$145.3
1989	$11,176	$166
1990	$14,031	$145.6
1991	$14,087	$105.4
1992	$15,714	$109.2
1993	$14,657	$188.6
1994	$15,903	$210.8
1995	$19,158	$210.7
1996	$20,836	$237.2
1997	$22,551	$280.1
1998	$24,295	$363
1999	$26,338	$359
2000	$26,335	$386
2001	$28,282	$244.9
2002	$32,705	$229.6
2003	$41,204	$286.3
2004	$47,754	$375
2005	$50,933	$440
2006	$54,329	$458
2007	$61,396	$480
2008	$61,353	$507
2009	$52,133	$246.5
2010	$48,679	$219.2
2011	$52,693	$235.3
2012	$49,412	$350
2013	$52,619	$393
2014	$57,278	$429
2015	$64,312	$446
2016	$64,193	$461
2017	$72,198	$511
2018	$80,739	$510
2019	$81,810	$540
2020	$86,623	$518
2021	$103,962	$549
2022	$105,235	$573
2023	$103,888	$597
2024	$107,316	$637

Ireland vs. Somalia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Somalia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Somalia
1950	65.6	41.5
1951	64.8	41.7
1952	67.2	41.9
1953	67.9	42.1
1954	68	42.3
1955	68	42.5
1956	69	42.7
1957	69	42.9
1958	69.3	43.1
1959	69.4	43.3
1960	70.2	43.5
1961	69.6	43.7
1962	69.9	44
1963	70.2	44.2
1964	70.4	44.4
1965	70.6	44.6
1966	70.2	44.8
1967	71.2	45.1
1968	70.9	45.3
1969	70.8	45.5
1970	70.8	45.6
1971	71.6	45.8
1972	71	46
1973	71.2	46.2
1974	71.1	44.3
1975	71.7	44.5
1976	71.8	44.7
1977	71.9	47
1978	71.9	47
1979	72.2	47.4
1980	72.5	47.6
1981	72.9	47.8
1982	73.2	48
1983	73.2	48.2
1984	73.6	48.4
1985	73.6	48.3
1986	73.6	48.4
1987	74.4	49
1988	74.4	43.9
1989	74.5	46.6
1990	74.8	46.9
1991	75	25.4
1992	75.4	25
1993	75.3	50.6
1994	75.8	50.3
1995	75.5	50.6
1996	75.8	50.5
1997	76	50.3
1998	76.2	50.8
1999	76.1	50.6
2000	76.5	50.7
2001	77.1	50.8
2002	77.6	50.8
2003	78.1	50.7
2004	78.5	50.7
2005	78.9	50.9
2006	79.2	50.9
2007	79.6	50.9
2008	79.8	51.5
2009	80.1	52.1
2010	80.6	48.9
2011	80.7	32.5
2012	80.9	49.1
2013	81.1	54
2014	81.4	54.4
2015	81.5	55.1
2016	81.7	55.3
2017	82.1	52.2
2018	82.1	54.8
2019	82.4	57.2
2020	82.4	57.1
2021	81.9	55.7
2022	82.1	53.9
2023	82.4	58.8
2024	82.6	59
2025	82.7	59.1

Ireland and Somalia population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Somalia

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Somalia
1960	2,828,600	2,876,331
1961	2,824,400	2,952,054
1962	2,836,050	3,030,091
1963	2,852,650	3,110,361
1964	2,866,550	3,192,796
1965	2,877,300	3,277,874
1966	2,888,800	3,365,106
1967	2,902,450	3,454,537
1968	2,915,550	3,546,590
1969	2,932,650	3,641,015
1970	2,957,250	3,738,448
1971	2,992,050	3,837,691
1972	3,036,850	3,939,436
1973	3,085,950	4,045,592
1974	3,137,500	4,151,842
1975	3,189,550	4,257,535
1976	3,238,050	4,365,812
1977	3,282,200	4,484,050
1978	3,329,100	4,814,892
1979	3,373,750	5,449,117
1980	3,412,800	5,936,154
1981	3,453,000	5,982,849
1982	3,485,800	6,003,840
1983	3,510,600	6,198,430
1984	3,532,423	6,428,389
1985	3,538,082	6,693,289
1986	3,539,690	6,974,788
1987	3,540,057	7,228,302
1988	3,524,949	7,235,360
1989	3,511,009	7,114,817
1990	3,513,974	7,082,811
1991	3,534,235	6,813,760
1992	3,558,430	6,495,107
1993	3,576,261	6,681,399
1994	3,590,386	7,026,797
1995	3,608,841	7,285,007
1996	3,637,510	7,554,474
1997	3,674,171	7,824,525
1998	3,712,696	8,155,417
1999	3,754,786	8,492,059
2000	3,805,174	8,838,713
2001	3,866,243	9,198,493
2002	3,931,947	9,550,063
2003	3,996,521	9,909,157
2004	4,070,262	10,280,998
2005	4,159,914	10,644,228
2006	4,273,591	10,975,502
2007	4,398,942	11,322,582
2008	4,489,544	11,663,084
2009	4,535,375	11,961,201
2010	4,560,155	12,261,756
2011	4,580,084	12,348,830
2012	4,599,533	12,461,160
2013	4,623,816	12,869,594
2014	4,657,740	13,339,491
2015	4,701,957	13,806,963
2016	4,762,722	14,348,740
2017	4,827,445	14,916,629
2018	4,898,022	15,452,487
2019	4,976,456	16,030,971
2020	5,039,747	16,651,191
2021	5,110,585	17,271,431
2022	5,212,836	17,801,897
2023	5,307,600	18,358,615
2024	5,380,257	19,009,151

Fertility rates in Ireland and Somalia

Fertility rate

Ireland

Somalia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Somalia
1960	3.78	7.25
1961	3.78	7.25
1962	3.92	7.26
1963	4.01	7.26
1964	4.07	7.26
1965	4.04	7.26
1966	3.94	7.26
1967	3.84	7.25
1968	3.77	7.23
1969	3.83	7.21
1970	3.85	7.18
1971	3.93	7.15
1972	3.84	7.12
1973	3.71	7.09
1974	3.59	7.06
1975	3.37	7.03
1976	3.29	7.02
1977	3.24	7
1978	3.21	7.13
1979	3.21	7.16
1980	3.21	7.18
1981	3.05	7.23
1982	2.94	7.25
1983	2.74	7.28
1984	2.58	7.3
1985	2.48	7.33
1986	2.44	7.35
1987	2.32	7.37
1988	2.17	7.4
1989	2.08	7.42
1990	2.11	7.44
1991	2.08	7.47
1992	1.99	7.5
1993	1.9	7.53
1994	1.85	7.54
1995	1.84	7.58
1996	1.88	7.62
1997	1.93	7.66
1998	1.94	7.66
1999	1.9	7.66
2000	1.89	7.65
2001	1.94	7.64
2002	1.97	7.63
2003	1.96	7.6
2004	1.93	7.57
2005	1.86	7.53
2006	1.91	7.49
2007	2.01	7.46
2008	2.06	7.42
2009	2.06	7.38
2010	2.05	7.32
2011	2.03	7.27
2012	1.98	7.21
2013	1.93	7.14
2014	1.89	7.06
2015	1.85	6.98
2016	1.81	6.88
2017	1.77	6.77
2018	1.75	6.66
2019	1.71	6.56
2020	1.63	6.45
2021	1.78	6.35
2022	1.54	6.26
2023	1.5	6.13

Ireland and Somalia demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Somalia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Somalia
1960	30.1	18.1
1961	29.8	17.9
1962	29.5	17.8
1963	29.2	17.7
1964	28.9	17.6
1965	28.6	17.5
1966	28.2	17.5
1967	28	17.5
1968	27.8	17.5
1969	27.6	17.5
1970	27.4	17.5
1971	27.1	17.6
1972	26.9	17.6
1973	26.7	17.6
1974	26.5	17.7
1975	26.5	17.7
1976	26.4	17.7
1977	26.5	17.7
1978	26.5	17.7
1979	26.5	17.6
1980	26.5	17.6
1981	26.6	17.5
1982	26.7	17.4
1983	26.9	17.4
1984	27.1	17.3
1985	27.3	17.2
1986	27.6	17.1
1987	27.9	17
1988	28.4	16.8
1989	28.8	16.7
1990	29.2	16.5
1991	29.6	16.5
1992	29.9	16.7
1993	30.2	16.8
1994	30.6	16.7
1995	30.9	16.6
1996	31.3	16.5
1997	31.6	16.4
1998	31.9	16.4
1999	32.2	16.3
2000	32.5	16.3
2001	32.7	16.2
2002	33	16.2
2003	33.2	16.1
2004	33.4	16
2005	33.4	15.9
2006	33.4	15.7
2007	33.4	15.6
2008	33.5	15.6
2009	33.9	15.6
2010	34.3	15.7
2011	34.8	15.8
2012	35.2	16
2013	35.6	16
2014	36	16
2015	36.4	16.1
2016	36.8	16.1
2017	37.1	16.2
2018	37.4	16.2
2019	37.8	16.3
2020	38.2	16.3
2021	38.6	16.4
2022	38.9	16.5
2023	39.4	16.5
2024	39.7	16.6

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