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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Kuwait	Ireland	Kuwait
1960	2,828,600	311,060	-	-
1961	2,824,400	345,945	-0.15%	11.2%
1962	2,836,050	384,995	0.41%	11.3%
1963	2,852,650	427,694	0.59%	11.1%
1964	2,866,550	473,115	0.49%	10.6%
1965	2,877,300	521,174	0.38%	10.2%
1966	2,888,800	572,590	0.4%	9.87%
1967	2,902,450	628,089	0.47%	9.69%
1968	2,915,550	687,716	0.45%	9.49%
1969	2,932,650	749,452	0.59%	8.98%
1970	2,957,250	809,114	0.84%	7.96%
1971	2,992,050	865,076	1.18%	6.92%
1972	3,036,850	920,352	1.5%	6.39%
1973	3,085,950	977,654	1.62%	6.23%
1974	3,137,500	1,038,346	1.67%	6.21%
1975	3,189,550	1,104,863	1.66%	6.41%
1976	3,238,050	1,178,711	1.52%	6.68%
1977	3,282,200	1,258,023	1.36%	6.73%
1978	3,329,100	1,340,319	1.43%	6.54%
1979	3,373,750	1,423,514	1.34%	6.21%
1980	3,412,800	1,504,782	1.16%	5.71%
1981	3,453,000	1,583,426	1.18%	5.23%
1982	3,485,800	1,662,480	0.95%	4.99%
1983	3,510,600	1,744,295	0.71%	4.92%
1984	3,532,423	1,820,688	0.62%	4.38%
1985	3,538,082	1,894,242	0.16%	4.04%
1986	3,539,690	1,972,520	0.05%	4.13%
1987	3,540,057	2,052,994	0.01%	4.08%
1988	3,524,949	2,134,707	-0.43%	3.98%
1989	3,511,009	2,217,468	-0.4%	3.88%
1990	3,513,974	1,684,819	0.08%	-24%
1991	3,534,235	1,351,399	0.58%	-19.8%
1992	3,558,430	1,634,961	0.68%	21%
1993	3,576,261	1,672,151	0.5%	2.27%
1994	3,590,386	1,664,361	0.39%	-0.47%
1995	3,608,841	1,681,513	0.51%	1.03%
1996	3,637,510	1,730,246	0.79%	2.9%
1997	3,674,171	1,787,683	1.01%	3.32%
1998	3,712,696	1,844,302	1.05%	3.17%
1999	3,754,786	1,900,030	1.13%	3.02%
2000	3,805,174	1,954,709	1.34%	2.88%
2001	3,866,243	2,008,121	1.6%	2.73%
2002	3,931,947	2,059,974	1.7%	2.58%
2003	3,996,521	2,109,881	1.64%	2.42%
2004	4,070,262	2,157,320	1.85%	2.25%
2005	4,159,914	2,236,788	2.2%	3.68%
2006	4,273,591	2,364,733	2.73%	5.72%
2007	4,398,942	2,507,887	2.93%	6.05%
2008	4,489,544	2,651,421	2.06%	5.72%
2009	4,535,375	2,795,484	1.02%	5.43%
2010	4,560,155	2,943,372	0.55%	5.29%
2011	4,580,084	3,132,814	0.44%	6.44%
2012	4,599,533	3,337,109	0.42%	6.52%
2013	4,623,816	3,507,844	0.53%	5.12%
2014	4,657,740	3,665,876	0.73%	4.51%
2015	4,701,957	3,834,574	0.95%	4.6%
2016	4,762,722	4,004,096	1.29%	4.42%
2017	4,827,445	4,154,812	1.36%	3.76%
2018	4,898,022	4,323,515	1.46%	4.06%
2019	4,976,456	4,442,316	1.6%	2.75%
2020	5,039,747	4,400,267	1.27%	-0.95%
2021	5,110,585	4,360,865	1.41%	-0.9%
2022	5,212,836	4,589,643	2%	5.25%
2023	5,311,538	4,853,420	1.89%	5.75%
2024	5,395,790	4,897,263	1.59%	0.9%
2025	5,450,228	4,988,142	1.01%	1.86%
2026	5,500,449	5,064,255	0.92%	1.53%
2027	5,547,627	5,129,360	0.86%	1.29%
2028	5,592,524	5,185,490	0.81%	1.09%
2029	5,634,478	5,236,219	0.75%	0.98%
2030	5,673,099	5,284,012	0.69%	0.91%
2031	5,709,621	5,331,101	0.64%	0.89%
2032	5,744,973	5,379,044	0.62%	0.9%
2033	5,778,467	5,427,808	0.58%	0.91%
2034	5,809,870	5,477,364	0.54%	0.91%
2035	5,839,208	5,527,633	0.5%	0.92%
2036	5,867,278	5,578,535	0.48%	0.92%
2037	5,895,280	5,630,015	0.48%	0.92%
2038	5,922,778	5,682,029	0.47%	0.92%
2039	5,948,562	5,734,465	0.44%	0.92%
2040	5,973,408	5,787,201	0.42%	0.92%
2041	5,997,971	5,840,229	0.41%	0.92%
2042	6,020,298	5,893,501	0.37%	0.91%
2043	6,040,050	5,946,873	0.33%	0.91%
2044	6,058,494	6,000,304	0.31%	0.9%
2045	6,075,441	6,053,738	0.28%	0.89%
2046	6,089,704	6,107,040	0.23%	0.88%
2047	6,102,050	6,160,254	0.2%	0.87%
2048	6,113,677	6,213,452	0.19%	0.86%
2049	6,123,367	6,266,588	0.16%	0.86%
2050	6,129,969	6,319,692	0.11%	0.85%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Kuwait gained 1,639,363 people (a 69.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Kuwait's population increased by 1,060,870 (a 26.5% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Kuwait was ranked 139th in 2006 and ranked 127th 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 Kuwait will increase by 24.8% to 6,319,692 people and rank change from 127th to 117th.