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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Latvia	Ireland	Latvia
1960	2,828,600	2,120,979	-	-
1961	2,824,400	2,152,681	-0.15%	1.49%
1962	2,836,050	2,181,586	0.41%	1.34%
1963	2,852,650	2,210,919	0.59%	1.34%
1964	2,866,550	2,240,623	0.49%	1.34%
1965	2,877,300	2,265,919	0.38%	1.13%
1966	2,888,800	2,283,217	0.4%	0.76%
1967	2,902,450	2,301,220	0.47%	0.79%
1968	2,915,550	2,323,619	0.45%	0.97%
1969	2,932,650	2,343,173	0.59%	0.84%
1970	2,957,250	2,359,164	0.84%	0.68%
1971	2,992,050	2,376,389	1.18%	0.73%
1972	3,036,850	2,395,674	1.5%	0.81%
1973	3,085,950	2,415,819	1.62%	0.84%
1974	3,137,500	2,437,186	1.67%	0.88%
1975	3,189,550	2,456,130	1.66%	0.78%
1976	3,238,050	2,470,989	1.52%	0.6%
1977	3,282,200	2,485,073	1.36%	0.57%
1978	3,329,100	2,497,921	1.43%	0.52%
1979	3,373,750	2,505,953	1.34%	0.32%
1980	3,412,800	2,511,701	1.16%	0.23%
1981	3,453,000	2,519,421	1.18%	0.31%
1982	3,485,800	2,531,080	0.95%	0.46%
1983	3,510,600	2,546,011	0.71%	0.59%
1984	3,532,423	2,562,047	0.62%	0.63%
1985	3,538,082	2,578,873	0.16%	0.66%
1986	3,539,690	2,599,892	0.05%	0.82%
1987	3,540,057	2,626,583	0.01%	1.03%
1988	3,524,949	2,653,434	-0.43%	1.02%
1989	3,511,009	2,666,955	-0.4%	0.51%
1990	3,513,974	2,663,151	0.08%	-0.14%
1991	3,534,235	2,650,581	0.58%	-0.47%
1992	3,558,430	2,614,338	0.68%	-1.37%
1993	3,576,261	2,563,290	0.5%	-1.95%
1994	3,590,386	2,520,742	0.39%	-1.66%
1995	3,608,841	2,485,056	0.51%	-1.42%
1996	3,637,510	2,457,222	0.79%	-1.12%
1997	3,674,171	2,432,851	1.01%	-0.99%
1998	3,712,696	2,410,019	1.05%	-0.94%
1999	3,754,786	2,390,482	1.13%	-0.81%
2000	3,805,174	2,367,550	1.34%	-0.96%
2001	3,866,243	2,337,170	1.6%	-1.28%
2002	3,931,947	2,310,173	1.7%	-1.16%
2003	3,996,521	2,287,955	1.64%	-0.96%
2004	4,070,262	2,263,122	1.85%	-1.09%
2005	4,159,914	2,238,799	2.2%	-1.07%
2006	4,273,591	2,218,357	2.73%	-0.91%
2007	4,398,942	2,200,325	2.93%	-0.81%
2008	4,489,544	2,177,322	2.06%	-1.05%
2009	4,535,375	2,141,669	1.02%	-1.64%
2010	4,560,155	2,097,555	0.55%	-2.06%
2011	4,580,084	2,059,709	0.44%	-1.8%
2012	4,599,533	2,034,319	0.42%	-1.23%
2013	4,623,816	2,012,647	0.53%	-1.07%
2014	4,657,740	1,993,782	0.73%	-0.94%
2015	4,701,957	1,977,527	0.95%	-0.82%
2016	4,762,722	1,959,537	1.29%	-0.91%
2017	4,827,445	1,942,248	1.36%	-0.88%
2018	4,898,022	1,927,174	1.46%	-0.78%
2019	4,976,456	1,913,822	1.6%	-0.69%
2020	5,039,747	1,900,449	1.27%	-0.7%
2021	5,110,585	1,884,490	1.41%	-0.84%
2022	5,212,836	1,879,383	2%	-0.27%
2023	5,311,538	1,883,710	1.89%	0.23%
2024	5,395,790	1,866,124	1.59%	-0.93%
2025	5,450,228	1,847,866	1.01%	-0.98%
2026	5,500,449	1,830,293	0.92%	-0.95%
2027	5,547,627	1,815,968	0.86%	-0.78%
2028	5,592,524	1,801,521	0.81%	-0.8%
2029	5,634,478	1,786,981	0.75%	-0.81%
2030	5,673,099	1,772,165	0.69%	-0.83%
2031	5,709,621	1,757,453	0.64%	-0.83%
2032	5,744,973	1,743,022	0.62%	-0.82%
2033	5,778,467	1,728,673	0.58%	-0.82%
2034	5,809,870	1,714,716	0.54%	-0.81%
2035	5,839,208	1,701,185	0.5%	-0.79%
2036	5,867,278	1,687,823	0.48%	-0.79%
2037	5,895,280	1,674,629	0.48%	-0.78%
2038	5,922,778	1,661,616	0.47%	-0.78%
2039	5,948,562	1,648,536	0.44%	-0.79%
2040	5,973,408	1,635,604	0.42%	-0.78%
2041	5,997,971	1,622,819	0.41%	-0.78%
2042	6,020,298	1,610,197	0.37%	-0.78%
2043	6,040,050	1,597,712	0.33%	-0.78%
2044	6,058,494	1,585,205	0.31%	-0.78%
2045	6,075,441	1,572,558	0.28%	-0.8%
2046	6,089,704	1,559,919	0.23%	-0.8%
2047	6,102,050	1,547,369	0.2%	-0.8%
2048	6,113,677	1,534,713	0.19%	-0.82%
2049	6,123,367	1,521,945	0.16%	-0.83%
2050	6,129,969	1,509,157	0.11%	-0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Latvia lost 258,820 people (a 11.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Latvia's population decreased by -129,244 (a 6.6% decline).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Latvia was ranked 140th in 2006 and ranked 149th 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 Latvia will decrease by 17.5% to 1,509,157 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.