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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Romania	Ireland	Romania
1960	2,828,600	18,406,905	-	-
1961	2,824,400	18,555,250	-0.15%	0.81%
1962	2,836,050	18,676,550	0.41%	0.65%
1963	2,852,650	18,797,850	0.59%	0.65%
1964	2,866,550	18,919,126	0.49%	0.65%
1965	2,877,300	19,031,576	0.38%	0.59%
1966	2,888,800	19,215,450	0.4%	0.97%
1967	2,902,450	19,534,242	0.47%	1.66%
1968	2,915,550	19,799,831	0.45%	1.36%
1969	2,932,650	20,009,141	0.59%	1.06%
1970	2,957,250	20,250,398	0.84%	1.21%
1971	2,992,050	20,461,567	1.18%	1.04%
1972	3,036,850	20,657,957	1.5%	0.96%
1973	3,085,950	20,835,681	1.62%	0.86%
1974	3,137,500	21,029,429	1.67%	0.93%
1975	3,189,550	21,293,583	1.66%	1.26%
1976	3,238,050	21,551,634	1.52%	1.21%
1977	3,282,200	21,756,096	1.36%	0.95%
1978	3,329,100	21,951,464	1.43%	0.9%
1979	3,373,750	22,090,488	1.34%	0.63%
1980	3,412,800	22,207,282	1.16%	0.53%
1981	3,453,000	22,353,070	1.18%	0.66%
1982	3,485,800	22,475,741	0.95%	0.55%
1983	3,510,600	22,560,478	0.71%	0.38%
1984	3,532,423	22,640,547	0.62%	0.35%
1985	3,538,082	22,732,999	0.16%	0.41%
1986	3,539,690	22,836,841	0.05%	0.46%
1987	3,540,057	22,949,430	0.01%	0.49%
1988	3,524,949	23,057,662	-0.43%	0.47%
1989	3,511,009	23,161,458	-0.4%	0.45%
1990	3,513,974	23,201,835	0.08%	0.17%
1991	3,534,235	23,001,155	0.58%	-0.86%
1992	3,558,430	22,794,284	0.68%	-0.9%
1993	3,576,261	22,763,280	0.5%	-0.14%
1994	3,590,386	22,730,211	0.39%	-0.15%
1995	3,608,841	22,684,270	0.51%	-0.2%
1996	3,637,510	22,619,004	0.79%	-0.29%
1997	3,674,171	22,553,978	1.01%	-0.29%
1998	3,712,696	22,507,344	1.05%	-0.21%
1999	3,754,786	22,472,040	1.13%	-0.16%
2000	3,805,174	22,442,971	1.34%	-0.13%
2001	3,866,243	22,131,970	1.6%	-1.39%
2002	3,931,947	21,730,496	1.7%	-1.81%
2003	3,996,521	21,574,326	1.64%	-0.72%
2004	4,070,262	21,451,748	1.85%	-0.57%
2005	4,159,914	21,319,685	2.2%	-0.62%
2006	4,273,591	21,193,760	2.73%	-0.59%
2007	4,398,942	20,882,982	2.93%	-1.47%
2008	4,489,544	20,537,875	2.06%	-1.65%
2009	4,535,375	20,367,487	1.02%	-0.83%
2010	4,560,155	20,246,871	0.55%	-0.59%
2011	4,580,084	20,147,528	0.44%	-0.49%
2012	4,599,533	20,058,035	0.42%	-0.44%
2013	4,623,816	19,983,693	0.53%	-0.37%
2014	4,657,740	19,908,979	0.73%	-0.37%
2015	4,701,957	19,815,616	0.95%	-0.47%
2016	4,762,722	19,702,267	1.29%	-0.57%
2017	4,827,445	19,588,715	1.36%	-0.58%
2018	4,898,022	19,473,970	1.46%	-0.59%
2019	4,976,456	19,371,648	1.6%	-0.53%
2020	5,039,747	19,265,250	1.27%	-0.55%
2021	5,110,585	19,122,059	1.41%	-0.74%
2022	5,212,836	19,048,502	2%	-0.38%
2023	5,307,600	19,059,479	1.82%	0.06%
2024	5,380,257	19,069,340	1.37%	0.05%
2025	5,434,538	18,962,595	1.01%	-0.56%
2026	5,484,615	18,854,232	0.92%	-0.57%
2027	5,531,657	18,744,883	0.86%	-0.58%
2028	5,576,425	18,634,894	0.81%	-0.59%
2029	5,618,258	18,523,736	0.75%	-0.6%
2030	5,656,768	18,411,878	0.69%	-0.6%
2031	5,693,185	18,299,820	0.64%	-0.61%
2032	5,728,435	18,187,406	0.62%	-0.61%
2033	5,761,833	18,074,282	0.58%	-0.62%
2034	5,793,145	17,960,330	0.54%	-0.63%
2035	5,822,398	17,845,182	0.5%	-0.64%
2036	5,850,388	17,728,480	0.48%	-0.65%
2037	5,878,309	17,611,384	0.48%	-0.66%
2038	5,905,728	17,493,684	0.47%	-0.67%
2039	5,931,438	17,375,991	0.44%	-0.67%
2040	5,956,212	17,258,810	0.42%	-0.67%
2041	5,980,704	17,140,535	0.41%	-0.69%
2042	6,002,968	17,022,168	0.37%	-0.69%
2043	6,022,662	16,904,427	0.33%	-0.69%
2044	6,041,053	16,786,029	0.31%	-0.7%
2045	6,057,952	16,667,734	0.28%	-0.7%
2046	6,072,174	16,550,066	0.23%	-0.71%
2047	6,084,484	16,431,566	0.2%	-0.72%
2048	6,096,077	16,312,099	0.19%	-0.73%
2049	6,105,740	16,192,424	0.16%	-0.73%
2050	6,112,322	16,072,989	0.11%	-0.74%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Romania lost 1,504,069 people (a 7.05% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Romania's population decreased by -853,021 (a 4.3% decline).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Romania was ranked 50th in 2005 and ranked 69th 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 Romania will decrease by 15.2% to 16,072,989 people and rank change from 69th to 81st.