Population in India compared to Ireland: Trends, Charts, Rankings

India and Ireland: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Ireland	India	Ireland
1960	435,990,338	2,828,600	-	-
1961	446,564,729	2,824,400	2.43%	-0.15%
1962	457,283,090	2,836,050	2.4%	0.41%
1963	468,138,575	2,852,650	2.37%	0.59%
1964	479,229,598	2,866,550	2.37%	0.49%
1965	490,140,146	2,877,300	2.28%	0.38%
1966	500,740,247	2,888,800	2.16%	0.4%
1967	511,606,372	2,902,450	2.17%	0.47%
1968	522,716,889	2,915,550	2.17%	0.45%
1969	533,880,544	2,932,650	2.14%	0.59%
1970	545,864,268	2,957,250	2.24%	0.84%
1971	558,096,387	2,992,050	2.24%	1.18%
1972	570,482,142	3,036,850	2.22%	1.5%
1973	583,465,598	3,085,950	2.28%	1.62%
1974	597,041,391	3,137,500	2.33%	1.67%
1975	611,309,535	3,189,550	2.39%	1.66%
1976	625,861,883	3,238,050	2.38%	1.52%
1977	640,801,103	3,282,200	2.39%	1.36%
1978	655,728,229	3,329,100	2.33%	1.43%
1979	671,155,747	3,373,750	2.35%	1.34%
1980	687,354,025	3,412,800	2.41%	1.16%
1981	703,696,250	3,453,000	2.38%	1.18%
1982	720,313,473	3,485,800	2.36%	0.95%
1983	737,372,681	3,510,600	2.37%	0.71%
1984	754,875,449	3,532,423	2.37%	0.62%
1985	772,647,793	3,538,082	2.35%	0.16%
1986	790,689,978	3,539,690	2.34%	0.05%
1987	808,931,270	3,540,057	2.31%	0.01%
1988	827,342,990	3,524,949	2.28%	-0.43%
1989	846,039,529	3,511,009	2.26%	-0.4%
1990	864,972,221	3,513,974	2.24%	0.08%
1991	883,927,600	3,534,235	2.19%	0.58%
1992	902,957,070	3,558,430	2.15%	0.68%
1993	922,118,387	3,576,261	2.12%	0.5%
1994	941,163,767	3,590,386	2.07%	0.39%
1995	960,301,044	3,608,841	2.03%	0.51%
1996	979,678,458	3,637,510	2.02%	0.79%
1997	999,133,762	3,674,171	1.99%	1.01%
1998	1,018,665,080	3,712,696	1.95%	1.05%
1999	1,038,225,823	3,754,786	1.92%	1.13%
2000	1,057,922,733	3,805,174	1.9%	1.34%
2001	1,077,898,575	3,866,243	1.89%	1.6%
2002	1,097,600,380	3,931,947	1.83%	1.7%
2003	1,116,803,006	3,996,521	1.75%	1.64%
2004	1,135,991,513	4,070,262	1.72%	1.85%
2005	1,154,676,322	4,159,914	1.64%	2.2%
2006	1,172,878,890	4,273,591	1.58%	2.73%
2007	1,190,676,021	4,398,942	1.52%	2.93%
2008	1,207,930,964	4,489,544	1.45%	2.06%
2009	1,225,524,753	4,535,375	1.46%	1.02%
2010	1,243,481,564	4,560,155	1.47%	0.55%
2011	1,261,224,954	4,580,084	1.43%	0.44%
2012	1,278,674,502	4,599,533	1.38%	0.42%
2013	1,295,829,511	4,623,816	1.34%	0.53%
2014	1,312,277,191	4,657,740	1.27%	0.73%
2015	1,328,024,498	4,701,957	1.2%	0.95%
2016	1,343,944,296	4,762,722	1.2%	1.29%
2017	1,359,657,400	4,827,445	1.17%	1.36%
2018	1,374,659,064	4,898,022	1.1%	1.46%
2019	1,389,030,312	4,976,456	1.05%	1.6%
2020	1,402,617,695	5,039,747	0.98%	1.27%
2021	1,414,203,896	5,110,585	0.83%	1.41%
2022	1,425,423,212	5,212,836	0.79%	2%
2023	1,438,069,596	5,311,538	0.89%	1.89%
2024	1,450,935,791	5,395,790	0.89%	1.59%
2025	1,463,865,531	5,450,228	0.89%	1.01%
2026	1,476,625,576	5,500,449	0.87%	0.92%
2027	1,489,164,679	5,547,627	0.85%	0.86%
2028	1,501,432,748	5,592,524	0.82%	0.81%
2029	1,513,423,737	5,634,478	0.8%	0.75%
2030	1,525,138,852	5,673,099	0.77%	0.69%
2031	1,536,540,604	5,709,621	0.75%	0.64%
2032	1,547,607,126	5,744,973	0.72%	0.62%
2033	1,558,324,087	5,778,467	0.69%	0.58%
2034	1,568,688,356	5,809,870	0.67%	0.54%
2035	1,578,694,799	5,839,208	0.64%	0.5%
2036	1,588,325,366	5,867,278	0.61%	0.48%
2037	1,597,537,009	5,895,280	0.58%	0.48%
2038	1,606,300,646	5,922,778	0.55%	0.47%
2039	1,614,639,243	5,948,562	0.52%	0.44%
2040	1,622,580,052	5,973,408	0.49%	0.42%
2041	1,630,119,374	5,997,971	0.46%	0.41%
2042	1,637,235,363	6,020,298	0.44%	0.37%
2043	1,643,915,269	6,040,050	0.41%	0.33%
2044	1,650,186,610	6,058,494	0.38%	0.31%
2045	1,656,067,585	6,075,441	0.36%	0.28%
2046	1,661,548,400	6,089,704	0.33%	0.23%
2047	1,666,628,151	6,102,050	0.31%	0.2%
2048	1,671,309,727	6,113,677	0.28%	0.19%
2049	1,675,619,893	6,123,367	0.26%	0.16%
2050	1,679,589,268	6,129,969	0.24%	0.11%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of India increased by 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth), while Ireland gained 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, India gained 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth), while Ireland's population increased by 738,242 (a 15.5% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2006 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Ireland will increase by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people and rank change from 121st to 119th.