Ireland vs Vatican statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 1K in The Vatican (ranked 197/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 0.17 sq mi for The Vatican (ranked 119th vs. 197th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and The Vatican ranks 197/197 ($19.8M). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while The Vatican ranks 59/197 ($19,800).

Ireland and Vatican: Comparison Charts

Ireland vs. Vatican life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Vatican

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Vatican
1950	65.6	65.9
1951	64.8	65.3
1952	67.2	65.7
1953	67.9	66.3
1954	68	67.5
1955	68	67.8
1956	69	67.3
1957	69	67.5
1958	69.3	68.7
1959	69.4	69.2
1960	70.2	69.2
1961	69.6	69.8
1962	69.9	69.2
1963	70.2	69.3
1964	70.4	70.3
1965	70.6	70.1
1966	70.2	70.9
1967	71.2	70.9
1968	70.9	70.7
1969	70.8	70.7
1970	70.8	71.5
1971	71.6	71.7
1972	71	72
1973	71.2	71.9
1974	71.1	72.7
1975	71.7	72.6
1976	71.8	72.9
1977	71.9	73.3
1978	71.9	73.7
1979	72.2	74
1980	72.5	74.1
1981	72.9	74.3
1982	73.2	74.8
1983	73.2	74.7
1984	73.6	75.1
1985	73.6	75.5
1986	73.6	75.7
1987	74.4	76.2
1988	74.4	76.4
1989	74.5	76.8
1990	74.8	76.9
1991	75	76.9
1992	75.4	77.3
1993	75.3	77
1994	75.8	77.7
1995	75.5	77.8
1996	75.8	78.5
1997	76	78.2
1998	76.2	78.3
1999	76.1	78.7
2000	76.5	79.3
2001	77.1	79.9
2002	77.6	80
2003	78.1	79.8
2004	78.5	80.2
2005	78.9	80.6
2006	79.2	81.2
2007	79.6	81.3
2008	79.8	81.4
2009	80.1	81.3
2010	80.6	81.5
2011	80.7	81.7
2012	80.9	82
2013	81.1	82.5
2014	81.4	82.6
2015	81.5	82.5
2016	81.7	82.9
2017	82.1	82.7
2018	82.1	83.3
2019	82.4	83.6
2020	82.4	83
2021	81.9	82.9
2022	82.1	83.3
2023	82.4	83
2024	82.6	83.1
2025	82.7	83.3

Ireland and Vatican population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Vatican

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Vatican
1960	2,828,600	-
1961	2,824,400	-
1962	2,836,050	-
1963	2,852,650	-
1964	2,866,550	-
1965	2,877,300	-
1966	2,888,800	-
1967	2,902,450	-
1968	2,915,550	-
1969	2,932,650	-
1970	2,957,250	-
1971	2,992,050	-
1972	3,036,850	-
1973	3,085,950	-
1974	3,137,500	-
1975	3,189,550	-
1976	3,238,050	-
1977	3,282,200	-
1978	3,329,100	-
1979	3,373,750	-
1980	3,412,800	-
1981	3,453,000	-
1982	3,485,800	-
1983	3,510,600	-
1984	3,532,423	-
1985	3,538,082	-
1986	3,539,690	-
1987	3,540,057	-
1988	3,524,949	-
1989	3,511,009	-
1990	3,513,974	-
1991	3,534,235	-
1992	3,558,430	-
1993	3,576,261	-
1994	3,590,386	-
1995	3,608,841	-
1996	3,637,510	-
1997	3,674,171	-
1998	3,712,696	-
1999	3,754,786	-
2000	3,805,174	880
2001	3,866,243	890
2002	3,931,947	900
2003	3,996,521	911
2004	4,070,262	921
2005	4,159,914	921
2006	4,273,591	932
2007	4,398,942	821
2008	4,489,544	824
2009	4,535,375	826
2010	4,560,155	829
2011	4,580,084	832
2012	4,599,533	836
2013	4,623,816	839
2014	4,657,740	842
2015	4,701,957	1,000
2016	4,762,722	-
2017	4,827,445	1,000
2018	4,898,022	-
2019	4,976,456	1,000
2020	5,039,747	-
2021	5,110,585	-
2022	5,212,836	-
2023	5,307,600	-
2024	5,380,257	-

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