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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Nicaragua	Ireland	Nicaragua
1960	2,828,600	1,782,370	-	-
1961	2,824,400	1,836,451	-0.15%	3.03%
1962	2,836,050	1,892,320	0.41%	3.04%
1963	2,852,650	1,950,159	0.59%	3.06%
1964	2,866,550	2,010,176	0.49%	3.08%
1965	2,877,300	2,072,681	0.38%	3.11%
1966	2,888,800	2,137,820	0.4%	3.14%
1967	2,902,450	2,205,567	0.47%	3.17%
1968	2,915,550	2,275,836	0.45%	3.19%
1969	2,932,650	2,348,398	0.59%	3.19%
1970	2,957,250	2,423,065	0.84%	3.18%
1971	2,992,050	2,499,825	1.18%	3.17%
1972	3,036,850	2,573,578	1.5%	2.95%
1973	3,085,950	2,649,278	1.62%	2.94%
1974	3,137,500	2,732,075	1.67%	3.13%
1975	3,189,550	2,816,943	1.66%	3.11%
1976	3,238,050	2,903,851	1.52%	3.09%
1977	3,282,200	2,992,534	1.36%	3.05%
1978	3,329,100	3,080,314	1.43%	2.93%
1979	3,373,750	3,164,525	1.34%	2.73%
1980	3,412,800	3,252,403	1.16%	2.78%
1981	3,453,000	3,345,674	1.18%	2.87%
1982	3,485,800	3,438,745	0.95%	2.78%
1983	3,510,600	3,530,282	0.71%	2.66%
1984	3,532,423	3,619,104	0.62%	2.52%
1985	3,538,082	3,706,479	0.16%	2.41%
1986	3,539,690	3,794,157	0.05%	2.37%
1987	3,540,057	3,882,164	0.01%	2.32%
1988	3,524,949	3,972,320	-0.43%	2.32%
1989	3,511,009	4,066,476	-0.4%	2.37%
1990	3,513,974	4,162,559	0.08%	2.36%
1991	3,534,235	4,259,637	0.58%	2.33%
1992	3,558,430	4,357,026	0.68%	2.29%
1993	3,576,261	4,453,732	0.5%	2.22%
1994	3,590,386	4,549,316	0.39%	2.15%
1995	3,608,841	4,642,931	0.51%	2.06%
1996	3,637,510	4,729,974	0.79%	1.87%
1997	3,674,171	4,809,573	1.01%	1.68%
1998	3,712,696	4,883,655	1.05%	1.54%
1999	3,754,786	4,954,018	1.13%	1.44%
2000	3,805,174	5,022,633	1.34%	1.39%
2001	3,866,243	5,087,825	1.6%	1.3%
2002	3,931,947	5,149,909	1.7%	1.22%
2003	3,996,521	5,210,963	1.64%	1.19%
2004	4,070,262	5,272,912	1.85%	1.19%
2005	4,159,914	5,342,105	2.2%	1.31%
2006	4,273,591	5,418,855	2.73%	1.44%
2007	4,398,942	5,497,243	2.93%	1.45%
2008	4,489,544	5,576,593	2.06%	1.44%
2009	4,535,375	5,656,601	1.02%	1.43%
2010	4,560,155	5,737,450	0.55%	1.43%
2011	4,580,084	5,819,051	0.44%	1.42%
2012	4,599,533	5,901,287	0.42%	1.41%
2013	4,623,816	5,983,845	0.53%	1.4%
2014	4,657,740	6,066,492	0.73%	1.38%
2015	4,701,957	6,149,417	0.95%	1.37%
2016	4,762,722	6,232,666	1.29%	1.35%
2017	4,827,445	6,316,231	1.36%	1.34%
2018	4,898,022	6,400,080	1.46%	1.33%
2019	4,976,456	6,483,657	1.6%	1.31%
2020	5,039,747	6,565,267	1.27%	1.26%
2021	5,110,585	6,644,741	1.41%	1.21%
2022	5,212,836	6,730,654	2%	1.29%
2023	5,311,538	6,823,613	1.89%	1.38%
2024	5,395,790	6,916,140	1.59%	1.36%
2025	5,450,228	7,007,511	1.01%	1.32%
2026	5,500,449	7,097,335	0.92%	1.28%
2027	5,547,627	7,185,724	0.86%	1.25%
2028	5,592,524	7,272,691	0.81%	1.21%
2029	5,634,478	7,358,003	0.75%	1.17%
2030	5,673,099	7,441,612	0.69%	1.14%
2031	5,709,621	7,523,773	0.64%	1.1%
2032	5,744,973	7,604,398	0.62%	1.07%
2033	5,778,467	7,683,391	0.58%	1.04%
2034	5,809,870	7,760,901	0.54%	1.01%
2035	5,839,208	7,836,706	0.5%	0.98%
2036	5,867,278	7,910,787	0.48%	0.95%
2037	5,895,280	7,983,295	0.48%	0.92%
2038	5,922,778	8,054,140	0.47%	0.89%
2039	5,948,562	8,122,959	0.44%	0.85%
2040	5,973,408	8,189,916	0.42%	0.82%
2041	5,997,971	8,255,163	0.41%	0.8%
2042	6,020,298	8,318,515	0.37%	0.77%
2043	6,040,050	8,380,014	0.33%	0.74%
2044	6,058,494	8,439,720	0.31%	0.71%
2045	6,075,441	8,497,618	0.28%	0.69%
2046	6,089,704	8,553,413	0.23%	0.66%
2047	6,102,050	8,607,283	0.2%	0.63%
2048	6,113,677	8,659,292	0.19%	0.6%
2049	6,123,367	8,708,929	0.16%	0.57%
2050	6,129,969	8,756,439	0.11%	0.55%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Nicaragua gained 813,811 people (a 15% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Nicaragua's population increased by 865,635 (a 13.9% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Nicaragua was ranked 109th in 2006 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.4% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.