Ireland vs Zambia statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 21.3M in Zambia (ranked 63/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 287,024 sq mi for Zambia (ranked 119th vs. 37th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Zambia ranks 115/197 ($26.3B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Zambia ranks 169/197 ($1,235).

Ireland and Zambia: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Zambia economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Zambia
1960	$1,998,550,222	$698,739,721
1961	$2,151,772,980	$682,359,727
1962	$2,329,372,972	$679,279,729
1963	$2,505,073,358	$704,339,719
1964	$2,851,091,646	$822,639,671
1965	$3,035,655,794	$1,061,199,576
1966	$3,198,820,904	$1,238,999,505
1967	$3,445,739,915	$1,340,639,464
1968	$3,378,701,147	$1,573,739,371
1969	$3,902,721,632	$1,926,399,230
1970	$4,395,995,086	$1,788,779,285
1971	$5,098,250,287	$1,653,259,341
1972	$6,318,060,582	$1,872,416,680
1973	$7,481,173,066	$2,434,255,237
1974	$7,896,860,615	$2,910,981,262
1975	$9,483,808,362	$2,442,672,141
1976	$9,453,756,015	$2,742,859,263
1977	$11,248,340,431	$2,515,296,940
1978	$14,647,996,074	$2,811,032,473
1979	$18,319,334,300	$3,353,445,378
1980	$21,747,855,640	$3,884,530,854
1981	$20,670,190,138	$4,008,126,497
1982	$21,474,754,080	$3,871,117,093
1983	$20,766,047,764	$3,321,048,451
1984	$20,106,648,455	$2,719,518,933
1985	$21,270,013,326	$2,252,454,500
1986	$28,714,571,852	$1,664,413,508
1987	$33,920,518,493	$2,265,250,972
1988	$37,772,897,421	$3,728,878,149
1989	$39,238,392,678	$3,994,673,161
1990	$49,305,632,408	$3,288,381,797
1991	$49,787,502,852	$3,376,806,697
1992	$55,918,538,121	$3,182,810,841
1993	$52,417,477,614	$3,273,505,344
1994	$57,097,656,066	$3,656,806,166
1995	$69,139,823,232	$3,806,983,413
1996	$75,790,785,030	$3,597,220,962
1997	$82,856,648,758	$4,303,288,480
1998	$90,199,410,116	$3,537,741,942
1999	$98,893,958,263	$3,404,284,891
2000	$100,207,610,430	$3,600,632,111
2001	$109,346,669,230	$4,094,441,301
2002	$128,596,035,288	$4,193,850,445
2003	$164,670,771,260	$4,901,869,764
2004	$194,372,115,041	$6,221,110,219
2005	$211,876,989,656	$8,331,870,169
2006	$232,180,617,162	$12,756,858,899
2007	$270,079,279,420	$14,056,957,976
2008	$275,447,471,451	$17,910,858,638
2009	$236,443,117,248	$15,328,342,304
2010	$221,985,621,538	$20,265,559,484
2011	$241,337,364,610	$23,459,515,276
2012	$227,270,922,957	$25,503,060,420
2013	$243,301,556,085	$28,037,239,463
2014	$266,787,238,499	$27,141,023,558
2015	$302,391,428,540	$21,251,216,799
2016	$305,733,136,181	$20,958,412,538
2017	$348,532,394,024	$25,873,601,261
2018	$395,461,216,460	$26,311,507,274
2019	$407,124,824,065	$23,308,667,781
2020	$436,555,518,400	$18,137,764,931
2021	$531,306,516,908	$22,096,416,932
2022	$548,570,250,342	$29,163,782,140
2023	$551,394,889,340	$27,577,956,471
2024	$577,389,475,010	$26,325,775,287

Ireland and Zambia economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Zambia

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Zambia
1960	$707	$221.6
1961	$762	$209.7
1962	$821	$202.3
1963	$878	$203.2
1964	$995	$230
1965	$1,055	$287.4
1966	$1,107	$325
1967	$1,187	$341
1968	$1,159	$387
1969	$1,331	$459
1970	$1,487	$414
1971	$1,704	$372
1972	$2,080	$410
1973	$2,424	$518
1974	$2,517	$601
1975	$2,973	$490
1976	$2,920	$533
1977	$3,427	$474
1978	$4,400	$514
1979	$5,430	$595
1980	$6,372	$669
1981	$5,986	$670
1982	$6,161	$627
1983	$5,915	$520
1984	$5,692	$413
1985	$6,012	$332
1986	$8,112	$238.2
1987	$9,582	$315
1988	$10,716	$504
1989	$11,176	$526
1990	$14,031	$422
1991	$14,087	$423
1992	$15,714	$389
1993	$14,657	$391
1994	$15,903	$426
1995	$19,158	$433
1996	$20,836	$400
1997	$22,551	$466
1998	$24,295	$373
1999	$26,338	$350
2000	$26,335	$359
2001	$28,282	$397
2002	$32,705	$394
2003	$41,204	$446
2004	$47,754	$549
2005	$50,933	$711
2006	$54,329	$1,052
2007	$61,396	$1,119
2008	$61,353	$1,376
2009	$52,133	$1,136
2010	$48,679	$1,451
2011	$52,693	$1,625
2012	$49,412	$1,710
2013	$52,619	$1,821
2014	$57,278	$1,707
2015	$64,312	$1,296
2016	$64,193	$1,239
2017	$72,198	$1,483
2018	$80,739	$1,464
2019	$81,810	$1,259
2020	$86,623	$952
2021	$103,962	$1,127
2022	$105,235	$1,447
2023	$103,888	$1,331
2024	$107,316	$1,235

Ireland vs. Zambia life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Zambia

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Zambia
1950	65.6	46.8
1951	64.8	47.2
1952	67.2	47.6
1953	67.9	48
1954	68	48.4
1955	68	48.8
1956	69	49.1
1957	69	49.5
1958	69.3	49.9
1959	69.4	50.3
1960	70.2	50.6
1961	69.6	51
1962	69.9	51.3
1963	70.2	51.6
1964	70.4	51.2
1965	70.6	52.1
1966	70.2	52.3
1967	71.2	52.5
1968	70.9	52.7
1969	70.8	53
1970	70.8	53.4
1971	71.6	53.9
1972	71	54.4
1973	71.2	54.9
1974	71.1	55.4
1975	71.7	55.7
1976	71.8	56.1
1977	71.9	56.3
1978	71.9	56.3
1979	72.2	56
1980	72.5	55.5
1981	72.9	55
1982	73.2	54.4
1983	73.2	53.7
1984	73.6	52.9
1985	73.6	52
1986	73.6	51.1
1987	74.4	50.4
1988	74.4	49.7
1989	74.5	48.9
1990	74.8	48.2
1991	75	47.4
1992	75.4	47
1993	75.3	46.7
1994	75.8	46.3
1995	75.5	46.1
1996	75.8	45.8
1997	76	45.7
1998	76.2	45.7
1999	76.1	45.9
2000	76.5	46.6
2001	77.1	47.4
2002	77.6	48.5
2003	78.1	49.6
2004	78.5	50.5
2005	78.9	51.6
2006	79.2	52.7
2007	79.6	53.7
2008	79.8	54.8
2009	80.1	55.9
2010	80.6	56.9
2011	80.7	57.8
2012	80.9	58.7
2013	81.1	59.4
2014	81.4	60.1
2015	81.5	60.7
2016	81.7	61.1
2017	82.1	61.6
2018	82.1	62.1
2019	82.4	62.9
2020	82.4	63.4
2021	81.9	62.4
2022	82.1	65.3
2023	82.4	66.3
2024	82.6	66.5
2025	82.7	66.7

Ireland and Zambia population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Zambia

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Zambia
1960	2,828,600	3,153,729
1961	2,824,400	3,254,086
1962	2,836,050	3,358,099
1963	2,852,650	3,465,907
1964	2,866,550	3,577,017
1965	2,877,300	3,692,086
1966	2,888,800	3,812,003
1967	2,902,450	3,936,343
1968	2,915,550	4,065,593
1969	2,932,650	4,197,116
1970	2,957,250	4,321,718
1971	2,992,050	4,442,525
1972	3,036,850	4,569,309
1973	3,085,950	4,702,693
1974	3,137,500	4,842,746
1975	3,189,550	4,990,086
1976	3,238,050	5,143,842
1977	3,282,200	5,302,480
1978	3,329,100	5,465,374
1979	3,373,750	5,631,728
1980	3,412,800	5,802,833
1981	3,453,000	5,983,289
1982	3,485,800	6,178,637
1983	3,510,600	6,381,038
1984	3,532,423	6,580,490
1985	3,538,082	6,780,953
1986	3,539,690	6,986,471
1987	3,540,057	7,191,282
1988	3,524,949	7,391,440
1989	3,511,009	7,589,216
1990	3,513,974	7,786,169
1991	3,534,235	7,981,650
1992	3,558,430	8,176,680
1993	3,576,261	8,373,921
1994	3,590,386	8,576,269
1995	3,608,841	8,785,763
1996	3,637,510	9,004,053
1997	3,674,171	9,237,063
1998	3,712,696	9,482,408
1999	3,754,786	9,740,005
2000	3,805,174	10,017,631
2001	3,866,243	10,325,185
2002	3,931,947	10,647,949
2003	3,996,521	10,983,595
2004	4,070,262	11,338,198
2005	4,159,914	11,718,819
2006	4,273,591	12,129,553
2007	4,398,942	12,565,085
2008	4,489,544	13,021,324
2009	4,535,375	13,490,389
2010	4,560,155	13,965,594
2011	4,580,084	14,437,796
2012	4,599,533	14,913,629
2013	4,623,816	15,398,997
2014	4,657,740	15,895,315
2015	4,701,957	16,399,089
2016	4,762,722	16,914,423
2017	4,827,445	17,441,320
2018	4,898,022	17,973,569
2019	4,976,456	18,513,839
2020	5,039,747	19,059,395
2021	5,110,585	19,603,607
2022	5,212,836	20,152,938
2023	5,307,600	20,723,965
2024	5,380,257	21,314,956

Fertility rates in Ireland and Zambia

Fertility rate

Ireland

Zambia

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Zambia
1960	3.78	6.95
1961	3.78	6.98
1962	3.92	7.01
1963	4.01	7.06
1964	4.07	7.09
1965	4.04	7.12
1966	3.94	7.14
1967	3.84	7.15
1968	3.77	7.18
1969	3.83	7.18
1970	3.85	7.22
1971	3.93	7.26
1972	3.84	7.3
1973	3.71	7.34
1974	3.59	7.36
1975	3.37	7.42
1976	3.29	7.39
1977	3.24	7.35
1978	3.21	7.29
1979	3.21	7.22
1980	3.21	7.14
1981	3.05	7.07
1982	2.94	7.04
1983	2.74	7.01
1984	2.58	6.97
1985	2.48	6.93
1986	2.44	6.87
1987	2.32	6.8
1988	2.17	6.7
1989	2.08	6.64
1990	2.11	6.57
1991	2.08	6.46
1992	1.99	6.35
1993	1.9	6.3
1994	1.85	6.26
1995	1.84	6.23
1996	1.88	6.18
1997	1.93	6.12
1998	1.94	6.07
1999	1.9	6
2000	1.89	5.92
2001	1.94	5.85
2002	1.97	5.77
2003	1.96	5.71
2004	1.93	5.7
2005	1.86	5.7
2006	1.91	5.68
2007	2.01	5.61
2008	2.06	5.53
2009	2.06	5.45
2010	2.05	5.36
2011	2.03	5.26
2012	1.98	5.14
2013	1.93	5.01
2014	1.89	4.89
2015	1.85	4.78
2016	1.81	4.67
2017	1.77	4.57
2018	1.75	4.49
2019	1.71	4.42
2020	1.63	4.32
2021	1.78	4.25
2022	1.54	4.18
2023	1.5	4.1

Ireland and Zambia demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Zambia

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Zambia
1960	30.1	17
1961	29.8	16.9
1962	29.5	16.8
1963	29.2	16.7
1964	28.9	16.6
1965	28.6	16.6
1966	28.2	16.5
1967	28	16.5
1968	27.8	16.4
1969	27.6	16.4
1970	27.4	16.2
1971	27.1	16.1
1972	26.9	15.9
1973	26.7	15.8
1974	26.5	15.7
1975	26.5	15.5
1976	26.4	15.4
1977	26.5	15.4
1978	26.5	15.3
1979	26.5	15.3
1980	26.5	15.2
1981	26.6	15.3
1982	26.7	15.3
1983	26.9	15.4
1984	27.1	15.4
1985	27.3	15.5
1986	27.6	15.5
1987	27.9	15.6
1988	28.4	15.6
1989	28.8	15.7
1990	29.2	15.7
1991	29.6	15.7
1992	29.9	15.8
1993	30.2	15.8
1994	30.6	15.8
1995	30.9	15.8
1996	31.3	15.8
1997	31.6	15.8
1998	31.9	15.8
1999	32.2	15.8
2000	32.5	15.9
2001	32.7	15.9
2002	33	16
2003	33.2	16.1
2004	33.4	16.2
2005	33.4	16.3
2006	33.4	16.3
2007	33.4	16.4
2008	33.5	16.5
2009	33.9	16.6
2010	34.3	16.7
2011	34.8	16.8
2012	35.2	16.9
2013	35.6	17
2014	36	17.1
2015	36.4	17.2
2016	36.8	17.4
2017	37.1	17.5
2018	37.4	17.7
2019	37.8	17.9
2020	38.2	18
2021	38.6	18.2
2022	38.9	18.4
2023	39.4	18.6
2024	39.7	18.8

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