The latest officially reported population of Croatia was 3,866,200 in 2024 vs 5,395,790 people in Ireland in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Croatia's population is 3,813,345 people compared to 5,500,964 in Ireland.
Population statistics:
- Ireland's population is 1.44 times bigger than Croatia's.
- Croatia is ranked the 129th most populous country in the world, while Ireland is the 121st.
- The countries together account for 0.11% of the world: 0.05% for Croatia vs 0.07% for Ireland.
- For the last 10 years, Croatia has had an average growth rate of -0.82% per year vs +1.41% in Ireland.
- Since 2006, the population of Croatia has decreased from 4.31M people to 3.81M (11.5% decline), while Ireland has grown from 4.27M to 5.5M (28.7% growth).
- Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.14M people, while Croatia's population already peaked in 1990 at 4.78M people and is projected to decrease to 2.14M people by 2100.
Croatia vs Ireland: live population counter
Croatia
|
Ireland
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
3813345
|
5500964
|
| Population rank | 129/197 | 121/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.05% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
1.34 hours
|
6.24 minutes
|
| One birth every |
16.4 minutes
|
9.61 minutes
|
| One death every |
10.2 minutes
|
15 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
1.69 hours
|
13.5 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -5,186 | +39,059 |
| Daily growth/decline | +18 | +231 |
| Annual growth/decline | +6,514 | +84,252 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.17% | +1.59% |
| Population growth rate rank | 158/197 | 68/197 |
Croatia and Ireland: population history and growth rate by year chart
Croatia
Population
Growth rate
Ireland
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Croatia
|
Ireland
|
Croatia
|
Ireland
|
|
| 1960 | 4,140,181 | 2,828,600 | - | - |
| 1961 | 4,167,292 | 2,824,400 | 0.65% | -0.15% |
| 1962 | 4,196,712 | 2,836,050 | 0.71% | 0.41% |
| 1963 | 4,225,675 | 2,852,650 | 0.69% | 0.59% |
| 1964 | 4,252,876 | 2,866,550 | 0.64% | 0.49% |
| 1965 | 4,280,923 | 2,877,300 | 0.66% | 0.38% |
| 1966 | 4,310,701 | 2,888,800 | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| 1967 | 4,338,683 | 2,902,450 | 0.65% | 0.47% |
| 1968 | 4,365,628 | 2,915,550 | 0.62% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 4,391,490 | 2,932,650 | 0.59% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 4,412,252 | 2,957,250 | 0.47% | 0.84% |
| 1971 | 4,431,275 | 2,992,050 | 0.43% | 1.18% |
| 1972 | 4,450,564 | 3,036,850 | 0.44% | 1.5% |
| 1973 | 4,470,161 | 3,085,950 | 0.44% | 1.62% |
| 1974 | 4,490,660 | 3,137,500 | 0.46% | 1.67% |
| 1975 | 4,512,082 | 3,189,550 | 0.48% | 1.66% |
| 1976 | 4,535,934 | 3,238,050 | 0.53% | 1.52% |
| 1977 | 4,559,571 | 3,282,200 | 0.52% | 1.36% |
| 1978 | 4,581,085 | 3,329,100 | 0.47% | 1.43% |
| 1979 | 4,594,778 | 3,373,750 | 0.3% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 4,599,782 | 3,412,800 | 0.11% | 1.16% |
| 1981 | 4,611,509 | 3,453,000 | 0.25% | 1.18% |
| 1982 | 4,634,234 | 3,485,800 | 0.49% | 0.95% |
| 1983 | 4,658,254 | 3,510,600 | 0.52% | 0.71% |
| 1984 | 4,680,285 | 3,532,423 | 0.47% | 0.62% |
| 1985 | 4,701,417 | 3,538,082 | 0.45% | 0.16% |
| 1986 | 4,721,446 | 3,539,690 | 0.43% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 4,739,745 | 3,540,057 | 0.39% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 4,755,207 | 3,524,949 | 0.33% | -0.43% |
| 1989 | 4,767,260 | 3,511,009 | 0.25% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 4,777,368 | 3,513,974 | 0.21% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 4,689,022 | 3,534,235 | -1.85% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 4,575,818 | 3,558,430 | -2.41% | 0.68% |
| 1993 | 4,600,463 | 3,576,261 | 0.54% | 0.5% |
| 1994 | 4,652,024 | 3,590,386 | 1.12% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 4,620,030 | 3,608,841 | -0.69% | 0.51% |
| 1996 | 4,557,097 | 3,637,510 | -1.36% | 0.79% |
| 1997 | 4,534,920 | 3,674,171 | -0.49% | 1.01% |
| 1998 | 4,532,135 | 3,712,696 | -0.06% | 1.05% |
| 1999 | 4,512,597 | 3,754,786 | -0.43% | 1.13% |
| 2000 | 4,468,302 | 3,805,174 | -0.98% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 4,299,642 | 3,866,243 | -3.77% | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 4,302,174 | 3,931,947 | 0.06% | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 4,303,399 | 3,996,521 | 0.03% | 1.64% |
| 2004 | 4,304,600 | 4,070,262 | 0.03% | 1.85% |
| 2005 | 4,310,145 | 4,159,914 | 0.13% | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 4,311,159 | 4,273,591 | 0.02% | 2.73% |
| 2007 | 4,310,217 | 4,398,942 | -0.02% | 2.93% |
| 2008 | 4,309,705 | 4,489,544 | -0.01% | 2.06% |
| 2009 | 4,305,181 | 4,535,375 | -0.1% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 4,295,427 | 4,560,155 | -0.23% | 0.55% |
| 2011 | 4,280,622 | 4,580,084 | -0.34% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 4,260,368 | 4,599,533 | -0.47% | 0.42% |
| 2013 | 4,233,922 | 4,623,816 | -0.62% | 0.53% |
| 2014 | 4,201,598 | 4,657,740 | -0.76% | 0.73% |
| 2015 | 4,151,725 | 4,701,957 | -1.19% | 0.95% |
| 2016 | 4,106,867 | 4,762,722 | -1.08% | 1.29% |
| 2017 | 4,041,407 | 4,827,445 | -1.59% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 3,988,775 | 4,898,022 | -1.3% | 1.46% |
| 2019 | 3,949,390 | 4,976,456 | -0.99% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 3,914,206 | 5,039,747 | -0.89% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 3,878,981 | 5,110,585 | -0.9% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | 3,855,641 | 5,212,836 | -0.6% | 2% |
| 2023 | 3,859,686 | 5,311,538 | 0.1% | 1.89% |
| 2024 | 3,866,200 | 5,395,790 | 0.17% | 1.59% |
| 2025 | 3,839,102 | 5,450,228 | -0.7% | 1.01% |
| 2026 | 3,813,345 | 5,500,449 | -0.67% | 0.92% |
| 2027 | 3,788,411 | 5,547,627 | -0.65% | 0.86% |
| 2028 | 3,764,412 | 5,592,524 | -0.63% | 0.81% |
| 2029 | 3,740,768 | 5,634,478 | -0.63% | 0.75% |
| 2030 | 3,716,995 | 5,673,099 | -0.64% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 3,692,964 | 5,709,621 | -0.65% | 0.64% |
| 2032 | 3,668,796 | 5,744,973 | -0.65% | 0.62% |
| 2033 | 3,645,158 | 5,778,467 | -0.64% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 3,621,729 | 5,809,870 | -0.64% | 0.54% |
| 2035 | 3,598,724 | 5,839,208 | -0.64% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 3,575,930 | 5,867,278 | -0.63% | 0.48% |
| 2037 | 3,552,378 | 5,895,280 | -0.66% | 0.48% |
| 2038 | 3,528,291 | 5,922,778 | -0.68% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 3,504,229 | 5,948,562 | -0.68% | 0.44% |
| 2040 | 3,480,092 | 5,973,408 | -0.69% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 3,455,620 | 5,997,971 | -0.7% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 3,430,837 | 6,020,298 | -0.72% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 3,405,931 | 6,040,050 | -0.73% | 0.33% |
| 2044 | 3,380,593 | 6,058,494 | -0.74% | 0.31% |
| 2045 | 3,355,044 | 6,075,441 | -0.76% | 0.28% |
| 2046 | 3,329,650 | 6,089,704 | -0.76% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 3,304,087 | 6,102,050 | -0.77% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 3,278,267 | 6,113,677 | -0.78% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 3,252,449 | 6,123,367 | -0.79% | 0.16% |
| 2050 | 3,226,539 | 6,129,969 | -0.8% | 0.11% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Croatia decreased by 204,292 people (a 4.74% decline), while Ireland gained 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Croatia lost -293,522 (a 7.15% decline), while Ireland's population increased by 738,242 (a 15.5% growth).
Croatia was ranked 120th most populous country in 2006 and is 129th in 2026. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2006 and still ranked 121st now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Croatia's population will shrink by 15.4% to 3,226,539 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of Ireland will increase by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people and rank change from 121st to 119th.
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Population differences between Croatia and Ireland
|
Croatia
|
Ireland
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.1 years | 82.9 years |
| Average age | 44.6 years | 39.4 years |
| Median age | 46 years | 39.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.2:51.8 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.46 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 178.9 ppl/mi² | 202.9 ppl/mi² |
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