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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Poland	Ireland	Poland
1960	2,828,600	29,637,450	-	-
1961	2,824,400	29,964,000	-0.15%	1.1%
1962	2,836,050	30,308,500	0.41%	1.15%
1963	2,852,650	30,712,000	0.59%	1.33%
1964	2,866,550	31,139,450	0.49%	1.39%
1965	2,877,300	31,444,950	0.38%	0.98%
1966	2,888,800	31,681,000	0.4%	0.75%
1967	2,902,450	31,987,155	0.47%	0.97%
1968	2,915,550	32,294,655	0.45%	0.96%
1969	2,932,650	32,548,300	0.59%	0.79%
1970	2,957,250	32,664,300	0.84%	0.36%
1971	2,992,050	32,783,500	1.18%	0.36%
1972	3,036,850	33,055,650	1.5%	0.83%
1973	3,085,950	33,357,200	1.62%	0.91%
1974	3,137,500	33,678,899	1.67%	0.96%
1975	3,189,550	34,015,199	1.66%	1%
1976	3,238,050	34,356,300	1.52%	1%
1977	3,282,200	34,689,050	1.36%	0.97%
1978	3,329,100	34,965,600	1.43%	0.8%
1979	3,373,750	35,247,217	1.34%	0.81%
1980	3,412,800	35,574,150	1.16%	0.93%
1981	3,453,000	35,898,587	1.18%	0.91%
1982	3,485,800	36,230,481	0.95%	0.92%
1983	3,510,600	36,571,808	0.71%	0.94%
1984	3,532,423	36,904,134	0.62%	0.91%
1985	3,538,082	37,201,885	0.16%	0.81%
1986	3,539,690	37,456,119	0.05%	0.68%
1987	3,540,057	37,668,045	0.01%	0.57%
1988	3,524,949	37,824,487	-0.43%	0.42%
1989	3,511,009	37,961,529	-0.4%	0.36%
1990	3,513,974	38,110,782	0.08%	0.39%
1991	3,534,235	38,246,193	0.58%	0.36%
1992	3,558,430	38,363,667	0.68%	0.31%
1993	3,576,261	38,461,408	0.5%	0.25%
1994	3,590,386	38,542,652	0.39%	0.21%
1995	3,608,841	38,594,998	0.51%	0.14%
1996	3,637,510	38,624,370	0.79%	0.08%
1997	3,674,171	38,649,660	1.01%	0.07%
1998	3,712,696	38,663,481	1.05%	0.04%
1999	3,754,786	38,660,271	1.13%	-0.008%
2000	3,805,174	38,258,629	1.34%	-1.04%
2001	3,866,243	38,248,076	1.6%	-0.03%
2002	3,931,947	38,230,364	1.7%	-0.05%
2003	3,996,521	38,204,570	1.64%	-0.07%
2004	4,070,262	38,182,222	1.85%	-0.06%
2005	4,159,914	38,165,445	2.2%	-0.04%
2006	4,273,591	38,141,267	2.73%	-0.06%
2007	4,398,942	38,120,560	2.93%	-0.05%
2008	4,489,544	38,125,759	2.06%	0.01%
2009	4,535,375	38,151,603	1.02%	0.07%
2010	4,560,155	38,042,794	0.55%	-0.29%
2011	4,580,084	38,063,255	0.44%	0.05%
2012	4,599,533	38,063,164	0.42%	-0%
2013	4,623,816	38,040,196	0.53%	-0.06%
2014	4,657,740	38,011,735	0.73%	-0.07%
2015	4,701,957	37,986,412	0.95%	-0.07%
2016	4,762,722	37,970,087	1.29%	-0.04%
2017	4,827,445	37,974,826	1.36%	0.01%
2018	4,898,022	37,974,750	1.46%	-0%
2019	4,976,456	37,965,475	1.6%	-0.02%
2020	5,039,747	37,515,748	1.27%	-1.18%
2021	5,110,585	36,981,559	1.41%	-1.42%
2022	5,212,836	36,821,749	2%	-0.43%
2023	5,311,538	36,687,353	1.89%	-0.36%
2024	5,395,790	36,559,233	1.59%	-0.35%
2025	5,450,228	36,181,399	1.01%	-1.03%
2026	5,500,449	35,898,979	0.92%	-0.78%
2027	5,547,627	35,758,415	0.86%	-0.39%
2028	5,592,524	35,609,703	0.81%	-0.42%
2029	5,634,478	35,452,249	0.75%	-0.44%
2030	5,673,099	35,287,436	0.69%	-0.46%
2031	5,709,621	35,116,185	0.64%	-0.49%
2032	5,744,973	34,938,952	0.62%	-0.5%
2033	5,778,467	34,757,421	0.58%	-0.52%
2034	5,809,870	34,571,572	0.54%	-0.53%
2035	5,839,208	34,381,734	0.5%	-0.55%
2036	5,867,278	34,187,419	0.48%	-0.57%
2037	5,895,280	33,988,985	0.48%	-0.58%
2038	5,922,778	33,787,175	0.47%	-0.59%
2039	5,948,562	33,581,427	0.44%	-0.61%
2040	5,973,408	33,372,181	0.42%	-0.62%
2041	5,997,971	33,160,435	0.41%	-0.63%
2042	6,020,298	32,945,446	0.37%	-0.65%
2043	6,040,050	32,726,827	0.33%	-0.66%
2044	6,058,494	32,506,015	0.31%	-0.67%
2045	6,075,441	32,282,692	0.28%	-0.69%
2046	6,089,704	32,056,740	0.23%	-0.7%
2047	6,102,050	31,828,421	0.2%	-0.71%
2048	6,113,677	31,597,823	0.19%	-0.72%
2049	6,123,367	31,364,596	0.16%	-0.74%
2050	6,129,969	31,128,250	0.11%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Ireland increased by 489,131 people (a 11.4% growth), while Poland lost 171,180 people (a 0.45% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Ireland gained 738,242 (a 15.5% growth), while Poland's population decreased by -2,071,108 (a 5.45% decline).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2006 and is still 121st in 2026. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2006 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 13.3% to 31,128,250 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.