Ireland vs Sweden statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.4M (ranked 120/197), compared with 10.6M in Sweden (ranked 93/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 157,248 sq mi for Sweden (ranked 119th vs. 58th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 25/197 ($609B) and Sweden ranks 26/197 ($604B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($112,895), while Sweden ranks 17/197 ($57,117).

Ireland and Sweden: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Sweden economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Sweden
1960	$1,998,550,222	$15,930,075,467
1961	$2,151,772,980	$17,329,620,585
1962	$2,329,372,972	$18,794,066,990
1963	$2,505,073,358	$20,342,131,882
1964	$2,851,091,646	$22,685,490,195
1965	$3,035,655,794	$24,963,947,415
1966	$3,198,820,904	$27,154,716,721
1967	$3,445,739,915	$29,474,881,506
1968	$3,378,701,147	$31,277,871,669
1969	$3,902,721,632	$33,967,301,561
1970	$4,395,995,086	$38,037,226,668
1971	$5,098,250,287	$41,506,151,115
1972	$6,318,060,582	$48,883,173,400
1973	$7,481,173,066	$59,318,842,992
1974	$7,896,860,615	$65,917,634,590
1975	$9,483,808,362	$82,765,232,648
1976	$9,453,756,015	$89,232,517,046
1977	$11,248,340,431	$94,331,782,622
1978	$14,647,996,074	$104,290,933,496
1979	$18,319,334,300	$123,207,527,699
1980	$21,747,855,640	$141,886,067,004
1981	$20,670,190,138	$129,498,921,476
1982	$21,474,752,962	$114,214,731,799
1983	$20,766,047,764	$104,862,109,663
1984	$20,106,648,455	$109,043,045,407
1985	$21,270,013,326	$113,958,084,357
1986	$28,714,571,852	$150,279,869,729
1987	$33,920,518,493	$182,744,315,974
1988	$37,772,896,221	$206,686,590,776
1989	$39,238,392,678	$217,632,340,195
1990	$49,305,632,408	$261,466,577,009
1991	$49,787,501,584	$273,831,464,572
1992	$55,918,538,121	$283,908,914,454
1993	$52,417,477,614	$212,644,602,616
1994	$57,097,656,066	$228,699,066,874
1995	$69,139,823,232	$267,050,453,507
1996	$75,790,786,290	$291,949,597,375
1997	$82,856,648,758	$268,249,616,891
1998	$90,199,410,116	$270,887,306,759
1999	$98,893,958,263	$274,318,357,862
2000	$100,207,610,430	$262,903,560,280
2001	$109,346,669,230	$242,497,797,485
2002	$128,596,035,288	$267,371,907,447
2003	$164,670,771,260	$334,072,443,516
2004	$194,372,115,041	$384,545,442,175
2005	$211,876,989,656	$391,688,455,929
2006	$232,180,617,162	$422,528,394,459
2007	$270,079,279,420	$490,047,789,548
2008	$275,447,471,451	$514,614,100,833
2009	$236,443,115,854	$434,311,714,442
2010	$221,732,824,603	$492,750,897,239
2011	$240,975,871,047	$570,538,581,144
2012	$226,921,827,888	$549,739,674,655
2013	$242,924,245,719	$584,125,353,119
2014	$266,490,442,124	$577,727,767,304
2015	$302,101,388,556	$501,602,351,912
2016	$305,431,252,709	$513,058,312,951
2017	$348,355,212,569	$535,172,356,785
2018	$395,780,319,817	$549,649,344,043
2019	$407,211,793,801	$530,894,124,494
2020	$436,009,027,819	$544,265,668,452
2021	$530,394,123,830	$631,693,331,301
2022	$548,341,794,599	$575,071,237,641
2023	$567,372,737,459	$578,990,915,246
2024	$609,157,459,747	$603,715,224,266

Ireland and Sweden economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Sweden

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Sweden
1960	$707	$2,128
1961	$762	$2,304
1962	$821	$2,485
1963	$878	$2,675
1964	$995	$2,961
1965	$1,055	$3,228
1966	$1,107	$3,478
1967	$1,187	$3,746
1968	$1,159	$3,953
1969	$1,331	$4,263
1970	$1,487	$4,729
1971	$1,704	$5,125
1972	$2,080	$6,018
1973	$2,424	$7,291
1974	$2,517	$8,078
1975	$2,973	$10,103
1976	$2,920	$10,853
1977	$3,427	$11,432
1978	$4,400	$12,602
1979	$5,430	$14,856
1980	$6,372	$17,073
1981	$5,986	$15,564
1982	$6,161	$13,719
1983	$5,915	$12,590
1984	$5,692	$13,080
1985	$6,012	$13,647
1986	$8,112	$17,955
1987	$9,582	$21,761
1988	$10,716	$24,499
1989	$11,176	$25,625
1990	$14,031	$30,549
1991	$14,087	$31,777
1992	$15,714	$32,753
1993	$14,657	$24,390
1994	$15,903	$26,046
1995	$19,158	$30,254
1996	$20,836	$33,022
1997	$22,551	$30,324
1998	$24,295	$30,605
1999	$26,338	$30,969
2000	$26,335	$29,633
2001	$28,282	$27,259
2002	$32,705	$29,958
2003	$41,204	$37,292
2004	$47,754	$42,758
2005	$50,933	$43,378
2006	$54,329	$46,531
2007	$61,396	$53,568
2008	$61,353	$55,817
2009	$52,133	$46,708
2010	$48,624	$52,543
2011	$52,614	$60,379
2012	$49,336	$57,750
2013	$52,538	$60,844
2014	$57,215	$59,583
2015	$64,250	$51,188
2016	$64,130	$51,704
2017	$72,161	$53,210
2018	$80,804	$54,018
2019	$81,828	$51,649
2020	$86,514	$52,569
2021	$103,783	$60,648
2022	$105,191	$54,837
2023	$106,819	$54,950
2024	$112,895	$57,117

Ireland vs. Sweden life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Sweden

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Sweden
1950	65.6	71.1
1951	64.8	71.4
1952	67.2	71.8
1953	67.9	71.9
1954	68	72.4
1955	68	72.6
1956	69	72.7
1957	69	72.5
1958	69.3	73.2
1959	69.4	73.4
1960	70.2	73
1961	69.6	73.5
1962	69.9	73.4
1963	70.2	73.5
1964	70.4	73.7
1965	70.6	73.9
1966	70.2	74.1
1967	71.2	74.1
1968	70.9	74
1969	70.8	74.1
1970	70.8	74.7
1971	71.6	74.6
1972	71	74.7
1973	71.2	74.9
1974	71.1	75
1975	71.7	75
1976	71.8	75
1977	71.9	75.4
1978	71.9	75.5
1979	72.2	75.5
1980	72.5	75.7
1981	72.9	76
1982	73.2	76.3
1983	73.2	76.6
1984	73.6	76.8
1985	73.6	76.7
1986	73.6	77
1987	74.4	77.1
1988	74.4	77
1989	74.5	77.7
1990	74.8	77.6
1991	75	77.7
1992	75.4	78.1
1993	75.3	78.1
1994	75.8	78.7
1995	75.5	78.8
1996	75.8	79
1997	76	79.3
1998	76.2	79.4
1999	76.1	79.5
2000	76.5	79.7
2001	77.1	79.8
2002	77.6	79.9
2003	78.1	80.2
2004	78.5	80.5
2005	78.9	80.6
2006	79.2	80.8
2007	79.6	81
2008	79.8	81.1
2009	80.1	81.4
2010	80.6	81.5
2011	80.7	81.8
2012	80.9	81.7
2013	81.1	81.9
2014	81.4	82.2
2015	81.5	82.2
2016	81.7	82.3
2017	82.1	82.4
2018	82.1	82.5
2019	82.4	83.1
2020	82.4	82.4
2021	81.9	83
2022	82.1	83
2023	82.4	83.3
2024	82.6	83.4
2025	82.7	83.6
2026	82.9	83.7

Ireland and Sweden population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Sweden

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Sweden
1960	2,828,600	7,484,656
1961	2,824,400	7,519,998
1962	2,836,050	7,561,588
1963	2,852,650	7,604,328
1964	2,866,550	7,661,354
1965	2,877,300	7,733,853
1966	2,888,800	7,807,797
1967	2,902,450	7,867,931
1968	2,915,550	7,912,273
1969	2,932,650	7,968,072
1970	2,957,250	8,042,801
1971	2,992,050	8,098,334
1972	3,036,850	8,122,300
1973	3,085,950	8,136,312
1974	3,137,500	8,159,955
1975	3,189,550	8,192,437
1976	3,238,050	8,222,286
1977	3,282,200	8,251,540
1978	3,329,100	8,275,599
1979	3,373,750	8,293,678
1980	3,412,800	8,310,531
1981	3,453,000	8,320,503
1982	3,485,800	8,325,263
1983	3,510,600	8,329,033
1984	3,532,423	8,336,605
1985	3,538,082	8,350,386
1986	3,539,690	8,369,829
1987	3,540,057	8,397,804
1988	3,524,949	8,436,489
1989	3,511,009	8,492,964
1990	3,513,974	8,558,835
1991	3,534,235	8,617,375
1992	3,558,430	8,668,067
1993	3,576,261	8,718,561
1994	3,590,386	8,780,745
1995	3,608,841	8,826,939
1996	3,637,510	8,840,998
1997	3,674,171	8,846,062
1998	3,712,696	8,850,974
1999	3,754,786	8,857,874
2000	3,805,174	8,872,109
2001	3,866,243	8,895,960
2002	3,931,947	8,924,958
2003	3,996,521	8,958,229
2004	4,070,262	8,993,531
2005	4,159,914	9,029,572
2006	4,273,591	9,080,505
2007	4,398,942	9,148,092
2008	4,489,544	9,219,637
2009	4,535,375	9,298,515
2010	4,560,155	9,378,126
2011	4,580,084	9,449,213
2012	4,599,533	9,519,374
2013	4,623,816	9,600,379
2014	4,657,740	9,696,110
2015	4,701,957	9,799,186
2016	4,762,722	9,923,085
2017	4,827,445	10,057,698
2018	4,898,022	10,175,214
2019	4,976,456	10,278,887
2020	5,039,747	10,353,442
2021	5,110,585	10,415,811
2022	5,212,836	10,486,941
2023	5,311,538	10,536,632
2024	5,395,790	10,569,709

Fertility rates in Ireland and Sweden

Fertility rate

Ireland

Sweden

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Sweden
1960	3.78	2.17
1961	3.78	2.21
1962	3.92	2.25
1963	4.01	2.33
1964	4.07	2.47
1965	4.04	2.39
1966	3.94	2.37
1967	3.84	2.28
1968	3.77	2.07
1969	3.83	1.93
1970	3.85	1.92
1971	3.93	1.96
1972	3.84	1.91
1973	3.71	1.87
1974	3.59	1.87
1975	3.37	1.77
1976	3.29	1.68
1977	3.24	1.64
1978	3.21	1.6
1979	3.21	1.66
1980	3.21	1.68
1981	3.05	1.63
1982	2.94	1.62
1983	2.74	1.61
1984	2.58	1.66
1985	2.48	1.74
1986	2.44	1.8
1987	2.32	1.84
1988	2.17	1.96
1989	2.08	2.01
1990	2.11	2.13
1991	2.08	2.11
1992	1.99	2.09
1993	1.9	1.99
1994	1.85	1.88
1995	1.84	1.73
1996	1.88	1.6
1997	1.93	1.52
1998	1.94	1.5
1999	1.9	1.5
2000	1.89	1.54
2001	1.94	1.57
2002	1.97	1.65
2003	1.96	1.71
2004	1.93	1.75
2005	1.86	1.77
2006	1.91	1.85
2007	2.01	1.88
2008	2.06	1.91
2009	2.06	1.94
2010	2.05	1.98
2011	2.03	1.9
2012	1.98	1.91
2013	1.93	1.89
2014	1.89	1.88
2015	1.85	1.85
2016	1.81	1.85
2017	1.77	1.78
2018	1.75	1.76
2019	1.71	1.71
2020	1.63	1.67
2021	1.78	1.67
2022	1.54	1.53
2023	1.5	1.45

Ireland and Sweden demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Sweden

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Sweden
1960	30.1	36
1961	29.8	36.2
1962	29.5	36.3
1963	29.2	36.3
1964	28.9	36.3
1965	28.6	36.2
1966	28.2	36
1967	28	35.9
1968	27.8	35.8
1969	27.6	35.6
1970	27.4	35.4
1971	27.1	35.3
1972	26.9	35.3
1973	26.7	35.3
1974	26.5	35.3
1975	26.5	35.3
1976	26.4	35.4
1977	26.5	35.5
1978	26.5	35.7
1979	26.5	36
1980	26.5	36.2
1981	26.6	36.5
1982	26.7	36.8
1983	26.9	37.1
1984	27.1	37.4
1985	27.3	37.6
1986	27.6	37.9
1987	27.9	38.1
1988	28.4	38.2
1989	28.8	38.3
1990	29.2	38.3
1991	29.6	38.3
1992	29.9	38.4
1993	30.2	38.4
1994	30.6	38.4
1995	30.9	38.5
1996	31.3	38.6
1997	31.6	38.8
1998	31.9	39
1999	32.2	39.2
2000	32.5	39.4
2001	32.7	39.5
2002	33	39.7
2003	33.2	39.8
2004	33.4	40
2005	33.4	40.2
2006	33.4	40.4
2007	33.4	40.5
2008	33.5	40.6
2009	33.9	40.7
2010	34.3	40.7
2011	34.8	40.8
2012	35.2	40.9
2013	35.6	40.9
2014	36	40.9
2015	36.4	40.9
2016	36.8	40.8
2017	37.1	40.7
2018	37.4	40.6
2019	37.8	40.5
2020	38.2	40.6
2021	38.6	40.7
2022	38.9	40.7
2023	39.4	40.9
2024	39.7	41.1

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