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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Malta	Ireland	Malta
1960	2,828,600	326,550	-	-
1961	2,824,400	325,250	-0.15%	-0.4%
1962	2,836,050	323,900	0.41%	-0.42%
1963	2,852,650	322,550	0.59%	-0.42%
1964	2,866,550	321,250	0.49%	-0.4%
1965	2,877,300	318,800	0.38%	-0.76%
1966	2,888,800	315,200	0.4%	-1.13%
1967	2,902,450	311,550	0.47%	-1.16%
1968	2,915,550	307,900	0.45%	-1.17%
1969	2,932,650	304,300	0.59%	-1.17%
1970	2,957,250	302,650	0.84%	-0.54%
1971	2,992,050	302,700	1.18%	0.02%
1972	3,036,850	302,450	1.5%	-0.08%
1973	3,085,950	302,200	1.62%	-0.08%
1974	3,137,500	301,996	1.67%	-0.07%
1975	3,189,550	304,222	1.66%	0.74%
1976	3,238,050	305,774	1.52%	0.51%
1977	3,282,200	306,970	1.36%	0.39%
1978	3,329,100	310,182	1.43%	1.05%
1979	3,373,750	313,342	1.34%	1.02%
1980	3,412,800	316,645	1.16%	1.05%
1981	3,453,000	318,982	1.18%	0.74%
1982	3,485,800	325,898	0.95%	2.17%
1983	3,510,600	330,524	0.71%	1.42%
1984	3,532,423	330,593	0.62%	0.02%
1985	3,538,082	336,452	0.16%	1.77%
1986	3,539,690	342,121	0.05%	1.68%
1987	3,540,057	344,485	0.01%	0.69%
1988	3,524,949	347,325	-0.43%	0.82%
1989	3,511,009	350,722	-0.4%	0.98%
1990	3,513,974	354,170	0.08%	0.98%
1991	3,534,235	363,845	0.58%	2.73%
1992	3,558,430	367,618	0.68%	1.04%
1993	3,576,261	371,308	0.5%	1%
1994	3,590,386	374,797	0.39%	0.94%
1995	3,608,841	377,419	0.51%	0.7%
1996	3,637,510	379,905	0.79%	0.66%
1997	3,674,171	382,791	1.01%	0.76%
1998	3,712,696	385,287	1.05%	0.65%
1999	3,754,786	387,578	1.13%	0.59%
2000	3,805,174	390,087	1.34%	0.65%
2001	3,866,243	393,028	1.6%	0.75%
2002	3,931,947	395,969	1.7%	0.75%
2003	3,996,521	398,582	1.64%	0.66%
2004	4,070,262	401,268	1.85%	0.67%
2005	4,159,914	403,834	2.2%	0.64%
2006	4,273,591	405,308	2.73%	0.37%
2007	4,398,942	406,724	2.93%	0.35%
2008	4,489,544	409,379	2.06%	0.65%
2009	4,535,375	412,477	1.02%	0.76%
2010	4,560,155	414,508	0.55%	0.49%
2011	4,580,084	416,268	0.44%	0.42%
2012	4,599,533	420,028	0.42%	0.9%
2013	4,623,816	424,810	0.53%	1.14%
2014	4,657,740	433,481	0.73%	2.04%
2015	4,701,957	444,220	0.95%	2.48%
2016	4,762,722	454,505	1.29%	2.32%
2017	4,827,445	467,106	1.36%	2.77%
2018	4,898,022	483,903	1.46%	3.6%
2019	4,976,456	503,912	1.6%	4.13%
2020	5,039,747	515,490	1.27%	2.3%
2021	5,110,585	518,150	1.41%	0.52%
2022	5,212,836	531,113	2%	2.5%
2023	5,307,600	552,747	1.82%	4.07%
2024	5,380,257	574,346	1.37%	3.91%
2025	5,434,538	580,514	1.01%	1.07%
2026	5,484,615	584,351	0.92%	0.66%
2027	5,531,657	586,444	0.86%	0.36%
2028	5,576,425	588,290	0.81%	0.31%
2029	5,618,258	589,776	0.75%	0.25%
2030	5,656,768	590,973	0.69%	0.2%
2031	5,693,185	591,921	0.64%	0.16%
2032	5,728,435	592,622	0.62%	0.12%
2033	5,761,833	592,974	0.58%	0.06%
2034	5,793,145	592,827	0.54%	-0.02%
2035	5,822,398	592,332	0.5%	-0.08%
2036	5,850,388	591,668	0.48%	-0.11%
2037	5,878,309	590,830	0.48%	-0.14%
2038	5,905,728	589,771	0.47%	-0.18%
2039	5,931,438	588,528	0.44%	-0.21%
2040	5,956,212	587,256	0.42%	-0.22%
2041	5,980,704	585,895	0.41%	-0.23%
2042	6,002,968	584,467	0.37%	-0.24%
2043	6,022,662	582,966	0.33%	-0.26%
2044	6,041,053	581,355	0.31%	-0.28%
2045	6,057,952	579,693	0.28%	-0.29%
2046	6,072,174	577,954	0.23%	-0.3%
2047	6,084,484	576,050	0.2%	-0.33%
2048	6,096,077	574,050	0.19%	-0.35%
2049	6,105,740	572,187	0.16%	-0.32%
2050	6,112,322	570,210	0.11%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th 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 Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.