Population in Ireland compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Netherlands	Ireland	Netherlands
1960	2,828,600	11,486,631	-	-
1961	2,824,400	11,638,712	-0.15%	1.32%
1962	2,836,050	11,805,689	0.41%	1.43%
1963	2,852,650	11,965,966	0.59%	1.36%
1964	2,866,550	12,127,120	0.49%	1.35%
1965	2,877,300	12,294,732	0.38%	1.38%
1966	2,888,800	12,456,251	0.4%	1.31%
1967	2,902,450	12,598,201	0.47%	1.14%
1968	2,915,550	12,729,721	0.45%	1.04%
1969	2,932,650	12,877,984	0.59%	1.16%
1970	2,957,250	13,038,526	0.84%	1.25%
1971	2,992,050	13,194,497	1.18%	1.2%
1972	3,036,850	13,328,593	1.5%	1.02%
1973	3,085,950	13,439,322	1.62%	0.83%
1974	3,137,500	13,545,056	1.67%	0.79%
1975	3,189,550	13,666,335	1.66%	0.9%
1976	3,238,050	13,774,037	1.52%	0.79%
1977	3,282,200	13,856,185	1.36%	0.6%
1978	3,329,100	13,941,700	1.43%	0.62%
1979	3,373,750	14,038,270	1.34%	0.69%
1980	3,412,800	14,149,800	1.16%	0.79%
1981	3,453,000	14,247,208	1.18%	0.69%
1982	3,485,800	14,312,690	0.95%	0.46%
1983	3,510,600	14,367,070	0.71%	0.38%
1984	3,532,423	14,424,211	0.62%	0.4%
1985	3,538,082	14,491,632	0.16%	0.47%
1986	3,539,690	14,572,278	0.05%	0.56%
1987	3,540,057	14,665,037	0.01%	0.64%
1988	3,524,949	14,760,094	-0.43%	0.65%
1989	3,511,009	14,848,907	-0.4%	0.6%
1990	3,513,974	14,951,510	0.08%	0.69%
1991	3,534,235	15,069,798	0.58%	0.79%
1992	3,558,430	15,184,166	0.68%	0.76%
1993	3,576,261	15,290,368	0.5%	0.7%
1994	3,590,386	15,382,838	0.39%	0.6%
1995	3,608,841	15,459,006	0.51%	0.5%
1996	3,637,510	15,530,498	0.79%	0.46%
1997	3,674,171	15,610,650	1.01%	0.52%
1998	3,712,696	15,707,209	1.05%	0.62%
1999	3,754,786	15,812,088	1.13%	0.67%
2000	3,805,174	15,925,513	1.34%	0.72%
2001	3,866,243	16,046,180	1.6%	0.76%
2002	3,931,947	16,148,929	1.7%	0.64%
2003	3,996,521	16,225,302	1.64%	0.47%
2004	4,070,262	16,281,779	1.85%	0.35%
2005	4,159,914	16,319,868	2.2%	0.23%
2006	4,273,591	16,346,101	2.73%	0.16%
2007	4,398,942	16,381,696	2.93%	0.22%
2008	4,489,544	16,445,593	2.06%	0.39%
2009	4,535,375	16,530,388	1.02%	0.52%
2010	4,560,155	16,615,394	0.55%	0.51%
2011	4,580,084	16,693,074	0.44%	0.47%
2012	4,599,533	16,754,962	0.42%	0.37%
2013	4,623,816	16,804,432	0.53%	0.3%
2014	4,657,740	16,865,008	0.73%	0.36%
2015	4,701,957	16,939,923	0.95%	0.44%
2016	4,762,722	17,030,314	1.29%	0.53%
2017	4,827,445	17,131,296	1.36%	0.59%
2018	4,898,022	17,231,624	1.46%	0.59%
2019	4,976,456	17,344,874	1.6%	0.66%
2020	5,039,747	17,441,500	1.27%	0.56%
2021	5,110,585	17,533,044	1.41%	0.52%
2022	5,212,836	17,700,982	2%	0.96%
2023	5,307,600	17,877,117	1.82%	1%
2024	5,380,257	17,994,237	1.37%	0.66%
2025	5,434,538	18,110,800	1.01%	0.65%
2026	5,484,615	18,211,436	0.92%	0.56%
2027	5,531,657	18,299,531	0.86%	0.48%
2028	5,576,425	18,379,573	0.81%	0.44%
2029	5,618,258	18,452,044	0.75%	0.39%
2030	5,656,768	18,515,913	0.69%	0.35%
2031	5,693,185	18,571,934	0.64%	0.3%
2032	5,728,435	18,621,087	0.62%	0.26%
2033	5,761,833	18,664,975	0.58%	0.24%
2034	5,793,145	18,702,456	0.54%	0.2%
2035	5,822,398	18,733,223	0.5%	0.16%
2036	5,850,388	18,760,054	0.48%	0.14%
2037	5,878,309	18,781,793	0.48%	0.12%
2038	5,905,728	18,798,283	0.47%	0.09%
2039	5,931,438	18,810,276	0.44%	0.06%
2040	5,956,212	18,817,745	0.42%	0.04%
2041	5,980,704	18,820,870	0.41%	0.02%
2042	6,002,968	18,819,607	0.37%	-0.007%
2043	6,022,662	18,815,261	0.33%	-0.02%
2044	6,041,053	18,807,564	0.31%	-0.04%
2045	6,057,952	18,797,005	0.28%	-0.06%
2046	6,072,174	18,785,724	0.23%	-0.06%
2047	6,084,484	18,771,651	0.2%	-0.07%
2048	6,096,077	18,754,325	0.19%	-0.09%
2049	6,105,740	18,735,299	0.16%	-0.1%
2050	6,112,322	18,714,579	0.11%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.