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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Oman	Ireland	Oman
1960	2,828,600	530,485	-	-
1961	2,824,400	539,854	-0.15%	1.77%
1962	2,836,050	549,941	0.41%	1.87%
1963	2,852,650	560,827	0.59%	1.98%
1964	2,866,550	572,577	0.49%	2.1%
1965	2,877,300	585,236	0.38%	2.21%
1966	2,888,800	598,804	0.4%	2.32%
1967	2,902,450	613,318	0.47%	2.42%
1968	2,915,550	628,798	0.45%	2.52%
1969	2,932,650	645,255	0.59%	2.62%
1970	2,957,250	662,680	0.84%	2.7%
1971	2,992,050	681,119	1.18%	2.78%
1972	3,036,850	700,593	1.5%	2.86%
1973	3,085,950	721,179	1.62%	2.94%
1974	3,137,500	746,988	1.67%	3.58%
1975	3,189,550	778,864	1.66%	4.27%
1976	3,238,050	814,701	1.52%	4.6%
1977	3,282,200	855,314	1.36%	4.99%
1978	3,329,100	900,304	1.43%	5.26%
1979	3,373,750	949,116	1.34%	5.42%
1980	3,412,800	1,001,248	1.16%	5.49%
1981	3,453,000	1,057,320	1.18%	5.6%
1982	3,485,800	1,117,678	0.95%	5.71%
1983	3,510,600	1,181,459	0.71%	5.71%
1984	3,532,423	1,247,716	0.62%	5.61%
1985	3,538,082	1,325,480	0.16%	6.23%
1986	3,539,690	1,413,419	0.05%	6.63%
1987	3,540,057	1,500,996	0.01%	6.2%
1988	3,524,949	1,588,568	-0.43%	5.83%
1989	3,511,009	1,676,228	-0.4%	5.52%
1990	3,513,974	1,763,954	0.08%	5.23%
1991	3,534,235	1,851,473	0.58%	4.96%
1992	3,558,430	1,938,238	0.68%	4.69%
1993	3,576,261	2,021,675	0.5%	4.3%
1994	3,590,386	2,081,834	0.39%	2.98%
1995	3,608,841	2,120,528	0.51%	1.86%
1996	3,637,510	2,156,926	0.79%	1.72%
1997	3,674,171	2,190,720	1.01%	1.57%
1998	3,712,696	2,222,489	1.05%	1.45%
1999	3,754,786	2,252,909	1.13%	1.37%
2000	3,805,174	2,282,131	1.34%	1.3%
2001	3,866,243	2,310,217	1.6%	1.23%
2002	3,931,947	2,337,140	1.7%	1.17%
2003	3,996,521	2,363,796	1.64%	1.14%
2004	4,070,262	2,404,821	1.85%	1.74%
2005	4,159,914	2,459,802	2.2%	2.29%
2006	4,273,591	2,514,795	2.73%	2.24%
2007	4,398,942	2,570,174	2.93%	2.2%
2008	4,489,544	2,626,529	2.06%	2.19%
2009	4,535,375	2,684,659	1.02%	2.21%
2010	4,560,155	2,757,446	0.55%	2.71%
2011	4,580,084	3,076,763	0.44%	11.6%
2012	4,599,533	3,547,106	0.42%	15.3%
2013	4,623,816	3,833,913	0.53%	8.09%
2014	4,657,740	4,002,439	0.73%	4.4%
2015	4,701,957	4,184,895	0.95%	4.56%
2016	4,762,722	4,390,877	1.29%	4.92%
2017	4,827,445	4,537,396	1.36%	3.34%
2018	4,898,022	4,597,877	1.46%	1.33%
2019	4,976,456	4,591,241	1.6%	-0.14%
2020	5,039,747	4,522,497	1.27%	-1.5%
2021	5,110,585	4,500,424	1.41%	-0.49%
2022	5,212,836	4,730,226	2%	5.11%
2023	5,307,600	5,049,269	1.82%	6.74%
2024	5,380,257	5,281,538	1.37%	4.6%
2025	5,434,538	5,494,693	1.01%	4.04%
2026	5,484,615	5,671,451	0.92%	3.22%
2027	5,531,657	5,814,719	0.86%	2.53%
2028	5,576,425	5,929,317	0.81%	1.97%
2029	5,618,258	6,026,178	0.75%	1.63%
2030	5,656,768	6,112,708	0.69%	1.44%
2031	5,693,185	6,194,366	0.64%	1.34%
2032	5,728,435	6,275,465	0.62%	1.31%
2033	5,761,833	6,356,248	0.58%	1.29%
2034	5,793,145	6,436,919	0.54%	1.27%
2035	5,822,398	6,517,799	0.5%	1.26%
2036	5,850,388	6,599,101	0.48%	1.25%
2037	5,878,309	6,681,041	0.48%	1.24%
2038	5,905,728	6,763,781	0.47%	1.24%
2039	5,931,438	6,847,380	0.44%	1.24%
2040	5,956,212	6,931,970	0.42%	1.24%
2041	5,980,704	7,017,684	0.41%	1.24%
2042	6,002,968	7,104,475	0.37%	1.24%
2043	6,022,662	7,192,217	0.33%	1.24%
2044	6,041,053	7,280,846	0.31%	1.23%
2045	6,057,952	7,370,221	0.28%	1.23%
2046	6,072,174	7,460,268	0.23%	1.22%
2047	6,084,484	7,550,973	0.2%	1.22%
2048	6,096,077	7,642,323	0.19%	1.21%
2049	6,105,740	7,734,352	0.16%	1.2%
2050	6,112,322	7,826,991	0.11%	1.2%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Oman gained 1,725,093 people (a 70.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Oman's population increased by 1,451,783 (a 34.7% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Oman was ranked 138th in 2005 and ranked 120th 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 Oman will increase by 38.9% to 7,826,991 people and rank change from 120th to 113th.