Population in Ireland compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Marshall Islands	Ireland	Marshall Islands
1960	2,828,600	14,703	-	-
1961	2,824,400	15,219	-0.15%	3.51%
1962	2,836,050	15,755	0.41%	3.52%
1963	2,852,650	16,302	0.59%	3.47%
1964	2,866,550	16,852	0.49%	3.37%
1965	2,877,300	17,402	0.38%	3.26%
1966	2,888,800	17,927	0.4%	3.02%
1967	2,902,450	18,655	0.47%	4.06%
1968	2,915,550	19,862	0.45%	6.47%
1969	2,932,650	21,305	0.59%	7.27%
1970	2,957,250	22,530	0.84%	5.75%
1971	2,992,050	23,366	1.18%	3.71%
1972	3,036,850	23,992	1.5%	2.68%
1973	3,085,950	24,581	1.62%	2.45%
1974	3,137,500	25,296	1.67%	2.91%
1975	3,189,550	26,154	1.66%	3.39%
1976	3,238,050	27,021	1.52%	3.31%
1977	3,282,200	27,906	1.36%	3.28%
1978	3,329,100	28,809	1.43%	3.24%
1979	3,373,750	29,738	1.34%	3.22%
1980	3,412,800	30,774	1.16%	3.48%
1981	3,453,000	32,017	1.18%	4.04%
1982	3,485,800	33,397	0.95%	4.31%
1983	3,510,600	34,811	0.71%	4.23%
1984	3,532,423	36,264	0.62%	4.17%
1985	3,538,082	37,761	0.16%	4.13%
1986	3,539,690	39,286	0.05%	4.04%
1987	3,540,057	40,828	0.01%	3.93%
1988	3,524,949	42,321	-0.43%	3.66%
1989	3,511,009	43,586	-0.4%	2.99%
1990	3,513,974	44,629	0.08%	2.39%
1991	3,534,235	45,568	0.58%	2.1%
1992	3,558,430	46,388	0.68%	1.8%
1993	3,576,261	47,093	0.5%	1.52%
1994	3,590,386	47,712	0.39%	1.31%
1995	3,608,841	48,266	0.51%	1.16%
1996	3,637,510	48,775	0.79%	1.05%
1997	3,674,171	49,259	1.01%	0.99%
1998	3,712,696	49,717	1.05%	0.93%
1999	3,754,786	50,202	1.13%	0.98%
2000	3,805,174	50,706	1.34%	1%
2001	3,866,243	51,123	1.6%	0.82%
2002	3,931,947	51,425	1.7%	0.59%
2003	3,996,521	51,639	1.64%	0.42%
2004	4,070,262	51,791	1.85%	0.29%
2005	4,159,914	51,906	2.2%	0.22%
2006	4,273,591	51,992	2.73%	0.17%
2007	4,398,942	52,035	2.93%	0.08%
2008	4,489,544	52,030	2.06%	-0.01%
2009	4,535,375	52,019	1.02%	-0.02%
2010	4,560,155	52,044	0.55%	0.05%
2011	4,580,084	51,907	0.44%	-0.26%
2012	4,599,533	51,419	0.42%	-0.94%
2013	4,623,816	50,681	0.53%	-1.44%
2014	4,657,740	49,796	0.73%	-1.75%
2015	4,701,957	48,800	0.95%	-2%
2016	4,762,722	47,709	1.29%	-2.24%
2017	4,827,445	46,529	1.36%	-2.47%
2018	4,898,022	45,285	1.46%	-2.67%
2019	4,976,456	44,007	1.6%	-2.82%
2020	5,039,747	42,706	1.27%	-2.96%
2021	5,110,585	41,367	1.41%	-3.14%
2022	5,212,836	40,077	2%	-3.12%
2023	5,307,600	38,827	1.82%	-3.12%
2024	5,380,257	37,548	1.37%	-3.29%
2025	5,434,538	36,281	1.01%	-3.37%
2026	5,484,615	35,078	0.92%	-3.32%
2027	5,531,657	33,976	0.86%	-3.14%
2028	5,576,425	32,977	0.81%	-2.94%
2029	5,618,258	32,054	0.75%	-2.8%
2030	5,656,768	31,191	0.69%	-2.69%
2031	5,693,185	30,420	0.64%	-2.47%
2032	5,728,435	29,740	0.62%	-2.23%
2033	5,761,833	29,142	0.58%	-2.01%
2034	5,793,145	28,608	0.54%	-1.83%
2035	5,822,398	28,147	0.5%	-1.61%
2036	5,850,388	27,751	0.48%	-1.41%
2037	5,878,309	27,405	0.48%	-1.25%
2038	5,905,728	27,092	0.47%	-1.14%
2039	5,931,438	26,836	0.44%	-0.94%
2040	5,956,212	26,598	0.42%	-0.89%
2041	5,980,704	26,396	0.41%	-0.76%
2042	6,002,968	26,217	0.37%	-0.68%
2043	6,022,662	26,054	0.33%	-0.62%
2044	6,041,053	25,913	0.31%	-0.54%
2045	6,057,952	25,777	0.28%	-0.52%
2046	6,072,174	25,653	0.23%	-0.48%
2047	6,084,484	25,543	0.2%	-0.43%
2048	6,096,077	25,429	0.19%	-0.45%
2049	6,105,740	25,311	0.16%	-0.46%
2050	6,112,322	25,195	0.11%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.