Ireland vs Turkey statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.4M (ranked 120/197), compared with 85.5M in Turkey (ranked 18/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 297,156 sq mi for Turkey (ranked 119th vs. 36th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 25/197 ($609B) and Turkey ranks 17/197 ($1.36T). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($112,895), while Turkey ranks 66/197 ($15,893).

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Ireland and Turkey economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Turkey
1960	$1,998,550,222	$7,566,666,667
1961	$2,151,772,980	$7,988,888,889
1962	$2,329,372,972	$8,922,222,222
1963	$2,505,073,358	$10,355,555,556
1964	$2,851,091,646	$11,177,777,778
1965	$3,035,655,794	$11,966,666,667
1966	$3,198,820,904	$14,100,000,000
1967	$3,445,739,915	$15,644,444,444
1968	$3,378,701,147	$17,500,000,000
1969	$3,902,721,632	$19,466,666,667
1970	$4,395,995,086	$17,863,636,364
1971	$5,098,250,287	$16,166,666,667
1972	$6,318,060,582	$20,650,000,000
1973	$7,481,173,066	$26,000,000,000
1974	$7,896,860,615	$35,414,285,714
1975	$9,483,808,362	$46,042,857,143
1976	$9,453,756,015	$51,450,000,000
1977	$11,248,340,431	$58,683,333,333
1978	$14,647,996,074	$65,912,500,000
1979	$18,319,334,300	$89,616,129,032
1980	$21,747,855,640	$68,823,684,211
1981	$20,670,190,138	$71,180,180,180
1982	$21,474,752,962	$64,369,325,153
1983	$20,766,047,764	$61,803,555,556
1984	$20,106,648,455	$59,937,602,180
1985	$21,270,013,326	$67,232,758,621
1986	$28,714,571,852	$75,673,037,037
1987	$33,920,518,493	$87,190,081,680
1988	$37,772,896,221	$90,875,175,809
1989	$39,238,392,678	$107,127,191,329
1990	$49,305,632,408	$150,655,500,192
1991	$49,787,501,584	$151,034,731,544
1992	$55,918,538,121	$159,104,772,992
1993	$52,417,477,614	$180,415,757,852
1994	$57,097,656,066	$130,650,447,499
1995	$69,139,823,232	$234,699,627,004
1996	$75,790,786,290	$250,366,965,174
1997	$82,856,648,758	$263,817,553,748
1998	$90,199,410,116	$276,035,372,655
1999	$98,893,958,263	$256,673,939,248
2000	$100,207,610,430	$274,748,463,179
2001	$109,346,669,230	$202,195,080,239
2002	$128,596,035,288	$240,778,008,474
2003	$164,670,771,260	$315,392,899,922
2004	$194,372,115,041	$410,156,784,496
2005	$211,876,989,656	$508,314,210,213
2006	$232,180,617,162	$559,668,118,237
2007	$270,079,279,420	$685,228,481,017
2008	$275,447,471,451	$775,415,944,333
2009	$236,443,115,854	$653,894,449,921
2010	$221,732,824,603	$782,545,664,268
2011	$240,975,871,047	$844,192,507,381
2012	$226,921,827,888	$885,327,622,479
2013	$242,924,245,719	$962,167,643,589
2014	$266,490,442,124	$942,343,431,929
2015	$302,101,388,556	$865,460,050,684
2016	$305,431,252,709	$870,818,016,910
2017	$348,355,212,569	$863,874,522,365
2018	$395,780,319,817	$788,356,985,774
2019	$407,211,793,801	$775,853,144,223
2020	$436,009,027,819	$733,628,247,119
2021	$530,394,123,830	$839,938,668,172
2022	$548,341,794,599	$926,097,476,914
2023	$567,372,737,459	$1,141,242,864,657
2024	$609,157,459,747	$1,359,123,768,774

Ireland and Turkey economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Turkey

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Turkey
1960	$707	$267.1
1961	$762	$274.4
1962	$821	$298.2
1963	$878	$337
1964	$995	$354
1965	$1,055	$370
1966	$1,107	$425
1967	$1,187	$459
1968	$1,159	$501
1969	$1,331	$544
1970	$1,487	$488
1971	$1,704	$431
1972	$2,080	$537
1973	$2,424	$661
1974	$2,517	$881
1975	$2,973	$1,122
1976	$2,920	$1,228
1977	$3,427	$1,372
1978	$4,400	$1,510
1979	$5,430	$2,013
1980	$6,372	$1,516
1981	$5,986	$1,537
1982	$6,161	$1,360
1983	$5,915	$1,276
1984	$5,692	$1,209
1985	$6,012	$1,326
1986	$8,112	$1,461
1987	$9,582	$1,650
1988	$10,716	$1,686
1989	$11,176	$1,949
1990	$14,031	$2,690
1991	$14,087	$2,649
1992	$15,714	$2,744
1993	$14,657	$3,058
1994	$15,903	$2,176
1995	$19,158	$3,846
1996	$20,836	$4,041
1997	$22,551	$4,197
1998	$24,295	$4,331
1999	$26,338	$3,974
2000	$26,335	$4,199
2001	$28,282	$3,052
2002	$32,705	$3,591
2003	$41,204	$4,650
2004	$47,754	$5,980
2005	$50,933	$7,332
2006	$54,329	$7,990
2007	$61,396	$9,767
2008	$61,353	$10,913
2009	$52,133	$9,077
2010	$48,624	$10,699
2011	$52,614	$11,374
2012	$49,336	$11,777
2013	$52,538	$12,636
2014	$57,215	$12,209
2015	$64,250	$11,065
2016	$64,130	$10,984
2017	$72,161	$10,756
2018	$80,804	$9,684
2019	$81,828	$9,395
2020	$86,514	$8,798
2021	$103,783	$9,982
2022	$105,191	$10,898
2023	$106,819	$13,375
2024	$112,895	$15,893

Ireland vs. Turkey life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Turkey

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Turkey
1950	65.6	47.3
1951	64.8	47.6
1952	67.2	48.1
1953	67.9	48.2
1954	68	48.8
1955	68	49.1
1956	69	49.5
1957	69	49.2
1958	69.3	49.2
1959	69.4	50.1
1960	70.2	50.8
1961	69.6	51.6
1962	69.9	52.3
1963	70.2	53.1
1964	70.4	53.6
1965	70.6	54.1
1966	70.2	54.6
1967	71.2	55.2
1968	70.9	55.6
1969	70.8	56.2
1970	70.8	56.7
1971	71.6	57.2
1972	71	58
1973	71.2	58.5
1974	71.1	59
1975	71.7	59.5
1976	71.8	60
1977	71.9	60.8
1978	71.9	61.6
1979	72.2	62.2
1980	72.5	62.7
1981	72.9	63.2
1982	73.2	63.7
1983	73.2	64.3
1984	73.6	64.8
1985	73.6	65.3
1986	73.6	65.9
1987	74.4	66.4
1988	74.4	66.9
1989	74.5	67.4
1990	74.8	67.8
1991	75	68.3
1992	75.4	68.6
1993	75.3	69
1994	75.8	69.4
1995	75.5	69.7
1996	75.8	70.2
1997	76	70.7
1998	76.2	71.1
1999	76.1	70.8
2000	76.5	71.9
2001	77.1	72.3
2002	77.6	72.6
2003	78.1	72.9
2004	78.5	73.2
2005	78.9	73.5
2006	79.2	73.8
2007	79.6	74.1
2008	79.8	74.4
2009	80.1	74.7
2010	80.6	75
2011	80.7	74.8
2012	80.9	75.6
2013	81.1	76.2
2014	81.4	76.5
2015	81.5	76.5
2016	81.7	76.6
2017	82.1	77
2018	82.1	77.5
2019	82.4	77.7
2020	82.4	76.5
2021	81.9	75.7
2022	82.1	77.6
2023	82.4	77.2
2024	82.6	77.4
2025	82.7	77.8
2026	82.9	78.4

Ireland and Turkey population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Turkey

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Turkey
1960	2,828,600	28,329,898
1961	2,824,400	29,119,238
1962	2,836,050	29,916,147
1963	2,852,650	30,726,841
1964	2,866,550	31,543,072
1965	2,877,300	32,345,220
1966	2,888,800	33,177,672
1967	2,902,450	34,050,421
1968	2,915,550	34,921,684
1969	2,932,650	35,787,774
1970	2,957,250	36,638,465
1971	2,992,050	37,518,611
1972	3,036,850	38,430,221
1973	3,085,950	39,329,533
1974	3,137,500	40,210,234
1975	3,189,550	41,053,126
1976	3,238,050	41,899,984
1977	3,282,200	42,773,298
1978	3,329,100	43,645,306
1979	3,373,750	44,510,429
1980	3,412,800	45,408,815
1981	3,453,000	46,321,190
1982	3,485,800	47,322,096
1983	3,510,600	48,447,410
1984	3,532,423	49,574,069
1985	3,538,082	50,687,115
1986	3,539,690	51,777,772
1987	3,540,057	52,843,670
1988	3,524,949	53,909,626
1989	3,511,009	54,976,723
1990	3,513,974	56,015,628
1991	3,534,235	57,009,887
1992	3,558,430	57,990,118
1993	3,576,261	58,999,167
1994	3,590,386	60,033,836
1995	3,608,841	61,024,503
1996	3,637,510	61,951,134
1997	3,674,171	62,852,966
1998	3,712,696	63,734,383
1999	3,754,786	64,591,923
2000	3,805,174	65,425,961
2001	3,866,243	66,245,128
2002	3,931,947	67,048,795
2003	3,996,521	67,831,730
2004	4,070,262	68,592,617
2005	4,159,914	69,329,557
2006	4,273,591	70,045,349
2007	4,398,942	70,158,112
2008	4,489,544	71,051,678
2009	4,535,375	72,039,206
2010	4,560,155	73,142,150
2011	4,580,084	74,223,629
2012	4,599,533	75,175,827
2013	4,623,816	76,147,624
2014	4,657,740	77,181,884
2015	4,701,957	78,218,479
2016	4,762,722	79,277,962
2017	4,827,445	80,312,698
2018	4,898,022	81,407,204
2019	4,976,456	82,579,440
2020	5,039,747	83,384,680
2021	5,110,585	84,147,318
2022	5,212,836	84,979,913
2023	5,311,538	85,325,965
2024	5,395,790	85,518,661

Fertility rates in Ireland and Turkey

Fertility rate

Ireland

Turkey

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Turkey
1960	3.78	6.38
1961	3.78	6.42
1962	3.92	6.38
1963	4.01	6.34
1964	4.07	6.29
1965	4.04	6.22
1966	3.94	6.15
1967	3.84	6.06
1968	3.77	5.96
1969	3.83	5.87
1970	3.85	5.78
1971	3.93	5.67
1972	3.84	5.55
1973	3.71	5.41
1974	3.59	5.24
1975	3.37	5.09
1976	3.29	4.93
1977	3.24	4.78
1978	3.21	4.69
1979	3.21	4.58
1980	3.21	4.45
1981	3.05	4.35
1982	2.94	4.21
1983	2.74	4.06
1984	2.58	3.91
1985	2.48	3.78
1986	2.44	3.66
1987	2.32	3.54
1988	2.17	3.45
1989	2.08	3.34
1990	2.11	3.11
1991	2.08	3
1992	1.99	2.94
1993	1.9	2.92
1994	1.85	2.87
1995	1.84	2.84
1996	1.88	2.78
1997	1.93	2.74
1998	1.94	2.71
1999	1.9	2.63
2000	1.89	2.49
2001	1.94	2.39
2002	1.97	2.27
2003	1.96	2.2
2004	1.93	2.2
2005	1.86	2.2
2006	1.91	2.19
2007	2.01	2.16
2008	2.06	2.15
2009	2.06	2.1
2010	2.05	2.08
2011	2.03	2.05
2012	1.98	2.11
2013	1.93	2.11
2014	1.89	2.19
2015	1.85	2.16
2016	1.81	2.11
2017	1.77	2.08
2018	1.75	2
2019	1.71	1.89
2020	1.63	1.77
2021	1.78	1.71
2022	1.54	1.63
2023	1.5	1.51

Ireland and Turkey demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Turkey

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Turkey
1960	30.1	19.4
1961	29.8	19.3
1962	29.5	19.1
1963	29.2	19
1964	28.9	18.9
1965	28.6	18.9
1966	28.2	18.8
1967	28	18.7
1968	27.8	18.6
1969	27.6	18.6
1970	27.4	18.6
1971	27.1	18.7
1972	26.9	18.8
1973	26.7	18.9
1974	26.5	19
1975	26.5	19.1
1976	26.4	19.3
1977	26.5	19.4
1978	26.5	19.5
1979	26.5	19.7
1980	26.5	19.8
1981	26.6	19.9
1982	26.7	20
1983	26.9	20.2
1984	27.1	20.4
1985	27.3	20.6
1986	27.6	20.9
1987	27.9	21.1
1988	28.4	21.3
1989	28.8	21.6
1990	29.2	21.8
1991	29.6	22.1
1992	29.9	22.4
1993	30.2	22.7
1994	30.6	23
1995	30.9	23.3
1996	31.3	23.6
1997	31.6	24
1998	31.9	24.3
1999	32.2	24.7
2000	32.5	25
2001	32.7	25.4
2002	33	25.8
2003	33.2	26.2
2004	33.4	26.6
2005	33.4	27
2006	33.4	27.5
2007	33.4	27.9
2008	33.5	28.3
2009	33.9	28.6
2010	34.3	29.1
2011	34.8	29.5
2012	35.2	29.8
2013	35.6	30.1
2014	36	30.4
2015	36.4	30.6
2016	36.8	30.9
2017	37.1	31.2
2018	37.4	31.5
2019	37.8	31.8
2020	38.2	32.3
2021	38.6	32.7
2022	38.9	33.1
2023	39.4	33.5
2024	39.7	34

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