Ireland vs Switzerland statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 9.03M in Switzerland (ranked 101/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 15,255 sq mi for Switzerland (ranked 119th vs. 131st).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Switzerland ranks 20/197 ($937B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Switzerland ranks 5/197 ($103,670).

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Ireland and Switzerland economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Switzerland
1960	$1,998,550,222	$10,412,232,621
1961	$2,151,772,980	$11,713,348,834
1962	$2,329,372,972	$12,989,649,694
1963	$2,505,073,358	$14,283,872,299
1964	$2,851,091,646	$15,833,133,858
1965	$3,035,655,794	$16,780,226,225
1966	$3,198,820,904	$18,019,402,374
1967	$3,445,739,915	$19,397,044,714
1968	$3,378,701,147	$20,712,102,794
1969	$3,902,721,632	$22,442,043,274
1970	$4,395,995,086	$24,998,066,773
1971	$5,098,250,287	$30,040,171,751
1972	$6,318,060,582	$36,844,318,854
1973	$7,481,173,066	$49,550,006,320
1974	$7,896,860,615	$57,103,011,446
1975	$9,483,808,362	$65,466,081,819
1976	$9,453,756,015	$68,476,524,644
1977	$11,248,340,431	$73,135,771,167
1978	$14,647,996,074	$102,280,472,036
1979	$18,319,334,300	$114,970,094,425
1980	$21,747,855,640	$122,557,843,886
1981	$20,670,190,138	$112,244,805,519
1982	$21,474,754,080	$115,043,365,512
1983	$20,766,047,764	$114,634,358,535
1984	$20,106,648,455	$109,455,312,168
1985	$21,270,013,326	$110,980,314,192
1986	$28,714,571,852	$159,089,921,063
1987	$33,920,518,493	$199,236,370,038
1988	$37,772,897,421	$215,540,625,299
1989	$39,238,392,678	$208,105,846,934
1990	$49,305,632,408	$265,763,573,999
1991	$49,787,502,852	$268,901,693,863
1992	$55,918,538,121	$279,921,425,828
1993	$52,417,477,614	$272,237,527,071
1994	$57,097,656,066	$301,375,055,202
1995	$69,139,823,232	$352,835,806,342
1996	$75,790,785,030	$340,103,959,547
1997	$82,856,648,758	$294,788,198,856
1998	$90,199,410,116	$303,459,014,347
1999	$98,893,958,263	$297,873,643,323
2000	$100,207,610,430	$279,216,033,870
2001	$109,346,669,230	$286,582,672,434
2002	$128,596,035,288	$309,301,422,430
2003	$164,670,771,260	$362,075,086,508
2004	$194,372,115,041	$403,912,891,033
2005	$211,876,989,656	$418,284,865,885
2006	$232,180,617,162	$441,634,672,197
2007	$270,079,279,420	$490,740,715,595
2008	$275,447,471,451	$567,267,767,519
2009	$236,443,117,248	$554,212,916,092
2010	$221,985,621,538	$598,851,027,948
2011	$241,337,364,610	$715,888,126,682
2012	$227,270,922,957	$686,420,221,558
2013	$243,301,556,085	$706,234,937,371
2014	$266,787,238,499	$726,537,809,430
2015	$302,391,428,540	$694,118,186,380
2016	$305,733,136,181	$687,895,460,903
2017	$348,532,394,024	$695,200,834,102
2018	$395,461,216,460	$725,568,717,468
2019	$407,124,824,065	$721,369,112,727
2020	$436,555,518,400	$741,999,406,006
2021	$531,306,516,908	$815,309,330,987
2022	$548,570,250,342	$828,508,926,958
2023	$551,394,889,340	$894,424,821,645
2024	$577,389,475,010	$936,564,198,049

Ireland and Switzerland economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Switzerland

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Switzerland
1960	$707	$1,954
1961	$762	$2,155
1962	$821	$2,330
1963	$878	$2,508
1964	$995	$2,735
1965	$1,055	$2,865
1966	$1,107	$3,045
1967	$1,187	$3,237
1968	$1,159	$3,413
1969	$1,331	$3,657
1970	$1,487	$4,044
1971	$1,704	$4,835
1972	$2,080	$5,885
1973	$2,424	$7,856
1974	$2,517	$9,005
1975	$2,973	$10,328
1976	$2,920	$10,865
1977	$3,427	$11,644
1978	$4,400	$16,282
1979	$5,430	$18,266
1980	$6,372	$19,394
1981	$5,986	$17,665
1982	$6,161	$18,000
1983	$5,915	$17,859
1984	$5,692	$16,991
1985	$6,012	$17,152
1986	$8,112	$24,460
1987	$9,582	$30,441
1988	$10,716	$32,690
1989	$11,176	$31,309
1990	$14,031	$39,575
1991	$14,087	$39,544
1992	$15,714	$40,714
1993	$14,657	$39,237
1994	$15,903	$43,092
1995	$19,158	$50,114
1996	$20,836	$48,093
1997	$22,551	$41,584
1998	$24,295	$42,681
1999	$26,338	$41,696
2000	$26,335	$38,865
2001	$28,282	$39,639
2002	$32,705	$42,459
2003	$41,204	$49,336
2004	$47,754	$54,659
2005	$50,933	$56,243
2006	$54,329	$59,011
2007	$61,396	$64,989
2008	$61,353	$74,175
2009	$52,133	$71,568
2010	$48,679	$76,531
2011	$52,693	$90,477
2012	$49,412	$85,836
2013	$52,619	$87,304
2014	$57,278	$88,725
2015	$64,312	$83,806
2016	$64,193	$82,153
2017	$72,198	$82,254
2018	$80,739	$85,217
2019	$81,810	$84,122
2020	$86,623	$85,898
2021	$103,962	$93,665
2022	$105,235	$94,395
2023	$103,888	$100,632
2024	$107,316	$103,670

Ireland vs. Switzerland life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Switzerland

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Switzerland
1950	65.6	68.9
1951	64.8	68.7
1952	67.2	69.6
1953	67.9	69.5
1954	68	70
1955	68	70.1
1956	69	70.2
1957	69	70.5
1958	69.3	71.3
1959	69.4	71.5
1960	70.2	71.4
1961	69.6	71.7
1962	69.9	71.3
1963	70.2	71.3
1964	70.4	72.2
1965	70.6	72.3
1966	70.2	72.4
1967	71.2	72.7
1968	70.9	72.7
1969	70.8	72.7
1970	70.8	73.1
1971	71.6	73.2
1972	71	73.8
1973	71.2	74.1
1974	71.1	74.4
1975	71.7	74.8
1976	71.8	74.9
1977	71.9	75.4
1978	71.9	75.3
1979	72.2	75.6
1980	72.5	75.6
1981	72.9	75.8
1982	73.2	76.2
1983	73.2	76.2
1984	73.6	76.8
1985	73.6	76.9
1986	73.6	77
1987	74.4	77.3
1988	74.4	77.4
1989	74.5	77.6
1990	74.8	77.4
1991	75	77.6
1992	75.4	77.9
1993	75.3	78.2
1994	75.8	78.5
1995	75.5	78.6
1996	75.8	79
1997	76	79.2
1998	76.2	79.5
1999	76.1	79.7
2000	76.5	79.8
2001	77.1	80.3
2002	77.6	80.4
2003	78.1	80.5
2004	78.5	81.1
2005	78.9	81.2
2006	79.2	81.5
2007	79.6	81.7
2008	79.8	82
2009	80.1	82
2010	80.6	82.3
2011	80.7	82.6
2012	80.9	82.6
2013	81.1	82.7
2014	81.4	83.1
2015	81.5	82.8
2016	81.7	83.4
2017	82.1	83.4
2018	82.1	83.6
2019	82.4	83.8
2020	82.4	83.1
2021	81.9	83.6
2022	82.1	83.2
2023	82.4	84
2024	82.6	84.1
2025	82.7	84.2

Ireland and Switzerland population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Switzerland

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Switzerland
1960	2,828,600	5,327,827
1961	2,824,400	5,434,294
1962	2,836,050	5,573,815
1963	2,852,650	5,694,247
1964	2,866,550	5,789,228
1965	2,877,300	5,856,472
1966	2,888,800	5,918,002
1967	2,902,450	5,991,785
1968	2,915,550	6,067,714
1969	2,932,650	6,136,387
1970	2,957,250	6,180,877
1971	2,992,050	6,213,399
1972	3,036,850	6,260,956
1973	3,085,950	6,307,347
1974	3,137,500	6,341,405
1975	3,189,550	6,338,632
1976	3,238,050	6,302,504
1977	3,282,200	6,281,174
1978	3,329,100	6,281,738
1979	3,373,750	6,294,365
1980	3,412,800	6,319,408
1981	3,453,000	6,354,074
1982	3,485,800	6,391,309
1983	3,510,600	6,418,773
1984	3,532,423	6,441,865
1985	3,538,082	6,470,365
1986	3,539,690	6,504,124
1987	3,540,057	6,545,106
1988	3,524,949	6,593,386
1989	3,511,009	6,646,912
1990	3,513,974	6,715,519
1991	3,534,235	6,799,978
1992	3,558,430	6,875,364
1993	3,576,261	6,938,265
1994	3,590,386	6,993,795
1995	3,608,841	7,040,687
1996	3,637,510	7,071,850
1997	3,674,171	7,088,906
1998	3,712,696	7,110,001
1999	3,754,786	7,143,991
2000	3,805,174	7,184,250
2001	3,866,243	7,229,854
2002	3,931,947	7,284,753
2003	3,996,521	7,339,001
2004	4,070,262	7,389,625
2005	4,159,914	7,437,115
2006	4,273,591	7,483,934
2007	4,398,942	7,551,117
2008	4,489,544	7,647,675
2009	4,535,375	7,743,831
2010	4,560,155	7,824,909
2011	4,580,084	7,912,398
2012	4,599,533	7,996,861
2013	4,623,816	8,089,346
2014	4,657,740	8,188,649
2015	4,701,957	8,282,396
2016	4,762,722	8,373,338
2017	4,827,445	8,451,840
2018	4,898,022	8,514,329
2019	4,976,456	8,575,280
2020	5,039,747	8,638,167
2021	5,110,585	8,704,546
2022	5,212,836	8,777,088
2023	5,307,600	8,888,093
2024	5,380,257	9,034,102

Fertility rates in Ireland and Switzerland

Fertility rate

Ireland

Switzerland

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Switzerland
1960	3.78	2.44
1961	3.78	2.52
1962	3.92	2.58
1963	4.01	2.65
1964	4.07	2.66
1965	4.04	2.59
1966	3.94	2.5
1967	3.84	2.39
1968	3.77	2.29
1969	3.83	2.19
1970	3.85	2.1
1971	3.93	2.04
1972	3.84	1.91
1973	3.71	1.81
1974	3.59	1.73
1975	3.37	1.61
1976	3.29	1.55
1977	3.24	1.53
1978	3.21	1.51
1979	3.21	1.52
1980	3.21	1.55
1981	3.05	1.55
1982	2.94	1.56
1983	2.74	1.52
1984	2.58	1.53
1985	2.48	1.52
1986	2.44	1.53
1987	2.32	1.52
1988	2.17	1.57
1989	2.08	1.56
1990	2.11	1.58
1991	2.08	1.58
1992	1.99	1.58
1993	1.9	1.51
1994	1.85	1.49
1995	1.84	1.48
1996	1.88	1.5
1997	1.93	1.48
1998	1.94	1.47
1999	1.9	1.48
2000	1.89	1.5
2001	1.94	1.38
2002	1.97	1.39
2003	1.96	1.39
2004	1.93	1.42
2005	1.86	1.42
2006	1.91	1.44
2007	2.01	1.46
2008	2.06	1.48
2009	2.06	1.5
2010	2.05	1.52
2011	2.03	1.52
2012	1.98	1.52
2013	1.93	1.52
2014	1.89	1.54
2015	1.85	1.54
2016	1.81	1.54
2017	1.77	1.52
2018	1.75	1.52
2019	1.71	1.48
2020	1.63	1.46
2021	1.78	1.52
2022	1.54	1.39
2023	1.5	1.33

Ireland and Switzerland demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Switzerland

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Switzerland
1960	30.1	32.6
1961	29.8	32.4
1962	29.5	32
1963	29.2	31.7
1964	28.9	31.5
1965	28.6	31.6
1966	28.2	31.6
1967	28	31.6
1968	27.8	31.7
1969	27.6	31.7
1970	27.4	32
1971	27.1	32.2
1972	26.9	32.3
1973	26.7	32.5
1974	26.5	32.7
1975	26.5	33.1
1976	26.4	33.5
1977	26.5	33.8
1978	26.5	34.2
1979	26.5	34.5
1980	26.5	34.8
1981	26.6	35
1982	26.7	35.3
1983	26.9	35.6
1984	27.1	35.9
1985	27.3	36.1
1986	27.6	36.3
1987	27.9	36.5
1988	28.4	36.7
1989	28.8	36.8
1990	29.2	36.9
1991	29.6	36.9
1992	29.9	36.9
1993	30.2	37
1994	30.6	37.1
1995	30.9	37.3
1996	31.3	37.6
1997	31.6	37.9
1998	31.9	38.2
1999	32.2	38.4
2000	32.5	38.7
2001	32.7	39
2002	33	39.3
2003	33.2	39.6
2004	33.4	39.9
2005	33.4	40.3
2006	33.4	40.6
2007	33.4	40.9
2008	33.5	41.1
2009	33.9	41.3
2010	34.3	41.5
2011	34.8	41.6
2012	35.2	41.8
2013	35.6	42
2014	36	42.1
2015	36.4	42.2
2016	36.8	42.3
2017	37.1	42.4
2018	37.4	42.5
2019	37.8	42.6
2020	38.2	42.7
2021	38.6	42.8
2022	38.9	43
2023	39.4	43.4
2024	39.7	43.7

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