Population in Ireland compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	New Zealand	Ireland	New Zealand
1960	2,828,600	2,371,800	-	-
1961	2,824,400	2,419,700	-0.15%	2.02%
1962	2,836,050	2,482,000	0.41%	2.57%
1963	2,852,650	2,531,800	0.59%	2.01%
1964	2,866,550	2,585,400	0.49%	2.12%
1965	2,877,300	2,628,400	0.38%	1.66%
1966	2,888,800	2,675,900	0.4%	1.81%
1967	2,902,450	2,724,100	0.47%	1.8%
1968	2,915,550	2,748,100	0.45%	0.88%
1969	2,932,650	2,772,800	0.59%	0.9%
1970	2,957,250	2,810,700	0.84%	1.37%
1971	2,992,050	2,853,000	1.18%	1.5%
1972	3,036,850	2,903,900	1.5%	1.78%
1973	3,085,950	2,961,300	1.62%	1.98%
1974	3,137,500	3,023,700	1.67%	2.11%
1975	3,189,550	3,083,100	1.66%	1.96%
1976	3,238,050	3,110,500	1.52%	0.89%
1977	3,282,200	3,120,200	1.36%	0.31%
1978	3,329,100	3,121,200	1.43%	0.03%
1979	3,373,750	3,109,000	1.34%	-0.39%
1980	3,412,800	3,112,900	1.16%	0.13%
1981	3,453,000	3,124,900	1.18%	0.39%
1982	3,485,800	3,156,100	0.95%	1%
1983	3,510,600	3,199,300	0.71%	1.37%
1984	3,532,423	3,227,100	0.62%	0.87%
1985	3,538,082	3,247,100	0.16%	0.62%
1986	3,539,690	3,246,300	0.05%	-0.02%
1987	3,540,057	3,274,400	0.01%	0.87%
1988	3,524,949	3,283,400	-0.43%	0.27%
1989	3,511,009	3,299,200	-0.4%	0.48%
1990	3,513,974	3,329,800	0.08%	0.93%
1991	3,534,235	3,495,100	0.58%	4.96%
1992	3,558,430	3,531,700	0.68%	1.05%
1993	3,576,261	3,572,200	0.5%	1.15%
1994	3,590,386	3,620,000	0.39%	1.34%
1995	3,608,841	3,673,400	0.51%	1.48%
1996	3,637,510	3,732,000	0.79%	1.6%
1997	3,674,171	3,781,300	1.01%	1.32%
1998	3,712,696	3,815,000	1.05%	0.89%
1999	3,754,786	3,835,100	1.13%	0.53%
2000	3,805,174	3,857,700	1.34%	0.59%
2001	3,866,243	3,880,500	1.6%	0.59%
2002	3,931,947	3,948,500	1.7%	1.75%
2003	3,996,521	4,027,200	1.64%	1.99%
2004	4,070,262	4,087,500	1.85%	1.5%
2005	4,159,914	4,133,900	2.2%	1.14%
2006	4,273,591	4,184,600	2.73%	1.23%
2007	4,398,942	4,223,800	2.93%	0.94%
2008	4,489,544	4,259,800	2.06%	0.85%
2009	4,535,375	4,302,600	1.02%	1%
2010	4,560,155	4,350,700	0.55%	1.12%
2011	4,580,084	4,384,000	0.44%	0.77%
2012	4,599,533	4,408,100	0.42%	0.55%
2013	4,623,816	4,442,100	0.53%	0.77%
2014	4,657,740	4,516,500	0.73%	1.67%
2015	4,701,957	4,609,400	0.95%	2.06%
2016	4,762,722	4,714,100	1.29%	2.27%
2017	4,827,445	4,813,600	1.36%	2.11%
2018	4,898,022	4,900,600	1.46%	1.81%
2019	4,976,456	4,970,300	1.6%	1.42%
2020	5,039,747	5,072,400	1.27%	2.05%
2021	5,110,585	5,084,600	1.41%	0.24%
2022	5,212,836	5,081,700	2%	-0.06%
2023	5,311,538	5,200,000	1.89%	2.33%
2024	5,395,790	5,287,500	1.59%	1.68%
2025	5,450,228	5,325,989	1.01%	0.73%
2026	5,500,449	5,362,071	0.92%	0.68%
2027	5,547,627	5,395,933	0.86%	0.63%
2028	5,592,524	5,427,327	0.81%	0.58%
2029	5,634,478	5,456,502	0.75%	0.54%
2030	5,673,099	5,483,630	0.69%	0.5%
2031	5,709,621	5,509,118	0.64%	0.46%
2032	5,744,973	5,533,087	0.62%	0.44%
2033	5,778,467	5,555,912	0.58%	0.41%
2034	5,809,870	5,577,658	0.54%	0.39%
2035	5,839,208	5,598,481	0.5%	0.37%
2036	5,867,278	5,618,949	0.48%	0.37%
2037	5,895,280	5,638,796	0.48%	0.35%
2038	5,922,778	5,658,606	0.47%	0.35%
2039	5,948,562	5,677,983	0.44%	0.34%
2040	5,973,408	5,696,537	0.42%	0.33%
2041	5,997,971	5,715,286	0.41%	0.33%
2042	6,020,298	5,733,881	0.37%	0.33%
2043	6,040,050	5,750,997	0.33%	0.3%
2044	6,058,494	5,766,545	0.31%	0.27%
2045	6,075,441	5,780,970	0.28%	0.25%
2046	6,089,704	5,794,046	0.23%	0.23%
2047	6,102,050	5,805,663	0.2%	0.2%
2048	6,113,677	5,816,692	0.19%	0.19%
2049	6,123,367	5,826,512	0.16%	0.17%
2050	6,129,969	5,836,471	0.11%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.