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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Luxembourg	Ireland	Luxembourg
1960	2,828,600	313,970	-	-
1961	2,824,400	316,845	-0.15%	0.92%
1962	2,836,050	320,750	0.41%	1.23%
1963	2,852,650	324,100	0.59%	1.04%
1964	2,866,550	327,750	0.49%	1.13%
1965	2,877,300	331,500	0.38%	1.14%
1966	2,888,800	333,895	0.4%	0.72%
1967	2,902,450	334,995	0.47%	0.33%
1968	2,915,550	335,850	0.45%	0.26%
1969	2,932,650	337,500	0.59%	0.49%
1970	2,957,250	339,171	0.84%	0.5%
1971	2,992,050	342,421	1.18%	0.96%
1972	3,036,850	346,600	1.5%	1.22%
1973	3,085,950	350,450	1.62%	1.11%
1974	3,137,500	355,050	1.67%	1.31%
1975	3,189,550	358,950	1.66%	1.1%
1976	3,238,050	360,731	1.52%	0.5%
1977	3,282,200	361,358	1.36%	0.17%
1978	3,329,100	362,007	1.43%	0.18%
1979	3,373,750	362,856	1.34%	0.23%
1980	3,412,800	364,150	1.16%	0.36%
1981	3,453,000	365,225	1.18%	0.3%
1982	3,485,800	365,525	0.95%	0.08%
1983	3,510,600	365,622	0.71%	0.03%
1984	3,532,423	365,998	0.62%	0.1%
1985	3,538,082	366,706	0.16%	0.19%
1986	3,539,690	368,355	0.05%	0.45%
1987	3,540,057	370,750	0.01%	0.65%
1988	3,524,949	373,450	-0.43%	0.73%
1989	3,511,009	377,100	-0.4%	0.98%
1990	3,513,974	381,850	0.08%	1.26%
1991	3,534,235	387,000	0.58%	1.35%
1992	3,558,430	392,175	0.68%	1.34%
1993	3,576,261	397,475	0.5%	1.35%
1994	3,590,386	402,925	0.39%	1.37%
1995	3,608,841	408,625	0.51%	1.41%
1996	3,637,510	414,225	0.79%	1.37%
1997	3,674,171	419,450	1.01%	1.26%
1998	3,712,696	424,700	1.05%	1.25%
1999	3,754,786	430,475	1.13%	1.36%
2000	3,805,174	436,300	1.34%	1.35%
2001	3,866,243	441,525	1.6%	1.2%
2002	3,931,947	446,175	1.7%	1.05%
2003	3,996,521	451,630	1.64%	1.22%
2004	4,070,262	458,095	1.85%	1.43%
2005	4,159,914	465,158	2.2%	1.54%
2006	4,273,591	472,637	2.73%	1.61%
2007	4,398,942	479,993	2.93%	1.56%
2008	4,489,544	488,650	2.06%	1.8%
2009	4,535,375	497,783	1.02%	1.87%
2010	4,560,155	506,953	0.55%	1.84%
2011	4,580,084	518,347	0.44%	2.25%
2012	4,599,533	530,946	0.42%	2.43%
2013	4,623,816	543,360	0.53%	2.34%
2014	4,657,740	556,319	0.73%	2.38%
2015	4,701,957	569,604	0.95%	2.39%
2016	4,762,722	582,014	1.29%	2.18%
2017	4,827,445	596,336	1.36%	2.46%
2018	4,898,022	607,950	1.46%	1.95%
2019	4,976,456	620,001	1.6%	1.98%
2020	5,039,747	630,419	1.27%	1.68%
2021	5,110,585	640,064	1.41%	1.53%
2022	5,212,836	653,103	2%	2.04%
2023	5,307,600	666,430	1.82%	2.04%
2024	5,380,257	677,717	1.37%	1.69%
2025	5,434,538	685,180	1.01%	1.1%
2026	5,484,615	692,217	0.92%	1.03%
2027	5,531,657	699,102	0.86%	0.99%
2028	5,576,425	705,956	0.81%	0.98%
2029	5,618,258	712,502	0.75%	0.93%
2030	5,656,768	718,627	0.69%	0.86%
2031	5,693,185	724,433	0.64%	0.81%
2032	5,728,435	730,118	0.62%	0.78%
2033	5,761,833	735,604	0.58%	0.75%
2034	5,793,145	740,767	0.54%	0.7%
2035	5,822,398	745,776	0.5%	0.68%
2036	5,850,388	750,596	0.48%	0.65%
2037	5,878,309	755,119	0.48%	0.6%
2038	5,905,728	759,551	0.47%	0.59%
2039	5,931,438	763,923	0.44%	0.58%
2040	5,956,212	767,972	0.42%	0.53%
2041	5,980,704	771,757	0.41%	0.49%
2042	6,002,968	775,418	0.37%	0.47%
2043	6,022,662	778,811	0.33%	0.44%
2044	6,041,053	781,936	0.31%	0.4%
2045	6,057,952	784,957	0.28%	0.39%
2046	6,072,174	787,788	0.23%	0.36%
2047	6,084,484	790,356	0.2%	0.33%
2048	6,096,077	792,821	0.19%	0.31%
2049	6,105,740	795,064	0.16%	0.28%
2050	6,112,322	796,958	0.11%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Luxembourg gained 104,446 people (a 22.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Luxembourg's population increased by 121,228 (a 21.3% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Luxembourg was ranked 167th in 2005 and ranked 164th 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 Luxembourg will increase by 15.4% to 796,958 people and will still be ranked 164th.