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	4,979,200	1.6%	1.6%
2020	5,039,747	5,090,200	1.27%	2.23%
2021	5,110,585	5,111,300	1.41%	0.41%
2022	5,212,836	5,117,100	2%	0.11%
2023	5,307,600	5,245,000	1.82%	2.5%
2024	5,380,257	5,338,500	1.37%	1.78%
2025	5,434,538	5,377,360	1.01%	0.73%
2026	5,484,615	5,413,790	0.92%	0.68%
2027	5,531,657	5,447,979	0.86%	0.63%
2028	5,576,425	5,479,675	0.81%	0.58%
2029	5,618,258	5,509,133	0.75%	0.54%
2030	5,656,768	5,536,522	0.69%	0.5%
2031	5,693,185	5,562,256	0.64%	0.46%
2032	5,728,435	5,586,456	0.62%	0.44%
2033	5,761,833	5,609,501	0.58%	0.41%
2034	5,793,145	5,631,457	0.54%	0.39%
2035	5,822,398	5,652,480	0.5%	0.37%
2036	5,850,388	5,673,146	0.48%	0.37%
2037	5,878,309	5,693,185	0.48%	0.35%
2038	5,905,728	5,713,185	0.47%	0.35%
2039	5,931,438	5,732,750	0.44%	0.34%
2040	5,956,212	5,751,482	0.42%	0.33%
2041	5,980,704	5,770,413	0.41%	0.33%
2042	6,002,968	5,789,187	0.37%	0.33%
2043	6,022,662	5,806,468	0.33%	0.3%
2044	6,041,053	5,822,166	0.31%	0.27%
2045	6,057,952	5,836,730	0.28%	0.25%
2046	6,072,174	5,849,932	0.23%	0.23%
2047	6,084,484	5,861,661	0.2%	0.2%
2048	6,096,077	5,872,796	0.19%	0.19%
2049	6,105,740	5,882,711	0.16%	0.17%
2050	6,112,322	5,892,766	0.11%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2005 and ranked 124th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people and rank change from 124th to 122nd.