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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Jordan	Ireland	Jordan
1960	2,828,600	853,471	-	-
1961	2,824,400	897,591	-0.15%	5.17%
1962	2,836,050	940,554	0.41%	4.79%
1963	2,852,650	984,714	0.59%	4.7%
1964	2,866,550	1,035,640	0.49%	5.17%
1965	2,877,300	1,099,440	0.38%	6.16%
1966	2,888,800	1,178,360	0.4%	7.18%
1967	2,902,450	1,271,183	0.47%	7.88%
1968	2,915,550	1,372,460	0.45%	7.97%
1969	2,932,650	1,473,100	0.59%	7.33%
1970	2,957,250	1,565,163	0.84%	6.25%
1971	2,992,050	1,645,145	1.18%	5.11%
1972	3,036,850	1,714,555	1.5%	4.22%
1973	3,085,950	1,778,094	1.62%	3.71%
1974	3,137,500	1,839,182	1.67%	3.44%
1975	3,189,550	1,899,055	1.66%	3.26%
1976	3,238,050	1,958,177	1.52%	3.11%
1977	3,282,200	2,019,002	1.36%	3.11%
1978	3,329,100	2,083,595	1.43%	3.2%
1979	3,373,750	2,153,882	1.34%	3.37%
1980	3,412,800	2,234,186	1.16%	3.73%
1981	3,453,000	2,325,517	1.18%	4.09%
1982	3,485,800	2,426,927	0.95%	4.36%
1983	3,510,600	2,537,307	0.71%	4.55%
1984	3,532,423	2,654,688	0.62%	4.63%
1985	3,538,082	2,778,810	0.16%	4.68%
1986	3,539,690	2,909,887	0.05%	4.72%
1987	3,540,057	3,047,634	0.01%	4.73%
1988	3,524,949	3,193,039	-0.43%	4.77%
1989	3,511,009	3,349,627	-0.4%	4.9%
1990	3,513,974	3,621,908	0.08%	8.13%
1991	3,534,235	3,915,149	0.58%	8.1%
1992	3,558,430	4,127,693	0.68%	5.43%
1993	3,576,261	4,348,020	0.5%	5.34%
1994	3,590,386	4,561,406	0.39%	4.91%
1995	3,608,841	4,752,096	0.51%	4.18%
1996	3,637,510	4,912,516	0.79%	3.38%
1997	3,674,171	5,046,285	1.01%	2.72%
1998	3,712,696	5,164,284	1.05%	2.34%
1999	3,754,786	5,276,444	1.13%	2.17%
2000	3,805,174	5,386,945	1.34%	2.09%
2001	3,866,243	5,498,894	1.6%	2.08%
2002	3,931,947	5,616,066	1.7%	2.13%
2003	3,996,521	5,741,828	1.64%	2.24%
2004	4,070,262	5,882,061	1.85%	2.44%
2005	4,159,914	6,029,587	2.2%	2.51%
2006	4,273,591	6,427,371	2.73%	6.6%
2007	4,398,942	6,827,227	2.93%	6.22%
2008	4,489,544	6,989,866	2.06%	2.38%
2009	4,535,375	7,141,753	1.02%	2.17%
2010	4,560,155	7,297,043	0.55%	2.17%
2011	4,580,084	7,480,424	0.44%	2.51%
2012	4,599,533	7,587,127	0.42%	1.43%
2013	4,623,816	7,991,809	0.53%	5.33%
2014	4,657,740	8,791,710	0.73%	10%
2015	4,701,957	9,544,729	0.95%	8.57%
2016	4,762,722	10,006,367	1.29%	4.84%
2017	4,827,445	10,234,226	1.36%	2.28%
2018	4,898,022	10,462,306	1.46%	2.23%
2019	4,976,456	10,671,891	1.6%	2%
2020	5,039,747	10,865,228	1.27%	1.81%
2021	5,110,585	11,066,356	1.41%	1.85%
2022	5,212,836	11,256,263	2%	1.72%
2023	5,307,600	11,439,213	1.82%	1.63%
2024	5,380,257	11,552,876	1.37%	0.99%
2025	5,434,538	11,520,678	1.01%	-0.28%
2026	5,484,615	11,589,528	0.92%	0.6%
2027	5,531,657	11,819,454	0.86%	1.98%
2028	5,576,425	12,034,459	0.81%	1.82%
2029	5,618,258	12,245,726	0.75%	1.76%
2030	5,656,768	12,448,772	0.69%	1.66%
2031	5,693,185	12,652,545	0.64%	1.64%
2032	5,728,435	12,854,926	0.62%	1.6%
2033	5,761,833	13,050,713	0.58%	1.52%
2034	5,793,145	13,245,158	0.54%	1.49%
2035	5,822,398	13,440,821	0.5%	1.48%
2036	5,850,388	13,638,248	0.48%	1.47%
2037	5,878,309	13,840,237	0.48%	1.48%
2038	5,905,728	14,048,303	0.47%	1.5%
2039	5,931,438	14,256,684	0.44%	1.48%
2040	5,956,212	14,471,288	0.42%	1.51%
2041	5,980,704	14,684,501	0.41%	1.47%
2042	6,002,968	14,883,641	0.37%	1.36%
2043	6,022,662	15,077,789	0.33%	1.3%
2044	6,041,053	15,273,526	0.31%	1.3%
2045	6,057,952	15,471,971	0.28%	1.3%
2046	6,072,174	15,662,312	0.23%	1.23%
2047	6,084,484	15,841,619	0.2%	1.14%
2048	6,096,077	16,021,374	0.19%	1.13%
2049	6,105,740	16,197,518	0.16%	1.1%
2050	6,112,322	16,367,341	0.11%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Jordan gained 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Jordan's population increased by 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Jordan was ranked 101st in 2005 and ranked 85th 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 Jordan will increase by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people and rank change from 85th to 79th.