Ireland vs United Kingdom statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 69.2M in The United Kingdom (ranked 21/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 93,410 sq mi for The United Kingdom (ranked 119th vs. 78th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and The United Kingdom ranks 6/197 ($3.64T). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while The United Kingdom ranks 23/197 ($52,637).

Ireland and United Kingdom: Comparison Charts

Ireland and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP

Ireland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	United Kingdom
1960	$1,998,550,222	$73,233,967,692
1961	$2,151,772,980	$77,741,965,703
1962	$2,329,372,972	$81,247,564,157
1963	$2,505,073,358	$86,561,961,812
1964	$2,851,091,646	$94,407,558,351
1965	$3,035,655,794	$101,824,755,079
1966	$3,198,820,904	$108,572,752,102
1967	$3,445,739,915	$113,116,888,211
1968	$3,378,701,147	$107,759,910,068
1969	$3,902,721,632	$116,464,702,803
1970	$4,395,995,086	$130,671,946,244
1971	$5,098,250,287	$148,113,896,325
1972	$6,318,060,582	$169,965,034,965
1973	$7,481,173,066	$192,537,971,583
1974	$7,896,860,615	$206,131,369,799
1975	$9,483,808,362	$241,756,637,168
1976	$9,453,756,015	$232,614,555,256
1977	$11,248,340,431	$263,066,457,352
1978	$14,647,996,074	$335,883,029,722
1979	$18,319,334,300	$438,994,070,309
1980	$21,747,855,640	$564,947,710,899
1981	$20,670,190,138	$540,765,675,241
1982	$21,474,754,080	$515,048,916,841
1983	$20,766,047,764	$489,618,008,186
1984	$20,106,648,455	$461,487,097,632
1985	$21,270,013,326	$489,285,164,271
1986	$28,714,571,852	$601,452,653,181
1987	$33,920,518,493	$745,162,608,269
1988	$37,772,897,421	$910,122,732,124
1989	$39,238,392,678	$926,884,816,754
1990	$49,305,632,408	$1,093,169,389,205
1991	$49,787,502,852	$1,142,797,178,131
1992	$55,918,538,121	$1,179,659,529,660
1993	$52,417,477,614	$1,061,388,722,256
1994	$57,097,656,066	$1,140,489,745,944
1995	$69,139,823,232	$1,344,240,176,740
1996	$75,790,785,030	$1,419,645,865,835
1997	$82,856,648,758	$1,560,911,918,795
1998	$90,199,410,116	$1,653,694,932,097
1999	$98,893,958,263	$1,687,830,448,148
2000	$100,207,610,430	$1,665,534,876,683
2001	$109,346,669,230	$1,649,827,263,567
2002	$128,596,035,288	$1,785,729,916,067
2003	$164,670,771,260	$2,054,422,857,143
2004	$194,372,115,041	$2,421,525,082,387
2005	$211,876,989,656	$2,543,180,000,000
2006	$232,180,617,162	$2,708,441,582,337
2007	$270,079,279,420	$3,090,510,204,082
2008	$275,447,471,451	$2,929,411,764,706
2009	$236,443,117,248	$2,412,840,006,232
2010	$221,985,621,538	$2,485,482,596,185
2011	$241,337,364,610	$2,663,805,834,828
2012	$227,270,922,957	$2,707,089,726,615
2013	$243,301,556,085	$2,784,853,502,534
2014	$266,787,238,499	$3,064,708,247,921
2015	$302,391,428,540	$2,927,911,140,917
2016	$305,733,136,181	$2,689,106,566,900
2017	$348,532,394,024	$2,680,148,052,335
2018	$395,461,216,460	$2,871,340,347,582
2019	$407,124,824,065	$2,851,407,164,908
2020	$436,555,518,400	$2,696,778,386,608
2021	$531,306,516,908	$3,143,323,050,707
2022	$548,570,250,342	$3,114,042,471,144
2023	$551,394,889,340	$3,369,861,888,973
2024	$577,389,475,010	$3,643,834,188,783

Ireland and United Kingdom economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	United Kingdom
1960	$707	$1,398
1961	$762	$1,472
1962	$821	$1,526
1963	$878	$1,613
1964	$995	$1,748
1965	$1,055	$1,874
1966	$1,107	$1,987
1967	$1,187	$2,059
1968	$1,159	$1,952
1969	$1,331	$2,101
1970	$1,487	$2,348
1971	$1,704	$2,650
1972	$2,080	$3,030
1973	$2,424	$3,426
1974	$2,517	$3,666
1975	$2,973	$4,300
1976	$2,920	$4,138
1977	$3,427	$4,681
1978	$4,400	$5,977
1979	$5,430	$7,805
1980	$6,372	$10,032
1981	$5,986	$9,599
1982	$6,161	$9,146
1983	$5,915	$8,692
1984	$5,692	$8,179
1985	$6,012	$8,652
1986	$8,112	$10,611
1987	$9,582	$13,119
1988	$10,716	$15,987
1989	$11,176	$16,239
1990	$14,031	$19,095
1991	$14,087	$19,901
1992	$15,714	$20,487
1993	$14,657	$18,389
1994	$15,903	$19,709
1995	$19,158	$23,169
1996	$20,836	$24,406
1997	$22,551	$26,766
1998	$24,295	$28,275
1999	$26,338	$28,762
2000	$26,335	$28,281
2001	$28,282	$27,907
2002	$32,705	$30,078
2003	$41,204	$34,443
2004	$47,754	$40,367
2005	$50,933	$42,105
2006	$54,329	$44,512
2007	$61,396	$50,398
2008	$61,353	$47,396
2009	$52,133	$38,744
2010	$48,679	$39,599
2011	$52,693	$42,110
2012	$49,412	$42,490
2013	$52,619	$43,419
2014	$57,278	$47,427
2015	$64,312	$44,984
2016	$64,193	$40,988
2017	$72,198	$40,629
2018	$80,739	$43,315
2019	$81,810	$42,794
2020	$86,623	$40,405
2021	$103,962	$46,926
2022	$105,235	$46,063
2023	$103,888	$49,201
2024	$107,316	$52,637

Ireland vs. United Kingdom life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	United Kingdom
1950	65.6	68.6
1951	64.8	68.2
1952	67.2	69.5
1953	67.9	69.8
1954	68	70.2
1955	68	70.1
1956	69	70.4
1957	69	70.5
1958	69.3	70.7
1959	69.4	70.8
1960	70.2	71
1961	69.6	70.8
1962	69.9	70.9
1963	70.2	70.8
1964	70.4	71.5
1965	70.6	71.5
1966	70.2	71.4
1967	71.2	72.1
1968	70.9	71.7
1969	70.8	71.7
1970	70.8	71.9
1971	71.6	72.2
1972	71	72
1973	71.2	72.2
1974	71.1	72.4
1975	71.7	72.7
1976	71.8	72.6
1977	71.9	73.1
1978	71.9	73
1979	72.2	73.2
1980	72.5	73.6
1981	72.9	73.9
1982	73.2	74
1983	73.2	74.3
1984	73.6	74.7
1985	73.6	74.5
1986	73.6	74.8
1987	74.4	75.1
1988	74.4	75.3
1989	74.5	75.4
1990	74.8	75.7
1991	75	75.9
1992	75.4	76.3
1993	75.3	76.2
1994	75.8	76.7
1995	75.5	76.6
1996	75.8	76.9
1997	76	77.1
1998	76.2	77.3
1999	76.1	77.4
2000	76.5	77.8
2001	77.1	78.1
2002	77.6	78.2
2003	78.1	78.3
2004	78.5	78.9
2005	78.9	79.1
2006	79.2	79.3
2007	79.6	79.5
2008	79.8	79.7
2009	80.1	80.2
2010	80.6	80.4
2011	80.7	80.8
2012	80.9	80.9
2013	81.1	80.9
2014	81.4	81.2
2015	81.5	80.9
2016	81.7	81.1
2017	82.1	81.2
2018	82.1	81.1
2019	82.4	81.4
2020	82.4	80.4
2021	81.9	80.7
2022	82.1	81.1
2023	82.4	81.3
2024	82.6	81.4
2025	82.7	81.6

Ireland and United Kingdom population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	United Kingdom
1960	2,828,600	52,400,000
1961	2,824,400	52,800,000
1962	2,836,050	53,250,000
1963	2,852,650	53,650,000
1964	2,866,550	54,000,000
1965	2,877,300	54,348,050
1966	2,888,800	54,648,500
1967	2,902,450	54,943,600
1968	2,915,550	55,211,700
1969	2,932,650	55,441,750
1970	2,957,250	55,663,250
1971	2,992,050	55,896,223
1972	3,036,850	56,086,065
1973	3,085,950	56,194,527
1974	3,137,500	56,229,974
1975	3,189,550	56,225,800
1976	3,238,050	56,211,968
1977	3,282,200	56,193,492
1978	3,329,100	56,196,504
1979	3,373,750	56,246,951
1980	3,412,800	56,314,216
1981	3,453,000	56,333,829
1982	3,485,800	56,313,641
1983	3,510,600	56,332,848
1984	3,532,423	56,422,072
1985	3,538,082	56,550,268
1986	3,539,690	56,681,396
1987	3,540,057	56,802,050
1988	3,524,949	56,928,327
1989	3,511,009	57,076,711
1990	3,513,974	57,247,586
1991	3,534,235	57,424,897
1992	3,558,430	57,580,402
1993	3,576,261	57,718,614
1994	3,590,386	57,865,745
1995	3,608,841	58,019,030
1996	3,637,510	58,166,950
1997	3,674,171	58,316,954
1998	3,712,696	58,487,141
1999	3,754,786	58,682,466
2000	3,805,174	58,892,514
2001	3,866,243	59,119,673
2002	3,931,947	59,370,479
2003	3,996,521	59,647,577
2004	4,070,262	59,987,905
2005	4,159,914	60,401,206
2006	4,273,591	60,846,820
2007	4,398,942	61,322,463
2008	4,489,544	61,806,995
2009	4,535,375	62,276,270
2010	4,560,155	62,766,365
2011	4,580,084	63,258,810
2012	4,599,533	63,711,000
2013	4,623,816	64,139,000
2014	4,657,740	64,620,000
2015	4,701,957	65,088,000
2016	4,762,722	65,607,000
2017	4,827,445	65,966,000
2018	4,898,022	66,289,000
2019	4,976,456	66,631,000
2020	5,039,747	66,744,000
2021	5,110,585	66,984,000
2022	5,212,836	67,604,000
2023	5,307,600	68,492,000
2024	5,380,257	69,226,000

Fertility rates in Ireland and United Kingdom

Fertility rate

Ireland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	United Kingdom
1960	3.78	2.69
1961	3.78	2.78
1962	3.92	2.86
1963	4.01	2.88
1964	4.07	2.93
1965	4.04	2.86
1966	3.94	2.78
1967	3.84	2.68
1968	3.77	2.6
1969	3.83	2.51
1970	3.85	2.44
1971	3.93	2.41
1972	3.84	2.2
1973	3.71	2.04
1974	3.59	1.92
1975	3.37	1.81
1976	3.29	1.74
1977	3.24	1.69
1978	3.21	1.75
1979	3.21	1.86
1980	3.21	1.9
1981	3.05	1.82
1982	2.94	1.78
1983	2.74	1.77
1984	2.58	1.77
1985	2.48	1.79
1986	2.44	1.78
1987	2.32	1.81
1988	2.17	1.82
1989	2.08	1.79
1990	2.11	1.83
1991	2.08	1.82
1992	1.99	1.79
1993	1.9	1.76
1994	1.85	1.74
1995	1.84	1.71
1996	1.88	1.73
1997	1.93	1.72
1998	1.94	1.71
1999	1.9	1.68
2000	1.89	1.64
2001	1.94	1.63
2002	1.97	1.63
2003	1.96	1.7
2004	1.93	1.75
2005	1.86	1.76
2006	1.91	1.82
2007	2.01	1.86
2008	2.06	1.91
2009	2.06	1.89
2010	2.05	1.92
2011	2.03	1.91
2012	1.98	1.92
2013	1.93	1.83
2014	1.89	1.81
2015	1.85	1.8
2016	1.81	1.79
2017	1.77	1.74
2018	1.75	1.68
2019	1.71	1.63
2020	1.63	1.57
2021	1.78	1.58
2022	1.54	1.56
2023	1.5	1.56

Ireland and United Kingdom demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

United Kingdom

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	United Kingdom
1960	30.1	35.5
1961	29.8	35.4
1962	29.5	35.3
1963	29.2	35.3
1964	28.9	35.2
1965	28.6	35.1
1966	28.2	34.9
1967	28	34.8
1968	27.8	34.6
1969	27.6	34.4
1970	27.4	34.2
1971	27.1	34.1
1972	26.9	34
1973	26.7	34
1974	26.5	34
1975	26.5	34
1976	26.4	34
1977	26.5	34.1
1978	26.5	34.2
1979	26.5	34.3
1980	26.5	34.4
1981	26.6	34.5
1982	26.7	34.8
1983	26.9	35
1984	27.1	35.2
1985	27.3	35.3
1986	27.6	35.4
1987	27.9	35.4
1988	28.4	35.7
1989	28.8	35.9
1990	29.2	36
1991	29.6	36.1
1992	29.9	36.2
1993	30.2	36.3
1994	30.6	36.5
1995	30.9	36.6
1996	31.3	36.8
1997	31.6	37
1998	31.9	37.2
1999	32.2	37.4
2000	32.5	37.7
2001	32.7	37.9
2002	33	38.1
2003	33.2	38.2
2004	33.4	38.4
2005	33.4	38.5
2006	33.4	38.6
2007	33.4	38.8
2008	33.5	38.9
2009	33.9	39
2010	34.3	39.2
2011	34.8	39.3
2012	35.2	39.5
2013	35.6	39.6
2014	36	39.7
2015	36.4	39.8
2016	36.8	39.8
2017	37.1	39.9
2018	37.4	40
2019	37.8	40.1
2020	38.2	40.2
2021	38.6	40.3
2022	38.9	40.5
2023	39.4	40.8
2024	39.7	41

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