Population in Ireland compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Papua New Guinea	Ireland	Papua New Guinea
1960	2,828,600	1,995,110	-	-
1961	2,824,400	2,046,127	-0.15%	2.56%
1962	2,836,050	2,093,919	0.41%	2.34%
1963	2,852,650	2,141,376	0.59%	2.27%
1964	2,866,550	2,188,325	0.49%	2.19%
1965	2,877,300	2,235,820	0.38%	2.17%
1966	2,888,800	2,285,774	0.4%	2.23%
1967	2,902,450	2,337,532	0.47%	2.26%
1968	2,915,550	2,390,803	0.45%	2.28%
1969	2,932,650	2,446,927	0.59%	2.35%
1970	2,957,250	2,505,628	0.84%	2.4%
1971	2,992,050	2,566,421	1.18%	2.43%
1972	3,036,850	2,628,432	1.5%	2.42%
1973	3,085,950	2,690,629	1.62%	2.37%
1974	3,137,500	2,752,671	1.67%	2.31%
1975	3,189,550	2,814,820	1.66%	2.26%
1976	3,238,050	2,877,327	1.52%	2.22%
1977	3,282,200	2,940,327	1.36%	2.19%
1978	3,329,100	3,003,714	1.43%	2.16%
1979	3,373,750	3,067,341	1.34%	2.12%
1980	3,412,800	3,131,512	1.16%	2.09%
1981	3,453,000	3,197,019	1.18%	2.09%
1982	3,485,800	3,264,291	0.95%	2.1%
1983	3,510,600	3,333,633	0.71%	2.12%
1984	3,532,423	3,405,198	0.62%	2.15%
1985	3,538,082	3,478,936	0.16%	2.17%
1986	3,539,690	3,554,793	0.05%	2.18%
1987	3,540,057	3,632,543	0.01%	2.19%
1988	3,524,949	3,711,880	-0.43%	2.18%
1989	3,511,009	3,796,078	-0.4%	2.27%
1990	3,513,974	3,896,481	0.08%	2.64%
1991	3,534,235	4,021,837	0.58%	3.22%
1992	3,558,430	4,166,699	0.68%	3.6%
1993	3,576,261	4,320,872	0.5%	3.7%
1994	3,590,386	4,480,208	0.39%	3.69%
1995	3,608,841	4,644,278	0.51%	3.66%
1996	3,637,510	4,813,361	0.79%	3.64%
1997	3,674,171	4,987,883	1.01%	3.63%
1998	3,712,696	5,166,390	1.05%	3.58%
1999	3,754,786	5,349,333	1.13%	3.54%
2000	3,805,174	5,537,064	1.34%	3.51%
2001	3,866,243	5,728,435	1.6%	3.46%
2002	3,931,947	5,924,003	1.7%	3.41%
2003	3,996,521	6,123,997	1.64%	3.38%
2004	4,070,262	6,328,041	1.85%	3.33%
2005	4,159,914	6,535,905	2.2%	3.28%
2006	4,273,591	6,747,720	2.73%	3.24%
2007	4,398,942	6,963,345	2.93%	3.2%
2008	4,489,544	7,183,002	2.06%	3.15%
2009	4,535,375	7,406,438	1.02%	3.11%
2010	4,560,155	7,633,523	0.55%	3.07%
2011	4,580,084	7,859,346	0.44%	2.96%
2012	4,599,533	8,081,390	0.42%	2.83%
2013	4,623,816	8,302,698	0.53%	2.74%
2014	4,657,740	8,523,441	0.73%	2.66%
2015	4,701,957	8,743,246	0.95%	2.58%
2016	4,762,722	8,961,718	1.29%	2.5%
2017	4,827,445	9,178,714	1.36%	2.42%
2018	4,898,022	9,394,513	1.46%	2.35%
2019	4,976,456	9,609,010	1.6%	2.28%
2020	5,039,747	9,815,746	1.27%	2.15%
2021	5,110,585	10,012,896	1.41%	2.01%
2022	5,212,836	10,203,169	2%	1.9%
2023	5,311,538	10,389,635	1.89%	1.83%
2024	5,395,790	10,576,502	1.59%	1.8%
2025	5,450,228	10,762,813	1.01%	1.76%
2026	5,500,449	10,947,845	0.92%	1.72%
2027	5,547,627	11,131,268	0.86%	1.68%
2028	5,592,524	11,312,895	0.81%	1.63%
2029	5,634,478	11,492,799	0.75%	1.59%
2030	5,673,099	11,671,420	0.69%	1.55%
2031	5,709,621	11,848,221	0.64%	1.51%
2032	5,744,973	12,023,121	0.62%	1.48%
2033	5,778,467	12,196,639	0.58%	1.44%
2034	5,809,870	12,369,248	0.54%	1.42%
2035	5,839,208	12,540,596	0.5%	1.39%
2036	5,867,278	12,710,682	0.48%	1.36%
2037	5,895,280	12,879,737	0.48%	1.33%
2038	5,922,778	13,047,122	0.47%	1.3%
2039	5,948,562	13,212,668	0.44%	1.27%
2040	5,973,408	13,376,156	0.42%	1.24%
2041	5,997,971	13,537,361	0.41%	1.21%
2042	6,020,298	13,696,139	0.37%	1.17%
2043	6,040,050	13,853,410	0.33%	1.15%
2044	6,058,494	14,009,926	0.31%	1.13%
2045	6,075,441	14,165,578	0.28%	1.11%
2046	6,089,704	14,318,889	0.23%	1.08%
2047	6,102,050	14,469,210	0.2%	1.05%
2048	6,113,677	14,617,364	0.19%	1.02%
2049	6,123,367	14,763,600	0.16%	1%
2050	6,129,969	14,906,584	0.11%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.