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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Pakistan	Ireland	Pakistan
1960	2,828,600	45,709,310	-	-
1961	2,824,400	46,921,277	-0.15%	2.65%
1962	2,836,050	48,156,128	0.41%	2.63%
1963	2,852,650	49,447,776	0.59%	2.68%
1964	2,866,550	50,799,999	0.49%	2.73%
1965	2,877,300	52,209,010	0.38%	2.77%
1966	2,888,800	53,678,667	0.4%	2.81%
1967	2,902,450	55,214,768	0.47%	2.86%
1968	2,915,550	56,810,507	0.45%	2.89%
1969	2,932,650	58,460,939	0.59%	2.91%
1970	2,957,250	60,166,719	0.84%	2.92%
1971	2,992,050	61,847,899	1.18%	2.79%
1972	3,036,850	63,583,194	1.5%	2.81%
1973	3,085,950	65,461,912	1.62%	2.95%
1974	3,137,500	67,415,487	1.67%	2.98%
1975	3,189,550	69,461,175	1.66%	3.03%
1976	3,238,050	71,620,254	1.52%	3.11%
1977	3,282,200	73,901,827	1.36%	3.19%
1978	3,329,100	76,307,379	1.43%	3.26%
1979	3,373,750	78,997,039	1.34%	3.52%
1980	3,412,800	82,291,010	1.16%	4.17%
1981	3,453,000	85,802,049	1.18%	4.27%
1982	3,485,800	89,089,246	0.95%	3.83%
1983	3,510,600	92,227,711	0.71%	3.52%
1984	3,532,423	95,164,936	0.62%	3.18%
1985	3,538,082	98,229,285	0.16%	3.22%
1986	3,539,690	101,606,764	0.05%	3.44%
1987	3,540,057	105,130,717	0.01%	3.47%
1988	3,524,949	108,724,739	-0.43%	3.42%
1989	3,511,009	112,336,629	-0.4%	3.32%
1990	3,513,974	116,155,576	0.08%	3.4%
1991	3,534,235	120,060,406	0.58%	3.36%
1992	3,558,430	123,546,848	0.68%	2.9%
1993	3,576,261	127,020,117	0.5%	2.81%
1994	3,590,386	130,748,083	0.39%	2.93%
1995	3,608,841	134,582,253	0.51%	2.93%
1996	3,637,510	138,557,092	0.79%	2.95%
1997	3,674,171	142,531,804	1.01%	2.87%
1998	3,712,696	146,522,356	1.05%	2.8%
1999	3,754,786	150,565,377	1.13%	2.76%
2000	3,805,174	154,879,127	1.34%	2.87%
2001	3,866,243	159,270,907	1.6%	2.84%
2002	3,931,947	163,222,549	1.7%	2.48%
2003	3,996,521	167,110,248	1.64%	2.38%
2004	4,070,262	171,286,000	1.85%	2.5%
2005	4,159,914	175,453,212	2.2%	2.43%
2006	4,273,591	179,682,690	2.73%	2.41%
2007	4,398,942	184,493,231	2.93%	2.68%
2008	4,489,544	189,499,113	2.06%	2.71%
2009	4,535,375	194,376,534	1.02%	2.57%
2010	4,560,155	199,239,047	0.55%	2.5%
2011	4,580,084	203,746,065	0.44%	2.26%
2012	4,599,533	207,667,125	0.42%	1.92%
2013	4,623,816	211,073,978	0.53%	1.64%
2014	4,657,740	214,264,647	0.73%	1.51%
2015	4,701,957	217,290,883	0.95%	1.41%
2016	4,762,722	220,138,869	1.29%	1.31%
2017	4,827,445	223,273,967	1.36%	1.42%
2018	4,898,022	226,928,892	1.46%	1.64%
2019	4,976,456	230,800,899	1.6%	1.71%
2020	5,039,747	235,001,746	1.27%	1.82%
2021	5,110,585	239,477,801	1.41%	1.9%
2022	5,212,836	243,700,667	2%	1.76%
2023	5,307,600	247,504,495	1.82%	1.56%
2024	5,380,257	251,269,164	1.37%	1.52%
2025	5,434,538	255,219,564	1.01%	1.57%
2026	5,484,615	259,299,796	0.92%	1.6%
2027	5,531,657	263,515,827	0.86%	1.63%
2028	5,576,425	267,881,923	0.81%	1.66%
2029	5,618,258	272,337,520	0.75%	1.66%
2030	5,656,768	276,883,261	0.69%	1.67%
2031	5,693,185	281,528,070	0.64%	1.68%
2032	5,728,435	286,241,141	0.62%	1.67%
2033	5,761,833	291,012,268	0.58%	1.67%
2034	5,793,145	295,820,153	0.54%	1.65%
2035	5,822,398	300,643,518	0.5%	1.63%
2036	5,850,388	305,491,504	0.48%	1.61%
2037	5,878,309	310,353,293	0.48%	1.59%
2038	5,905,728	315,227,709	0.47%	1.57%
2039	5,931,438	320,105,882	0.44%	1.55%
2040	5,956,212	324,937,703	0.42%	1.51%
2041	5,980,704	329,746,478	0.41%	1.48%
2042	6,002,968	334,551,874	0.37%	1.46%
2043	6,022,662	339,334,851	0.33%	1.43%
2044	6,041,053	344,095,467	0.31%	1.4%
2045	6,057,952	348,837,732	0.28%	1.38%
2046	6,072,174	353,552,859	0.23%	1.35%
2047	6,084,484	358,207,159	0.2%	1.32%
2048	6,096,077	362,796,532	0.19%	1.28%
2049	6,105,740	367,344,429	0.16%	1.25%
2050	6,112,322	371,863,804	0.11%	1.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Pakistan gained 41,837,671 people (a 23.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Pakistan's population increased by 41,206,244 (a 19% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Pakistan was ranked 6th in 2005 and ranked 5th 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 Pakistan will increase by 43.9% to 371,863,804 people and rank change from 5th to 4th.