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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Malawi	Ireland	Malawi
1960	2,828,600	3,628,134	-	-
1961	2,824,400	3,715,534	-0.15%	2.41%
1962	2,836,050	3,806,307	0.41%	2.44%
1963	2,852,650	3,900,506	0.59%	2.47%
1964	2,866,550	3,997,305	0.49%	2.48%
1965	2,877,300	4,096,157	0.38%	2.47%
1966	2,888,800	4,197,926	0.4%	2.48%
1967	2,902,450	4,303,012	0.47%	2.5%
1968	2,915,550	4,411,054	0.45%	2.51%
1969	2,932,650	4,521,184	0.59%	2.5%
1970	2,957,250	4,633,944	0.84%	2.49%
1971	2,992,050	4,751,434	1.18%	2.54%
1972	3,036,850	4,874,475	1.5%	2.59%
1973	3,085,950	5,003,938	1.62%	2.66%
1974	3,137,500	5,141,337	1.67%	2.75%
1975	3,189,550	5,287,367	1.66%	2.84%
1976	3,238,050	5,443,384	1.52%	2.95%
1977	3,282,200	5,614,983	1.36%	3.15%
1978	3,329,100	5,810,132	1.43%	3.48%
1979	3,373,750	6,028,749	1.34%	3.76%
1980	3,412,800	6,265,529	1.16%	3.93%
1981	3,453,000	6,516,454	1.18%	4%
1982	3,485,800	6,778,879	0.95%	4.03%
1983	3,510,600	7,051,709	0.71%	4.02%
1984	3,532,423	7,332,810	0.62%	3.99%
1985	3,538,082	7,620,508	0.16%	3.92%
1986	3,539,690	7,906,480	0.05%	3.75%
1987	3,540,057	8,293,174	0.01%	4.89%
1988	3,524,949	8,753,262	-0.43%	5.55%
1989	3,511,009	9,176,220	-0.4%	4.83%
1990	3,513,974	9,545,852	0.08%	4.03%
1991	3,534,235	9,844,227	0.58%	3.13%
1992	3,558,430	10,135,079	0.68%	2.95%
1993	3,576,261	10,284,024	0.5%	1.47%
1994	3,590,386	10,164,894	0.39%	-1.16%
1995	3,608,841	10,150,117	0.51%	-0.15%
1996	3,637,510	10,352,228	0.79%	1.99%
1997	3,674,171	10,562,035	1.01%	2.03%
1998	3,712,696	10,792,876	1.05%	2.19%
1999	3,754,786	11,047,804	1.13%	2.36%
2000	3,805,174	11,315,942	1.34%	2.43%
2001	3,866,243	11,593,058	1.6%	2.45%
2002	3,931,947	11,880,440	1.7%	2.48%
2003	3,996,521	12,181,574	1.64%	2.53%
2004	4,070,262	12,500,737	1.85%	2.62%
2005	4,159,914	12,840,031	2.2%	2.71%
2006	4,273,591	13,198,701	2.73%	2.79%
2007	4,398,942	13,576,343	2.93%	2.86%
2008	4,489,544	13,976,417	2.06%	2.95%
2009	4,535,375	14,395,788	1.02%	3%
2010	4,560,155	14,826,463	0.55%	2.99%
2011	4,580,084	15,265,022	0.44%	2.96%
2012	4,599,533	15,709,577	0.42%	2.91%
2013	4,623,816	16,161,816	0.53%	2.88%
2014	4,657,740	16,621,538	0.73%	2.84%
2015	4,701,957	17,085,587	0.95%	2.79%
2016	4,762,722	17,557,739	1.29%	2.76%
2017	4,827,445	18,039,715	1.36%	2.75%
2018	4,898,022	18,528,081	1.46%	2.71%
2019	4,976,456	19,025,752	1.6%	2.69%
2020	5,039,747	19,533,888	1.27%	2.67%
2021	5,110,585	20,047,258	1.41%	2.63%
2022	5,212,836	20,568,728	2%	2.6%
2023	5,311,538	21,104,482	1.89%	2.6%
2024	5,395,790	21,655,286	1.59%	2.61%
2025	5,450,228	22,216,113	1.01%	2.59%
2026	5,500,449	22,785,530	0.92%	2.56%
2027	5,547,627	23,366,187	0.86%	2.55%
2028	5,592,524	23,954,450	0.81%	2.52%
2029	5,634,478	24,553,499	0.75%	2.5%
2030	5,673,099	25,160,293	0.69%	2.47%
2031	5,709,621	25,763,534	0.64%	2.4%
2032	5,744,973	26,366,760	0.62%	2.34%
2033	5,778,467	26,978,417	0.58%	2.32%
2034	5,809,870	27,595,295	0.54%	2.29%
2035	5,839,208	28,213,784	0.5%	2.24%
2036	5,867,278	28,835,595	0.48%	2.2%
2037	5,895,280	29,462,509	0.48%	2.17%
2038	5,922,778	30,081,741	0.47%	2.1%
2039	5,948,562	30,691,578	0.44%	2.03%
2040	5,973,408	31,302,092	0.42%	1.99%
2041	5,997,971	31,911,242	0.41%	1.95%
2042	6,020,298	32,517,509	0.37%	1.9%
2043	6,040,050	33,122,481	0.33%	1.86%
2044	6,058,494	33,736,523	0.31%	1.85%
2045	6,075,441	34,350,947	0.28%	1.82%
2046	6,089,704	34,959,606	0.23%	1.77%
2047	6,102,050	35,567,989	0.2%	1.74%
2048	6,113,677	36,165,757	0.19%	1.68%
2049	6,123,367	36,760,998	0.16%	1.65%
2050	6,129,969	37,361,672	0.11%	1.63%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Malawi gained 4,359,038 people (a 33% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Malawi's population increased by 5,234,136 (a 29.8% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Malawi was ranked 69th in 2006 and ranked 61st 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 Malawi will increase by 63.9% to 37,361,672 people and rank change from 61st to 55th.