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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Liberia	Ireland	Liberia
1960	2,828,600	1,139,522	-	-
1961	2,824,400	1,167,717	-0.15%	2.47%
1962	2,836,050	1,197,039	0.41%	2.51%
1963	2,852,650	1,227,414	0.59%	2.54%
1964	2,866,550	1,258,745	0.49%	2.55%
1965	2,877,300	1,291,156	0.38%	2.57%
1966	2,888,800	1,324,383	0.4%	2.57%
1967	2,902,450	1,358,435	0.47%	2.57%
1968	2,915,550	1,393,530	0.45%	2.58%
1969	2,932,650	1,429,605	0.59%	2.59%
1970	2,957,250	1,466,676	0.84%	2.59%
1971	2,992,050	1,504,077	1.18%	2.55%
1972	3,036,850	1,542,670	1.5%	2.57%
1973	3,085,950	1,583,588	1.62%	2.65%
1974	3,137,500	1,626,362	1.67%	2.7%
1975	3,189,550	1,670,913	1.66%	2.74%
1976	3,238,050	1,717,060	1.52%	2.76%
1977	3,282,200	1,766,019	1.36%	2.85%
1978	3,329,100	1,818,247	1.43%	2.96%
1979	3,373,750	1,872,713	1.34%	3%
1980	3,412,800	1,929,253	1.16%	3.02%
1981	3,453,000	1,986,867	1.18%	2.99%
1982	3,485,800	2,045,073	0.95%	2.93%
1983	3,510,600	2,107,113	0.71%	3.03%
1984	3,532,423	2,173,312	0.62%	3.14%
1985	3,538,082	2,240,539	0.16%	3.09%
1986	3,539,690	2,308,511	0.05%	3.03%
1987	3,540,057	2,377,229	0.01%	2.98%
1988	3,524,949	2,446,941	-0.43%	2.93%
1989	3,511,009	2,517,858	-0.4%	2.9%
1990	3,513,974	2,223,667	0.08%	-11.7%
1991	3,534,235	1,956,518	0.58%	-12%
1992	3,558,430	2,072,461	0.68%	5.93%
1993	3,576,261	2,155,126	0.5%	3.99%
1994	3,590,386	2,149,928	0.39%	-0.24%
1995	3,608,841	2,169,162	0.51%	0.89%
1996	3,637,510	2,232,289	0.79%	2.91%
1997	3,674,171	2,412,989	1.01%	8.09%
1998	3,712,696	2,670,124	1.05%	10.7%
1999	3,754,786	2,821,684	1.13%	5.68%
2000	3,805,174	2,928,117	1.34%	3.77%
2001	3,866,243	3,015,338	1.6%	2.98%
2002	3,931,947	3,094,782	1.7%	2.63%
2003	3,996,521	3,119,532	1.64%	0.8%
2004	4,070,262	3,156,892	1.85%	1.2%
2005	4,159,914	3,301,015	2.2%	4.57%
2006	4,273,591	3,490,787	2.73%	5.75%
2007	4,398,942	3,669,050	2.93%	5.11%
2008	4,489,544	3,821,003	2.06%	4.14%
2009	4,535,375	3,943,028	1.02%	3.19%
2010	4,560,155	4,058,890	0.55%	2.94%
2011	4,580,084	4,221,178	0.44%	4%
2012	4,599,533	4,373,043	0.42%	3.6%
2013	4,623,816	4,470,239	0.53%	2.22%
2014	4,657,740	4,564,293	0.73%	2.1%
2015	4,701,957	4,659,431	0.95%	2.08%
2016	4,762,722	4,755,608	1.29%	2.06%
2017	4,827,445	4,848,925	1.36%	1.96%
2018	4,898,022	4,944,726	1.46%	1.98%
2019	4,976,456	5,043,721	1.6%	2%
2020	5,039,747	5,149,463	1.27%	2.1%
2021	5,110,585	5,259,323	1.41%	2.13%
2022	5,212,836	5,373,294	2%	2.17%
2023	5,307,600	5,493,031	1.82%	2.23%
2024	5,380,257	5,612,817	1.37%	2.18%
2025	5,434,538	5,731,211	1.01%	2.11%
2026	5,484,615	5,853,958	0.92%	2.14%
2027	5,531,657	5,986,805	0.86%	2.27%
2028	5,576,425	6,118,769	0.81%	2.2%
2029	5,618,258	6,245,093	0.75%	2.06%
2030	5,656,768	6,366,293	0.69%	1.94%
2031	5,693,185	6,486,749	0.64%	1.89%
2032	5,728,435	6,614,257	0.62%	1.97%
2033	5,761,833	6,744,927	0.58%	1.98%
2034	5,793,145	6,873,688	0.54%	1.91%
2035	5,822,398	7,003,567	0.5%	1.89%
2036	5,850,388	7,142,326	0.48%	1.98%
2037	5,878,309	7,278,759	0.48%	1.91%
2038	5,905,728	7,408,720	0.47%	1.79%
2039	5,931,438	7,545,510	0.44%	1.85%
2040	5,956,212	7,681,693	0.42%	1.8%
2041	5,980,704	7,817,089	0.41%	1.76%
2042	6,002,968	7,954,182	0.37%	1.75%
2043	6,022,662	8,077,173	0.33%	1.55%
2044	6,041,053	8,194,136	0.31%	1.45%
2045	6,057,952	8,310,657	0.28%	1.42%
2046	6,072,174	8,428,924	0.23%	1.42%
2047	6,084,484	8,552,033	0.2%	1.46%
2048	6,096,077	8,673,963	0.19%	1.43%
2049	6,105,740	8,795,838	0.16%	1.41%
2050	6,112,322	8,910,539	0.11%	1.3%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Liberia gained 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Liberia's population increased by 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Liberia was ranked 129th in 2005 and ranked 116th 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 Liberia will increase by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people and rank change from 116th to 107th.