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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Palau	Ireland	Palau
1960	2,828,600	9,328	-	-
1961	2,824,400	9,555	-0.15%	2.43%
1962	2,836,050	9,793	0.41%	2.49%
1963	2,852,650	10,037	0.59%	2.49%
1964	2,866,550	10,292	0.49%	2.54%
1965	2,877,300	10,547	0.38%	2.48%
1966	2,888,800	10,805	0.4%	2.45%
1967	2,902,450	10,988	0.47%	1.69%
1968	2,915,550	11,080	0.45%	0.84%
1969	2,932,650	11,159	0.59%	0.71%
1970	2,957,250	11,368	0.84%	1.87%
1971	2,992,050	11,759	1.18%	3.44%
1972	3,036,850	12,194	1.5%	3.7%
1973	3,085,950	12,552	1.62%	2.94%
1974	3,137,500	12,687	1.67%	1.08%
1975	3,189,550	12,655	1.66%	-0.25%
1976	3,238,050	12,598	1.52%	-0.45%
1977	3,282,200	12,525	1.36%	-0.58%
1978	3,329,100	12,440	1.43%	-0.68%
1979	3,373,750	12,337	1.34%	-0.83%
1980	3,412,800	12,271	1.16%	-0.53%
1981	3,453,000	12,402	1.18%	1.07%
1982	3,485,800	12,694	0.95%	2.35%
1983	3,510,600	13,006	0.71%	2.46%
1984	3,532,423	13,337	0.62%	2.54%
1985	3,538,082	13,688	0.16%	2.63%
1986	3,539,690	14,024	0.05%	2.45%
1987	3,540,057	14,334	0.01%	2.21%
1988	3,524,949	14,645	-0.43%	2.17%
1989	3,511,009	14,945	-0.4%	2.05%
1990	3,513,974	15,259	0.08%	2.1%
1991	3,534,235	15,614	0.58%	2.33%
1992	3,558,430	15,989	0.68%	2.4%
1993	3,576,261	16,372	0.5%	2.4%
1994	3,590,386	16,770	0.39%	2.43%
1995	3,608,841	17,195	0.51%	2.53%
1996	3,637,510	17,654	0.79%	2.67%
1997	3,674,171	18,108	1.01%	2.57%
1998	3,712,696	18,524	1.05%	2.3%
1999	3,754,786	18,901	1.13%	2.04%
2000	3,805,174	19,178	1.34%	1.47%
2001	3,866,243	19,352	1.6%	0.91%
2002	3,931,947	19,503	1.7%	0.78%
2003	3,996,521	19,659	1.64%	0.8%
2004	4,070,262	19,820	1.85%	0.82%
2005	4,159,914	19,819	2.2%	-0.005%
2006	4,273,591	19,593	2.73%	-1.14%
2007	4,398,942	19,302	2.93%	-1.49%
2008	4,489,544	19,009	2.06%	-1.52%
2009	4,535,375	18,709	1.02%	-1.58%
2010	4,560,155	18,396	0.55%	-1.67%
2011	4,580,084	18,078	0.44%	-1.73%
2012	4,599,533	17,765	0.42%	-1.73%
2013	4,623,816	17,648	0.53%	-0.66%
2014	4,657,740	17,715	0.73%	0.38%
2015	4,701,957	17,770	0.95%	0.31%
2016	4,762,722	17,797	1.29%	0.15%
2017	4,827,445	17,812	1.36%	0.08%
2018	4,898,022	17,814	1.46%	0.01%
2019	4,976,456	17,798	1.6%	-0.09%
2020	5,039,747	17,792	1.27%	-0.03%
2021	5,110,585	17,783	1.41%	-0.05%
2022	5,212,836	17,759	2%	-0.13%
2023	5,307,600	17,727	1.82%	-0.18%
2024	5,380,257	17,695	1.37%	-0.18%
2025	5,434,538	17,663	1.01%	-0.18%
2026	5,484,615	17,618	0.92%	-0.25%
2027	5,531,657	17,564	0.86%	-0.31%
2028	5,576,425	17,504	0.81%	-0.34%
2029	5,618,258	17,436	0.75%	-0.39%
2030	5,656,768	17,376	0.69%	-0.34%
2031	5,693,185	17,299	0.64%	-0.44%
2032	5,728,435	17,228	0.62%	-0.41%
2033	5,761,833	17,163	0.58%	-0.38%
2034	5,793,145	17,092	0.54%	-0.41%
2035	5,822,398	17,012	0.5%	-0.47%
2036	5,850,388	16,940	0.48%	-0.43%
2037	5,878,309	16,858	0.48%	-0.48%
2038	5,905,728	16,779	0.47%	-0.47%
2039	5,931,438	16,689	0.44%	-0.54%
2040	5,956,212	16,604	0.42%	-0.51%
2041	5,980,704	16,510	0.41%	-0.57%
2042	6,002,968	16,403	0.37%	-0.65%
2043	6,022,662	16,302	0.33%	-0.61%
2044	6,041,053	16,202	0.31%	-0.62%
2045	6,057,952	16,097	0.28%	-0.65%
2046	6,072,174	15,977	0.23%	-0.74%
2047	6,084,484	15,863	0.2%	-0.71%
2048	6,096,077	15,749	0.19%	-0.72%
2049	6,105,740	15,632	0.16%	-0.74%
2050	6,112,322	15,515	0.11%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.