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	5,307,600	2,839,786	1.82%	0.02%
2024	5,380,257	2,839,175	1.37%	-0.02%
2025	5,434,538	2,837,071	1.01%	-0.07%
2026	5,484,615	2,833,401	0.92%	-0.13%
2027	5,531,657	2,828,530	0.86%	-0.17%
2028	5,576,425	2,822,861	0.81%	-0.2%
2029	5,618,258	2,816,391	0.75%	-0.23%
2030	5,656,768	2,808,946	0.69%	-0.26%
2031	5,693,185	2,800,607	0.64%	-0.3%
2032	5,728,435	2,791,130	0.62%	-0.34%
2033	5,761,833	2,780,468	0.58%	-0.38%
2034	5,793,145	2,768,714	0.54%	-0.42%
2035	5,822,398	2,755,929	0.5%	-0.46%
2036	5,850,388	2,742,071	0.48%	-0.5%
2037	5,878,309	2,726,892	0.48%	-0.55%
2038	5,905,728	2,710,812	0.47%	-0.59%
2039	5,931,438	2,693,901	0.44%	-0.62%
2040	5,956,212	2,676,087	0.42%	-0.66%
2041	5,980,704	2,657,558	0.41%	-0.69%
2042	6,002,968	2,638,085	0.37%	-0.73%
2043	6,022,662	2,617,576	0.33%	-0.78%
2044	6,041,053	2,596,160	0.31%	-0.82%
2045	6,057,952	2,574,074	0.28%	-0.85%
2046	6,072,174	2,551,347	0.23%	-0.88%
2047	6,084,484	2,528,004	0.2%	-0.91%
2048	6,096,077	2,504,191	0.19%	-0.94%
2049	6,105,740	2,479,744	0.16%	-0.98%
2050	6,112,322	2,454,935	0.11%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Jamaica gained 115,468 people (a 4.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Jamaica's population increased by 34,537 (a 1.23% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Jamaica was ranked 135th in 2005 and ranked 140th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Ireland's population will grow by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people with a rank change from 121st to 120th. The population of Jamaica will decrease by 13.5% to 2,454,935 people and rank change from 140th to 144th.