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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Jamaica	Ireland	Jamaica
1960	2,828,600	1,650,005	-	-
1961	2,824,400	1,673,261	-0.15%	1.41%
1962	2,836,050	1,696,932	0.41%	1.41%
1963	2,852,650	1,721,099	0.59%	1.42%
1964	2,866,550	1,745,568	0.49%	1.42%
1965	2,877,300	1,769,192	0.38%	1.35%
1966	2,888,800	1,791,475	0.4%	1.26%
1967	2,902,450	1,812,865	0.47%	1.19%
1968	2,915,550	1,833,765	0.45%	1.15%
1969	2,932,650	1,855,127	0.59%	1.16%
1970	2,957,250	1,878,196	0.84%	1.24%
1971	2,992,050	1,903,728	1.18%	1.36%
1972	3,036,850	1,931,542	1.5%	1.46%
1973	3,085,950	1,961,219	1.62%	1.54%
1974	3,137,500	1,990,906	1.67%	1.51%
1975	3,189,550	2,018,981	1.66%	1.41%
1976	3,238,050	2,045,578	1.52%	1.32%
1977	3,282,200	2,070,657	1.36%	1.23%
1978	3,329,100	2,094,836	1.43%	1.17%
1979	3,373,750	2,119,486	1.34%	1.18%
1980	3,412,800	2,145,658	1.16%	1.23%
1981	3,453,000	2,173,818	1.18%	1.31%
1982	3,485,800	2,203,889	0.95%	1.38%
1983	3,510,600	2,234,832	0.71%	1.4%
1984	3,532,423	2,264,562	0.62%	1.33%
1985	3,538,082	2,290,656	0.16%	1.15%
1986	3,539,690	2,312,125	0.05%	0.94%
1987	3,540,057	2,329,813	0.01%	0.77%
1988	3,524,949	2,345,777	-0.43%	0.69%
1989	3,511,009	2,361,916	-0.4%	0.69%
1990	3,513,974	2,379,877	0.08%	0.76%
1991	3,534,235	2,400,869	0.58%	0.88%
1992	3,558,430	2,424,701	0.68%	0.99%
1993	3,576,261	2,449,916	0.5%	1.04%
1994	3,590,386	2,475,220	0.39%	1.03%
1995	3,608,841	2,500,151	0.51%	1.01%
1996	3,637,510	2,524,463	0.79%	0.97%
1997	3,674,171	2,547,848	1.01%	0.93%
1998	3,712,696	2,569,736	1.05%	0.86%
1999	3,754,786	2,589,795	1.13%	0.78%
2000	3,805,174	2,607,826	1.34%	0.7%
2001	3,866,243	2,624,403	1.6%	0.64%
2002	3,931,947	2,640,572	1.7%	0.62%
2003	3,996,521	2,656,623	1.64%	0.61%
2004	4,070,262	2,672,225	1.85%	0.59%
2005	4,159,914	2,687,066	2.2%	0.56%
2006	4,273,591	2,700,968	2.73%	0.52%
2007	4,398,942	2,713,800	2.93%	0.48%
2008	4,489,544	2,725,635	2.06%	0.44%
2009	4,535,375	2,736,995	1.02%	0.42%
2010	4,560,155	2,748,568	0.55%	0.42%
2011	4,580,084	2,760,494	0.44%	0.43%
2012	4,599,533	2,772,430	0.42%	0.43%
2013	4,623,816	2,783,687	0.53%	0.41%
2014	4,657,740	2,793,749	0.73%	0.36%
2015	4,701,957	2,802,534	0.95%	0.31%
2016	4,762,722	2,809,915	1.29%	0.26%
2017	4,827,445	2,815,764	1.36%	0.21%
2018	4,898,022	2,820,097	1.46%	0.15%
2019	4,976,456	2,823,271	1.6%	0.11%
2020	5,039,747	2,830,739	1.27%	0.26%
2021	5,110,585	2,837,682	1.41%	0.25%
2022	5,212,836	2,839,144	2%	0.05%
2023	5,311,538	2,839,786	1.89%	0.02%
2024	5,395,790	2,839,175	1.59%	-0.02%
2025	5,450,228	2,837,071	1.01%	-0.07%
2026	5,500,449	2,833,401	0.92%	-0.13%
2027	5,547,627	2,828,530	0.86%	-0.17%
2028	5,592,524	2,822,861	0.81%	-0.2%
2029	5,634,478	2,816,391	0.75%	-0.23%
2030	5,673,099	2,808,946	0.69%	-0.26%
2031	5,709,621	2,800,607	0.64%	-0.3%
2032	5,744,973	2,791,130	0.62%	-0.34%
2033	5,778,467	2,780,468	0.58%	-0.38%
2034	5,809,870	2,768,714	0.54%	-0.42%
2035	5,839,208	2,755,929	0.5%	-0.46%
2036	5,867,278	2,742,071	0.48%	-0.5%
2037	5,895,280	2,726,892	0.48%	-0.55%
2038	5,922,778	2,710,812	0.47%	-0.59%
2039	5,948,562	2,693,901	0.44%	-0.62%
2040	5,973,408	2,676,087	0.42%	-0.66%
2041	5,997,971	2,657,558	0.41%	-0.69%
2042	6,020,298	2,638,085	0.37%	-0.73%
2043	6,040,050	2,617,576	0.33%	-0.78%
2044	6,058,494	2,596,160	0.31%	-0.82%
2045	6,075,441	2,574,074	0.28%	-0.85%
2046	6,089,704	2,551,347	0.23%	-0.88%
2047	6,102,050	2,528,004	0.2%	-0.91%
2048	6,113,677	2,504,191	0.19%	-0.94%
2049	6,123,367	2,479,744	0.16%	-0.98%
2050	6,129,969	2,454,935	0.11%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Jamaica gained 108,947 people (a 4.03% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 23,486 (a 0.84% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Jamaica was ranked 136th in 2006 and ranked 139th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Ireland's population will grow by 11.4% to 6,129,969 people with a rank change from 121st to 119th. The population of Jamaica will decrease by 13.4% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 139th to 144th.