Population in Ireland compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Ireland and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Ireland	Sao Tome	Ireland	Sao Tome
1960	2,828,600	68,012	-	-
1961	2,824,400	68,707	-0.15%	1.02%
1962	2,836,050	69,403	0.41%	1.01%
1963	2,852,650	70,112	0.59%	1.02%
1964	2,866,550	70,865	0.49%	1.07%
1965	2,877,300	71,680	0.38%	1.15%
1966	2,888,800	72,576	0.4%	1.25%
1967	2,902,450	73,596	0.47%	1.41%
1968	2,915,550	74,765	0.45%	1.59%
1969	2,932,650	76,083	0.59%	1.76%
1970	2,957,250	77,626	0.84%	2.03%
1971	2,992,050	79,330	1.18%	2.2%
1972	3,036,850	81,041	1.5%	2.16%
1973	3,085,950	82,798	1.62%	2.17%
1974	3,137,500	84,672	1.67%	2.26%
1975	3,189,550	86,708	1.66%	2.4%
1976	3,238,050	88,922	1.52%	2.55%
1977	3,282,200	91,301	1.36%	2.68%
1978	3,329,100	93,794	1.43%	2.73%
1979	3,373,750	96,252	1.34%	2.62%
1980	3,412,800	98,544	1.16%	2.38%
1981	3,453,000	100,615	1.18%	2.1%
1982	3,485,800	102,508	0.95%	1.88%
1983	3,510,600	104,380	0.71%	1.83%
1984	3,532,423	106,394	0.62%	1.93%
1985	3,538,082	108,658	0.16%	2.13%
1986	3,539,690	111,150	0.05%	2.29%
1987	3,540,057	113,919	0.01%	2.49%
1988	3,524,949	116,939	-0.43%	2.65%
1989	3,511,009	119,979	-0.4%	2.6%
1990	3,513,974	122,980	0.08%	2.5%
1991	3,534,235	125,697	0.58%	2.21%
1992	3,558,430	128,110	0.68%	1.92%
1993	3,576,261	130,467	0.5%	1.84%
1994	3,590,386	132,732	0.39%	1.74%
1995	3,608,841	134,895	0.51%	1.63%
1996	3,637,510	136,962	0.79%	1.53%
1997	3,674,171	138,922	1.01%	1.43%
1998	3,712,696	140,751	1.05%	1.32%
1999	3,754,786	142,442	1.13%	1.2%
2000	3,805,174	144,018	1.34%	1.11%
2001	3,866,243	146,375	1.6%	1.64%
2002	3,931,947	149,922	1.7%	2.42%
2003	3,996,521	153,814	1.64%	2.6%
2004	4,070,262	157,705	1.85%	2.53%
2005	4,159,914	161,639	2.2%	2.49%
2006	4,273,591	165,638	2.73%	2.47%
2007	4,398,942	169,700	2.93%	2.45%
2008	4,489,544	173,793	2.06%	2.41%
2009	4,535,375	177,853	1.02%	2.34%
2010	4,560,155	181,802	0.55%	2.22%
2011	4,580,084	185,649	0.44%	2.12%
2012	4,599,533	189,439	0.42%	2.04%
2013	4,623,816	193,148	0.53%	1.96%
2014	4,657,740	196,767	0.73%	1.87%
2015	4,701,957	200,291	0.95%	1.79%
2016	4,762,722	203,689	1.29%	1.7%
2017	4,827,445	206,970	1.36%	1.61%
2018	4,898,022	210,187	1.46%	1.55%
2019	4,976,456	213,392	1.6%	1.52%
2020	5,039,747	217,435	1.27%	1.89%
2021	5,110,585	221,961	1.41%	2.08%
2022	5,212,836	226,305	2%	1.96%
2023	5,307,600	230,871	1.82%	2.02%
2024	5,380,257	235,536	1.37%	2.02%
2025	5,434,538	240,251	1.01%	2%
2026	5,484,615	244,987	0.92%	1.97%
2027	5,531,657	249,783	0.86%	1.96%
2028	5,576,425	254,657	0.81%	1.95%
2029	5,618,258	259,597	0.75%	1.94%
2030	5,656,768	264,560	0.69%	1.91%
2031	5,693,185	269,566	0.64%	1.89%
2032	5,728,435	274,643	0.62%	1.88%
2033	5,761,833	279,761	0.58%	1.86%
2034	5,793,145	284,911	0.54%	1.84%
2035	5,822,398	290,082	0.5%	1.81%
2036	5,850,388	295,269	0.48%	1.79%
2037	5,878,309	300,439	0.48%	1.75%
2038	5,905,728	305,590	0.47%	1.71%
2039	5,931,438	310,729	0.44%	1.68%
2040	5,956,212	315,833	0.42%	1.64%
2041	5,980,704	320,875	0.41%	1.6%
2042	6,002,968	325,888	0.37%	1.56%
2043	6,022,662	330,908	0.33%	1.54%
2044	6,041,053	335,919	0.31%	1.51%
2045	6,057,952	340,911	0.28%	1.49%
2046	6,072,174	345,883	0.23%	1.46%
2047	6,084,484	350,758	0.2%	1.41%
2048	6,096,077	355,569	0.19%	1.37%
2049	6,105,740	360,353	0.16%	1.35%
2050	6,112,322	365,103	0.11%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Ireland increased by 542,043 people (a 13% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Ireland gained 772,806 (a 16.4% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Ireland was ranked 121st most populous country in 2005 and is still 121st in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.